Saturday, December 26, 2020

The Snake Wolves Have Taken Illinois

Plus More Of This Week's Best Tweets, Nobody Says Hi In San Francisco, The 20 Most Underrated Movies Of The Past 20 Years
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The Snake Wolves Have Taken Illinois, They Don't Know I'm Their Dad, And More Of This Week's Best Tweets
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This week, we're fully losing it as we approach the end of the year of our hell 2020.
'THEY WALK PAST EACH OTHER LIKE GHOSTS'
Nobody Says Hi In San Francisco
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I moved to a great city in decline.
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The 20 Most Underrated Movies Of The Past 20 Years
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You might've missed them when they came out. Here's what you should catch up on — and how to stream them.
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Capturing America Through The Lens Of A Trucker, And Other Best Photography Of The Week
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Also featuring what letters look like for people with synesthesia and the most ambitious Christmas home displays in America.
EDITOR'S PICK
THIS IS A WHOLE VIBE
Somebody Inserted Fleetwood Mac's 'Dreams' Into This Video Of A Golden Retriever Sliding Down A Ski Slope And It's The Best Christmas Present Ever
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A resourceful dog learns how to slide down this ski slope and looks like it's having the time of its life.
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FAST FOOD
The McTrain: The Rise And Fall Of McDonald's Ambitious Plan To Conquer The Railroads
thedrive.com
It sounded like a great idea—until it wasn't.
THE PRE SELFIE ERA
Autograph Experiment: Do Our Favorite Stars Still Respond To Fan Mail?
espn.com
What are the chances that an autograph request in July actually got to an NBA or WNBA star in the bubble? Probably only slightly better than getting a response, right? Wrong, as one 14-year-old superfan recently found out.
EVER SEE A GUY SAY GOODBYE TO A SHOE?
Thread Decoding Simpsons Jokes Is Blowing Even The Writers' Minds
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The Simpsons' thick stew of historical references, literary allusion, pop culture trivia, neologism, and comedic invention has long invited viewers to break one of the golden rules of comedy: That there's nothing to be gained from dissecting a joke.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
'I'M BEING TOLD I NEED TO REHABILITATE MY IMAGE'
Alex Winter Roasts Kevin Spacey's Weird Holiday Message: 'You Would Never Know I Was From New Jersey'
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Alex Winter, best known as Bill from the Bill and Ted movies, mocked Kevin Spacey's weird Christmas Eve video with a hilarious impression of the histrionic actor.
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Nobody Will Know This Phone Charger Is A Secret Camera
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Want to gather some security footage without tipping your hand? This clever hidden camera will do the trick.
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BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
Why Some People Are Always Running Late (2017)
bbc.com
It's not always rudeness or scatter-brained behavior – it can be something much deeper, writes Laura Clarke.
INVENIAS CORPUS
The Nearly-Solved Mystery Behind The Missing Corpse Of One Of The Richest Men Ever (2016)
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On the morning of November 7, 1878, Frank Parker, the assistant sexton of Saint-Mark's-Church-In-The-Bowery noticed a pile of fresh dirt at the center of the graveyard. What Parker found, or rather what he didn't find, sparked one of New York's greatest mysteries.
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