September 22, 2016
"Are you my mother?"
Meg, an 11-year-old yellow Lab and her human, David Jackson, found a tiny baby bunny in the back yard—and two ravens looming overhead. Because Jackson was raised near the woods and knew the birds were a threat, he decided to hang around with Meg and watch the bunny until the ravens were gone. While they waited, Meg and the bunny began to play. [more inside]
Nicking Caves
Vice has posted a treasure trove of photos and interviews from The Cave Clan, Melbourne's legendary group of storm drain loving urban explorers (complete with a secret headquarters, The Chamber).
Everything is fine, until that exact moment when it’s obviously not.
Abaddon
Abaddon is a "poem of love and destruction" expressed in the medium of dance. Director Rogerio Silva also provides a breakdown of the visual effects used in the video. [more inside]
Blame the Banks for All Those Boring Chain Stores Ruining Your City
"The reason your neighborhood increasingly resembles a hometown mall is because somebody’s banker prefers it that way," writes Patrick Clark at Bloomberg.com. [more inside]
Nanoparticle Tattoo Therapy
"Scientists are investigating a way to use temporary tattoos that deliver nanoparticles to treat autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis." [more inside]
Roger Ailes: Decline and Fall
A quite detailed look at the last days of Ailes at Fox News: Interesting look from several points of view, with interesting sidelights (Gretchen Carlson was gathering evidence for a year, recording some phone conversations with Ailes). It explains in part why Gretchen Carlson sued Ailes but not Fox News (it prevented him from using the huge apparatus he constructed). Also, Rudi Giuliani and Trump stick their nose in.
The other Sanders is running for office
Bernie Sanders has a brother, Larry. Larry emigrated to the UK in the late 1960s. He's a member of the Green Party, and has been selected to challenge the upcoming by-election in Witney. This is the seat vacated by David Cameron, up until a few months ago the Prime Minister of the UK. In February this year, Larry was appointed Health Spokesperson of the Green Party; in May he was elected as a pledged delegate for Bernie Sanders to the 2016 Democratic National Convention at the Democrats Abroad Global Convention in Berlin. Previous confusion on MetaFilter.
100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time
Cheat sheet
In a multi-part series, Reuters looks inside the business of standardized testing and college admissions. The parts so far: [more inside]
"I regret we weren’t able to do more with the monkeys."
They Called Her Cinderella
After 42 died, 21 spent two days off by himself, howling. Seasoned observers reported it was more howling than they had ever heard the wolf do in his entire life.
"Do wolves mourn?" I asked Smith.
"I’ll leave that up to you," he replied.
Our differences are in arbitrary boundary lines only.
Even before Pearl Harbor Day, thousands of young American men had taken to the skies, resolved to thwart Hitler’s goals. But to the United States, these men weren’t yet heroes — they were, arguably, dissidents. To join the war, they first chose to defect — to Canada.
Dahlias as art
On the first Sunday of September every year since 1936, Zundert—a small town in the Netherlands that is the birthplace of Vincent van Gogh—puts on the world’s largest volunteer-run flower parade, with a raft of over-the-top floats made from local dahlias. This year's floats did not disappoint. [more inside]
"Men have pockets to keep things in, women for decoration."
"[P]ockets are more than sexist: they’re political." Chelsea G. Summers reflects on the history of pockets in women's clothing, and how the French Revolution begat a radical change in women's every day carry practices, for Racked.
Chewable Coffee
Coffee in your pocket "Instead of putting your coffee in a cup, you can put it in your pocket, for performance on the go. Combine the kick of coffee with the relaxation of green tea. And instead of putting your coffee in a cup, you can put it in your pocket, for performance on the go. [product name] packs half a cup of coffee (50 mg caffeine) into a single cube." [more inside]
singing fish will wake you in the morning
Scientists have discovered that fish off the coast of Australia sing a dawn chorus just like the birds. They also sing a dusk chorus.
