Wednesday, October 02, 2019
The Best Food in Your State
Conde Nast Traveler assembled 50 people from 50 states to talk about the best food in each state. It's all a matter of opinion, but I can't really argue with Kentucky Derby pie, since its pecan pie with bourbon. (via Digg)
Bloodpump Rate
He's right, you know, but there's much more to it. Some things we do in order to make perishing further away in time. Some things we do because we have to do something with the time we have. This comic is from Nathan Pyle's Strange Planet.
Miss Cellania's Links
The True Tale of a Bona Fide, One-of-a-kind “Lobster Girl.” Kim Kelly went to Coney Island this past summer to attend sideshow school, a four-day course in fire-eating, sword-swallowing, and other sideshow acts, but she could have been a full-time sideshow exhibit in another age. (via Damn Interesting)
Ancient Egypt – Mummified Crocodiles, Tattoos, and Cinderella. (via Strange Company)
Nine-year-old Misses Turn, Accidentally Wins 10K Race.
A Calvinesque and Hobbesian look at a whistleblower. The latest from Tom the Dancing Bug.
A coconut is a mammal. It gets weirder from there. (via Neatorama)
Welcome to the Jungle. In 1769, a woman who hadn't seen her husband in twenty years set out on a trek hundreds of miles down the Amazon to find him.
Can You Name the Fictional Species?
In the first very obvious effect of climate change for some folks, toilets in Florida won't flush properly because their septic tanks depend on being above the water table.
A blast from the past (2008): 8 Historical Crossdressers: Women in a Man's World.
Tweet of the Day
Philosopher-cat explores the nature of reality, identity, mind, and its place in the vast space-time cosmos that we call home. https://t.co/T4G0ccsJxN pic.twitter.com/X6xgCdPXJN— Cliff Pickover (@pickover) September 30, 2019
(via Boing Boing)
Tuesday, October 01, 2019
Inside The Tunnels That Will Store Nuclear Waste For 100,000 Years
What can we do with radioactive waste? The stuff is dangerous, so we bury it. But mere burial is not enough, since the earth moves, and someday, someone may actually dig that stuff up. In Finland, an island is being prepared to bury nuclear waste very, very deep, to keep it safely away from us. Tom Scott visited Onkalo, on the isle of Olkiluoto, to show us.
Tom refers to a 1993 report about marking nuclear waste sites. You can read some of the ideas generated here.
40 Years Ago This Month
It's now officially October, so get ready for me to post horror movies, scary links, and Halloween nonsense. But that's not all that October is. Think back to where you were in October of 1979. Then read October 1979: 14 things that happened 40 years ago this month. It's my latest article for Considerable!
An Honest Trailer for Batman: The Movie (1966)
After the cancelation of the TV series Batman, every idea they had left over made it into a theatrical film. It was just like the TV show, except it had slightly better production values. Batman: The Movie was non-stop silliness, but Screen Junkies managed to highlight the very silliest parts for this Honest Trailer.
Sharing
Click to the right to advance this comic. Honestly, I could spend all day writing and oversharing my thoughts, but I learned quite some time ago that most people do not care about most things you say. Therefore, when you regularly say too much, people stop listening entirely. When I write an article, the final task (actually on ongoing task) is to take out all the words I can possibly take out and still get the point across. I haven't yet mastered the art, but I know the goal. This comic if from Cameron Spires at Goat To Self Comics. (via Geeks Are Sexy)
Drama on the Tarmac
Crazy event at ORD. Heads up safety move by a ramp worker! pic.twitter.com/SQi5zB0Ooz— Kevin Klauer DO, EJD (@Emergidoc) September 30, 2019
A utility cart got away from its driver at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on Monday. It careened around in circles while American Airlines ramp workers calculated the odds of jumping on it. But those circles got closer and closer to the airplane, and could cause major damage. Dr. Kevin Klauer recorded the mayhem from the terminal.
"Everyone was actually really quietly watching this unfold," Klauer said. "When it ended, the whole gatehouse erupted in applause."While the plane was unharmed, it appears that the drinks for the flight were a total loss. The remix with music is here, although "Yakety Sax" would have been more appropriate. Read the whole story at CNN.
American Airlines said in a statement that preliminary reports showed the cart's accelerator got stuck and caused the cart to lose control.
"No American Airlines team members were injured and the incident resulted in one 10-minute flight delay," American Airlines said in a statement. "We appreciate the quick action of our team member who stopped the vehicle."
The First President I Voted For
Happy 95th Birthday, President Carter! You are the real deal, Sir!! #PresidentCarter pic.twitter.com/rs0A1VhvKR— Debra Wing-Colson (@Debswc) October 1, 2019
Miss Cellania's Links
Cache of Crypto-Jewish Recipes Dating to Inquisition Found in Miami Kitchen. Learn more about Crypto-Jews or Converso Jews with links posted at Metafilter.
The Shaw Family Admission Plan. A Wall Street billionaire did all the right things to get his children the best college slots.
Why Do Ghosts Wear Clothes? They didn't always. (via Strange Company)
Happy Grass.
A Soviet Sailor’s 50-year-old Message Makes it to Alaska. (via Damn Interesting)
That Time the British Rioted for Three Months Over the Cost of Theater Tickets. There's also an extended coda explaining what happened to the tradition of audience participation.
These Resignation Letters Say ‘I Quit’ In Hilarious Ways.
Cut From the Same Cloth. Artist Myfanwy Tristram was puzzled by her 14-year-old daughter's look, but not exactly shocked. (via Metafilter)
A blast from the past (2012): 18 Fabulous Photos of Famous Flappers.
Tweet of the Day
The president is a corrupt human tornado.— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 30, 2019
(via Mashable)
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