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- Gnash0
The Outrageous Optimism of Jean-Paul Sartre
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/…
“Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance.”
- Bennn0
dont know where to post this one:
''The Unsolved Case of the Most Mysterious Song on the Internet''
- Nairn0
"After decades among the hidden homeless, Dominic Van Allen dug himself a bunker beneath a public park. But his life would get even more precarious."
- grafician0
https://www.newyorker.com/magazi…
THE CHAOS OF THE DICE
A backgammon hustler’s quest to gain an edge.By Raffi Khatchadourian
- Gnash0
On boredom
https://aeon.co/ideas/boredom-is…
A Zen student asked how long it would take to gain enlightenment if he joined the temple.
‘Ten years,’ said the Zen master.
‘Well, how about if I work really hard and double my effort?’
‘Twenty years.’
- imbecile-1
https://n.neurology.org/content/…
The terrorist inside my husband's brain
by Susan Schneider Williams
- grafician1
https://www.theatlantic.com/maga…
"History’s Largest Mining Operation Is About to Begin
It’s underwater—and the consequences are unimaginable."- jesus, I had no idea those cunts at de Beers were already engaged in this sort of industry. 'Thanks'.Nairn
- Bennn1
Interesting read :
''The Day the Music Burned''
# It was the biggest disaster in the history of the music business — and almost nobody knew. This is the story of the 2008 Universal fire. #
- renderedred0
Why CSS HSL Colors are Better!
With the Power of CSS Variables
- fadein111
I Worked for Alex Jones. I Regret It.
I dropped out of film school to edit video for the conspiracy theorist because I believed in his worldview. Then I saw what it did to people.
- renderedred0
Meet the ZedRipper – a 16-core, 83 MHz Z80 powerhouse as portable as it is impractical.
- grafician1
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/…
Pretty nice article about Tom Hanks, this man is a very good example of a good human being, as good as it gets
- Fax_Benson3
The Death of The Impossibly Old Farmer
true story of a man and a barn I stumbled across on twitter. Bit of a tear-jerker.
- Nairn1
Nuclear fusion could be the clean energy the world needs—and private companies are now working on machines to harness it.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/f…
Love this graphic...
- renderedred0
The Science of Gun Violence
- Nairn1
"Forty years ago, a U.S. satellite detected the telltale signs of a nuclear explosion. An analysis of the evidence today points to a clandestine nuclear test, a Carter administration cover-up, and only one country that was willing and able to carry it out: Israel."
- that's a "known" israeli test in coop with south africa.renderedred
- everybody was playing it "wtf" while knowing who it was.renderedred
- shimon peres legacy :)renderedred
- Yeah, it's one of my favourtie old stories - I just liked the particularly blunt peek behind the scenes in this 40th Anniversary article.Nairn
- sure, good article.renderedred
- Gnash2
- that was great, thanks.fadein11
- I watched this recently (slightly related).
Interesting to see the same arguments decades ago:
https://www.youtube.…fadein11 - I loved Kerouac's books when younger but what a dick by the end.fadein11
- saved this for later, but fuck it, had half dozen beers and already wrote a half poem, let's read!grafician