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Baltimore DJ/musician/painter Landis Expandis may be hunkering down, but together with his clones Harry and Larry he reminds us that even in this pandemic, It's Not the Same Day as Yesterday (YT). [more inside]
posted by MonkeyToes at 6:39 PM PST - 9 comments

Is a Feral Cat Responsible For the Orioles Losing 18 Games in a Row? An Important Investigation This was going to be a single link post to Molly Knight's substack The Long Game (now you know what you're clicking on), but then I found: [more inside]
posted by the primroses were over at 4:49 PM PST - 26 comments

Charlie Watts, drummer of the Rolling Stones, passed away today at age 80. According to the Daily Telegraph, he was one of the World's Best Dressed Men. (their obit, non-paywalled)
posted by Rash at 2:38 PM PST - 95 comments

No One Has Ever Measured the One Way Speed of Light. (Veritasium video)... in fact the one-way speed of light is not just unknown, it is undefined. Crazily enough, it is possible that light travels at 1/2c in one direction, and instantaneously in the reverse direction.
posted by storybored at 1:39 PM PST - 85 comments

Cute okapi via chat. Wikipedia on okapis. Also known as the zebra giraffe. [more inside]
posted by aniola at 11:36 AM PST - 13 comments

August 23rd marked the 30th anniversary of the Super Nintendo in North America. Considered by many to be the greatest console ever, even kids who grew up on the SEGA side have to give it respect. [more inside]
posted by Zargon X at 9:30 AM PST - 27 comments

Composer, author, teacher, and pioneer of acoustic ecology R. Murray Shafer has passed away (CBC), NYT. [more inside]
posted by kmkrebs at 8:42 AM PST - 16 comments