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Saturday, 2 May 2020

You Gotta Be Shirting Me

No, Those Navy Videos Showing UFOs Are Not Aliens, A Laundry Startup Promised NYC Doctors And Nurses 'The Gift Of Clean Laundry' — Instead, It Created An Underwear Catastrophe, An Interactive Illustration Of Why Coronavirus Antibody Tests Aren't As Accurate As They Sound
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CLEANING UP THE NUMBERS
PERMANENTLY UNIMPRESSED
A Laundry Startup Promised NYC Doctors And Nurses 'The Gift Of Clean Laundry.' Instead, It Created A COVID-19 Underwear Catastrophe
vice.com
"WHERE IS THE REST OF MY LAUNDRY??"
SURVEY SAYS…
An Interactive Illustration Of Why Coronavirus Antibody Tests Aren't As Accurate As They Sound
qz.com
95% sensitivity? This simulator will help you understand just how accurate antibody tests are.
DOWN FOR THE COUNT
Brutal Numbers And That Failing IHME Model
talkingpointsmemo.com
To the extent we're going to have a model that at least organizes our thinking about the range of possibilities we need either a new model or a refactored one.
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PICTURE THIS
26 Hours On One Of The Longest Trains Of The World, And More Best Photography Of The Week
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Themed scenes from the '70s, '80s, '90s and movies, the eerie, dystopian opulence of cruise ships and more best photos of the week.
TAKE ANOTHER LOOK
THE TIME THE HOUSE WON
The Flukish, Fascinating Rise — And Sudden Disappearance — Of The 2019 Kentucky Derby Champ
si.com
Last year's controversial victor ran a rare course, straight from the winner's circle to pasture. Sp what the heck happened to Country House?
PLEASE, JUST LET US HAVE THIS
No, Those Navy Videos Showing UFOs Are Not Aliens
syfy.com
Recently unclassified footage from Navy jets appears to show UFOs moving in weird ways. Turns out, not so much.
INVISIBLE LABOR
The Battle That Chicago Forgot
chicagomag.com
Years before the Haymarket Affair, 30 Chicagoans were killed by police during America's first-ever nationwide strike in 1877. But the spot where the most blood was shed bears no mark of what happened there.
BITTERSWEET FACTS
Is Sugar Really Bad For You?
bbc.com
People who eat more sweets are at higher risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer… but that may not actually be sugar's fault.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
PUPPY LOVE
The Wholesome Moment When A Golden Retriever Notices Her 2-Week-Old Puppy Can't Find Her
rumble.com
Keep your siblings close, keep your mommy closer.
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kickstarter.com
If you've ever accidentally burned your fingers while lighting a candle, the utility of this lighter is crystal clear.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
RESIDENT OUTSIDER
The Man Without A Country (2014)
vice.com
Mike Gogulski might be the first case of successful voluntary statelessness.
HOMEBREWING'S HOLY GRAIL
My Quest To Reengineer A Legendary Beer In A Dirty Kitchen (2015)
wired.com
One man's attempt to make one of brewing's most complex beers: the sour.
Hang in there, friends.

Friday, 1 May 2020

Bigger Phish To Fry

Anatomy Of A Well-Crafted Rental Phishing Scam, 'It's Bullsh*t': Inside The Weird, Get-Rich-Quick World Of Dropshipping, A Visualization Of The Projected Deaths Of COVID-19 Compared To Other Leading Causes, and more.
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CAUSE AND EFFECT
CAUSE AND EFFECT
A Visualization Of The Projected Deaths Of COVID-19 Compared To Other Leading Causes
statnews.com
How high will it go? As Covid-19 death toll in U.S. blows past 60,000, there are no easy answers.
THE VANISHING POSTS
Inside The Early Days Of China's Coronavirus Coverup
wired.com
The dawn of a pandemic — as seen through the news and social media posts that vanished from China's internet.
CASH ME INSIDE
This Is The Most Dangerous Place In The Grocery Store
cnn.com
The cash register has emerged as the most dangerous place in the store, according to public health and worker safety experts.
DON'T LET THE GLASSDOOR HIT YOU
Death Of The Office
1843magazine.com
The coronavirus pandemic has sped up a revolution in home working, leaving offices around the world empty. But what was the point of them anyway?
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MEME CORNER
THESE MEMES HAVE LEGS
The Week's Best Memes, Ranked
digg.com
It's an internet fight and only the funniest meme will emerge victorious.
DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?
THIS ONE'S A CLASSIC
Charting The Generational Gaps In Music Knowledge
pudding.cool
Do you recognize songs from history more than people your age?
WE'RE SOLD
'It's Bullsh*t': Inside The Weird, Get-Rich-Quick World Of Dropshipping
wired.co.uk
In Bali, western immigrants are selling products they've never handled, from countries they've never visited, to consumers they've never met
GO PHISH
Anatomy Of A Well-Crafted Rental Phishing Scam
jeffreyladish.com
Despite my experience as a security professional, I didn't realize this was a scam until about the third email.
CAUGHT IN THE ACT
The Hollywood Vigilante
marieclaire.com
Far from the "Riverdale" set, actress Marisol Nichols uses her acting skills to help law enforcement agencies catch child sexual predators and pedophiles.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
TOE-TALLY AWESOME
Extremely Talented Girl Plays The Who's 'My Generation' With Both The Guitar And Bass At The Same Time
youtube.com
An extraordinarily gifted young musician plays both the guitar and bass simultaneously to a classic rock song.
IN THE NEWS
Biden Denies Tara Reade Sexual Assault Allegation: 'This Never Happened'
Amazon, Instacart, Whole Foods And Target Workers Plan May Day Strike To Protest Coronavirus Treatment
The Stock Market Just Had Its Best Month Since 1987
Armed Protesters Storm Michigan Capitol As Governor's Emergency Powers Debated
J. Crew Is Reportedly Filing For Bankruptcy
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Huckberry Has A Small Batch Available Of The Best Backpack Of All Time
huckberry.com
The GoRuck GR1 is a phenomenal backpack, so our ears perked up when we heard that there's now a Huckberry-exclusive version in limited quantities.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS
Finding A Video Poker Bug Made These Guys Rich — Then Vegas Made Them Pay (2014)
wired.com
The "Double Up bug" lurking in the software of Game King video poker machines sur­vived undetected for nearly seven years, in part because the steps to repro­duce it were so complex. John Kane and Andre Nestor experi­mented until they could trig­ger it at will.
THE CASE OF THE RHINO HORNS
The Dead Zoo Gang (2014)
magazine.atavist.com
The world had never seen a crime wave quite like it. Starting in early 2011, thieves descended upon dozens of natural-history museums across Europe armed with crowbars, sledgehammers, and tear-gas grenades, interested in only one thing: antique rhinoceros horns.
Wait, where did April go?