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Lord Zedd-Repulsa posted:I've read that one! Animal intelligence is really fascinating because the history of it is basically a story of humans learning there's no clear dividing line between us and other animals. I used to think the divide was would I eat it or not. Then I became vegan and now I want to eat the rich so that isn't the best line.
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An Oral History of 'Office Space'
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This is a great read, and now I am watching Office Space again. For the umpteenth time.
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Lord Zedd-Repulsa posted:I've read that one! Animal intelligence is really fascinating because the history of it is basically a story of humans learning there's no clear dividing line between us and other animals. I think we’re still the only ones who can make fire. So there’s that. Which btw major props to the hominid ancestor who realized that we didn’t have to wait to encounter it and could just make our own. I wanna buy that Homo* a beer. *not sure which one
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All hands on deck: Behind the scenes of a Survivor marooning An interesting revelation about what happens behind-the-scenes twelve hours before they begin shooting a season of Survivor, even if you're not into the show.
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Getting kicked out of uni for computer voodoo
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The New Yorker article isn't working, but here's a PDF transcript of Richard Preston's article about Lesch-Nyhan syndrome, a genetic disease that can cause compulsive, automatic self-mutilation. (obviously, content warning.) Richard Preston is the author of 1994's The Hot Zone, the book that really introduced Ebolavirus to the public. I was reminded about him because today I was reading another New Yorker article, by a Douglas Preston, about a palaeontologist who believes he's discovered a formation that was laid down the day of the meteorite impact that killed the dinosaurs. Again, can't link it just now. I've read books by both Prestons, and it turns out they're brothers. (And Doug's the better writer imo, but Richard's subject matter I find more interesting.)
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I have one of Douglas Preston's books (the one about the ruins in Guatamala) autographed because he came through town promoting it. I prefer his solo poo poo to the soap opera starring Pendergast these days -- there's only so many times someone can disappear and be assumed dead that I can handle. Gonna have to read that article of his when I see a link to it. ETA: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/08/the-day-the-dinosaurs-died
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Lord Zedd-Repulsa posted:I have one of Douglas Preston's books (the one about the ruins in Guatamala) autographed because he came through town promoting it. I prefer his solo poo poo to the soap opera starring Pendergast these days -- there's only so many times someone can disappear and be assumed dead that I can handle. Gonna have to read that article of his when I see a link to it. quote:A 2013 study in the journal Astrobiology estimated that tens of thousands of pounds of impact rubble may have landed on Titan, a moon of Saturn, and on Europa and Callisto, which orbit Jupiter—three satellites that scientists believe m 
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Don't worry. The moons were unharmed.
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Edit: Article already posted above. On this page. I am dumb. Probably already posted, too: The Fallout From Sportswriting's Filthiest gently caress-Up The Bicycle Thief. A one-time Olympic cycling hopeful starts robbing banks. RC and Moon Pie has a new favorite as of 04:34 on Apr 1, 2019 |
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Lord Zedd-Repulsa posted:ETA: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/08/the-day-the-dinosaurs-died quote:DePalma grew up in Boca Raton, Florida, and as a child he was fascinated by bones and the stories they contained. His father, Robert, Sr., practices endodontic surgery in nearby Delray Beach; his great-uncle Anthony, who died in 2005, at the age of a hundred, was a renowned orthopedic surgeon who wrote several standard textbooks on the subject. (Anthony’s son, Robert’s cousin, is the film director Brian De Palma.)
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https://www.huffpost.com/highline/article/capitalist-takeover-college/ This one will piss you off. The Capitalist takeover of Colleges.
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Straight White Shark posted:They deserve each other.
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Flaggy posted:https://www.huffpost.com/highline/article/capitalist-takeover-college/ I disagree that online learning is the solution or that truly quality distance learning is a thing. At that rate, you'd be better off having on-the-job training programs. Pick has a new favorite as of 21:23 on Apr 19, 2019 |
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https://www.wired.com/story/dark-web-bitcoin-murder-cottage-grove/ Murder for hire story.
