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EVA Air introduced a new safety video earlier this year. EVA describes the video as "a work of art that’s as captivating as it is informative." Choreographed by Bulareyaung Pagarlava, a member of Taiwan's indigenous Paiwan community, it's really like no other airplane safety video I'd ever seen before. [more inside]
posted by potrzebie at 10:31 PM PST - 12 comments

Fold your own wallet. [more inside]
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“If you wish to understand a person’s character, you should observe and examine his house with attention.”
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they build a cow-powered carousel [YT] in the middle of a river (can also be powered by a rugby team)
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"His parents told him 'it’s time to go bye-bye', so he gave every stranger a hug." Twitter | Threadreader
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 1:26 PM PST - 26 comments

Josh Fauver, the "longest running bassist" for indie-rock darlings Deerhunter, died yesterday at the age of 39. No cause of death has been reported, with the band posting a photo of them on Instagram with the caption "Very difficult times now". Fauver was in the band from their debut album, 2005's so-called "self-titled" album (named after a taunt hurled at the band during one of their live shows), 2007's Cryptograms, 2007's Fluorescent Grey EP, 2008's Microcastle, as well as the 2008 follow-up Weird Era Cont., 2009's Rainwater Cassette Exchange, and finally 2010's Halcyon Digest. [more inside]
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Every year, hundreds of students come to the American Academy McAllister Institute to learn the art of taking care of the dead and their families.
posted by MovableBookLady at 12:59 PM PST - 14 comments

Paul Oakenfold recently produced a retrospective Essential Mix, digging from the Perfecto archives back to his first essential mix from 1993 for Essential Mix's 25th anniversary. Perhaps more notably, it's his 36th mix for the program, where he was the first guest DJ, following Pete Tong's debut hosting, and mixing, on October 30, 1993. If you want to relive the past with days of Oakenfold's mixes, you're in luck! They're (almost) all online! [more inside]
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Kid in Nebraska slays Bohemian Rhapsody after showing of movie. [SLYT]
posted by Mike Mongo at 5:52 AM PST - 17 comments

The Get-Rich-Quick Scheme That Almost Killed a German Soccer Team: An electrician’s odd plot to make $607,933.50.
posted by showbiz_liz at 3:36 AM PST - 16 comments

The Masterless People: Pirates, Maroons, and the Struggle to Live Free - "In the 'bizarre and horrifying world' of the early modern Caribbean, maroons and pirates both prized their freedom above all else. And sometimes they worked together to safeguard it."
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"BBC Culture polled 209 critics in 43 countries to find the greatest non-English language films in world cinema"– here's the top 100."
posted by Mister Bijou at 1:26 AM PST - 58 comments