December 6, 2020
Pumpkin spice bologna sounded like a stupid idea to everyone but me
Oscar Mayer may not actually make Pumpkin Spice Bologna, but Jim, who runs the website Sandwich Tribunal, decided to give it a serious try.
Women in Pinball: Flipping the Male-Dominated Script
TL;DR Despite common reports of sexism in pinball and the lack of female representation among the top 100 players, women are taking the space they deserve. [more inside]
They Silenced Journalists, they won't silence the stories.
Murder in Mexico: journalists caught in the crosshairs. The 2012 killing of Regina Martínez, who was investigating links between organised crime and politics, began a wave of violence in the most dangerous country to be a reporter.
The Forbidden Stories project,
a network of journalists whose mission is to continue and publish the work of other journalists facing threats, prison, or murder and whose goal is to keep their stories alive and to make sure a maximum number of people have access to uncensored news on such crucial topics as the environment, health, human rights, or corruption.
What are we doing to get people into housing?
According to Need is a new five-part documentary podcast from 99% Invisible: "The way homelessness has exploded in California over the last decade, you’d think there was no system in place to address it. But there is one – it just wasn’t designed to help everyone." Produced by Katie Mingle, the Prologue covers her arrival in Oakland last year, Chapter 1 focuses on Tulicia's experience sleeping inside her car with her son, and Chapter 2 spends a day in the 211 "homelessness hotline" call center to find out why it's a dead-end for so many people.
Respawn of the Dead (or: Cookie Crypter)
Incremancer: it's like an ant farm except the ants all get out and also the ants are zombies and also this is a good thing. Idly grow yourself an army of adorable tiny undead brain-hungry zombos and consume increasingly large and dangerous groups of humans, one overflowing graveyard at a time.
a delicate balance.
THE EGG. Play with your spoon before breakfast, uneat a few eggs, and follow up with a glass of what could be wine. And, finally, swords. [more inside]
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