McSweeny's compiled a list of 759 reasons why Trump's cult followers love him so much. A few samples: October 11, 2016 – Tasha Dixon, a former Miss Universe contestant, accused Donald… Read the rest of the article: A catalog of Trump's top cruelties 2011-2020
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Mark Frauenfelder An MSNBC reporter asked Trump cultists at a rally in Phoenix why they wouldn't wear a mask. The answers they gave him didn't make a lot of sense. “It’s not about… Read the rest of the article: Reporter asks why Trump cult covidiots won't wear masks
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Mark Frauenfelder Netflix is rebooting Unsolved Mysteries, a true crime and paranormal event series that originally aired on various networks from 1987 to 2010. "The original creators of Unsolved Mysteries and the… Read the rest of the article: Unsolved Mysteries coming to Netflix
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Mark Frauenfelder Even with the laugh track added to Goodfellas, Joe Pesci is still as scary as hell.
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Mark Frauenfelder I'm almost finished reading Maria Konnikova's new book, The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win. It's an enthralling and funny first-hand account of her… Read the rest of the article: How Maria Konnikova used her psychology background to be a champion poker player
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Mark Frauenfelder The University of Cincinnati happily took a $2 million donation from the Marge and Charles J. Schott Foundation to build a stadium and name it Marge Schott Stadium, even though… Read the rest of the article: University of Cincinnati will remove Hitler-praiser Marge Schott's name from stadium
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Mark Frauenfelder I bought a USB microscope a few years ago because I wanted to examine kitchen knife edges after I sharpen them using different sharpeners. I'm still having fun with it.… Read the rest of the article: Photos and videos of bugs and stuff with my USB microscope
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Mark Frauenfelder It turns out that police unions and benevolent associations lied and exaggerated about police officers being poisoned by Shake Shack milkshakes. From the New York Post: Police sources explained it… Read the rest of the article: The three New York cops who drank "poisoned" milkshakes didn't get sick
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Mark Frauenfelder I forgot about Standard Ebooks until this morning, and when I checked it out I discovered they have a bunch of new novels available, including Yevgeny Zamyatin's We, Eugene O'Neill's… Read the rest of the article: Standard Ebooks is still creating high quality ebooks of public domain novels
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Mark Frauenfelder Studio Ghibli is releasing its first CGI movie, called Aya and the Witch. It's an adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones' children's book Earwig and the Witch. (The late Jones was also the author… Read the rest of the article: Still images from Studio Ghibli’s upcoming CGI film, Aya and the Witch
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Mark Frauenfelder Outdoor apparel brand Patagonia said it is joining the #StopHateForProfit boycott against Facebook (and Instagram, owned by Facebook) because Facebook continues to promote "hateful lies and dangerous propaganda." Last week… Read the rest of the article: Patagonia joins advertising boycott against Facebook
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Mark Frauenfelder Sixty-nine cents a month gets you a subscription to a bye.fyi email address. You will never see any email sent to the address, but anyone who sends you email gets… Read the rest of the article: Bye is the first email service to automatically respond with an insult, and then delete every email sent to you
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Mark Frauenfelder These Ray-O-Vac LED penlights have a clip so you can pull them from your pocket and entertain your cats on a moment's notice. It uses one AAA battery, included, and… Read the rest of the article: Handy pen LED flashlght
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Mark Frauenfelder RETWEET until this man is identified! He harassed a group of black teens in a gated community in the affluent Village of Wellington, here in my county. According to him,… Read the rest of the article: Homeland Security analyst filmed telling black teen girl, “You don’t deserve to be here”
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Mark Frauenfelder Welcome to #Tulsa. People are already in line. Also, re-election songs. #MSNBC pic.twitter.com/P96d1HeMbD — Cal Perry (@CalNBC) June 18, 2020 The name of this band should be called Down With… Read the rest of the article: Maskless musical group plays pro-Trump song in front of Tulsa rally venue
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Mark Frauenfelder Ian Hubert is the host of the "Lazy Tutorials – For Lazy People, By Lazy People" YouTube channel, which has 60-second videos of Hubert using Blender to create 3D models… Read the rest of the article: These 60-second 3D modeling tutorials are entertaining and educational
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Mark Frauenfelder My Lord Won't you help them to understand That when someone takes the life of an innocent man Well, they never really won because all they've really done Is set… Read the rest of the article: Never-before-heard solo version of Aretha Franklin’s “Never Gonna Break My Faith”
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Mark Frauenfelder How out of your mind do you have to be to think that people who wear a facemask aren't interested in slowing the spread of a communicable disease that has… Read the rest of the article: Trump said some Americans wear masks to “signal disapproval of him”
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Mark Frauenfelder I can’t believe this happened in Bed Stuy wtf pic.twitter.com/H9iGPARd7s — AIRSTEVEJOBS (@AIRSTEVEJOBS) June 18, 2020 Here's a guy who didn't like seeing a Black Lives Matter sign taped to… Read the rest of the article: Maskless troll at coffee shop has temper tantrum over BLM sign
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Mark Frauenfelder The potentiometers and switches on my various electric guitars, basses, and amplifiers were making bad, crackly, staticky noises. This aerosol contact cleaner, which comes with a straw, is a cheap… Read the rest of the article: Contact cleaner makes old switches and knobs work like new again