Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Come Seal Away

Someone Built A Circular Swimming Fixture For A Seal And It's Oddly Satisfying To Watch, The Privileged Have Entered Their Escape Pods, Could The United States Break Up?
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ROOM AND BORED
SURVIVAL OF THE RICHEST
The Privileged Have Entered Their Escape Pods
onezero.medium.com
Technology gave us the dream of a cocooned future. Now we're living it.
RENTAL TUG-OF-WAR
How Much Rents Have Changed Year-Over-Year In America's Most Expensive Cities, Charted
digg.com
Year-over-year median prices of 1- and 2-bedroom apartments across the top five rental markets went down, while median prices in smaller cities went up.
KEEPING THE FLAME ALIVE
COVID Snuffed Out Burning Man — But The Festival Goes On In VR
wired.com
No one in the meatspace is going to the Black Rock Desert this year. So I soared into the sprawling digital reconstruction that is BRCvr.
SAY IT AIN'T SO, JOE
Why Are These Episodes Of 'The Joe Rogan Experience' Missing From Spotify?
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Joe Rogan's wildly popular podcast has moved over to Spotify, and fans have noticed that a number of old episodes are missing from the platform.
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A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE
CALLING IT QUITS
Could The United States Break Up?
newrepublic.com
A new book argues that the threat of secession has never left American politics.
WTF USA?
Non-Americans Share Their 'Genuine Reaction' To The Current Situation In The US In A Viral Reddit Thread
digg.com
Non-Americans of Reddit weighed in on r/AskReddit with their genuine reaction to what's going on in America.
STAR WAR AND PEACE
John Boyega: 'I'm The Only Cast Member Whose Experience Of 'Star Wars' Was Based On Their Race'
gq-magazine.co.uk
In his first interview since finishing "Star Wars" and that unguarded address from a Hyde Park stage, he explains how both platforms inspired him to make a stand, but for very different reasons.
CHECK YOUR MATH
No, 94% Of COVID-19 Deaths Were Not Caused By Something Else
slate.com
COVID naysayers have cherrypicked a new piece of data to bolster their claims. This thinking isn't just morally repugnant — it's also a flat-out misunderstanding of the statistics.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
GREATEST LOADING SCREEN EVER
Someone Built A Circular Swimming Fixture For A Seal And It's Oddly Satisfying To Watch
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We could watch this seal do this for hours.
IN THE NEWS
US Won't Join WHO-Led Efforts To Secure Coronavirus Vaccine
DHS Withheld July Intelligence Bulletin Calling Out Russian Attack On Biden's Mental Health
Trump Denies Systemic Racism, Pushes 'Law And Order' In Kenosha
Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputies Fatally Shoot Black Man Stopped For Riding Bicycle
52 Black Former Franchisees Sue McDonald's Alleging Discrimination
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MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE
Finding God On The Moon (2019)
theoutline.com
Fifty years ago, Buzz Aldrin took communion during the moon landing. At Webster Presbyterian, congregants continue to explore the ties between religion and space.
GO WEST, POOPING MAN
The Poisonous Laxative That Built America (2019)
melmagazine.com
As Lewis and Clark mapped the West, they depended on a hearty dose of mercury to cure both constipation and syphilis. It's a miracle they didn't die.
Don't let the increasingly short days get you down.