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McSweeney's on the experience of going to the doctor while female. "But do me the favor of allowing me to disregard everything you've presented to me."
The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We're All Going To Miss Almost Everything. "The vast majority of the world's books, music, films, television and art, you will never see."
The original map of the Hundred Acre Wood is up for auction at Sotheby's. Estimate is £100,000-150,000.
June 26
Instagram Is Estimated to Be Worth More than $100 Billion. In 3-5 years, Instagram will eclipse Facebook.
The Supreme Court upheld Trump's ban on travel from several predominantly Muslim countries. For those counting at home, that's 3 checks and no balances. They're just gonna do whatever they want.
The titles of books, movies, and plays rewritten in the form of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. "Are You There Whale? It's Me, Ahab"
Fast casual on Wall Street means $185 sandwiches made from A5 Ozaki wagyu imported from Japan. "It literally melts in your mouth, with the sensation of a beefy cloud."
A giant Keith Haring mural painted in 1986 was just uncovered after being hidden for almost 30 years
We Have a Crisis of Democracy, Not Manners. "I don't blame staff members at the Red Hen for not wanting to help Sanders unwind after a hard week of lying to the public about mass child abuse."
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How I Broke, and Botched, the Brandon Teena Story. "The original writer of the Village Voice story that inspired "Boys Don't Cry" looks back on her reporting - and the huge error she still regrets"
Trailer for Creed II. Creed vs Drago, Round II.
Koko the gorilla has died at the age of 46. She learned to understand more than 1000 modified ASL signs and 2000 words of spoken English.
June 20
What If This Were Enough?, a new book of essays from the "whip-smart and profanely funny" Heather Havrilesky
A good look at the scale of the SpaceX rockets compared to more familiar objects. The Falcon 9 landing legs are *massive*.
How the Koch Brothers Are Killing Public Transit Projects Around the Country. Systematically weakening government & public infrastructure in the name of lower taxes.
June 19
Juneteenth is an American holiday that commemorates the abolition of slavery in Texas. "In many ways, Juneteenth represents how freedom and justice in the US has always been delayed for black people."
June 18
How to blow cool-looking bubbles. TIL that top bubble blowers have a proprietary soap mixture that needs to be adjusted to the local environment (humidity, air quality, etc.)
A Voronoi diagram for the world's airports. "Each region is closer to a particular airport than any other."
June 16
I am not in favor of capital punishment or punitive justice but Stephen Miller is really really really testing my convictions right now. What a repugnant human being.
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A journalist visits a shelter for detained child migrants in Texas. "It felt like a prison or a jail." And unlicensed tent cities are yet to come. This is inhumane.
This Olive Garden TV commercial dialogue may or may have been written by a bot, but it is definitely funny. "We see the unlimited stick. It is infinite. It is all."
June 13
Flopstarter, a collection of fake and often hilarious crowdfunding campaigns, e.g. "Vintage Food: A food market serving real people's leftovers in rustic paper boxes."
Ugh, a map of hotspots in the US showing where kids aren't being vaccinated. Dangerous stupidity.
The USA, Canada, and Mexico will host the 2026 World Cup. Well, I know what I'm doing that summer.
At ~3:00 in this video, a passerby recognizes a famous pizza review YouTuber but completely misses that Jon Hamm, Ed Helms, Jeremy Renner, et al. are also right there. Online celebrity is the new world order.
Banksy anonymously submitted art to an exhibition; it was rejected. Then they asked him to submit something and accepted a similar piece. Not sure what this reflects most poorly on, the exhibition's judgment or Banksy's art.
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I really liked "The making of Doris Burke." Includes great clips of her hooping it up in high school.
June 7
Kenji Lopez-Alt picks his favorite fast food items in a bunch of different categories. Smashburger get the Best Burger award.
June 6
Why Did We Ever Leave Mister Rogers' Neighborhood? "Mister Rogers simply took you seriously and made room for whatever you might be feeling."
June 5
What celeb power couple ruled Hollywood the year you were born? Mine: Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw.
Great quiz idea. "Who Said It: Philip and Elizabeth From The Americans or Philip and Elizabeth From The Crown?"
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Lots of good stuff in the Ampersunder Monthly newsletter today. "What do I like to read? I'll know it when I see it. Or, better, I'll become the person who wants to read that book when I see it."
New Kanye album. 23 minutes. First track is "I Thought About Killing You".