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value-brand cereal posted:https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/how-anna-delvey-tricked-new-york.html?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=thecut Just saw the followup and remembered the story getting linked here: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47741923
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Why did you have to do this to me? This is an article about a Pakistani girl who lived with a Christian family and became best friends with their daughter in Santa Fe, Texas under an exchange program and was killed at Santa Fe High in the shooting one year ago. It's really good.
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My Cousin Was My Hero. Until the Day He Tried to Kill Me. Kind of hard to explain much beyond the title without just summarising the article. Really interesting story about male relationships.
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On the arsonist’s trail: inside Australia’s worst bushfire catastrophe The story of Black Saturday in which 173 people died in the fires across Victoria.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/24/arson-black-saturday-australia-worst-bushfire-chloe-hooper Australia's worst (in settler-recorded history) bushfire killed 173 people. It wasn't an accident. (Book excerpt)
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This may have come from this thread but I've just finished reading it. It's a ride:https://www.thecut.com/2019/04/larry-ray-sarah-lawrence-students.html posted:The Stolen Kids of Sarah Lawrence I feel that a content warning might be useful. There's nothing graphic within but if you might be upset about someone blithely messing with young kids heads, look elsewhere.
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https://thebaffler.com/salvos/everybody-freeze-pein Someone linked to this in the weird news thread and I read it instead of going directly to bed after work -- it's about cryonics and why the entire field is dubious at best and murderous at worst
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Not very long but: David Farrier, the documentarian who make "Tickled" about the mysterious and supposedly world of competitive tickling, has stumbled upon a similar enigma: a "travel company" that solicits photos of people jumping on hotel beds: https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/26-05-2019/the-mysterious-instagram-account-obsessed-with-hotel-bed-jumping/
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https://members.tortoisemedia.com/2019/06/29/8chan/content.htmlquote:Destroyer of worlds
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Lord Zedd-Repulsa posted:https://thebaffler.com/salvos/everybody-freeze-pein I remember reading a classic longform from their perspective: https://www.alcor.org/Library/html/DoraKentCase.html
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This is a different sort of sad than usually shared here. In 2008, a large fire on the Universal lots destroyed thousands of masters and recordings of music that may have never been heard outside the studio, including likely everything by Buddy Holly and other huge names along with obscure artists and labels few alive today have heard of. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/magazine/universal-fire-master-recordings.html
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Good LA Times article on coastal erosion in California. With game!
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Guy who teaches Judgment at Harvard Law school is owned insanely hard by the most obvious parent trap
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EmmyOk posted:Guy who teaches Judgment at Harvard Law school is owned insanely hard by the most obvious parent trap Very funny that the sheltered oligarch weirdos in charge at Harvard decided that their sheltered oligarch weirdo students needed a class on “judgment and decision making” and then hired the most sheltered and oblivious weirdo on earth to teach it
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I’m baffled by his wife finding out about the thing and then it somehow still going full throttle with both of them well aware of what was happening. Jesus Christ that whole thing is crazy and I have no idea how she’s apparently still with him after all this and the women aren’t locked away somewhere. Whose baby do they have??
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I saw someone on twitter suggest Haider but I'm not sure if she's biologically capable of that still. The only other guy really mentioned is Klein, Haider's BF, who is apparently still involved with her? Zack's and the children are the only sympathetic figures to me. Curious about her relationship with Hay considering the whole divorced for two decades but living together and still having new kids in that time. She was also unaware of this "don't ask don't tell policy" so probably thought they had a normal relationship lmao. loving wild story.
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EmmyOk posted:Guy who teaches Judgment at Harvard Law school is owned insanely hard by the most obvious parent trap Lol. Lmao.
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old guy hornieness is the strongest type imo. theyre not loving or jacking off they're just investing in a girl's billion dollar blood test crystal ball or accidentally gifting them their house my favourite bit is when he's getting texts calling him a pyscho rapist then he meets your one for coffee to discuss their depression 10 mins later and they just don't discuss the texts
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