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Saturday 4 July 2020

Up For Crabs

Horseshoe Crab Blood Is Key To Making A COVID-19 Vaccine, The Secret Economics Of A VIP Party, Amazon's Gigantic Market Value Compared With Other Retailers
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WE'VE GOT ISSUES
LABOR OF LUST
The Secret Economics Of A VIP Party
1843magazine.com
There's an invisible system behind every £100,000 bar tab and its currency is pretty women.
AMAZON VS. EVERYBODY ELSE
Amazon's Gigantic Market Value Compared With Other Retailers, Visualized
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While the coronavirus pandemic has had a catastrophic effect on brick-and-mortar retail businesses, Amazon sales have soared, and Jeff Bezos is richer than ever, with an estimated net worth of $172 billion. But how big is the company now compared with the rest of its retail competition?
FLESH AND BLOOD
Australia Has A Flesh-Eating-Bacteria Problem
theatlantic.com
In the beach towns south of Melbourne, everyone, it seems, knows someone who's been attacked.
WALK THE WALK, TALK THE TALK
The Long Walk
magazine.atavist.com
When a group of Black mothers in Ohio were told to wait for school integration, they started marching every day in protest. They kept going for nearly 18 months.
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PICTURE THIS
Inside The Culture Of Civil War Reenactors, And More Best Photography Of The Week
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Swimming with sea lions, the struggle of an Amazonian tribes and other best photos of the week.
LEARNING FROM OUR MISTAKES
EXTRACTING THE TRUTH
What Autopsies Reveal About Coronavirus
washingtonpost.com
What we've learned from the dead that could help the living.
CRAB YOUR CHANCE
Horseshoe Crab Blood Is Key To Making A COVID-19 Vaccine — But The Ecosystem May Suffer
nationalgeographic.com
Conservationists worry the crustaceans, which are vital food sources for many species along the US East Coast, will decline in number.
PWN UP TO IT
How 'Have I Been Pwned' Became The Keeper Of The Internet's Biggest Data Breaches
techcrunch.com
With almost 10 billion records, the data breach notification service shows no signs of slowing down.
BUNKER CHIC
Underground House Plan B Is A Hideout Concept For The Next Global Crisis
dezeen.com
Sergey Makhno Architects has envisioned a subterranean concrete home built for enduring the "unpleasant surprises" that may await in the post-pandemic world.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
WE GOT BEEF
This Video Perfectly Encapsulates How Mediocre In-N-Out Burgers Are
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People say that In-N-Out burgers are the best out of all the fast food chains. These guys disagree.
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Summer Trips Are Cancelled, So Let's Have Fun In The Back Yard
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While countless plans have been scrubbed, there's still plenty of opportunity for some summer fun if you or a loved one have a back yard.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
The Most Mispronounced Word In The World (2018)
humanparts.medium.com
And how to undo decades of linguistic carnage.
DON'T GIVE HIM SO MUCH LEEWAY
The Myth Of The Kindly General Lee (2017)
theatlantic.com
The legend of the Confederate leader's heroism and decency is based in the fiction of a person who never existed.
Hope you're not sick of fireworks yet!

Friday 3 July 2020

Shred, White And Blue

Shredded Cheese Wife And Other Best Memes Of The Week, This New Coronavirus Wave Isn't Like The Old Wave, How Will Smith Became The King Of Fourth Of July
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A PRIVILEGE WE DON'T TALK ABOUT NEARLY ENOUGH
TIME'S UP
How Ghislaine Maxwell Lived A 'Life Of Privilege' On The Run
theguardian.com
Before the British socialite was arrested, she hid at a 156-acre property in New Hampshire and "made intentional efforts to avoid detection."
BEZOS GOT BACK
Believe It Or Not, Your Net Worth Is Way Closer To Elon Musk, Oprah And Michael Bloomberg Than Theirs Is To Jeff Bezos
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Have you wondered if the world's richest people all lined up, who'd you be closest to?
WE DON'T WANT NO SCRUBS
There's A War Going On Over Kamala Harris's Wikipedia Page
theintercept.com
Presidential vetting operations have entire teams of investigators, but for the public, when the pick is announced, the most common source for information about the person chosen is Wikipedia. And there, a war has broken out over how to talk about Harris's career.
SAY SHREDDED CHEESE
The Week's Best Memes, Ranked
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This week, we've got shredded cheese wife, "I know a place," Pop Smoke's album and "form of privilege we don't talk about enough."
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RECKONING WITH THE PAST
THE TIDE IS HIGH, WE'RE HOLDING ON
This New Coronavirus Wave Isn't Like The Old Wave
bloomberg.com
Arizona, Florida and Texas aren't facing the same conditions as New York did in its Covid-19 outbreak.
'I FEEL LIKE I'M IN A NIGHTMARE'
The Cursed Platoon
washingtonpost.com
Clint Lorance had been in charge of his platoon for only three days when he ordered his men to kill three Afghans stopped on a dirt road. Today, Lorance is hailed as a hero by President Trump.His troops have suffered a very different fate.
THE PRINCE ASCENDS
How Will Smith Became The King Of Fourth Of July
melmagazine.com
In the mid-1990s, the sitcom star and hip-hop lightweight was simply the Fresh Prince. But with "Independence Day," he remade himself as one of the all-time best summer action heroes.
GREEN WITH HORROR
The Girls Who Turned Green
ozy.com
In the 1890s, 16 percent of those admitted to St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London received the diagnosis of chlorosis. The disease entailed a host of symptoms, but the most unusual — and the one that gave the disease its name — was the greenish tinge that the skin of the afflicted acquired.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
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This Is The Greatest Commercial For A Ladder That You'll Ever See
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The Murphy Ladder's marketing team brought their A game for this hilarious advertisement.
IN THE NEWS
Jeffrey Epstein Confidante Ghislaine Maxwell Arrested, Sources Say
The Coronavirus May Have Mutated To Become More Infectious, Dr. Anthony Fauci Says
Florida Reports More Than 10,000 New Coronavirus Cases, Breaking Another Single-Day Record
Jeff Bezos's Wealth Soars To $171.6 Billion To Top Pre-Divorce Record
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WHERE THE VAN EYCK DID IT GO?
The Enduring Mystery Of The World's Most-Stolen Painting (2018)
mentalfloss.com
Possible police cover-ups, enigmatic dying words, and the Holy Grail: Inside the quest to find the missing piece of Belgium's national treasure.
GOT A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS
What If Star Wars Never Happened? (2018)
polygon.com
Imagining a world where George Lucas' space fantasy didn't revolutionize Hollywood.
Stay safe this 4th of July weekend.