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Saturday 10 October 2020

📺 Worst Ad Ever

How The Worst Advertising Campaign Ever Killed This Fast Food Chain, The Airbnb Gold Rush In Upstate New York, She Was Afraid Of Her Lawyer. Then The Text Messages Started
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Sat, Oct 10
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STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW
OPEN YOUR EYES
Drama! Drinking! Sign Language!: 'Deaf U' Dives Deep Into The Messy Lives Of Deaf College Students
thedailybeast.com
The series is a long overdue window into the deaf community that'll leave you desperate to learn ASL — and teach you how to clock a Trump supporter from just one sign.
WELCOME HOME
The Airbnb Gold Rush In Upstate New York
newyorker.com
The pandemic is causing a vogue for rentals and property that hasn't been seen in a century, and homeowners are cashing in.
GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
How To Properly Remove Nudes From Your Phone
vice.com
In the age of metadata, simply pressing "delete" won't cut it.
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PICTURE THIS
Illegal 'Stalker' Hikes Into Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, And Other Best Photography Of The Week
digg.com
Also featuring quirky photos of everyday life in Japan.
EDITOR'S PICK
GOING POSTAL
Wayne Knight Returns As Newman From 'Seinfeld' In Political Ad Defending The Post Office
youtube.com
A "friendly local mail carrier" we all remember from the '90s encourages us to trust the post office to mail your ballot this election season.
CHAOS ABOUNDS
'SHE FELT DEFENSELESS'
She Was Afraid Of Her Lawyer. Then The Text Messages Started
propublica.org
Leah Kerwin started receiving daily texts and videos explicitly requesting oral sex or intercourse. They came from her court-appointed attorney, who had already been suspended for other misconduct.
THIS STORY HAS LAYERS
Why Some Onions Were Too Sexy For Facebook
bbc.com
There are regular onions, and then there are onions too sexy for Facebook, a Canadian seed and garden supply store recently discovered.
COMING OUT OF MY CAGE
The Most Horrible Pumpkin, Medieval Trap Beats, And Other Best Tweets Of The Week
digg.com
This has been an especially chaotic, yet delightful, week in tweets. Here are some of our favorites.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
WHO SIGNED OFF ON THIS?
How The Worst Advertising Campaign Ever Killed This Fast Food Chain
youtube.com
The story of Rax Roast Beef is a cautionary tale of what not to put in your advertisements.
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This Caffeine Spray Gives You Energy At A Moment's Notice
indiegogo.com
You can't always have a piping hot cup of coffee at hand, but this tiny caffeine spray fits in your pocket or purse, so you'll always have your boost ready to go.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
PRAY YOU DON'T HAVE A BOSTON ACCENT
How Y'all, Youse And You Guys Talk (2013)
nytimes.com
What does the way you speak say about where you're from? Take a quick quiz to see your personal dialect map.
GIVE HIM HIS PROPS
Carrot Top In Exile (2015)
classic.esquire.com
But in Vegas, he's still the funniest man alive.
Have a great weekend!

Friday 9 October 2020

🐍 Planet Of The Snapes

Consider The Snapewife, Why I'm Not Voting By Mail, Grapefruit Is One Of The Weirdest Fruits On The Planet, This Reddit Thread Of People's Worst Family Recipes Will Leave You Either Grateful Or Traumatized
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Fri, Oct 09
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
HAVE A SNAPING FEELING
Consider The Snapewife
jezebel.com
"Snape worship would not survive today."
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEFRUIT VINE
Grapefruit Is One Of The Weirdest Fruits On The Planet
atlasobscura.com
From its name, to its hazy origins, to its drug interactions, there's a lot going on beneath that thick rind.
FULL 180
Why I'm Not Voting By Mail
themail.substack.com
And why you probably shouldn't either.
RECIPE FOR DISASTER
This Reddit Thread Of People's Worst Family Recipes Will Leave You Either Grateful Or Traumatized
digg.com
The kitchen is a source of so much joy, but also there's a dark side to the culinary world that often goes unmentioned: cursed family recipes.
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Get Ready For Two Days Of Discounts With Prime Day
digg.com
This year, we're getting a two-day sale on October 13 and 14. While we wait for the discounts to crest, we'll be using this post to help you prepare for the big sale
A LEARNING MOMENT
FEELING REALLY GOOD
Claudia Conway Spilling Government Secrets, And This Week's Other Best Memes, Ranked
digg.com
This week, we've got Claudia Conway, the fly on Mike Pence's head during the VP debate, feeling really good, "Emily in Paris" and how it started/how it ended.
PAINT THE TOWN RED
Why Are All Swedish Cottages Painted Red?
smithsonianmag.com
One company has exclusive rights to the source of the iconic pigment — a copper mine's supply of iron deposits that may last just a century more.
NO SCHOOL LIKE THE OLD SCHOOL
The Oldest Schools In The World, Visualized
digg.com
What are the oldest schools still in operation today? OnlineSchoolsReport.com scoured through publicly accessible data and put together maps of the world's oldest educational institutions.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
MAKE IT SO
Someone Built A Painstakingly Detailed Star Trek-Themed Mancave, And It's Like Walking Aboard The Starship Enterprise
youtube.com
Phil Stiller is really living long and prospering in this extremely thorough Star Trek mancave.
IN THE NEWS
Retired General Backs Biden, Says A 2nd Trump Term Would Put Democracy 'At Risk'
UN's World Food Programme Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Hurricane Delta Heads Toward US Gulf Coast
FBI Says It Foiled Plot To Kidnap Michigan Governor
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As The Chill Rolls In, We Don't Ever Want To Take Off These Slippers
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Made with a breathable, funk-fighting wool, these indoor/outdoor slippers provide all-day comfort with enough structure to handle trips to the mailbox or corner store.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
DADDY SHARK DOO DOO
The Time A Shark Got Stuck In A Pond Near Cape Cod (2019)
bostonglobe.com
This is the story of the Naushon Island great white shark, as told by those who were there.
DOWN THE 'RABBIT HOLE'
I Made A Linguistics Professor Listen To A Blink-182 Song And Analyze The Accent (2015)
atlasobscura.com
It turns out that when you make a linguist listen to a Blink-182 song, you get more than you expected.
Blink and you'll miss Friday.