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Saturday 22 June 2019

Stonks Go Up, Stonks Go Down, Can't Explain That

The Case For An 8-Hour Work Week, The Real Story of How Virginia Won Amazon's HQ2, and more.
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STONKS GOING UP
I WILL NOT NOT BE THE BAD GUY
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? Laura Dern, Billie Eillish, stonks and more.
'BEING CLOSE TO DC' HELPED
The Real Story Of How Virginia Won Amazon's HQ2
washingtonian.com
State officials and company executives were reading from the same book — literally.
WE'RE ALL IN FOR THIS
The Case For An 8-Hour Work Week
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Robots may be coming for your job, but a new study finds we don't need to work that much anyway.
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LOOKING GOOD
A Rare Photo Of A Zorse, And More Of The Best Photography Of The Week
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Documenting domestic abuse for 40 years, the thousands of fireflies in a Mexican forest and other best photos of the week.
EYES ON THE PRIZE
THEY NEVER LEFT
A Dirty, Rotten, (True) Story Of What Happened To The Italian American Mob
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With the death of Francesco "Franky Boy" Cali in March said to be the first killing of a Five Families boss since 1985, GQ flew to New York to find out what they've been doing in the shadows.
DYSTOPIA ALERT
'Nothing Kept Me Up At Night The Way The Gorgon Stare Did'
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The Gorgon Stare, a military drone-surveillance technology that can track multiple moving targets at once, is coming to a city near you.
COMING INTO FOCUS
The Lens That Saved A Million Ships
bbc.com
In the 1820s, Augustin Fresnel invented a new kind of lens and installed it in France's Cordouan lighthouse. Suddenly, one lamp could light the way for sailors many miles out to sea.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
CAUGHT RED-HANDED
Pickpockets Target Oblivious Tourists, Don't Notice That The Police Are Trailing Them
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Throughout the video, you can see the pickpockets — a couple dressed in white — making multiple attempts to steal from the two tourists until a police officer wearing red confronts them at 2:49.
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Friday 21 June 2019

5 Stars Or Else

Kathleen Hale Came For Her Goodreads Critic. Then The Internet Came For Her, My DNA Test Confirmed It: I'm Not A Morning Person, and more.
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Morning · Fri, Jun 21
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A LONG HISTORY
LET'S REVIEW THE FACTS
Kathleen Hale Came For Her Goodreads Critic. Then The Internet Came For Her
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Five years ago, Kathleen Hale wrote an essay for the Guardian — about targeting a Goodreads reviewer — that nearly ended her career. Now, she's back with a new book that some people say never should have been published.
A GOOD WAKE-UP CALL
My DNA Test Confirmed It: I'm Not A Morning Person
engadget.com
According to DNAfit, it's not laziness that stops me rousing in the morning.
A DIP INTO THE PAST
Why 'Jaws' Was So Terrifying, According To The Guy Who Co-Wrote It
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"If we do our jobs right, people will feel about going in the ocean the way they felt like taking a shower after 'Psycho.'"
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CONS AND PROS
The Man Who Used A Mask To Pretend To Be France's Foreign Minister, And More Of The Week's Best Scam Stories
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The special pen engineers built for cheating, the auctioning of a house that's twelve inches wide and more of this week's best scam and hoax stories.
FAILURE POINTS
A HARDWIRED PROBLEM
Google Was Never Really Serious About Tablets
theverge.com
Years of reboots, both literal and metaphorical.
BETWEEN A ROCK AND A FARAWAY PLACE
A Delicate Rescue Mission On Mars
theatlantic.com
NASA is trying to free a probe that's stuck just inches below the Red Planet's surface.
HARM EMBODIED
Yentl Syndrome: A Deadly Data Bias Against Women
longreads.com
The science of medicine is based on male bodies, but researchers are beginning to realize how vastly the symptoms of disease differ between the sexes — and how much danger women are in.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
REALLY DROPPED A BALL HERE
Oh Geez, This Is The Most (Literally) Painful Gender Reveal Ever
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We guess this means that the baby might be an only child from now on.
IN THE NEWS
The Massive Oil Refinery Explosion In Philadelphia Is Terrifying To Watch
Trump Approves Strikes On Iran, But Then Abruptly Pulls Back
Hope Hicks Says She Told 'White Lies' Only About Small Matters
Tesla Model 3 Spoofed Off The Highway
Florida City To Pay $600,000 Ransom To Hacker Who Seized Computer Systems Weeks Ago
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Have a good weekend, and remember: gender reveals are never, ever a good idea.