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ZERO WING HAD 32 WEIRD SECRET ENDINGS IN JAPAN
posted by griphus at 5:59 PM PST - 20 comments

After one hundred and eleven years, Ireland have finally beaten the New Zealand All Blacks, with a fantastic 40-29 win at Solider Field today. Ireland, who narrowly lost the last last time the two teams met, broke the current world champion All Black's 18 game winning streak. [more inside]
posted by inflatablekiwi at 5:40 PM PST - 27 comments

At age 16, Alexandra Ansanelli was anointed a prodigy. By 22, she was a principal for the New York City Ballet. At 26, she was a principal for the Royal Ballet. By 28, she had given it all up.

posted by Etrigan at 5:09 PM PST - 14 comments

Uni High tapped into the pop-psych teachings of the ’70s to create one of the most bizarre curriculums of the era: Sex, Drugs, and Textbooks: Inside L.A.’s Most Controversial Educational Experiment by David Kukoff, L.A. Magazine
posted by Room 641-A at 4:31 PM PST - 9 comments

111 Games, toys, books, and apps for future engineers, reviewed by current engineers. This year's guide includes notes on diversity and teamwork. [more inside]
posted by womprat78 at 3:56 PM PST - 3 comments

(Adobe) VoCo allows you to change words in a voiceover simply by typing new words [slyt]
posted by lmfsilva at 3:52 PM PST - 32 comments

Turkey menacing California town.
posted by gryphonlover at 12:43 PM PST - 60 comments

Would you like to see an ultra-high-definition fly-through of the International Space Station, shot with a fisheye lens? Video is 18 minutes long.
posted by Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival, The at 10:41 AM PST - 25 comments

Delhi Closes Over 1,800 Schools in Response to Dangerous Smog [The New York Times] “For the first time ever, more than 1,800 public primary schools in India’s capital will close on Saturday to protect children from exposure to dangerous levels of air pollution, the authorities said on Friday. The decision affects more than a million children. A thick, acrid smog has settled over the capital over the past week, a combination of smoke from burning crops in surrounding agricultural states, fireworks on the Hindu festival of Diwali, dust and vehicle emissions. Levels of the most dangerous particles, called PM 2.5, reached 600 micrograms per cubic meter in different parts of the city this week, according to the Delhi Pollution Control Committee. Sustained exposure to that concentration of PM 2.5 is equivalent to smoking 40 cigarettes a day, said Sarath Guttikunda, the director of Urban Emissions, an independent research group.” [more inside]
posted by Fizz at 9:52 AM PST - 8 comments

Sit back, relax and soothe your frazzled nerves with Tony Bennett and dance company Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu: "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" [more inside]
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 8:20 AM PST - 6 comments

Tish and Snooky tell the story of how they founded Manic Panic, starting as a punk store on St Marks in the East Village.
posted by moonmilk at 7:08 AM PST - 20 comments

"In the Air Again," in which the author describes the redemption arc of her lifelong love/hate/love relationship with the man and his music. [more inside]
posted by I_Love_Bananas at 4:29 AM PST - 89 comments