Saturday, January 30, 2021

πŸ› Global Worming

How I Volunteered To Be Infected With 50 Parasitic Worms For A Year, Robinhood Forgets What Its Namesake Stands For, And More Of This Week's 'One Main Character,' Celebs And Politicians Can't Stop Stealing Athletic Valor, Diamonds Aren't Special And Neither Is Your Love
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WHAT'S YOUR COMPANY'S NAME AGAIN?
Robinhood Forgets What Its Namesake Stands For, And More Of This Week's 'One Main Character'
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This week's characters include a woman whose question to the internet has us worried about the future, an NYU professor who blames the GameStop stock frenzy on horny single men and more.
FLIPPING THE SCRIPT
Celebs And Politicians Can't Stop Stealing Athletic Valor
melmagazine.com
Rep. Madison Cawthorn isn't the first and won't be the last. When the stakes are low and the going gets tough, the weak get deceptive — especially when they think no one will bother investigating.
FIFTY SHADES OF GROSS
How I Volunteered To Be Infected With 50 Parasitic Worms For A Year
twitter.com
I volunteered to be vaccinated with an experimental hookworm vaccine.
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This Clever Back Support Might Help Your Back Ache Less
kickstarter.com
The Trigger Point Rocker is made with your back, shoulders and neck in mind. It's already seeing massive success on Kickstarter, so maybe 2021 will get to be the year of pain relief.
PICTURE THIS
A Deserted New York City In Winter, And Other Best Photography Of The Week
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Also featuring shots of rural towns taken in passing and photos recreating the moments when people became aware of their blackness and its implications for their reality.
EDITOR'S PICK
BOLEYN FOR SOUP
Budweiser Hollandaise, Mr. Bean Turns His Life Around, And More Of The Week's Best Tweets
digg.com
Twitter continues to cope with pandemic life, pop culture, gender standards and class divides the way it always does: via jokes. Enjoy.
A DIFFERENT KIND OF SHINE
HEIGLS AND LOWS
Katherine Heigl Is Done Apologizing
washingtonpost.com
With Netflix's "Firefly Lane," actress Katherine Heigl is taking back control of her narrative.
'THE RAVENOUS MAW OF MEN'S PROMISE'
How 'Promising Young Woman' Refigures The Rape-Revenge Movie
newyorker.com
The twisty thriller upends a dark genre's most familiar tropes, telling the story of a long aftermath and the guilt shared by those in power.
ONE IN A DOZEN
Diamonds Aren't Special And Neither Is Your Love
theatlantic.com
We've coupled love to marriage and marriage to gems, and all three thrive on the assumption of rarity. What would it mean for love to be common?
VIDEO OF THE DAY
'YOU SHOWED UP FOR JESUS THIS WEEK'
Sh*t Every Christian Youth Group Leader Always Says
youtube.com
Caitlin Reilly brilliantly channels the shtick of every Christian youth group leader.
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Ever Wanted Your Own 3D Printer? Kickstart This One For As Little As $299
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3D Printers can be overwhelmingly expensive, but you can get started with this clever, simple model for a reasonable asking price.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
STOCK! IN THE NAME OF LOVE
Learning Finance Via 'The Big Short' (2015)
theatlantic.com
The movie is being lauded for its attempt to tackle tricky concepts, but will any of it stick?
THE LONG ARM OF THE SCHOOLYARD
The Myth Of The Playground Pusher (2017)
reason.com
In Tennessee and around the country, "drug-free school zones" are little more than excuses for harsher drug sentencing.
For a week of big shorts, this one sure felt long.

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