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@SortaBad: no matter what you think is gonna happen in this video, you’re wrong
posted by Going To Maine at 9:15 PM PST - 29 comments

The bookstore’s owner says it’s hanging by a thread — and staff say they’re the ones paying the price. The Strand, with its flagship on Broadway and on East 12th Street, is the city’s most iconic bookstore. For a certain kind of New Yorker, it’s an equally iconic place to work — one where job applicants have to take a literature quiz matching books’ titles with the corresponding author’s names to prove their chops. Luc Sante worked there. Patti Smith too, for a hot minute. (She found it unfriendly.)
posted by folklore724 at 11:23 AM PST - 85 comments

Live video of Fagradalsfjall, Iceland's newest volcano. High quality Livestream of the (currently) adorable volcano erupting about 5 miles away from the famous Blue Lagoon hot springs. At the moment, one can see people wandering around at the edge of the lava flow, as well as numerous helicopters buzzing about.
posted by kokogiak at 10:37 AM PST - 89 comments

How To Play Werewolf Over Zoom.
posted by storybored at 7:52 AM PST - 6 comments

From the CBC's program Q:

From gospel quartets to cattle barns, 10 things we learned about Canadian record producer Daniel Lanois [more inside]
posted by y2karl at 7:03 AM PST - 15 comments

Plaid and Bob Jaroc - crumax rins An extra on the "Greedy Baby" dvd, also featuring "Super Barrio', the video for crumax runs is a time lapse of CNN from March 19 to April 17th, 2003, covering the initial invasion of Iraq. A time capsule of a pivotal time in US modern history.
posted by scodger at 4:32 AM PST - 5 comments