August 12, 2017
Neither from owl nor from bat/Can peace be gained 'til I clasp my wombat
When George the wombat was only four months old, his mum was hit and killed by a car. A passer-by found him in her pouch and took him to the Australian Reptile Park where General Manager Tim Faulkner became his new family, as this viral video shows. George recently had his first birthday, and the Park celebrated by creating a shot-for-shot remake. [both videos have cheerful music; wombats previously]
90s Nostalgia is in right now, isn't it?
Geocities-ize your Internet! Make Any Webpage Look Like It Was Made By A 13 Year-Old In 1996. [warning: sound, Geocities] [more inside]
“...a long-time industry curse that reflects wider social problems.”
Someone Live Streamed Themselves Sexually Harassing Me by Charleyy Hodson “Last week, following a full-on day at work, and a torturous journey home through central London, I was frazzled and stressed so decided to skip my regular Breath of the Wild stream. Instead, I set up an incredibly shoddy stream in my kitchen featuring me trying to complete a 1000-piece cat puzzle with metal music in the background. It was dumb, but it was also awesome, and my regular crowd seemed to enjoy the change in pace of relaxing in the IRL category, and leaving the Bokoblins for another day. Although I’ve streamed a lot, this was the first time I had ever streamed in the IRL category. I thought there might be new viewers and oddballs popping by, but what happened next left me shocked. My channel was raided by a self-proclaimed “troll militia” with the purpose of bullying my stream, all of which was being livestreamed on their Twitch channel, with accompanying commentary.” [more inside]
Some people walk in L.A.
L.A. Has the Worst Traffic Congestion in the World (Dennis Romero, LA Weekly), but L.A. — the city of traffic jams — finds a way to get people out of their cars. (Steven Hill, WaPo) [more inside]
It means something like "leave luck to heaven"
If you're a trivia lover, you probably know that Nintendo started as a playing card company in 1889, but did you know that they still sell playing cards, as well as game boards and other more traditional games? Expat Brian Ashcraft of Kotaku brings us a gallery of beautiful old-school gaming equipment that you can still get if you're willing to navigate nintendo.co.jp/others .
Penguin poop velocity, doo-dah, doo-dah
Science Vault: Projectile Penguin Poop Pressures. Helpful diagram included. See also: 9 Quirky Animals With Very Special Ways Of Pooping
Lace faces, lace places, lace fireplaces; you know, the usual.
Agnes Herczeg makes lace. She makes lace with wood and lace with ceramic and lace with coconut shell. Sometimes she just makes lace.
Unite the Right Descends on Charlottesville, Virginia
On 11 August 2017, alt-right protesters surrounded counter-demonstrators standing in a ring around the Thomas Jefferson statue at UVA in Charlottesville, VA. This was a preamble to the main Unite the Right rally, taking place today. ACLU Virginia is present and posting updates via Twitter. [more inside]
The 1519 types of humans according to Twitter
Sam Levine at The New Inquiry describes how Twitter aggregates user data from various tracking companies and then provides a basic database of 1519 'user segments' to ad creators. Sam used the data to create fictional ads corresponding to these segments. Link to csv included.
Not all golf playing politicians are evil
Lord Buckethead interviewed by Ben Fogle whilst playing crazy golf. Thinking of England On Nationalisation On Coalitions On Fair Play
This is a bird with purpose
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