A brief look at North Korea's 28 websites
Two days ago, while automatically maintaining and updating TLDR - A Continuously Updated Historical TLD Records Archive, a "new" country unexpectedly provided public access, when North Korea misconfigured its nameserver. In other words, its limited intranet was opened to the internet, and North Korea's DNS "leak" was archived, recording 9 top-level domains with 28 websites, significantly lower than the previously estimated 1,000 to 5,500 websites in 2014. The internet, as accessed by those North Koreans who have or can use computers, is very small. [more inside]
Do not click, do not view, do not remember
The twitter account @cursedimages posts nothing but images that are cursed. Many are NSFW, all are cursed. Avoid.
EXPECTO PATRONUM!
JK Rowling is pleased to announce that as of today you can officially discover your patronus by taking a special quiz* on the official Harry Potter website, Pottermore! For many fans, this experience is a dream come true, but for others, the potential symbolism behind the animal they've conjured isn't quite the right fit.
What will your happiest thought produce?
*As with the other sorting ceremonies on Pottermore, you will need an account to acquire yourhighly scientific results.
What will your happiest thought produce?
*As with the other sorting ceremonies on Pottermore, you will need an account to acquire your
Microblocks
"That business, more or less, stinks."
There are 24,000 restaurants in New York City. Gary Sernovitz invested in one, wrote about why he did, and came to the conclusion that investing in a Manhattan restaurant brings with it only "The Thrill of Losing Money". [more inside]
Add it up with JK Rowling
It wasn’t Gordon Gano who was the problem: it was me. I was listening with a ghostly eighteen year old ex-boyfriend at my shoulder, and behind him, a chorus of snarling early eighties NME journalists, all ready to jeer, because even if I like the Violent Femmes, I’ll like them in the wrong way.
JK Rowling takes up ramalbumclub's challenge of listening to a well known album for the the first time and then writing about it: Violent Femmes from 1983. [more inside]
Because Everything Thrives in the Free Market!
The ruling that state laws trump FCC efforts to expand broadband access means that Pinetops' current service ends October 28, 2016. The city of Wilson, fearing jeopardizing the service they can currently legally offer, won't appeal. Meanwhile, AT&T has something classy to say about a competitor.
“Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.”
ARTS MacArthur Foundation Announces 2016 ‘Genius’ Grant Winners [The New York Times] This year’s winners of the MacArthur fellowships, awarded for exceptional “originality, insight and potential,” and publicly announced on Thursday, include writers, visual artists, scientists, nonprofit organization leaders and others, who are chosen at a moment when the recognition and money — a no-strings-attached grant of $625,000 distributed over five years — will make a difference. [more inside]
Changes For Addy
In 1993, American Girl set out to introduce its first black character. All she had to do was represent the entire history of black America. [more inside]
The Atlas of Living Australia
The Atlas of Living Australia contains information on all the known species (animals, plants and more) in Australia, aggregated from a wide range of data providers: museums, herbaria, community groups, government departments, individuals and universities. It contains more than 50 million occurrence records, based on specimens, field observations and surveys. These records are enriched by additional information including molecular data, photographs, maps, sound recordings and literature. Explore your area! [more inside]
Don’t Judge By Them
The Brothers Karamazov: Illustrated Platinum Edition
Other “illustrated platinum editions” courtesy of illustrator “Pablo” and author “Read Monkey” include Jane Eyre, Dracula, Hamlet, The Time Machine, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Flatland, Persuasion, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, A Tale of Two Cities, Kim, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Little Women, Little Men, The Illiad, Northanger Abbey, The Red Badge of Courage, and many, many more.
Other “illustrated platinum editions” courtesy of illustrator “Pablo” and author “Read Monkey” include Jane Eyre, Dracula, Hamlet, The Time Machine, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Flatland, Persuasion, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, A Tale of Two Cities, Kim, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Little Women, Little Men, The Illiad, Northanger Abbey, The Red Badge of Courage, and many, many more.
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