Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Pros, Meet Cons

The "Breaking Bad" spinoff revels in a luxury its predecessor never had: taking its sweet time.
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FROM NOTHING TO SOMETHING
SPOILERS, FYI
Why 'Better Call Saul' Might End Up Being Better Than 'Breaking Bad'
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The "Breaking Bad" spinoff revels in a luxury its predecessor never had: taking its sweet time.
DOESN'T REALLY READ
Meet A New Kind Of Book, Designed For The Age Of Peak TV
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Here's what it looks like when you write a book as if it's a TV show.
SMALL GRAINS, BIG GAINS
The Ultra-Pure, Super-Secret Sand That Makes Your Phone Possible
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The processor that makes your laptop or cell phone work was fabricated using quartz from this obscure Appalachian backwater.
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LARGE AND IN CHARGE
DOCTOR KNOWS BEST
'I Don't Want To Be Here'
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Laws are being passed in the US that make it possible to compel people to receive treatment for health problems they don't believe they have. Is that a good idea?
THE BIG APPLE
How Big Apple Is Compared To The Largest Companies In Each Country, Visualized
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Last week, Apple became the first American public company to cross $1 trillion in market value, but how does the company's worth compare to the biggest companies around the world?
THE MOVEMENT MOVEMENT
The Viral Video Star Behind The Fitness Fad That May Replace CrossFit
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Ido Portal teaches famous athletes how to use their bodies in entirely new ways. But is it all snake oil?
VIDEO OF THE DAY
AN UMBRELLA WON'T STOP THAT
Holy Shit, Look At The Size Of The Hail That Hit Colorado Springs Yesterday
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​A severe hailstorm hit Colorado Springs area yesterday, bringing hailstones up to the size of softballs.
IN THE NEWS
Gates Says He And Manafort Didn't Report 15 Foreign Accounts, Knew It Was Illegal
SpaceX Relaunches The Final Falcon 9 Rocket Design
Astronomers Found A Rogue Planet 12 Times The Mass Of Jupiter
West Hollywood Council Urges Removal Of Trump's Walk Of Fame Star
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Greet Tuesday with a smile... and, uh, watch out for softball-sized hail, okay?

Monday, August 6, 2018

A Crash Course

A roundup of the most interesting, thought-provoking and surprising questions that our favorite columnists addressed in recent days.​​
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A BAD LOOK
GOOD QUESTION
Why Do Women Feel Entitled To Wear Comfortable Clothes, And Other Advice Column Questions
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A roundup of the most interesting, thought-provoking and surprising questions that our favorite columnists addressed in recent days.​​
FACE THE NUMBERS
Incels' Obsession With Looks Is Based On Fake Math
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A statistician breaks down the flawed science that runs rampant in the manosphere.
MISSED OPPORTUNITY
If Half Of US Drivers Are Women, Why Aren't Auto Manufacturers Doing A Better Job Of Marketing To Them?
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A question for all automakers: why aren't you doing a better job to advertise to your target audience? When do the girls get to take the wheel?
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SUGAR CRASH
REVISITING THE RECESSION
Ten Years After The Crash, We Are Still Living In The World It Brutally Remade
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The cultural and psychological imprint left by the 2008 financial crisis looks as profound as the ones left by the calamity that struck our grandparents.
A BITTERSWEET SYMPHONY
The Primal Pleasure And Brutal History Of Sugar
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How a taste for sweetness, developed for survival, became a stand-in for everything good — and evil — about our culture.
FOR THE TRAVELER WHO HAS NOTHING
Welcome To Hotel Millennial
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You can check out any time you like, but you may never get clean sheets.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
HEADS UP
Husband Catches A Flying Baseball Bat, Saves Wife From Serious Injury
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A nonchalant legend, he doesn't even spill the drink.
IN THE NEWS
Trump Admits Son's 2016 Meeting With Russian Lawyer Was To Seek 'Information On' Clinton
Facebook, Apple And Spotify Ban Infowars' Alex Jones
Indonesia Earthquake: At Least 98 Dead After Quake Strikes Lombok
Bankruptcy Booms Among Older Americans
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You already know what it is: Monday.

Sunday, August 5, 2018

We Come From The Land Of The Ice And Snow...

Here's A Perfect, 14-Second Internet Video, This 6-Year-Old Might Be The Best Running Back Of All Time?, How To Get Ridiculously Fast Internet AND $200, Dog Was Having The Musical Performance Of His Life And Then The Baby Came In, Caiman Goes After Otter Cub, Finds Out That That's A Bad Idea, Buffoon Decides To Hang From A Rock Ledge For A Photo, Is Unable To Lift Himself Back Up
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Sunday, August 5, 2018
Here's A Perfect, 14-Second Internet Video
BIRD ZEPPELIN
Here's A Perfect, 14-Second Internet Video
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The great thing about the internet is that you never wake up thinking, "boy, I'd love to see some baby birds synced to Led Zeppelin's 'Immigrant Song'," but here we are.
LOOK AT THOSE JUKES!
This 6-Year-Old Might Be The Best Running Back Of All Time?
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​Think back to when you were six years old, awkwardly trying to corral your limbs into playing a sport with some semblance of coordination. Now watch 6-year-old Rudolph Ingram play flag football and lose your shit.
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TOUGH CRIB
Dog Was Having The Musical Performance Of His Life And Then The Baby Came In
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We don't know of any prior history between baby and dog, but we do know she's a music critic-in-the-making.
MAMMALS FOR THE WIN
Caiman Goes After Otter Cub, Finds Out That That's A Bad Idea
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When the otters are angry, they go for the kill.
(NO ONE DIES)
Buffoon Decides To Hang From A Rock Ledge For A Photo, Is Unable To Lift Himself Back Up
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Instagram is most certainly responsible for more Darwin Award winners than we can count.
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THE WHEEL DEAL
Digg Pic Of The Day
That Russian amphibious truck joined a mud bogging competition and blew everyone away. Credit: ostacruiser
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