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Saturday 9 January 2021

Dern Down For What

Inside George Clooney And Laura Dern's Long-Lost Horror Movie, A Guy Whose Tweets Endangered Ken Jennings's 'Jeopardy!' Career And More Of This Week's 'One Main Character', The Case Against $2,000 Stimulus Checks, The Tyranny Of The Pandemic Office
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STRANGER THAN FICTION
BEANS, BEANS, THE MUSICAL FRUIT
A Guy Whose Tweets Endangered Ken Jennings's 'Jeopardy!' Career, And More Of This Week's 'One Main Character'
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This week's main characters include a man offended by a tampon, a hot dog enthusiast, a guy who didn't pay attention in 6th grade health class, a bean-obsessed father, a US Senator getting more blame for the Capitol riot than Trump and a Vox writer who doesn't wash his dishes.
CURIOUS GEORGE
Inside George Clooney And Laura Dern's Long-Lost Horror Movie
news.yahoo.com
A day after George Clooney, Laura Dern, and Charlie Sheen arrived, my producing partner Joe Proctor made an official announcement, that there is no money to make "Grizzly II: Revenge."
'MAYBE DEATH ISN'T THE END'
Can A TV Series Prove The Existence Of An Afterlife?
theguardian.com
In the Netflix docuseries "Surviving Death," a "non-believer" filmmaker explores the possibility that something else might be waiting for us at the end.
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PICTURE THIS
Monks Living The Oldest Form Of Monastic Life, And Other Best Photography Of The Week
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Also featuring photos of Japan after dark and the unique culture of Arctic drifting.
EDITOR'S PICK
EVER SEEN HANNAH AND MILEY IN THE SAME ROOM?
Throw Away Your iPhone Box, New Greta Just Dropped, And Other Best Tweets Of The Week
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This first full week of January has felt like a year, rounded off with an attempted coup. Let's dive in.
THANKS, I HATE IT
TOO Q TO BE TRUE
King Arthur's Camelot Castle Is Now Ground Zero For Brit QAnon
news.yahoo.com
"The more we dug, the more disturbing it all became."
NONESSENTIAL WORKERS
The Tyranny Of The Pandemic Office
newrepublic.com
Why are workers being called back for nonessential work in the middle of a pandemic? Because their bosses can get away with it.
MORE TARGETED RELIEF INSTEAD
The Case Against $2,000 Stimulus Checks
newrepublic.com
Now that Democrats have won the Senate, there's a better way to spend that money.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
TRAINING DAY
This Subway Story From A Comedian Is A Perfect Demonstration Of Why New Yorkers Are The Nicest Assholes
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Stand up comedian Gus Constantellis recalls the time New Yorkers reacted to a subway passenger coughing one time too many during pre-COVID-19 days.
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That's A Great Question, Swedish Chef
teepublic.com
We too would like to know "Vert der ferk?"
FROM THE ARCHIVES
AUTO-STAR
How An Oil Engineer Created Auto-Tune And Changed Music Forever (2016)
vice.com
An interview with the revolutionary audio processor's inventor Andy Hildebrand.
QUANTUM CERTAINTY
My Grandfather Thought He Solved A Cosmic Mystery And It Ruined His Career (2018)
theatlantic.com
His career as an eminent physicist was derailed by an obsession. Was he a genius or a crackpot?
2021 seems not to be working very well. Let's try turning it off and on again.

Friday 8 January 2021

S*x Cells

The Sperm Kings Have A Problem: Too Much Demand, Are There Any Tangible Benefits to Chugging Water First Thing In The Morning?, The Wildest Things I've Witnessed As A Stewardess On Private Jets, Police Need Help Identifying Famous QAnon Guy Named Jake Angeli From Arizona
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BIZARRE NEW WORLD
BREAKING THE BANK
The Sperm Kings Have A Problem: Too Much Demand
nytimes.com
Many people want a pandemic baby, but some sperm banks are running low. So women are joining unregulated Facebook groups to find willing donors, no middleman required.
THE MAN WITH THE HORNS
Police Need Help Identifying Famous QAnon Guy Named Jake Angeli From Arizona
vice.com
DC police will give you $1,000 for information about this very famous person who has been identified dozens of times.
POLAR RESULTS
The Polar Vortex Has Just Been Disrupted. What Does This Bode?
mashable.com
Is extreme cold in your future?
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EXPLAIN IT TO US PLANE AND SIMPLE
JUST GO TO THERAPY
Places That Are Harder To Get Into Than The US Capitol, Bean Dad And This Week's Other Best Memes, Ranked
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This week, we've got men will literally do anything instead of going to therapy, Bean Dad, places that are harder to get into than the US Capitol and the CIA rebrand.
DRIP OR DROWN
Are There Any Tangible Benefits to Chugging Water First Thing In The Morning?
insidehook.com
Many CEOs and celebs consider a liter of water before breakfast an essential life hack.
FRIGHT OR FLIGHT
The Wildest Things I've Witnessed As A Stewardess On Private Jets
melmagazine.com
Some clients want it all — lobster, caviar, Cristal and Dom Perignon. Others? A 33-pound turkey sourced from Dubai.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
DISH-ILLUSIONMENT
The Difference Between A Baby Boomer And A Millennial When They Get The Wrong Restaurant Order
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From Baby Boomers to Gen Z'ers, here's how different generations react to a wrong food order.
IN THE NEWS
WATCH: Donald Trump Concedes The 2020 Election And Condemns Rioters At The Capitol: 'A New Administration Will Be Inaugurated'
US Capitol Police Confirm Death Of Officer After Pro-Trump Riot
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Resigns In Wake Of Capitol Assault, Joining Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao And Other Officials
Trump Is Said To Have Discussed Pardoning Himself
US Shed 140,000 Jobs In December, Halting Labor Market Recovery
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These Boots Don't Quack, But They Will Keep Your Feet Dry
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'Tis the season for slushy walkways and muddy yards. Keep your feet nice and dry through the worst of it with the All-Weather Duckboot.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
'THE KILLERS CAME BY STREETCAR'
By Bullet Or Ballot: One Of The Only Successful Coups In American History (2020)
lithub.com
On the white supremacist plot to take over Wilmington, North Carolina.
CLASS IS POSSESSED
Hysteria High: How Demons Destroyed A Florida School (2019)
medium.com
In 1979, a riot broke out at a Florida school. Hundreds of screaming students claimed they were possessed by demons. Was it evil spirits or something even darker that haunted Miami Aerospace Academy?
We're off to a rocky start, 2021.