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Saturday 23 June 2018

We Mustache You A Question

Although scientists dispute its legend, the minuscule Carcross Desert in Canada is a world wonder by any measure.
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WHAT HAVE WE HERE?
CANADA DRY
The Unlikely Home Of The World's Smallest Desert
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Although scientists dispute its legend, the minuscule Carcross Desert in Canada is a world wonder by any measure.
THE MUSTACHE MUST STAY
I'm Begging You MLB, Let Ichiro Keep His Disguise
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Yes, according to the rules, he shouldn't be in the dugout. Yes, people have been fined in the past for this kind of thing. But seriously, c'mon — this is why baseball is great.
MORE LIKE BABYLON 5 PIXELS
'Babylon 5' Is Great, So Why Does It Look So Bad?
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Or: Why Warner Bros. isn't the best home for a classic sci-fi show.
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Both Apple And Google's 'Best App' Password Manager
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With all the accounts you have, remembering every single password is impossible. Dashlane protects your passwords and creates an easy, secure way to access all of your accounts on any device you own. And its free.
THE WEEK IN PICTURES
WILL MAKE YOU LOVE MONDAYS
The Best Thing Online This Week Is This Garfield Fan Comic
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Gale Galligan's "Jon" imagines Jon Arbuckle as a humble cartoonist. He teaches a class on cartooning. He gets pre-dinner party nerves. He loves his cat and his dog. It's all there, but with a level of emotional depth and earnestness that somehow just cuts through the grease of existing in the year 2018.
PICTURE THIS
The Best Photography Of The Week
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Inside the studios of Romania's booming sex cam industry, the mystics seeking eternal life through liquid nitrogen and other best photos of the week.
STARRY STARRY NIGHT
The Week's Coolest Space Images
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The moon and Venus get photobombed by a fireball, a black hole rips apart a star and other cool space images of the week.
WINNERS AND LOSERS
AN URGE TO RETURN SOME VIDEO TAPES
In The Deranged World Of Male Skincare On YouTube, Patrick Bateman Is God
melmagazine.com
My journey to get a skincare routine was more violent than I expected.
EVERY MAN RIDES FOR HIMSELF
Why Little Vehicles Will Conquer The City
citylab.com
Nearly all of them look silly, but if taken seriously, they could be a really big deal for urban transportation.
MELROSE'S PLACE
Patrick Melrose And The Fall Of The English Elite
newyorker.com
We are all Patrick Melrose, a generation of upper-class Englishmen might have said. So what happened to them? Whither their cruelty, their decadence, their way of life?
COMPLETELY NORMAL GOVERNMENT
Jogger Accidentally Crosses US Border From BC, Gets Detained For 2 Weeks By Authorities
cbc.ca
Cedella Roman, visiting mom from France, says border patrol held her for crossing into Blaine, Wash.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
REALLY MUCKED IT UP
Kid Wanders Into Background Of A Live News Shot, Gets Stuck Between Two Cows
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We don't really know what's going on here, but that's okay, because we're too busy laughing at this poor kid.
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Avoid the cows and have yourself a great Saturday.

Friday 22 June 2018

Star Wars Slash Fiction*

$10 a month for all the trips to the theater you can stand is a still fantastic deal, but MoviePass will either go down in flames or become the next behemoth we all love to hate.
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WHERE GOOD MEETS BAD
PASS ON IT
Why There's Likely No 'Good Ending' In Sight For MoviePass
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$10 a month for all the trips to the theater you can stand is a still fantastic deal, but MoviePass will either go down in flames or become the next behemoth we all love to hate.
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Wario Is The Best Mario Kart Character (According To Data Science), And Other Facts
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​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Wario is number one, there are too many push notifications and it's okay to not like your partner's tweets.
PROBABLY DEAD ON RED
When A Mars Simulation Goes Wrong
theatlantic.com
A recent mission atop a Hawaiian volcano shows humans still have much to learn before they set foot on another world.
WELL... AT LEAST HE'S CONSISTENT
Elon Musk Has Always Been At War With The Media
buzzfeed.com
Some say Elon Musk's paranoia and late-night Twitter rants reveal a billionaire cracking under pressure. But those who know him best say this is nothing new.
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NOT THE NET WE'RE LOOKING FOR
SLASH FICTION
An Effort From Long, Long Ago To Remake 'Star Wars' — In ASCII
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A long time ago in an encoding standard not so far away, an early 'net user tried to remake "Star Wars" in ASCII art form. He got further than you'd guess.
ALTERNATIVE NETS
How Chinese Users Navigate An Internet Dominated By Censorship
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When it comes to accessing news of a sensitive nature, Chinese users have a distinctive way of using the internet that is different from other web users around the world.
FOLLOW THE NUMBER
Here's The Conspiracy Tearing Online Bitcoin Communities Apart
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00000000000000000021e800c1e8df51b22c1588 e5a624bea17e9faa34b2dc4a. If you're an active member of the Bitcoin community on Twitter or Reddit, you've probably been thinking about this code for hours, thinking of how it could have possibly gotten into your life.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
IT'S COMING FOR YOU
A Reminder Of Why You Never Turn Your Back On A Tiger
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These guys had a zoo enclosure to keep them safe, but this is a good illustration of big cats' instinct to sneak up on your exposed back.
IN THE NEWS
Yes, Melania Trump Really Wore A Jacket That Says 'I Really Don't Care' While Visiting Separated Migrant Children At The Border
YouTube Announces It Will Help Creators Make Money With More Than Just Ads
ABC Has Picked Up A 'Roseanne' Spinoff Called 'The Conners'
House GOP Delays Vote On Immigration Until Next Week
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There Is A Massive Tech Sale That You Should Know About
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And by massive we mean up to 50% off Mac desktops, HP laptops, Apple watches, iPads, LED TVs and quite a bit more. Blinq's summer sale is running until June 25th (Monday) and they'll keep adding new products, so keep your eyes out.
Seems like a nice weekend for a picnic or for a protest. Heck, go do both!