Friday, February 19, 2021

✈️ Cruzing For Trouble

Ted Cruz's Family Texts Reveal His Cancun Trip, Why You Can't Play On History's Most Thrilling Piece Of Playground Equipment, The Secret Recordings That Rocked A Community — And Its Police Force,
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BEHIND-THE-SCENES
ABUSE OF POWER
The Secret Recordings That Rocked A Community — And Its Police Force
esquire.com
For years, a tactical police unit in Mount Vernon, New York, reigned with impunity — protecting drug dealers, planting evidence, brutalizing citizens. Then one of its own started covertly documenting the abuse.
'I MADE 100K IN A MONTH'
How OnlyFans Changed My Life
gq.com
The subscription site is empowering sex workers and making porn more intimate than ever. It also offers life-changing money — for those willing to take the plunge.
LEFT ON RED
Ted Cruz's Cancun Trip: Family Texts Detail His Political Blunder
nytimes.com
The Texas senator faced fierce blowback for fleeing his state as a disaster unfolded. Text messages sent by his wife revealed a hastily planned trip away from their "FREEZING" family home.
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DOESN'T TRAVEL WELL
IT'S ALWAYS 'WYD'
Ted Cruz Goes to Cancun, Martin Scorsese Vs. Streaming And This Week's Other Best Memes, Ranked
digg.com
Also featuring the J.Lo Challenge, "It's always 'wyd'" and "To the Joker."
NOT CHILD'S PLAY
Why You Can't Play On History's Most Thrilling Piece Of Playground Equipment
nationalpost.com
In an age of radium toothpaste, lead-paint baby toys and decorating Christmas trees with asbestos, even this "mad fun" was deemed too dangerous for children.
DORMSDAY PREDICTIONS
The Wildest Things I've Witnessed Cleaning The Dorms For A Top Ten Party School
melmagazine.com
Used condoms everywhere. Mini-fridges growing new species. Unspeakable horrors in shower drains. College dorm custodians see everything. Ev-ery-thing.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
BUSTED
Woman Catches Her Husband Cheating By Observing One Small Detail In Photo
digg.com
The hair straightener in the bathroom is looking mighty suspicious.
IN THE NEWS
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
PRACTICALLY SPEAKING
Why The Curiosity Rover Stopped Singing 'Happy Birthday' To Itself (2017)
theatlantic.com
The answer, a NASA engineer warned, "will sound rather cold and unfeeling."
'WATER IS LIKE GOLD HERE'
'America's Dirty Little Secret': The Texas Town That Has Been Without Running Water For Decades (2017)
theguardian.com
Sandbranch is a small, poor, largely African American community just outside Dallas, but its residents have to rely on charitable donations of bottled water.
Fridays, what a trippy concept!