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Saturday 20 March 2021

So Ron It's Right

Rupert Grint Is Facing His Fears, A Guy With The 'Worst Tweet Ever' About Bill Burr's Wife, And More Of This Week's 'One Main Character,' Goldman's First-Year Bankers Beg To Work Only 80-Hour Weeks In Stinging Deck
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MUCH ADO ABOUT SOMETHING
GRINT AND BEAR IT
Rupert Grint Is Facing His Fears
esquire.com
Rupert Grint opens up about Apple TV+'s "Servant," fatherhood, "Harry Potter" reunion and speaking out against J.K. Rowling.
'YOU CAN DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT NOW'
A Guy With The 'Worst Tweet Ever' About Bill Burr's Wife, And More Of This Week's 'One Main Character'
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This week's characters also include a conservative editor who couldn't take a joke, a Hollywood trade publication with a poorly received headline and a Georgia official who said the spa shootings suspect had a "really bad day."
JET IT GO, JET IT GO
This Is The F-36 Kingsnake. It Could Be The Air Force's Next Fighter Jet
popularmechanics.com
Meet the new, non-stealthy fighter that may replace the F-16.
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Featuring a full-grain leather exterior, Gore-Tex lining for waterproofing and a gorgeous colorway, these boots are already sitting in our cart at Huckberry.
WATCH THIS SPACE
YOU BLUES YOUR CHANCE
Here's 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, Hulu and Amazon Prime — from Marvel's new series "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" to "Zach Snyder's Justice League" to National Geographic's TV series "Genius: Aretha."
EDITOR'S PICK
UNSUBSCRIBE FROM ALL
Seth Rogen Making Lil Vases, Men Who Use 3-In-1 Shampoo, And More Of The Week's Funniest Tweets
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Here is a collection of very good and utterly unrelated tweets as a nice distraction in the midst of *gestures broadly*.
OUR WORK IS NEVER OVER
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
The Mystery Of 'Harriet Cole'
atlasobscura.com
In 19th-century Philadelphia, an anatomist dissected and mounted a human nervous system. Now researchers are trying to figure out whose remains are stretched out in a glass case.
ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLDMAN
Goldman's First-Year Bankers Beg To Work Only 80-Hour Weeks In Stinging Deck
bloomberg.com
They created a slide deck for managers highlighting their biggest job complaints.
TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT
The Uneasy Intimacy Of Work In A Pandemic Year
vox.com
How capitalism and the pandemic destroyed our work-life balance.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
'GAME, BLOUSES'
Someone Unearthed A Video Of Prince Shooting Basketball At A Concert, And People Are Realizing That 'Chappelle's Show' Skit Was Extremely Real
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A clip of Prince sinking a basketball into a hoop during a concert was unearthed, stunning netizens who thought Charlie Murphy's story from "Chappelle's Show" was a joke.
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This Kickstarted Cast-Iron Skillet Beats Ordering Out Any Day
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Not only is this superb skillet about 30% lighter than most cast-irons, but its precision machining makes for an ultra-smooth cooking surface that prevents sticking.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
POOR TASTE
The Dark Side Of The Orgasmic Meditation Company (2018)
bloomberg.com
OneTaste is pushing its sexuality wellness education toward the mainstream. Some former members say it pushed them into sexual servitude and five-figure debts.
NOT SO CONGENIAL
The Miss America Emails: How The Pageant's CEO Really Talks About The Winners (2017)
huffingtonpost.com
Internal correspondence reveals name-calling, slut-shaming and fat-shaming in emails between the Miss America CEO, board members and a pageant writer.
Face your fears this weekend. But safely. You know what, maybe don't.

Friday 19 March 2021

Bike It Or Not

The Strange Psychological Phenomenon That Explains Why People Hate Cyclists, 'Zack Snyder's Justice League' Vs. The Whedon Cut: What Are The Differences?, Is Sergey Brin Really Building The World's Biggest Aircraft? Here's Everything We Know
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MODES OF TRANSPORTATION
BRIN ME THE HORIZON
Is Sergey Brin Really Building The World's Biggest Aircraft? Here's Everything We Know
sfgate.com
What's the deal with the Google co-founder's secretive Mountain View airship company?
THINK TWICE
The Strange Psychological Phenomenon That Explains Why People Hate Cyclists
boingboing.net
When a bike blows through a stop sign, we're likely to see it as evidence that "cyclists think they're above the law." That's fundamental attribution error at work.
WHAT A REVEAL
Popular Female Japanese Biker Turns Out To Be 50-Year-Old Man On FaceApp
vice.com
His thousands of Twitter followers are shook by the plot twist.
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This Smart Bird Feeder Is The Perfect Gadget For Both Novice And Expert Birdwatchers
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Introducing Bird Buddy, a feeder that detects when feathered friends are visiting and notifies you, even providing information on the species.
I WANT IT ZACK WAY
SO CLOSE I CAN ALMOST TASTE IT
$1,400 Stimmies, Beyoncé At The Grammys, And This Week's Other Best Memes, Ranked
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We've also got the Ides of March, "so close I can almost taste it" and Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion performing "WAP" at the Grammys.
SPOILERS INSIDE
'Zack Snyder's Justice League' Vs. The Whedon Cut: What Are The Differences?
denofgeek.com
We dive into the significant differences between "Zack Snyder's Justice League" and the version Warner Bros. and Joss Whedon released into theaters.
C'MON RIDE THE TRAIN (AND RIDE IT)
How The World's Fastest Trains Compare To Each Other, Animated
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FleetLogging, a firm that helps manage fleets in the United States, crunched the numbers and calculated how fast the average US passenger train is compared with the fastest trains in the world.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
'I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT'
A CNN Reporter Asked People At An Oklahoma Diner If They'd Get The COVID Vaccine, And Things Got Pretty Uncomfortable
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CNN's Gary Tuchman runs into a lot of skeptical people at this diner in Boise City, Oklahoma.
IN THE NEWS
The First Big Study On COVID Reinfection Is Here. Here's What It Means
Biden, Harris To Meet With AAPI Leaders In Georgia Following Deadly Spa Shootings
First US-China Meeting Under Biden Gets Off To A Rocky Start
President Biden Cancels $1 Billion In Student Loan Debt
GOP Rep. Extols Lynchings During Hearing On Anti-Asian American Violence
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Well, That Escalated Quickly
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
TAKE OUT THE MIDDLEMAN
How McKinsey Destroyed The Middle Class (2020)
theatlantic.com
Top graduates of elite colleges, like Pete Buttigieg, typically pass through McKinsey or a similar firm before settling into their adult career. How did this come to pass?
NO, NOT 'A FISH CALLED'
The True Crime Story Behind A 1970 Cult Feminist Film Classic (2017)
topic.com
The only film that Barbara Loden ever made, "Wanda," is now considered to be a masterpiece. Here is the true story behind the fiction.
Finally, Friday is here.