June 17, 2017
Prelude to a Mlem
Fotos Frei Schnauze is a gallery of puppies in motion and at rest, frequently on the verge of catching treats.
He's the man, the man with the Midas touch
With gold fixed at $35/ounce, mining for it had become unprofitable by the mid-60s. Time for the U.S. government to look elsewhere for gold: seawater, meteorites, plants, even deer antlers.
Pussies and World War II
Comedian Iliza Shlesinger causes a stir when she makes some comments about the subject matter of fellow female comedians' acts: "I could walk into The Improv, close my eyes, and I can’t tell one girl’s act apart from another. That’s not saying that 30-something white guys don’t all sound the same sometimes, but I’m banging my head against the wall because women want to be treated as equals, and we want feminism to be a thing, but it’s really difficult when every woman makes the same point about her vagina, over and over. I think I’m the only woman out there that has a joke about World War II in my set."
Summary on Splitsider, including some now-deleted tweets. Shlesinger also has declared herself finished with the debate: "Anyway, I'm done here. Enjoy your life" (Twitter)
El cóndor abraza
Edgardo is a rancher from Loncopué, Argentina, who found an injured condor chick and nursed him back to health. He shared a video [cooing in Spanish] with his family and it promptly went viral (Google translation here). "Condorito" is being monitored by staff from Ecoparque de Buenos Aires and should be able to return to his nearby habitat soon.
“The appeal is simple: sheer, stupid, ridiculous spectacle.”
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Conor McGregor [Deadspin] “It’s really happening. McGregor vs. Mayweather is actually a reality. The fight is like a nightmare emerging from a fever dream where the walls are papered with $100 bills, the carpet is made of the finest chinchilla fur, and you wake yourself up by stepping painfully on a discarded diamond ring instead of one of your kid’s discarded Legos. Let’s address the elephant in the room. Does McGregor, who hasn’t had an actual boxing match since he was a teenager, have a shot at beating a past-his-prime great? Yes, he has a shot. McGregor hits really, really hard, and chins don’t get better with age.”
Programming with trits and trytes!
Historical Markers Database: pinpointing local history around the world
National and global events all happened somewhere, and historical markers mark the place where many occurred. But the richness of history is in its local details, details that can be insignificant on the global stage: the home of an individual who made a difference; a natural feature, building, byway; or just something interesting that happened nearby. History is not just about the high and mighty.As we travel around, we may pass right by these roadside historical markers. That's where the Historical Marker Database comes in. [more inside]
This alpaca will attend your Japanese wedding
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