September 13, 2017
More like Bro-dega, amirite?
Fast Company: Two Ex-Googlers Want To Make Bodegas And Mom-And-Pop Corner Stores Obsolete — Called Bodega, this startup installs unmanned pantry boxes in apartments, offices, dorms, and gyms. It promises convenience, but also represents competition for many mom-and-pop stores. [more inside]
The 45 rpm record
Fran Blanche shares with us about one of her favorite things: the 45rpm record!
to build a better weevil
An insatiable and invasive green monster is eating the picturesque bayous and rare wetlands of Caddo Lake, on the Texas-Louisiana border.
The Creature From The Green Lagoon [more inside]
The Creature From The Green Lagoon [more inside]
Sitting On The Pier Of The Bay
In 2004 Rafi B. Levy released his first solo cd, Desert Cruising in a Dub State of Mind. That cd was a mix of Latin, Reggae, Middle Eastern, guitar instrumentals.
In 2009 he moved to Seville, Spain to study Flamenco and spent three years emersed in the music. In 2014, after deciding to stay with the electric guitar, he released the album Uplift Your Soul.
I just happened to see him today playing on the Santa Monica Pier and I wanted to share. [more inside]
Congestion backs up London Tube for a quarter of a kilometer
"The solid mass of congealed fat, wet wipes, nappies, oil and condoms formed in the Victorian-era tunnel in Whitechapel, London." The 'fatberg' is 250 meters long and estimated to weigh over 130 metric tons. An eight-member team will break up the fatberg with high-pressure hoses.
35 Reasons to Love "Survivor"
...most everyone (including the people that made the show) assumed Survivor would be a fad — something akin to a pet rock or a mood ring — and would burn bright yet burn out quickly. Instead, it launched an entire genre of reality TV and still, 18 years later, remains the most-viewed television show on Wednesday nights. With season 35 —that is not a typo — debuting on Sept. 27 when CBS launches the Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers installment, I thought it time to pay tribute to one of television's biggest mainstays with 35 reasons to love Survivor.Dalton Ross with 35 Reasons to Love "Survivor" in Honor of the 35th Season
Where most eps were watched before...
"Many high school buildings might be rather bland"
From the stately (and infamous) Little Rock Central High to the Art Deco stylings of Will Rogers High, Architectural Digest picks The Most Beautiful Public High School in Every State in America.
Back When Pizza Hut Was Cool
This is the Pizza Hut I remember. It was a destination restaurant for a moderately expensive family dinner, or a date.
“This is the inconvenient truth nobody in America wants to talk about."
"In America, the world’s richest country, hookworm, a parasitic disease found in areas of extreme poverty, is rampant, the first study of its kind in modern times shows." (SLGuardian) [more inside]
Donald Trump and the coming fall of the American Empire.
In july Jerermy Scahill interviewed Alfred McCoy, Harrington professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of “The Politics of Heroin: CIA Complicity in the Global Drug Trade.”
In a wide-ranging interview, they discuss Trump and Russia, the history of CIA interference in elections around the world, the Iran-Contra scandal, the CIA and the crack-cocaine epidemic, U.S. proxy wars, narcotrafficking in Afghanistan, and much more.
Transcript and podcast.
The Collapse of Empire is also acknowleged by the Pentagon but not by others.
In a wide-ranging interview, they discuss Trump and Russia, the history of CIA interference in elections around the world, the Iran-Contra scandal, the CIA and the crack-cocaine epidemic, U.S. proxy wars, narcotrafficking in Afghanistan, and much more.
Transcript and podcast.
The Collapse of Empire is also acknowleged by the Pentagon but not by others.
Why boys swam naked in Chicago high schools
It’s hard to imagine that any high school would require boys to swim naked today. But for more than 50 years (even until 1980, by some accounts), this was standard policy. Girls were required to wear simple, single-color suits, usually of wool.
Be the Deep State you Wish to See in the World
So many of us want to get involved but aren't sure what our roles should be. How do I as a Asian American straight man engage in the reality of Anti-Blackness and struggle? How do I as a white queer woman stand humbly and bravely in the indigenous struggle? How can I as a black woman share safely about the stories I face on a daily basis in the broad movement of all women in our country? How do we understand those working with us -- the people we see marching with and for our communities? [more inside]
Lessons From The Stars: How to Live on a Climate Changed World
How to live on a climate changed world: Can we move from a Class IV ("thick biosphere") to a Class V planet: Planets in which an energy-intensive technological species establishes a sustainable form of cooperation with the biosphere that increases the productivity of both? [more inside]
The great nutrient collapse
Nay (I’m getting riled up now) their genitals *should* hang freely.
What does it mean to have a 2018 spring/summer line in dogswear? The Guardian's Mona Chalabi journeyed to a former synagogue in Manhattan to find out.
Brainwashed Radio
Since 2004, the Brainwashed Podcast has been delivering an engaging mix of independent musics. [more inside]
The Original Most Interesting Man In The World
The story of Tom Corbally, a private investigator whose career crisscrossed continents and spanned decades, is its own secret history of the 20th century.
The International Journal of Indexing
The Indexer is published by the Society of Indexers in the UK. It includes articles on the history of indexing, discussion of how to index names from around the world, ongoing reviews of indexes published elsewhere, and, of course, an index. All issues/articles older than 3 years old are available for free.
I do this daily, as I'm sure you do as well
Colin Kaepernick Has a Job
Colin Kaepernick Has a Job: Inside the past, present and future of this country's most inconvenient truth, by way of the most controversial black man in America
“What's past is prologue.”
Metroid: Samus Returns [Polygon] “Metroid: Samus Returns [YouTube][Trailer] is the remake no one was asking for. Sandwiched between the birth of the franchise and the beloved Super Metroid, Metroid 2: The Return of Samus was the first portable entry in the series. And it was a very solid, if safe, follow-up to the original game. Which is why no one was really demanding that it be remade. But thank god it was. Metroid: Samus Returns reforges the broad concept of the Game Boy original while adding modern gameplay mechanics and the best graphics yet seen on the 3DS, making it an essential part of the Metroid catalog.” [more inside]
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