January 18, 2016
Behind the Animated Tentacles
was a real-life, big-haired, poo-eating Baltimore drag queen named Divine. "Unearthing the Sea Witch" by Nicole Pasulka and Brian Ferree from Hazlitt.
"But Glenn was the one who started it all"
Glenn Frey of the Eagles has passed away at 67. A founding member of the Eagles - with whom he won 6 Grammys, as well as a popular solo artist, Glenn Frey passed away today from a combination of complications from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis, and pneumonia. [more inside]
Early Modern English
DOES THIS FIT WITHIN MY FUCK-BUDGET:
Space X nails it, except for this one part
On Sunday, Space X launched the JASON-3 satellite and also tried to land the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket on a droneship barge. The satellite reached orbit successfully and the first stage landed perfectly. That's when a problem latched on to the mission (video in link). [more inside]
How the Federal Reserve promotes income inequality
Fed officials deny they’re taking sides. They justify policies that keep workers too weak, disorganized, and traumatized to demand higher wages by focusing on the purported dangers of low unemployment.
Newly Discovered 1964 MLK Speech
Newly Discovered 1964 MLK Speech on Civil Rights, Segregation & Apartheid South Africa This recording was made by Pacifica Radio's European correspondent Saul Bernstein while Dr. King was in London, days before recieving the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. Then it was left uncatalogued in Pacifica Radio's archives for some 50 years before being found by the archive's director, Brian DeShazor.
All Hollowed Out
The lonely poverty of America's white working class. (slAtlantic)
White ally background material for anti-racism in the US.
Here's a primer for white Americans to learn about race and racism without making their friends/colleagues/acquaintances of color have to keep explaining it.
Song of a Coast
Song of a Coast is a short photo-essay about a particular time and place along the coast of Bangladesh rendered in gentle light.
"Oh! Sir, I am very glad, because he is free now."
After much criticism and some defence, A Birthday Cake for George Washington has been pulled by Scholastic Press. [more inside]
Urban Scratch-Off
Waffle poots
Waffle poots [SLYT]
Low- and High-Ping Bastards
Are You Sure You Want To Quit The World?
If you were desperate and hopeless enough to log on to a suicide chat room in recent years, there was a good chance a mysterious woman named Li Dao would find you, befriend you, and gently urge you to take your own life. And, she'd promise, she would join you in that final journey. But then the bodies started adding up, and the promises didn't. Turned out, Li Dao was something even more sinister than anyone thought.
“I’ve been here 33 years and I’ve never seen anything so bad,”
The Story Behind The Deadliest Prison Bus Crash In Texas History [BuzzFeed] In January 2015, a prison transport carrying 15 men — three guards and 12 chained-together inmates — ran off the road. It was one of the bloodiest days in the history of Texas prisons. [more inside]
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