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I Can Only Count To FOUR. via Garbage Day
posted by signal at 8:14 PM PST - 16 comments

Now hear me out. What makes this song stink: Beverly Hills. I'm not big on harshing anyone's buzz but that's not what's going on here at all. This video is a journey.
posted by sjswitzer at 4:20 PM PST - 58 comments

I called my partner and said: "I beat the horse." And she said: "You're joking?" Despite being awake for 29 hours before the race even started, fittingly-named fell runner and firefighter Ricky Lightfoot has become the first person in 15 years--and the third person ever--to win the 22.5-mile Man vs Horse race across the Welsh countryside.
posted by gottabefunky at 1:09 PM PST - 33 comments

With Celsius freezing withdrawals, and Binance suffering problems, Offline Cash has achieved peak crypto: Bitcoin that's easy to save, spend and hold in a self-sovereign way. [Via Web 3 is going just great, of course]
posted by chavenet at 12:05 PM PST - 81 comments

Would you like some glitchy noise techno goodness? Yes? Well then: Formwork by ESCOTE.
posted by cortex at 11:23 AM PST - 5 comments

From Brian David Gilbert (with Karen Han), it’s the song of the summer. [more inside]
posted by Going To Maine at 10:21 AM PST - 16 comments

Responses to 10 common criticisms of anti-racism action in science, technology, engineering, math and medicine.
Criticism #4: “I only hire/award/cite based on merit. I do not need to consider race." It should be noted that the concept of “meritocracy” was introduced as satire by novelist Michael Dunlop Young, who believed that a society structured as a meritocracy would appear equitable, but ultimately serve to reinforce and perpetuate preexisting inequality. [more inside]
posted by spamandkimchi at 9:57 AM PST - 13 comments

YouGov reveals where Americans fall on the classic D&D alignment table
posted by Etrigan at 8:48 AM PST - 61 comments

Popular organist and Director of Music at Pembroke, Anna Lapwood, often finds herself rehearsing on the house organ at Albert Hall. While doing so in May, Bonobo's band heard this happen. Within 18 hours she was written into the closing night and completely slayed it. [SLYT] [more inside]
posted by majick at 6:26 AM PST - 25 comments

"Humans deserve and require unconditional love." (On the 4th anniversary of the You're Wrong About podcast, the AV Club's Marnie Shure interviews Sarah Marshall.)
posted by box at 5:00 AM PST - 10 comments

Free The _____? a) People, b) Land, c) Thread, d) Nipple [more inside]
posted by taz at 3:11 AM PST - 141 comments