Thursday, July 19, 2018
Batman Wants To Join The Marvel Universe
Comic Con San Diego opens today and will run through Sunday. All the comic book superheroes are there, including Batman. It's his chance to do what he's always wanted- to ditch DC and join the fun of the Marvel Cinematic Universe! The Marvel superheroes respond by having some fun at Batman's expense. (via Laughing Squid)
A Primer on Nelson Mandela
The 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's birth was Wednesday. In honor of the occasion, Trevor Noah has a good introduction to Mandela's life for those too young to have followed it, or adults were didn't pay attention.
While we have Trevor Noah here for a minute, here's an unaired piece about him referring to the World Cup champion French team as Africans. France responded, Noah responded, and they both make valid points.
Eyes
In case this confuses you, the photographer is outside, looking into a window at a cat. Most of the picture is a reflection of the sunny outside. (via Pleated-Jeans)
What The Fluff Challenge with a Twist
This family performed the blanker disappearing act for their dog like in so man What The Fluff videos you've seen, but this one is a bit different. It's a combination of What The Fluff and a reunion with a long-gone soldier! This puppy had no idea that his daddy was home until they let the blanket fall.
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Jared Kushner is being sued, and has been dodging notices for months. Using the Secret Service to avoid process servers seems like obstruction, doesn't it?
25 years ago, Sleepless In Seattle Found the Romantic Hiding in the Cynic. Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks made a love story in which the principles didn't meet until the very end.
When a DNA Test Shatters Your Identity. Unexpected results happen so often that support groups have formed to help people deal with the trauma.
33 Clever Copycat Recipes For Your Favorite Chain Restaurants. These are particularly helpful when you live far away from those eateries.
Men (Still) Can’t Handle Women Earning More Than They Do.
How Inclusive are Beauty Brands Around the World? Depending on where you live, you might not be able to find foundation makeup that matches your skin color. (via Metafilter)
Community Plumbing: A Tribute to the Neighborhood Hardware Store. They are a reminder of how real-world skills can be developed to fix what's wrong. (Thanks, Deborah!)
How Jesse Helms Invented the Republican Party. (via Metafilter)
A blast from the past (2011): The Extraordinary Life of Liviu Librescu.
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
How Exactly Does Binary Code Work?
Everything you see on the internet is coded by using only zero or one. Since there are only those two options in binary, they can be defined as "off" and "on." You might already know that, but you'll learn a lot more in this TED-Ed video from José Américo N L F Freitas. (via The Kid Should See This)
Come Take It Away
Photo editors get some strange requests. James Fridman explains, while showing off his editing skills in epic fashion. Yeah, she should have worded that a little differently. He "improves" photos for those who request (as time allows) and the results are always gratifying.
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Barbie is Now a Woke Vlogger. For a toy fashion model, her advice for young women is amazingly spot-on.
This Is Your Brain on Fatherhood. Only about 10 percent of mammalian species provide paternal care for babies, but those who do have a better chance of survival.
What Does a Six-Legged Robot Flowerpot Do? It seeks out sunlight, water, and whatever else the plant may need.
The Female Version of a ‘Nice Guy’ Isn’t What You Think.
Hospital Food: Unappetizing Meals for Sick People. The switch from home convalescence to feeding a variety of inpatients is the reason hospital food is so bad.
The Secretive Mega-Companies Behind Your Glasses. Chances are that your lenses and frames are made by two companies that control the global market.
An archive of Doonesbury comics about Donald Trump starting in 1987.
A blast from the past (2011): 7 Groundbreaking Specialty Acts.
Tweet of the Day
white boy pulled out the receipts pic.twitter.com/3MJRBXeSNb— ً (@chulopjm) July 6, 2018
There's always more to learn about history. You can see the entire class discussion here.
Tuesday, July 17, 2018
An Honest Trailer for A Quiet Place
A Quiet Place was a horror film about blind monsters that attack if they hear any sound. You can imagine how scary that would be, especially for a family with children. The movie made a big splash this spring. It quietly took in $331 million and a sequel is in the works. Now that it's out on home video, Screen Junkies has examined A Quiet Place thoroughly but quietly to bring us an Honest Trailer.
Bohemian Rhapsody Trailer
We saw an impressive teaser a couple of months ago, and now here's the first full trailer for Bohemian Rhapsody, the story of Queen. In theaters November 2.
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How Many Nukes Would It Take to Send the Earth Spiraling Off Into the Sun? More than we have now, but we can still easily destroy ourselves.
11 Exercises That Will Strengthen Your Attention. Building useful habits will make you more observant.
The Extraordinary Life of Martha Gellhorn, the Woman Ernest Hemingway Tried to Erase. She was the only woman on the beach at Normandy during the D-Day invasion.
Dirty, Dishonest, and Badly Behaved: Sophia Jarvis, Victorian Maid. Did she stand a chance in court against her abusive employer?
Trial runs for fascism are in full flow. We're in the test marketing phase, and how we respond will turn history.
5 Crazy True Crime Stories Involving Video Games.
A Lost Stanley Kubrick Screenplay has Apparently Been Found. It's a 1956 treatment of a 1913 novella that we'll probably never see produced.
For a Brief, Glorious Moment, Camera-Wielding Pigeons Spied From Above. Julius Neubronner lost a pigeon and developed avian photography.
United States of Protest: A Citizen's Guide to 250 Years of Resistance. (via Nag on the Lake)
A blast from the past (2011): Pyrophonia: Music on Fire.
Tweet of the Day
My friend wanted to order water and the delivery guy was asking for her address, “add pls”. She thought it meant add the WORD “please”. I’m crying 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/UY7zgQQ5Lw— Lamaan Latheef (@LamaanLatheef) July 10, 2018
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Monday, July 16, 2018
Mayor Chaffee
This looks like a really interesting story, until you realize that this is two stories with the headlines butted up against each other. (via Bad Newspaper)
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