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 Part 1: How Gasoline Got Into Our Lives Part 2: They Trashed Pennsylvania First Part 3: How Standard Oil Built Its Toxic Monopoly Part 4: How Standard Oil Got Away With It Part 5: Better Things For Deader Living ... Through Chemistry Part 6: The Original Sin Of General Motors Part 7: They Lied About The Science Part 8: Searching For The Magic Bullet Part 9: Charles Kettering, Prophet Of Profit
posted by ShooBoo at 7:53 PM PST - 25 comments

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.
posted by hippybear at 2:42 PM PST - 6 comments

"Alexander Hamilton" in German

German cast of HAMILTON Performs 'Alexander Hamilton' ahead of the German premier. [more inside]
posted by Gorgik at 1:58 PM PST - 23 comments

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]
posted by bcd at 8:52 AM PST - 366 comments

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]
posted by mephron at 7:00 AM PST - 106 comments

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