What $58.5 Million Will Get You in New York City.
A Partial Inventory of Items Simone Biles Could Jump Over in Her Floor Routine. (via Metafilter)
The 15 Best Video Game Commercials of the 1980s. If you are too young to recall these TV ads, they can give you a little insight into the insane world your parents knew.
The MAGA Abuse of the English Language. It doesn't even get into the made-up language of "woke," "lamestream media," and "Democrat party." (via Fark)
Tesla's Cybertrucks are being mistaken for garbage cans by dumpster-diving raccoons! (via Nag on the Lake)
The Wild Tale of the Cerutti Mastodon, a Fossil That Could Rewrite the Human Story. The mastodon, found near San Diego, shows signs of being butchered 130,000 years ago—but by who? Or what? (via Strange Company)
One Misconception About 64 Different Animals. Actually 63 different animals, because cows and bulls are the same species.
Algerian welterweight Imane Khelif beat Hungarian Anna Luca Hamori in a unanimous decision on Saturday, clinching an Olympic medal. Her victory came just hours after International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach defended its decision to allow her and fellow boxer Lin Yu-ting to compete, saying concerns over their gender identity are “totally unacceptable.”
Didn't "woke" start as an unironic self-description by youth on the left? Kind of like the right uses "sheeple" to intimate that they are the only ones aware (awake) of what is really going on.
ReplyDeleteSNL is in its 50th season!?! Holy time warp Batman!
ReplyDeleteSheeple is a derogatory term accusing people of following without questioning or thinking. It's always directed at the other guys.
ReplyDeleteThat $58 million shack in NYC would keep you busy with 16 bathrooms and 14 fireplaces.
Saying a cow has only one stomach divided into 4 sections with 4 purposes, rather than 4 stomachs is pretty pedantic.
Khelif the boxer story proves two things;
1. the Russians have mastered the internet for directing the trolls to help Russian goals.
2. J.K. Rowling is the master(mistress?) of fabricating implausible stories.
xoxoxoBruce
The term "woke" arose about 100 years ago in the Black community as a warning to always be aware of the danger from white people around you. In the 1980s or '90s, it leaked into use by white progressives as meaning they are aware of their racial privilege. In the past few years, no one uses it except the right wing, and it means anything they don't like.
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