Saturday, September 26, 2020

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The Real Reason Why 'National Treasure 3' Never Happened, Are You Aging Correctly?, This Week's Main Characters And Best Tweets
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WHAT WILL HE STEAL NEXT?
The Real Reason Why 'National Treasure 3' Never Happened
collider.com
While director Jon Turtletaub and producer Jerry Bruckheimer would periodically tease another installment, beginning as early as 2008, one never materialized. And now we might know why we never got a third "National Treasure" adventure.
NO YOUR KID DIDN'T SAY THAT
A Guy Who Died Of COVID Advises Against Masks, #Ruthkanda Forever And More Of This Week's Main Characters
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Every day somebody says or does something that earns them the undivided attention of the internet. Here are the main characters this week, from Herman Cain to a beaver that took four years to photograph.
JULIO, GET THE TWEETS
Three White Guys Making Small Talk On A Podcast, Julio The Renaissance Man And Other Best Tweets Of The Week
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Or some of them, anyway. Here we round up a collection of some of the best things we've seen on Twitter in the last week or so.
ALL EYES ON HER
10 Surprising Facts About Britney Spears
mentalfloss.com
Britney Spears's songs, music videos and live performances defined the late 1990s and early 2000s and inspired an entire generation of future pop stars.
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Homeless Shelters In Rich People's Living Rooms, And Other Best Photography Of The Week
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Also including "The Geometric Beauty of Los Angels" and a photo series honoring the photographer's ancestors.
EDITOR'S PICK
KEY MATTERS
Woman Tries Trick To Stop Cat From Lying On Her Laptop, Is Surprised That It Works
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Sometimes it's just the simplest of things that does the trick.
LOOKING FORWARD
HASTA LA LISA
Predicting What Future 'Karens' Will Be Named, Visualized
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Who's going to be the next "Karen" asking to speak to the manager in the 2030s and 2040s?
ALL PART OF GROWING UP
Are You Aging Correctly?
thecut.com
Sure, I'd gained a few pounds and my hair had turned frizzy, but I still felt pretty good about myself. Now I was living that nightmare where you're in class and you look down and you're not wearing any pants.
THEY KNOW TOO MUCH
How Algorithms Discern Our Mood From What We Write Online
knowablemagazine.org
While sentiment analysis is far from perfect, it manages to distill meaning from huge amounts of data — and could one day even monitor mental health.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
MAY HER MEMORY BE A BLESSING
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Trainer Paid His Final Respects By Doing Push-Ups Beside Her Casket
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Bryant Johnson, Ruth Bader Ginsburg's personal trainer, had an unconventional way of paying his respects as she lay in state in the United States Capitol.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
SHADES OF GRAY
Irrational Man: Thomas Chatterton Williams's Confused Argument For A Post-Racial Society (2019)
bookforum.com
Thomas Chatterton Williams is one of many voices whose arguments are part of a new trend of intellectual incoherence, and his new book about his renouncing his blackness makes that clear.
IN THE SPUTNIK OF TIME
The CIA's Bold Kidnapping Of A Soviet Spacecraft (2015)
popsci.com
Intended to level the playing field between two international superpowers, it was a heist that risked turning the Cold War hot.
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