July 12, 2022
The History of Gasoline
Jalopnik's multi-part series on the history of gasoline by Jamie Kitman:
Prelude: A Century And A Half Of Lies
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Part 1: How Gasoline Got Into Our Lives
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Part 2: They Trashed Pennsylvania First
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Part 3: How Standard Oil Built Its Toxic Monopoly
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Part 4: How Standard Oil Got Away With It
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Part 5: Better Things For Deader Living ... Through Chemistry
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Part 6: The Original Sin Of General Motors
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Part 7: They Lied About The Science
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Part 8: Searching For The Magic Bullet
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Part 9: Charles Kettering, Prophet Of Profit
Gay sports matters!
Two very different documentaries about LGBTQ+ participation in sports: Light In The Water [1h14m] is a multi-generational look at the West Hollywood Aquatics team and how much it has mattered across decades for gay sports. Scrum [55m] is a look at a single gay Australian rugby team and their fight to win the 2015 Bingham Cup. Both are inspiring in very different ways.
"Alexander Hamilton" in German
Hearings on 1/6 Capitol Attack—The Second Month
The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol resumes its hearings today at 1:00 pm ET. There is another hearing scheduled for prime time on Thursday. [more inside]
Welcome, Programs.
Forty years ago, one of Disney's weirdest failures started changing movies forever. TRON stumbled, so that Neo could be the One and Ralph could break the Internet. [more inside]
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