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Saturday 27 March 2021

🌤 You Dim Sun, You Lose Sun

Bill Gates Is Thinking About Dimming The Sun, Here's The 'Weird Clock' On Jack Dorsey's Kitchen Counter, Moby's Terrible Defense Of Veganism, A 'Jeopardy!' Host No One Asked For, And More Of This Week's 'One Main Character'
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WEIRD AND WEIRDER
'DON'T GET YOUR SCIENCE FROM MOBY'
Moby's Terrible Defense Of Veganism, A 'Jeopardy!' Host No One Asked For, And More Of This Week's 'One Main Character'
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This week's characters also include a guy whose Cinnamon Toast Crunch was extra crunchy, the world's largest e-commerce company that picked a fight it could never win and more.
THE SUN OF ALL PARTS
Bill Gates Is Thinking About Dimming The Sun
popularmechanics.com
The billionaire is backing a study of the controversial technology called solar geoengineering.
NERD SH*T
Here's The Weird 'Clock' On Jack Dorsey's Kitchen Counter
gizmodo.com
The House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing with the CEOs of Google, Facebook and Twitter is already raising questions. Namely, what the heck is that thing on Jack Dorsey's kitchen counter?
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WATCH THIS SPACE
BOB'S YOUR UNCLE
What To Watch This Weekend, And What To Avoid
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Here are our recommendations on what's most worth watching this weekend on Netflix, HBO, Disney+ and more, from the Bob Odenkirk action film "Nobody" to the Tina Turner documentary "Tina" to the new Monsterverse movie "Godzilla Vs. Kong."
EDITOR'S PICK
WE DIDN'T STEER THE BOAT
Trouble In The Suez, Relatable Furniture, And More Of This Week's Funniest Tweets
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This week has seen some slightly nicer weather (in some places, anyway), some wild story arcs play out on the timeline and the usual pandemic ennui. Enjoy!
EVER-EVOLVING EVENTS
BLOCK IT TO ME
The Revolution In Classic Tetris
newyorker.com
How a younger generation used the internet to master the falling blocks.
MOVE BACK THE MOUND
How Humans Became The Best Throwers On The Planet
theconversation.com
We're the only species that can throw at speeds that kill.
LEAK HOUSE
Why Trump's White House Leaked And Biden's Hasn't
politico.com
For one thing, he hasn't messed up yet.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU
Courteney Cox Explains How The 'Friends' Cast Inked The Famous Deal That Made Sure Everyone Was Paid The Same
youtube.com
Courteney Cox reflects on the famous television deal that made the "Friends" cast filthy rich.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
WITCHES HAVE NOTHING ON VAMPIRES
The Great New England Vampire Panic (2012)
smithsonianmag.com
Two hundred years after the Salem witch trials, farmers became convinced that their relatives were returning from the grave to feed on the living.
THROUGH THE FIRE AND THE FLAMES
Burning Out: What Really Happens Inside A Crematorium (2019)
popularmechanics.com
Four decades ago, less than 5% of American were cremated when they died. Now that figure stands at nearly half. This is how cremation actually works, and the story of what happens to a culture when its attitude about how to memorialize the dead undergoes a revolution.
Looks like we've hit the eighth season of the year: fool's summer. Enjoy!

Friday 26 March 2021

Minding My Drone Business

Tic Tac–Shaped Drones Swarmed Navy Destroyers. No One Knows Where They Came From, 'The Most Beautiful Place On Earth' You Might Not Be Allowed To Leave
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FEELING STUCK
STAY AWHILE
'The Most Beautiful Place On Earth' You Might Not Be Allowed To Leave
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Abkhazia may not be on your list of glamorous travel destinations, but it's a place like no other. You just need to do one little thing if you want to go home afterward.
IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE, IT'S A DRONE
Tic Tac–Shaped Drones Swarmed Navy Destroyers. No One Knows Where They Came From
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The Navy can't explain the bizarre encounters that took place across four nights in 2019.
YA DUN GOOFED
These Photos Of The Suez Canal From Space Illustrate How Stuck That Cargo Ship Really Is
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It's hard to truly understand how wedged in the 1,300-foot Ever Given container ship is until you see it from high above.
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CRUNCH THE NUMBERS
YEAH I ATE
Stop Crying, It's Just A Movie, And This Week's Other Best Memes, Ranked
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This week, we've also got "yeah I ate," Suez Canal memes, "RIP, you would have loved…" and the Hugh Grant name game.
MEMBERS OF THE CLUB
Why Do So Many Men With Big Penises Think They Have Small Ones?
insidehook.com
Men are underestimating their own penis size, highlighting the unrealistic size-standards to which many penis-havers hold themselves.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO SIT DOWN FOR THIS
It's Time To Kill Off Sit-Ups And Crunches For Good
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The two dated exercises put unnecessary strain on your body, and won't give you the washboard core you're looking for
VIDEO OF THE DAY
LIKE A BOSS
Someone Unearthed This Video Of Ronnie O'Sullivan Making The World's Fastest Maximum Break In Snooker
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Back in 1997, Ronnie O'Sullivan thrilled the world with this eye-popping snooker break. Nobody has come close since.
IN THE NEWS
Alabama Tornadoes Kill Five As Homes Are Destroyed And Thousands Lose Power
Police Arrest Georgia Lawmaker As Governor Signs Law Overhauling Elections
Suez Canal Authorities Need To Remove Up To 706,000 Cubic Feet Of Sand To Free The Ever Given
Jessica Walter Dies: Emmy-Winning 'Arrested Development,' 'Archer' Actress Was 80
Five Key Takeaways From Biden's First Presidential Press Conference
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
STRAIGHT PEOPLE PLAYING IT TOO STRAIGHT
The Bored Sex (2019)
theatlantic.com
Women, more than men, tend to feel stultified by long-term exclusivity — despite having been taught that they were designed for it.
THE FAKE ROBBERY — AND THE REAL ONE
The Great Buenos Aires Bank Heist (2020)
gq.com
They were an all-star crew. They cooked up the perfect plan. And when they pulled off the caper of the century, it made them more than a fortune — it made them folk heroes.
Sometimes ship just happens, you know?