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Saturday, 24 October 2020

Crate Expectations

The True Story Of The Married Woman Who Smuggled Her Boyfriend Out Of Prison In A Dog Crate, Here's What 2020 Looked Like To The Sci-Fi Writers Of 1974, How NXIVM Survivor India Oxenberg Went From An Aspiring Entrepreneur To Being Lured Into The Cult
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Sat, Oct 24
SOLVED MYSTERIES
STRANGER THAN FICTION
Here's What 2020 Looked Like To The Sci-Fi Writers Of 1974
melmagazine.com
In the early 1970s, eight science-fiction writers tried to imagine what the far-flung year of 2020 would look like. They ended up being both wrong and right.
BREAKING FREE
How NXIVM Survivor India Oxenberg Went From An Aspiring Entrepreneur To Being Lured Into The Cult
businessinsider.com
She spent seven years in the NXIVM cult, and alleged she was forced to become a "slave" to cult leader Keith Raniere, which included being branded with Raniere's initials.
INDY GAMES
How Indiana Jones, Rambo And Others Ended Up In 1980s Czechoslovak Text-Adventures
arstechnica.com
To mock the Communist regime, Czechoslovak kids made illicit video games supporting protests.
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Ugly Sweaters? Nah, It's Awesome Sweater Season
huckberry.com
Sure, we can have our fun with silly sweaters, but we really like a stylish sweater too. Huckberry has some of our all-time faves, and our shopping carts runneth over.
PICTURE THIS
One Man's 7,000-Mile Walk Around The Perimeter Of Britain, And Other Best Photography Of The Week
digg.com
Also featuring photos of the surviving apartments of the former Soviet Union.
EDITOR'S PICK
MONSTER MASHUP
The Best Classic Universal Monster Movies, Ranked
vulture.com
From "Bride of Frankenstein" to Bela Lugosi as Dracula, the classic Universal Monster Movie universe has produced some of the most beloved and influential horror movies. We rank the best ones.
MAD MEN
THE ESCAPE ARF-IST
The True Story Of The Married Woman Who Smuggled Her Boyfriend Out Of Prison In A Dog Crate
theatlantic.com
She wanted to escape her marriage. He wanted to escape his life sentence.
STORMY WEATHER
A Day-By-Day Guide To What Could Happen If This Election Goes Bad
politico.com
Election experts game out the chaos that could unfold in the minutes, hours and days after the last ballot is cast.
HE'S ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT
The Mythmaking of Matthew McConaughey
thecut.com
Written from 36 years' worth of diaries, McConaughey's autobiography, "Greenlights," comes in the actor's 50th year of life. It will be sold as a celebrity memoir, but its tales are so tall it reads more like a book of folk tales for grown-ups.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
GO BIG OR GO HOME
YouTuber Attempts To Create The World's Largest Dry Ice Bubble, Succeeds Beyond His Wildest Dreams
youtube.com
If you're going to attempt a science experiment, go for broke.
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The Chair Lets You Sit However You Please
kickstarter.com
Reconfigure this chair in over 10 different ways to stay comfy at all times.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
SCAM DUNK
How A Bootleg Prep School Profited By Ripping Off Teens With NBA Dreams (2017)
deadspin.com
Mumin Tunc came to the US for an education, and thanks to 22ft Academy, he certainly got one — just not the one he expected.
ENGINEERING PHYSICS
How To Save The Universe From Certain Death (2015)
aeon.co
The stars will all go out, and the expanding cosmos will be no more than a colossal, black and freezing void in which nothing of interest ever happens again. The laws of nature insist upon it. Or do they?
Have a mysterious weekend.

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