Wednesday, September 23, 2020

🌌 The Hitchens Guide To The Galaxy

If Christopher Hitchens Were Still Around, What Would He Make Of The World Today?, Hiding A 10,000-Year Clock Inside A Mountain, The Mysterious Case Of The Missing 250-Ton Chinese Power Transformer
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THE CLOCK IS TICKING
Hiding A 10,000-Year Clock Inside A Mountain
messynessychic.com
Over 30 years in the making, and now bankrolled by the world's richest man, it's a Jules Verne-worthy project that Jeff Bezos himself had to be a part of.
APOCALYPSE NOW, OR LATER
How Humanity Came To Contemplate Its Possible Extinction: A Timeline
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
It is only in the last couple of centuries that we have begun to grasp that our existence might one day cease to exist forever.
AND 'TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY' IS 19
The 500 Greatest Albums Of All-Time
rollingstone.com
The classics are still the classics, but the canon keeps getting bigger and better.
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The Mysterious Case Of The Missing 250-Ton Chinese Power Transformer
vice.com
In May, the Trump administration seized a $3 million transformer on its way to Colorado. What happened to it, and where is it now?
BODY BUDDIES
Is It Strange To Say I Miss The Bodies Of Strangers?
nytimes.com
Weeks before lockdown, I made a whirlwind tour of Istanbul's public baths. It was a crash course in pleasure that helped me understand what we've lost since.
A SWING AND AMIS
If Christopher Hitchens Were Still Around, What Would He Make Of The World Today?
interviewmagazine.com
Martin Amis and Salman Rushdie discuss.
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Here's How God-Level Bodyguards Protect The World's Most Famous People
youtube.com
"It looks like football training, but in suits."
IN THE NEWS
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The Crimes Of SEAL Team 6 (2017)
theintercept.com
SEAL Team 6 is the most celebrated of the US military's special mission units. But hidden behind the heroic narratives is a darker, more troubling story of "revenge ops," unjustified killings, mutilations, and other atrocities.
CE N'EST PAS L'ÉQUITÉ
How A Google Spreadsheet Broke The Art World's Culture Of Silence (2019)
frieze.com
Nearly 2,000 museum workers have shared their salaries online — the vast inequity is difficult to ignore.
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