August 23, 2017
Because you should dance in the living room
C'mon , it's totally in your key Even if it isn't- sing
If your cat falls out of a tree, go indoors to laugh.
Cats being weird adorable. [ambient noise only; h/t Miss Cellania; this is a good excuse to share Cat vs. Printer again.]
Packing your 70s Suitcase
"What if you could send a package (let’s say suitcase-sized) to 1977? It will arrive at today’s date, minus 40 years. You can have it sent to whomever you like, but you can’t personally hang around and make sure it gets used properly. There’s nothing about this delivery that will convince the recipient that this package is from the future. There won’t be any flashing lights or vortexes or portals for them to see. All they see is the package on their doorstep, and they have no special knowledge of this experiment or your efforts. It’s up to your packaging to motivate the people of 1977 to open it and pay attention to the contents."
Shamus "DM of the Rings" Young with an interesting thought experiment.
Here's his own answer.
“Anyone want a popsicle?”
"Rise and Shine" [Overwatch Animated Short] [YouTube] ““Rise and Shine” is the seventh short film the company has released so far set in the Overwatch world, joining “Recall,” “Alive,” “Dragons,” “Hero,” “Infiltration,” and “The Last Bastion.” The almost 10-minute-long video gives fans a deeper look into the backstory of Mei, who was cryogenically frozen for years while doing research in Antarctica, before rejoining the Overwatch organization in the present day. Like the other shorts, the level of quality in the animation really stands out. The company also released a new Hearthstone short, and it’s easy to mistake the animation at first glance for something at the level of, say, Pixar or DreamWorks.” [via: Polygon] [Previously.]
Psssst!
Do patients who hear voices have the right to refuse psychiatric medicine? A growing movement says yes.
This approach underlies a controversial international movement that raises fundamental questions about what it means to be mentally ill. The question at the heart of the debate: Do patients who hear voices — and suffer other symptoms that psychiatrists would consider severe — have the right to direct their treatment, even if that means rejecting conventional therapies, such as psychiatric medication?
This approach underlies a controversial international movement that raises fundamental questions about what it means to be mentally ill. The question at the heart of the debate: Do patients who hear voices — and suffer other symptoms that psychiatrists would consider severe — have the right to direct their treatment, even if that means rejecting conventional therapies, such as psychiatric medication?
Keep 'er movin'
Does what it says on the tin.
Woodstars, pufflegs and sabrewings.
Mic's Drop
How Mic.com exploited social justice for clicks, and then abandoned a staff that believed in it [more inside]
Leif Garrett beat me. I would’ve had him if my foot hadn’t gotten stuck
a taxonomy of trolls
But the keystone of this vernacular is “cuck.” A shortening of “cuckold,” an old word used to refer to men who allow their partners to sleep with other men (and often find sexual gratification in the humiliation of it), its use has become the sine qua non of alt-right group membership.Tim Squirrell explains the linguistic shibbolets of the far right, as researched by the Alt-Right Open Intelligence Initiative at the University of Amsterdam.
"Football just sort of happens to them."
SB Nation staffer, master storyteller, and stats geek Jon Bois has a new Chart Party - where he examines the volatility of every NFL team over the past three decades. (SLYT) [more inside]
There's a storm coming in
“It’s in your nature to destroy yourselves” - Terminator 2: Judgment Day as a movie obsessed with nuclear apocalypse.
Idiolects in movies
Fruit brings people together
Want to meet your neighbors? Plant a mango tree. "I loaded brown paper grocery bags with as many mangoes as they'd hold, set them on my doorstep, and waited." [more inside]
Nice day for a fight wedding
A wedding party turned into brawl at an Edmonton bar. The bride ended up in handcuffs. The radio interview of an eyewitness is a classic.
time to kick out the JAMS again
It's 23 years since they burnt a million quid and the KLF have returned. They have published a book. You can read an extract in the Guardian. Meanwhile, in Liverpool, other things are happening.
Oh, no! Not this song again!?
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