Friday, October 9, 2020

🐍 Planet Of The Snapes

Consider The Snapewife, Why I'm Not Voting By Mail, Grapefruit Is One Of The Weirdest Fruits On The Planet, This Reddit Thread Of People's Worst Family Recipes Will Leave You Either Grateful Or Traumatized
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Fri, Oct 09
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
HAVE A SNAPING FEELING
Consider The Snapewife
jezebel.com
"Snape worship would not survive today."
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEFRUIT VINE
Grapefruit Is One Of The Weirdest Fruits On The Planet
atlasobscura.com
From its name, to its hazy origins, to its drug interactions, there's a lot going on beneath that thick rind.
FULL 180
Why I'm Not Voting By Mail
themail.substack.com
And why you probably shouldn't either.
RECIPE FOR DISASTER
This Reddit Thread Of People's Worst Family Recipes Will Leave You Either Grateful Or Traumatized
digg.com
The kitchen is a source of so much joy, but also there's a dark side to the culinary world that often goes unmentioned: cursed family recipes.
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Get Ready For Two Days Of Discounts With Prime Day
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This year, we're getting a two-day sale on October 13 and 14. While we wait for the discounts to crest, we'll be using this post to help you prepare for the big sale
A LEARNING MOMENT
FEELING REALLY GOOD
Claudia Conway Spilling Government Secrets, And This Week's Other Best Memes, Ranked
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This week, we've got Claudia Conway, the fly on Mike Pence's head during the VP debate, feeling really good, "Emily in Paris" and how it started/how it ended.
PAINT THE TOWN RED
Why Are All Swedish Cottages Painted Red?
smithsonianmag.com
One company has exclusive rights to the source of the iconic pigment — a copper mine's supply of iron deposits that may last just a century more.
NO SCHOOL LIKE THE OLD SCHOOL
The Oldest Schools In The World, Visualized
digg.com
What are the oldest schools still in operation today? OnlineSchoolsReport.com scoured through publicly accessible data and put together maps of the world's oldest educational institutions.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
MAKE IT SO
Someone Built A Painstakingly Detailed Star Trek-Themed Mancave, And It's Like Walking Aboard The Starship Enterprise
youtube.com
Phil Stiller is really living long and prospering in this extremely thorough Star Trek mancave.
IN THE NEWS
Retired General Backs Biden, Says A 2nd Trump Term Would Put Democracy 'At Risk'
UN's World Food Programme Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Hurricane Delta Heads Toward US Gulf Coast
FBI Says It Foiled Plot To Kidnap Michigan Governor
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As The Chill Rolls In, We Don't Ever Want To Take Off These Slippers
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Made with a breathable, funk-fighting wool, these indoor/outdoor slippers provide all-day comfort with enough structure to handle trips to the mailbox or corner store.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
DADDY SHARK DOO DOO
The Time A Shark Got Stuck In A Pond Near Cape Cod (2019)
bostonglobe.com
This is the story of the Naushon Island great white shark, as told by those who were there.
DOWN THE 'RABBIT HOLE'
I Made A Linguistics Professor Listen To A Blink-182 Song And Analyze The Accent (2015)
atlasobscura.com
It turns out that when you make a linguist listen to a Blink-182 song, you get more than you expected.
Blink and you'll miss Friday.