August 4, 2021
The Truman Show
How the 33rd president finagled his way to a post–White House fortune — and created a damaging precedent. Ex-US Presidents are given pay and perks for life because poor Harry Truman left office skint - except he was lying, he was rich as hell, and he effectively stole the equivalent of half his salary from the US Gov each year in office. via
Emotion is not the antithesis of logic
The bumblebee flies anyway
Silly Mefite, Pix are for Kids!
In-browser JS/HTML Kid Pix, sound effects and all.
Okay, I guess grownups can use it too. [more inside]
Okay, I guess grownups can use it too. [more inside]
Drawing a Synthesizer in MIDI
Filling The Void: MAGA After MAGA
Victor Berger IV, master video troubadour of our troubled digital age, microexpression microscoper and air horn tooter to the stars [previouslies 1234] has teamed up with VICE News to ask the pressing question: “MAGA Icons: Where Are They Now and Are They OK?” [slyt 28'41"]
Video killed the radio star
“You aren’t old, you are merely disappointed”
Writing for Gawker, Brandy Jensen doles out some good (if classic?) advice on aging: “Dear Fuck-Up: I Feel Old and Washed Up”
Man(hood) in Space
The Guardian asks: Why does Jeff Bezos’s rocket look like that? An inquiry. Slate asks a rocket scientist the same question. Jon Stewart gives an answer in a promo sketch [NSFW] for his upcoming Apple+ show (with Jason Alexander as Jeff Bezos)
ASL WAP (sltwitterv)
Does what it says on the tin [NSFW]
Carelessly misidentified homeless man in mental hospital for two years
All evidence that he was someone else was ignored, and his claims to not be the person the police was looking for were taken as evidence of insanity. [more inside]
Ever Given: Cargo ship that blocked Suez Canal arrives in Felixstowe
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