June 5, 2016
The age of soothing imagery and blue liquid is dead.
"You're Next Internet"
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So when does it start?
Why Ramadan Starts on a Different Day Every Year If you've always wondered, you're in good company... with the estimated 1.6 billion Muslims around the world. But this year, perhaps there may be some kind of agreement, as Islamic scholars agree on a shared lunar calendar for Muslim world. In the meantime, it's Monday in many parts of the world, and marks the 1st day of Ramadan. Here are some countries where Muslims will be fasting the longest. Should you fast the whole length of the day in such places though? But what if you're not a Muslim; just a caring, considerate person. Is there anything you should be doing so you don't come across as insensitive to your fasting friends? According to Saeed Ahmed: Short answer: No.
Long answer: No. But you can earn some cool points if you follow these 10 tips. Other tips in solidarity. [Previously]
The good news is that it doesn’t matter
[A] hopeful, generous, infinitely kind gamble taken by two people who don’t know yet who they are or who the other might be, binding themselves to a future they cannot conceive of and have carefully avoided investigating.
Alain de Botton explains why you will marry the wrong person.
“equally efficient in the visualisation of hidden medieval inks,”
X-Rays Reveal 1,300-Year-Old Writings Inside Later Bookbindings [The Guardian] The words of the 8th-century Saint Bede are among those that have been found by detecting iron, copper and zinc – constituents of medieval ink. Medieval manuscripts that have been hidden from view for centuries could reveal their secrets for the first time, thanks to new technology. Dutch scientists and other academics are using an x-ray technique to read fragments of manuscripts that have been reused as bookbindings and which cannot be deciphered with the naked eye. After the middle ages manuscripts were recycled, with pages pasted inside bindings to strengthen them. Those fragments may be the unique remains of certain works.
Relieve yourself triumphantly
Along with her North Carolina concert, Cyndi Lauper has teamed up with Harvey Fierstein and the cast of KINKY BOOTS to bring us advice - Just Pee! [more inside]
The Outernet
For 60% of humanity, the Internet as we know it does not exist, so we built a new way to share information. [more inside]
Party like a Nederlander
New Years in Holland, and the tradition of Carbidschieten.
bang bang
Our Well-Regulated Milita, Alexander Chee
The Gun Control We Deserve, Patrick Blanchfield
Should We Just Get Used To Mass Shootings?, Michael Paterniti
The Gun Control We Deserve, Patrick Blanchfield
Should We Just Get Used To Mass Shootings?, Michael Paterniti
"Thank you for making a doll like me!"
10-year-old Emma had never had a doll that looked like her, until A Step Ahead Prosthetics made her dream come true in the weepiest video (alternate YT link) you will watch today. [more inside]
the summer of our discontent
The Families That Can't Afford Summer. "The assumption that underlies summer vacation — that there is one parent waiting at home for the kids — is true for just over a quarter of American families."
The appeal of Ron Jeremy at work
Graduate for Jolley
Last fall, Baltimore's Renaissance Academy High School was put on the school district's closure list for poor student performance, though the decision was later reversed. In November, 17 year old senior Ananias Jolley was stabbed in the middle of science class, and died a few days before Christmas. By the end of February, two more students from the school were killed. 65 students graduated this past Friday from Renaissance; among them Ananias' brother, 20-year-old Santonio Jolley, a dropout who enrolled in Renaissance five days after his brother died. This is Renaissance.
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