Wednesday, January 6, 2021

πŸ‘½ 'Oumuamua Mia!

Harvard's Top Astronomer Believes Aliens Tried To Contact Us In 2017, Four Numbers That Make The Pandemic's Massive Death Toll Sink In, Notes Is the iPhone's Killer App
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CALLING OCCUPANTS OF INTERPLANETARY CRAFT
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
Harvard's Top Astronomer Believes Aliens Tried To Contact Us In 2017
vice.com
In his new book, Dr. Avi Loeb argues 'Oumuamua, which passed by Earth in 2017, wasn't a comet but rather alien technology.
PUTTING THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE
Four Numbers That Make The Pandemic's Massive Death Toll Sink In
theatlantic.com
It's difficult to fully comprehend the magnitude of 350,000 deaths. Other metrics can be more illuminating.
'IT JUST CAN'T HIDE ANYMORE'
A CIA Spy Plane Crashed Outside Area 51 A Half-Century Ago. This Explorer Found It
popsci.com
How urban explorers uncovered the site — and the memory — of a covert Cold War-era accident.
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huckberry.com
It's not really safe to hit the gym, so we have to turn our homes into a makeshift gym instead. Mats, massagers and conditioning systems are all ready to help you get nice and healthy.
DULY NOTED
THE LAST LAUGH
'Borat 2' Director Reveals What Really Happened With Rudy Giuliani: 'My Jaw Hit the Floor'
thedailybeast.com
The director of "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" tells The Last Laugh podcast how Maria Bakalova infiltrated OAN to get to Rudy Giuliani — and what really went down in that hotel room.
SHOULD I LEAVE A NOTE?
'Notes' Is the iPhone's Killer App. Yes, Really
debugger.medium.com
Organize your present and lend a helping hand to your future.
ARMS RACE
Kumail Nanjiani Was Body Shamed On Twitter For Being Too Muscular
menshealth.com
After the "Eternals" star shared a seemingly innocent photo, the conversation turned nasty.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
LET THE WRONG ONE IN
Here's A Wicked Trick To Get Into An Apartment Without A Key
digg.com
It's all about pushing the right buttons.
IN THE NEWS
Democrats Win The Senate — By The Slimmest Margin Possible
No Charges Against Kenosha Police Officer Rusten Sheskey In Jacob Blake Shooting
W.H. Task Force: Give Extra Vaccine Away To Anyone Who Wants It
Dr. Dre Suffers Brain Aneurysm And Is In ICU In Los Angeles
How The FBI Tracked Down Ghislaine Maxwell
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Ever accidentally drop the remote down the crack or knock over your snacks on a lazy Sunday? This couch console gives you a convenient place to store your stuff while you kick back.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
DECIPHERING A CIPHER
The Strange Life And Mysterious Death Of A Virtuoso Coder (2019)
wired.com
Jerrold Haas was on the brink of blockchain riches. Then his body was found in the woods of southern Ohio.
WILSON THE SNOW MAN
The Snowflake Man Of Vermont (2011)
publicdomainreview.org
Keith C. Heidorn takes a look at the life and work of Wilson Bentley, a self-educated farmer from a small American town who, by combining a bellows camera with a microscope, managed to photograph the dizzyingly intricate and diverse structures of the snow crystal.
Speaking of snow, about 1 septillion (aka a trillion trillion) snow crystals fall from the sky each winter, according to the Library of Congress.