Saturday, July 18, 2020

Mask What You Can Do For Your Country

Who Is Wearing Masks In The US, Visualized, The Most Fascinating Cases That 'Unsolved Mysteries' Viewers Helped Solve, Straight Men Share The Strangest Things They Were Told Not To Do Because It's 'Gay' In This Topsy-Turvy Reddit Thread
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MASK ON, MASK OFF
Who Is Wearing Masks In The US, Visualized
nytimes.com
The patterns from hundreds of thousands of survey respondents reflect partisanship, peer pressure and the footprint of the coronavirus itself.
HERE ARE ALL THE HURDLES LEFT
What It Will Take To Get To A Vaccine
gq.com
A defense against COVID-19 could be ready in less than two years. If so, here's a speculative look of how it might go down, based on discussions with vaccinologists, physicians, and public health experts.
BOMBS AWAY
The Population Bomb Didn't Detonate. Turns Out There's A New Problem.
grist.org
Ever since Thomas Malthus got it started in 1798, people have been warning that population growth would lead to famine and environmental destruction. But now a new study forecasts new threats to the economic and social order caused by precipitous population decline.
DO YOU WANT THE BAD NEWS OR THE WORSE NEWS
Inside Big Tech's Years-Long Manipulation Of American Op-Ed Pages
onezero.medium.com
Why you should probably read opinion pieces supporting the tech giants with skepticism.
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New Season Of The Broken Ground Podcast: Navigating Sea Level Rise In The South
brokengroundpodcast.org
Broken Ground is exploring how coastal communities are navigating sea level rise as they race against the clock. How will people on the front lines protect themselves from the rising tides? Find out this season.
THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS
GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU
Here Are The Most Fascinating Cases That 'Unsolved Mysteries' Viewers Helped Solve
vice.com
At least 200 cases have been solved thanks to tips from viewers of the original series, from IDing found skeletons to exposing hoaxes.
FELLAS, IS IT GAY TO EXIST?
Straight Men Share The Most Absurd Things They've Been Told Not To Do Because It Was 'Gay'
digg.com
Straight male readers, stop whatever you're doing right now: it's probably gay.
SHARK TANKED
'Jaws' Is An Undisputed Masterpiece. So How Did It Produce One Of The Worst Sequels Ever Made?
esquire.com
Thirty-three years ago, "Jaws: The Revenge" effectively harpooned the beloved shark franchise. Here's what happened.
A NEW ERA
The Unprecedented History Of The Chicks: A Timeline
vulture.com
As Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer today release "Gaslighter," their first album in nearly a decade and a half, it's an ideal time to revisit pivotal moments along their fraught path.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
ANYONE LOSE A BALL?
Guy Makes A Spry Climb To The Top Of This Roof, Throws Down Decades Worth Of Lost Balls
digg.com
Ever lose a ball or a frisbee on someone's roof and it felt like it was gone forever? This legend took matters into his own hands to free them.
EDITOR'S PICK
FROM WAY DOWNTOWN
Kid Gets Out Of Bedtime With This Insane Trick Shot
youtube.com
This dad wagered his kids that if they made this shot they could stay up another half-hour. Here's how they did.
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How Can Coffee Be Improved? Age It In A Bourbon Barrel
huckberry.com
Pappy & Company have put their bourbon barrels to good use! After they've done their job making some of the best bourbon on the planet, they're repurposed to make some damn fine coffee.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
THE CASE OF THE GARROTED MAN
Mysterious Circumstances: The Strange Death Of A 'Sherlock Holmes' Fanatic (2004)
newyorker.com
Richard Lancelyn Green, the world's foremost expert on Sherlock Holmes, believed that he had finally solved the case of the missing papers. Then he was murdered.
TRUE HORROR
Searching For The Truth About The Actual Murderer In 'The Exorcist' (2018)
esquire.com
For decades, Paul Bateson's name has been attached to a spree of gruesome murders in the '70s. This is our search for what's true and what's legend.
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