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Saturday 13 April 2019

The Rise Of Sleepwalker

Saturday's top stories are here.
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Take A Look Inside Some Abandoned Secret Mansions In Italy, Here's How Disney+ Will Take Over The World, and more.
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EXPIRED LUXURY
Take A Look Inside Some Abandoned Secret Mansions In Italy
vice.com
Thomas Jorion spent ten years photographing the faded glory of empty palaces and summer homes.
NETFLUMMOXED
Here's How Disney+ Will Take Over The World
wired.com
Candidly, if you live in a house with children, I don't know how you avoid buying this.
KEEPING UP WITH THE MEDIANS
What Qualifies As Middle-Income In Every State, Charted
flowingdata.com
The range of household incomes that qualifies as "middle-income" is a lot higher in Massachusetts than it is in Mississippi. Here's how each state breaks down.
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LOOKIN' GOOD
DRAW THE LINE
Unzipping A Building, And More Of The Week's Coolest Design
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The wrapping of the Arc de Triomphe, an artist spends six years photographing life's perfectly-timed coincidences and other coolest design of the week.
PICTURE THIS
The Longest Train Ride In The World, And More Of The Best Photography Of The Week
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Hanging out at Japan's penis festival, photographing all 2,000 miles of the US-Mexico border and other great photos from this week.
IS THAT... EMPEROR PALPATINE?
ICYMI: Here's The First Teaser Trailer For 'Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise Of Skywalker'
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There it is. We have the name — "Rise of Skywalker" — and the first trailer for "Star Wars" Episode 9, which features Daisy Ridley's Rey doing some wild fight moves.
HOW'D THAT WORK OUT?
WALK THIS WAY
Could Barcelona's Plan To Push Out Cars And Build Superblocks Work In The US?
vox.com
A few US cities, like Portland, Oregon, might have the infrastructure and civic will to follow in Barcelona's footsteps.
'THE BIG EASY' CAN'T GET A BREAK
After A $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans' Levees Are Sinking
scientificamerican.com
Sea level rise and ground subsidence will render the flood barriers inadequate in just four years.
STATIC SHOCK
What Happened When The US Government Shut Down Analog TV
tedium.co
The benefits of digital television conversion were clear, but convincing everyone to upgrade their sets? For the US government, that was the hard part.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
THE ANSWER MAY SURPRISE YOU!! (ACTUALLY)
Where Is The World's Most Isolated City?
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Why would a person choose to live in a city with astronomical import costs and that requires expensive airplane tickets to go anywhere else? Well, when you find out which city this is, it becomes abundantly clear.
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The Skywalker may be rising, but we hope you're sleeping in today.

Friday 12 April 2019

What If We Kissed At The Black Hole?

Friday's top stories are here.
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This Week's Best Memes, Ranked, The Violent Attack That Turned A Man Into A Maths Genius, and more.
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This Week's Best Memes, Ranked
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It's an internet fight and only the funniest meme will emerge victorious. This week's challengers? "What If We Kissed", the Black Hole Photo and more.
LIFE IS STRANGE
The Violent Attack That Turned A Man Into A Math Genius
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Futon salesman Jason Padgett cared little about anything beyond partying and chasing girls, then one fateful night changed him forever.
KEEPING US GROUNDED
Are Humans Fit For Space? A 'Herculean' Study Says Maybe Not
wired.com
A exhaustive new study of astronaut twins Scott and Mark Kelly holds some unsettling results about what time in space does to the body; based on what we know now, a journey to Mars is still too risky to contemplate.
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THE BAD PLACE
'IT'S REALLY OVERWHELMING'
This Is The World's Most Destructive Oil Operation — And It's Growing
nationalgeographic.com
As the world's largest industrial project, the scale of Alberta's tar sands operations is hard to grasp.
'I AM RATHER AT UBER'S MERCY'
He Has Driven For Uber Since 2012. He Makes About $40,000 A Year
nytimes.com
Uber's public stock offering next month will make a bunch of people remarkably rich. Peter Ashlock is not one of them.
SEEMS LIKE A... UH, FUN GUY TO WORK WITH
Inside The Prophetic, Angry Mind Of 'Black Mirror' Creator Charlie Brooker
wired.co.uk
"You're never going to write anything again, and you'll never get any work again and you're f**ked. That's it mate. You got to keep running or you f**king drop dead."
'IN A WORD, HELLBOY IS UNPLEASANT'
Is The 'Hellboy' Reboot A New Low For Comic Book Movies? Here's What The Reviews Say
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Spoilers: the new version of "Hellboy" starring David Harbour ("Stranger Things") and directed by Neil Marshall ("The Descent") is getting some harsh reviews. Is any of it redeemable, or is it 2015 "Fantastic Four" reboot-level bad? Here's what critics think.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
WAIT FOR IT...
Just Your Everyday, Run-Of-The-Mill Subway Commute In Russia
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Nothing special to see here. Nope.
IN THE NEWS
Disney+ Rolls Out On November 12 For $6.99 A Month
IPO Filing Reveals Uber Is Losing $1.8 Billion A Year
Watch SpaceX Successfully Land All Three Falcon Heavy Boosters For The First Time
White House Proposed Releasing Immigrant Detainees In Sanctuary Cities, Targeting Political Foes
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Have a good weekend, and... be nice to Yasiel Puig?