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Saturday, 24 July 2021

Bone Appetit

Body Preserved In A Bog Since The Iron Age Still Contains Undigested Last Meal, A Failed 'Today' Show Host Bullies A Tennis Star For Some Reason, And More Of This Week's 'One Main Character'
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A DATE WITH FATE
'I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SAY THIS'
A Failed 'Today' Show Host Bullies A Tennis Star For Some Reason, And More Of This Week's 'One Main Character'
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This week's characters also include a guy who took too much acid and went on a Twitter tirade about a gift of $100K from his mom, a CNN anchor praising private space launches and a guy who correctly said he shouldn't tweet.
'INCREDIBLY WELL-PRESERVED'
Body Preserved In A Bog Since The Iron Age Still Contains Undigested Last Meal
gizmodo.com
Dubbed "Tollund Man," the natural mummy offers a window into what life was like in Europe 2,400 years ago.
AND SCENE
Eric Bana Is A Character Actor At Heart
vulture.com
The Australian stand-up turned dramatic Hollywood actor can't help but still see the world in sketches and bits.
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WHAT TO WATCH
BEACH, PLEASE
Is M. Night Shyamalan's Horror Film 'Old' Any Good? Here's What The Reviews Say
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M. Night Shyamalan's latest movie has an intriguing premise, but is "Old" one of Shyamalan's best recent movies or is it a clunky misfire? Here's what the reviews are saying.
EDITOR'S PICK
THE MAYOR OF WHAT
Reading For Pain, Spreading The Word Of God In A Ferrari And More Of The Week's Funniest Tweets
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This week we are taking advantage of summer weather to venturing outside and socialize again. And honestly, it's not worth the effort, because no one knows how to behave anymore.
MY GOD, WHAT HAVE WE DONE
DIALING UP
How AOL Got 14,000 People To Work Remotely For Free
tedium.co
Considering the fact that many early online networks relied on volunteers to help build up their base — until one such network, AOL, got too big.
FOOD IS CRUEL
'Pig' Cuts Straight Through American Foodie Hypocrisy
newrepublic.com
The heavy-handed film from Michael Sarnoski, starring Nicolas Cage, contains a fundamental truth about a very sick industry.
FLIPPING BURGERS, FLOPPING BURGERS
Why Was McDonald's Arch Deluxe Burger A Marketing Failure?
eater.com
In the '90s, Chicago fine dining chef Andrew Selvaggio was tasked with creating the Arch Deluxe, which turned out to be McDonald's biggest flop.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
FRONT CROW SEAT
This Birder Foiling A Bike Theft Has Us On The Edge Of Our Seat From Beginning To End
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The chase starts at 3:20 and is heart-pumping to watch.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
SQUASHING THE BEEF
Where Are All The Vegetarian TV Shows?
thrillist.com
Vegetarians are "usually made to look like kooks, then thrown off the show before the first commercial break." When will the conversation change? (From 2018)
Have some vegetables this weekend. They could use the morale.

Friday, 23 July 2021

How To Tell If You're Middle Class

What I Learned About American Men As A Translator At A Matchmaking Agency, We Now Know What The FBI Did With The 4,500 Kavanaugh Tips It Collected In 2018, A Grizzly Bear Terrorized A Man For Days In Alaska. The Coast Guard Saw His SOS, 'Space Jam 2,' Bezos Goes To Space, And This Week's Other Best Memes, Ranked
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SEE FOR YOURSELF
WE HAVE LIFTOFF
'Space Jam 2,' Bezos Goes To Space, And This Week's Other Best Memes, Ranked
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This week, we've also got Milwaukee's NBA Championship and "Now replace _____ with women."
'A SHAM INVESTIGATION'
We Now Know What The FBI Did With The 4,500 Kavanaugh Tips It Collected In 2018
slate.com
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has spent nearly three years attempting to understand the nature of the FBI's "supplemental investigation" of claims that emerged against Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearings in the summer of 2018.
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU
Here's A Handy Tool To Find Out If You Qualify As Middle Class
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CNBC created a calculator that factors in your salary, household size and metropolitan financial data to determine if you're within the threshold to be considered middle class.
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THE IMPOSSIBLE TRUTH
MANUFACTURED DREAMS
What I Learned About American Men As A Translator At A Matchmaking Agency
vice.com
The men using international dating websites had troubling ideas about the shortcomings of American women.
TERRIFYING
A Grizzly Bear Terrorized A Man For Days In Alaska. The Coast Guard Saw His SOS
nytimes.com
Down to his last rounds of ammunition, with bruises and a leg injury, the man was rescued by a helicopter crew that just happened by.
BALLOT ROYALE
I Tried To Make Claims About Election Fraud So Preposterous Trump Fans Wouldn't Believe Me. It Was Impossible
theintercept.com
I was acting as Trump and his minions do: free to say anything, no matter how ridiculous, with no basis in observable fact.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
'DON'T SHOVE IT DOWN MY THROAT'
People Who Have Been Hospitalized Because Of COVID Are Asked Whether Or Not They'll Get A Vaccine Now. Here Are Their Responses
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David Begnaud spoke with COVID-19 patients in a Louisiana hospital and one man still refused to get vaccinated, despite his near fatal battle.
IN THE NEWS
Here Are The Best Moments From The Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony
Why Vaccinated People Are Getting 'Breakthrough' Infections
The 'Fyre Fest' Of Overnight Camps Closed After Six Days
A Defunct Video Hosting Site Is Flooding Normal Websites With Hardcore Porn
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
THE SUMMER OF SCAM NEVER ENDED
The Tinder Swindler
vg.no
He has seduced and swindled young women for millions and is a fugitive from justice in several countries. Norwegian paper VG tracked him down. (From 2019)
You come for "Space Jam 2," you better not miss.