Saturday, March 27, 2021

🌤 You Dim Sun, You Lose Sun

Bill Gates Is Thinking About Dimming The Sun, Here's The 'Weird Clock' On Jack Dorsey's Kitchen Counter, Moby's Terrible Defense Of Veganism, A 'Jeopardy!' Host No One Asked For, And More Of This Week's 'One Main Character'
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WEIRD AND WEIRDER
'DON'T GET YOUR SCIENCE FROM MOBY'
Moby's Terrible Defense Of Veganism, A 'Jeopardy!' Host No One Asked For, And More Of This Week's 'One Main Character'
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This week's characters also include a guy whose Cinnamon Toast Crunch was extra crunchy, the world's largest e-commerce company that picked a fight it could never win and more.
THE SUN OF ALL PARTS
Bill Gates Is Thinking About Dimming The Sun
popularmechanics.com
The billionaire is backing a study of the controversial technology called solar geoengineering.
NERD SH*T
Here's The Weird 'Clock' On Jack Dorsey's Kitchen Counter
gizmodo.com
The House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing with the CEOs of Google, Facebook and Twitter is already raising questions. Namely, what the heck is that thing on Jack Dorsey's kitchen counter?
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WATCH THIS SPACE
BOB'S YOUR UNCLE
What To Watch This Weekend, And What To Avoid
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Here are our recommendations on what's most worth watching this weekend on Netflix, HBO, Disney+ and more, from the Bob Odenkirk action film "Nobody" to the Tina Turner documentary "Tina" to the new Monsterverse movie "Godzilla Vs. Kong."
EDITOR'S PICK
WE DIDN'T STEER THE BOAT
Trouble In The Suez, Relatable Furniture, And More Of This Week's Funniest Tweets
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This week has seen some slightly nicer weather (in some places, anyway), some wild story arcs play out on the timeline and the usual pandemic ennui. Enjoy!
EVER-EVOLVING EVENTS
BLOCK IT TO ME
The Revolution In Classic Tetris
newyorker.com
How a younger generation used the internet to master the falling blocks.
MOVE BACK THE MOUND
How Humans Became The Best Throwers On The Planet
theconversation.com
We're the only species that can throw at speeds that kill.
LEAK HOUSE
Why Trump's White House Leaked And Biden's Hasn't
politico.com
For one thing, he hasn't messed up yet.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU
Courteney Cox Explains How The 'Friends' Cast Inked The Famous Deal That Made Sure Everyone Was Paid The Same
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Courteney Cox reflects on the famous television deal that made the "Friends" cast filthy rich.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
WITCHES HAVE NOTHING ON VAMPIRES
The Great New England Vampire Panic (2012)
smithsonianmag.com
Two hundred years after the Salem witch trials, farmers became convinced that their relatives were returning from the grave to feed on the living.
THROUGH THE FIRE AND THE FLAMES
Burning Out: What Really Happens Inside A Crematorium (2019)
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Four decades ago, less than 5% of American were cremated when they died. Now that figure stands at nearly half. This is how cremation actually works, and the story of what happens to a culture when its attitude about how to memorialize the dead undergoes a revolution.
Looks like we've hit the eighth season of the year: fool's summer. Enjoy!