October 28, 2020
Ask your doctor if Lowjinxerol is right for you
Homestar Runner has a new cartoon for Halloween! If you still have a way to play it, there is even a Flash version! Side effects may include zig-zaggéd pants, large bean, clichéd parodies and playing in a band.
amongst them, Trevor the sheep.
The full run of Chris Morris' dark comedy radio program Blue Jam is available, in mp3 format, at the Internet Archive. (previously and in AskMeFi) [more inside]
Mystery of the Immaculate Concussion
"He was a senior CIA official tasked with getting tough on Russia. Then, one night in Moscow, Marc Polymeropoulos's life changed forever. He says he was hit with a mysterious weapon, joining dozens of American diplomats and spies who believe they’ve been targeted with this secret device all over the world—and even at home, on U.S. soil. (GQ) Now, as a CIA investigation points the blame at Russia, the victims are left wondering why so little is being done by the Trump administration. (NYT)" [more inside]
Severe Monkey Peen
Big Pharma teams up with Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters to help fight back against Big Bean in a new ad for Freshpotix, a pharmaceutical cure for coffee addiction.
"The Kents didn't have an alarm system for him to disable"
"Clark Kent invites Bruce Wayne and Diana of Themyscira to his parents' house for Christmas. It goes, in general, pretty okay." "Christmas in Kansas" by unpretty is a cute, sweet, funny fanfiction piece about Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman with tags "Christmas, Fluff, PTSD, the only real violence is in flashback form, aka that one scene that every single thing with batman has to have". An ebook with a pretty cover is available (although you can also download from Archive Of Our Own as ePub/MOBI/AZW3/PDF). Part of unpretty's "DC universe where moms are awesome and raise their kids right. Now with more melanin and queerness."
Chort!
Where is the butterfly-eater, exuberant and mad in the manner of a ten-year-old naturalist, absorbed in a particle that looks like the world, in the rest of these ossified answers? And what is Véra buying in the supermarket – almonds? Green cheese? --Patricia Lockwood revisits Vladimir Nabokov's work in the LRB [more inside]
Awooooo...
The Voyageurs Wolf Project is examining the predation behavior and reproductive ecology of wolves in Minnesota's Voyageurs National Park in summer months. Along with research findings, its website and Youtube channel contain numerous photos and videos, including wolves feeding on wild blueberries, wolves chasing off a bear that got too close to their den, and a dancing bear with bonus moose butt trailcam footage.
Instant Lettering
Why Reopening Schools Has Become the Most Fraught Debate of the Pandemic
Can we safely reopen schools? These debates over the science have grown more charged, as leaders seek to bring more students back to the classroom, but as Congress continues to drag its feet on stimulus funding. Many cash-strapped districts are struggling to implement the kinds of mitigation strategies that experts say have worked well abroad and that more-affluent schools have adopted. As COVID-19 cases rise nationwide, the question remains if reopening schools is a tolerable risk or a dangerous gamble, especially for communities of color ravaged most hard by the virus.
FISH ON LINE
Impacts of The Failing Medical Supply Chain in the COVID Era
Yesterday, scientists and supply chain experts participated in an /r/AskScience AMA, sharing the following:
"Since March, clinical microbiology laboratories have faced shortages of testing supplies, including SARS-CoV-2 molecular test reagents. Due to the growing demand and need for COVID-19 testing, production of supplies required to test for other infectious diseases has dwindled. This has led to a ripple effect of shortages and is causing a major delay in testing for common infections, such as urinary tract infections, sexually-transmitted infections including chlamydia and gonorrhea, gastroenteritis and cystic fibrosis." [more inside]
So many eggs
The Legacy of Khabib Nurmagomedov
Pious Dagestani-Russian mixed martial arts champion Khabib Nurmagomedov defended his 155-pound title this past Saturday, and promptly retired. The capstone on his career was another textbook grappling "smesh": a buttery-smooth wrestling takedown which led to his late father's favorite submission trap: a triangle choke that put the heavy-hitting Justin Gaethje to sleep. Journalist Karim Zidan writes eloquently about the popular Muslim athlete's mixed legacy. [more inside]
Mine Safety Disclosures Presents
The (Not Failing) New York Times - "How The New York Times went from failing newspaper to thriving digital subscription business."
Anywhere and Everywhere
The 2020 Indiecade Anywhere and Everywhere Award Winners are here, including Electric Zine Maker (Interaction Design, Previously), The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED] (Experience Design), Wide Ocean Big Jacket (Jury Prix), Mutazione (Grand Jury), Holly Gramazio (Bernie DeKoven Big Fun Award), Derek Yu (Trailblazer), Zuraida Buter (Game Changer), Tangle Tower (Performance), I Was A Teenager Exocolonist (Procedural Design), NUTS (Audio Design), Labyrinth City: Pierre the Maze Detective (Visual Design), Terrarium: An Alternate Reality Game (Location Based and Live Play), Thousand Year Old Vampire (Tabletop), Sin Sol / No Sun (Impact), Journey of the Broken Circle (Narrative), Mini Motorways (Indiecade Choice). [more inside]
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