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Lahore born, NYC based, Salman Toor is quickly becoming one of the most recognizable painters working today. Recently profiled in The New Yorker, Salman Toor is not just having a moment but a long series of them. [more inside]
posted by Corduroy at 10:57 PM PST - 11 comments

📩 Hi folks, this is a note about the voting for the Steering Committee! 📩

A couple of candidates have removed themselves from the Steering Committee ballot, so please check out this comment for details to see if you need to change some of your votes on the ballot!

Voting ends at 5pm GMT on August 25th!
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 2:47 PM PST - 8 comments

Why women receive less CPR from bystanders. Separate studies explore why women are less likely to receive bystander CPR. A small survey found that people may worry that chest compressions by bystanders will seem improper or may hurt women. A virtual reality study found that even female avatars were less likely to receive CPR from bystanders in a virtual simulation.
posted by carriage pulled by cassowaries at 2:28 PM PST - 61 comments

France is facing a widespread dearth of Dijon mustard, which news outlets wasted no time in attributing to the war in Ukraine. But the story is a whole lot spicier than that.
posted by Etrigan at 12:52 PM PST - 87 comments

Tube on strike, I dawdled to Paddington on Friday. Passing the old wrought iron sign for Pizza Express, I was reminded of an event 30+ years ago, when I got caught up in a drama that resulted in a divorce, two marriages and many changed lives.

It began with a heart attack... (SLTwitter)
posted by MartinWisse at 11:41 AM PST - 34 comments

Enjoy 3 multi-part physics documentaries by BobbyBroccoli. With animation and charts openly inspired by Jon Bois, and storytelling that is informative and compelling enough for the physics-illiterate among us: America's Missing Collider: A Tale of 3 Presidents; The Rise, Lies, and Demise of Jan Hendrik Shon; The Bogdanoff Odyssey.
posted by wellifyouinsist at 10:24 AM PST - 8 comments

OLE, OLE, OLE, this thread is bending it like Beckham! The goalkeeper will never even see us coming. [more inside]
posted by taz at 2:32 AM PST - 51 comments

RIP buys the debts just like any other collection company would — except instead of trying to profit, they send out notices to consumers saying that their debt has been cleared. To date, RIP has purchased $6.7 billion in unpaid debt and relieved 3.6 million people of debt. The group says retiring $100 in debt costs an average of $1. from This group's wiped out $6.7 billion in medical debt, and it's just getting started [NPR]
posted by chavenet at 2:13 AM PST - 47 comments