Rabu, 04 November 2020

Too Close To Calm

How Newspapers Reacted To The Too-Close-To-Call Election, How Do You Know When Society Is About To Fall Apart?, How A Floating Hotel On The Great Barrier Reef Became A North Korean Ghost Ship
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THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW
MERE ANARCHY IS LOOSED UPON THE WORLD
How Do You Know When Society Is About To Fall Apart?
nytimes.com
Meet the scholars who study civilizational collapse.
THE DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA
How Newspapers Reacted To The Too-Close-To-Call Election
digg.com
Overnight newspaper editors were presented with a a unique challenge to capture the unknown, without a clear winner or loser in Tuesday's US presidential election. Here is what newspapers across the country ran with on their front pages.
LIVE
The 2020 Presidential Election Electoral Map, Updated Live
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Here are the latest results from the 2020 Presidential, Senate, House and state governors races.
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WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT
SHIP OUT OF LUCK
How A Floating Hotel On The Great Barrier Reef Became A North Korean Ghost Ship
vice.com
What started its life as a five-star holiday hotspot now sits abandoned and rusting just north of the Korean demilitarized zone.
THE BEST DISTRACTION
The Best, Weirdest Dear Prudence Letters Of The Decade
slate.com
Here's a whole lot of The Slate's best Prudie columns to help you pass the time.
WITH MORE POWER COMES MORE RESISTANCE
The PS5's New Controller Is Amazing. Here's How It Works
theverge.com
Sony has added adaptive triggers to the new PS5 DualSense controller. These triggers and a greatly improved haptic feedback system create a new feel for next-gen games. A new teardown shows how it's possible.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
ROCK OUR WORLD
This Is Why You Watch Out For Rocks Falling From Cliffs
youtube.com
Just a normal day working at a stone quarry in Romania.
IN THE NEWS
Presidency Hinges On Tight Races In Battleground States
COVID Hospitalizations Surge As Pandemic Enters Alarming New Phase In US
Austrian Police Arrest 14 In Manhunt After Gunman's Deadly Rampage
Polish Government Delays Abortion Ban Due To Protests
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
Writer Evan Ratliff Tried To Vanish: Here's What Happened (2009)
wired.com
It's one thing to report on the phenomenon of people disappearing. But to really understand it, I figured that I had to try it myself. So I decided to vanish. Wired readers, or whoever else happened upon the chase, would try to find me.
LIFE IN PLASTIC, IT'S… FORENSIC
Dollhouses Of Death That Trained America's Detectives (2017)
messynessychic.com
Around the very same time that the iconic American board game Clue was being developed in the 1940s, forensics detectives were being trained for real crime scene investigation in a similar, miniaturized fashion — with the help of a special collection of dollhouses.
Patience is a virtue.

Selasa, 03 November 2020

🏠 Parent Trap

The Percentage Of Young Adults Living With Their Parents, Visualized, This Is The Biggest Mistake People Make With Microagressions At Work, The 2020 Vote Preferences Of 102 Common First Names
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Tue, Nov 03
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TAKE A DEEP BREATH, RELAX
MOVING THE NEEDLE
This Is The Biggest Mistake People Make With Microagressions At Work
fastcompany.com
Racist microagressions can take place even when people have good intentions or view themselves as allies. This is the biggest way people mess up and what to do instead.
KARENS FOR BIDEN
The 2020 Vote Preferences Of 102 Common First Names
nytimes.com
We found some unexpected trends when we sorted our polling data by first name.
CONGRATULATIONS, YOU PLAYED YOURSELF
How Your Brain Tricks You Into Taking Risks During The Pandemic
propublica.org
The unprecedented nature of the pandemic undermines how we process information and assess risk. Need proof? Look around.
A CASE OF MISSED IDENTITY
A Nameless Hiker And The Case The Internet Can't Crack
wired.com
The man on the trail went by "Mostly Harmless." He was friendly and said he worked in tech. After he died in his tent, no could figure out who he was.
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WINNERS AND LOSERS
HOME NEVER ALONE
The Percentage Of Young Adults Living With Their Parents, Visualized
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Since 2005, the percentage of young adults living with their parents has risen in several European countries and the US.
NEW YORK I ❤️️ YOU BUT YOU'RE BRINGING ME DOWN
The Death And Life Of The Greatest American City
gen.medium.com
COVID-19 has pulled the filter off much of our lives, revealing fault lines that had been there all along. Nowhere has this shift been more apparent than in New York City.
PURE CLICKWAIT
Stressed About The Election? Spend The Day Clicking Through This Endless Queue Of Perfect Distractions
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If you need to kill time, unwind or just think about literally anything other than the life-changing and country-shaping election today, do yourself a favor and head to this website.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
DON'T MANSION IT
Urban Explorer Visits An Abandoned Multimillion-Dollar Mega-Mansion That Has An Indoor Water Slide
youtube.com
This ridiculously big mansion has an indoor basketball court and bowling alley, but shows no signs of anyone living in it.
IN THE NEWS
Huge Voter Turnout Expected Despite Virus, Political Rancor
Manhunt In Vienna After Four Killed In Gun Rampage
A Weary Puerto Rico Prepares For Referendum, New Leaders
How The US Election Might Determine The Future Of Travel
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Don't Settle For Drug Store Holiday Cards This Year
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
POST MORTEM
What Went Wrong With The 2016 Polls? (2016)
theatlantic.com
Here's how public-opinion surveys and election forecasters misread the outcome of the presidential race.
JUST TAKING A PEEK
The Quest To Get Photos Of The USSR's First Space Shuttle (2019)
wired.com
French photographer Jonk snuck into Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan to capture images of the Buran shuttle.
Happy Election Day!