Saturday, September 5, 2020

Pop, Loch And Drop It

How The Loch Ness Monster Became A Force In Scotland's Economy, The 9 Queerest Disney Movies, The Photographer Peeking At Your Phone
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INTERNATIONAL TREASURES
LOVE, TIMON
The 9 Queerest Disney Movies
vox.com
Disney films have always resonated with queer and trans audiences. Here are the gayest films in the canon.
MOVIE MAGIC
How Ingrid Bergman And Cary Grant Filmed That 'Notorious'ly Sexy Scene
vulture.com
A look behind the scenes of the Alfred Hitchcock movie "Notorious" and how its two stars shot the film's sexiest scene.
SOCIAL DISTANCING WITH A VIEW
Rent A Fire Lookout Tower For $40 A Night
cnn.com
There comes a moment, every time you visit a fire lookout tower, when you become certain that you have gotten hopelessly, irretrievably lost.
LOCHED AND LOADED
How The Loch Ness Monster Became A Force In Scotland's Economy
mentalfloss.com
Through cruises, museums and other tourist attractions, the Loch Ness Monster adds roughly £41 million to Scotland's economy in a typical year.
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PICTURE THIS
The Last House Standing, And Other Best Photography Of The Week
digg.com
The disappearing three-story solo rowhouses in Baltimore, quirky photographs taken from inside the mouth and other best photos of the week.
EDITOR'S PICK
YAS QUEEN
Someone Mashed Up Cardi B's 'WAP' With Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' And It's A, Uh, Masterpiece
youtube.com
Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
TROUBLED WATERS
ILY
The Photographer Peeking At Your Phone
newyorker.com
In his new book "#nyc," photographer Jeff Mermelstein presents a series of iPhone photographs that he took over the course of two and a half years, capturing the quotidian dramas taking place on the phone screens of unsuspecting strangers.
HEARTACHE
Did COVID-19 Mess Up My Heart?
theatlantic.com
I got sick six months ago. Now I can barely make it up the stairs.
MADE OF PLASTIC, IT'S… NOT FANTASTIC
Big Oil's Evil, Stupid Plan To Drown The World In Plastic
newrepublic.com
Fossil fuel companies, facing plummeting oil demand, are pouring their resources into plastics. A new report suggests that's foolish.
THE AMAZING RACE
All 210 COVID-19 Vaccines In Development, Tracked
covid-19vaccinetracker.org
The race to develop, approve, and manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine is fluid — and urgent. How long will it take? Some say not long.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
BE STILL MY HEART
This Baby's Reaction To Seeing A Waterfall For The First Time Is The Purest Thing You'll See Today
digg.com
There's nothing as magical as watching a baby see a waterfall for the first time in their life.
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SECRET PUBLIC IDENTITY
Driven By Love Or Ambition, Slipping Across The Color Line Through The Ages (2015)
nytimes.com
American history is dotted with cases of white men and women driven by love, ambition or other forces to defy laws and conventions meant to separate blacks and whites.
'CAN YOU FIX MY WINDOWS 95 COMPUTER?'
How To Troll A Tech Support Scammer (2012)
arstechnica.com
While some people troll scammers as a public service to prevent people from being victimized, others are simply out for laughs.
See the baby. Be the baby.