"By hand-selecting a field of 'warriors,' and dropping them into a last-man-standing arena, he’s managed to create an endurance event with the coup de gras thrust of bloodsport. 'It’s an incredible spectacle to watch. It lends itself to drama,' Backyard’s emperor told me two days prior to the opening bell. 'I provide a venue where … Continue reading Courtney Dauwalter Takes On Big’s Backyard Ultra
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How to Boost Your Data Privacy With a Virtual Private Network
"Data privacy matters, and we all deserve respect and consideration from those we visit on the internet. As shown by the numerous data breaches that have affected companies and individual users around the world, individuals and governments, however, we must also look out for our own personal data and privacy. Using a VPN to obfuscate … Continue reading How to Boost Your Data Privacy With a Virtual Private Network
Exploring the Future Beyond Cyberpunk’s Neon and Noir
Discussion of nine current subgenres in science fiction: Chinese Sci-Fi, Afrofuturism, Gulf futurism, Climate Fiction (Cli-Fi), Solar Punk, Water Crisis Thrillers, Kitchen Sink Dystopia, Woke Space Opera, and The New Weird. Each category has three book suggestions. Of the suggestions I've read (which are very few), I've liked Ann Leckie's Ancillary trilogy and everything by … Continue reading Exploring the Future Beyond Cyberpunk’s Neon and Noir
The Problem of Fox News
"Fox is America’s central clearinghouse for hateful conspiracism, including the violent delusions that animated Bowers and Sayoc. A rich cosmopolitan Jew is scheming to help dangerous foreigners invade and despoil the homeland. Barack Obama, Tom Steyer and Robert DeNiro are trying to destroy America for reasons known only to themselves. Blacks want to steal everything … Continue reading The Problem of Fox News
The Oral History of ‘Too Many Cooks’, Adult Swim’s Weirdest Experiment Ever | Inverse
"When Adult Swim debuted Too Many Cooks in that early morning time slot, almost no one thought it would find an audience. Within a week, the surreal 11-minute parody of a ‘90s sitcom theme song had racked up over 5 million views on YouTube... It took a full year, a skeleton crew, and dozens of … Continue reading The Oral History of ‘Too Many Cooks’, Adult Swim’s Weirdest Experiment Ever | Inverse
Noncompete Clauses are Evil
"Traditionally, noncompete clauses like the one Kenny signed were found in contracts for white-collar executives or other high-profile employees who might have access to company trade secrets or develop personal relationships to clients. Businesses fear employees will leave and take those valuable assets with them to a competitor, so noncompete clauses help protect those companies. … Continue reading Noncompete Clauses are Evil
Mail-Order Abortions Are Now Available in the U.S. What Does That Mean for American Women?
"A well-established abortion-by-mail provider is expanding its services to the United States, The Atlantic reported on Thursday. Women on Web, run by Dutch doctor Rebecca Gomperts, has provided remote consultations, prescriptions, and pills to patients seeking abortions since 2006. But until now, Gomperts has never operated in the U.S., fearing the powerful pro-life lobby's impact … Continue reading Mail-Order Abortions Are Now Available in the U.S. What Does That Mean for American Women?
Teach Yourself to Echolocate – Atlas Obscura
"Whatever your sightedness, there’s something to be said for learning to listen more attentively to sonic scenery. Kish believes that vision has a way of blunting the other senses unless people work to really flex them. Deft echolocators, he says, are able to perceive fine differences—distinguishing, say, between an oleander bush (“a million sharp returns”) … Continue reading Teach Yourself to Echolocate – Atlas Obscura
The Uselessness of Discussion to Find Truth
"‘Every philosopher runs away when he or she hears say 'Let’s discuss this.' Discussion, they claimed ‘are fine for roundabout talks, but philosophy throws its dice on another table. The best one can say about discussions is that they take things no farther, since the participants never talk about the same thing.’" —Gilles Deleuze and … Continue reading The Uselessness of Discussion to Find Truth
Princess Pamela’s Soul Food Cookbook
"There ain't a thing I do, / a person I know, / a dish I cook, / couldn't be made / a mite better. That's / no reason / not to love it / for the best that it is / right now." Not just recipes, but full of wisdom about cooking and life. In … Continue reading Princess Pamela’s Soul Food Cookbook
Cosmic Dyspepsia & Divine Excrement by Thomas Moyihan
"One pauses, and is suddenly struck with a vision: The Earth opens up and seeps fizzy pop. The carbonated fountains of the great deep break open. End-oriented teleoplexic history reveals that the world was created merely to spew forth Pepsi: everything else was merely a means to this end. They call it the 𝖕𝖊𝖕𝖘𝖎𝖈𝖑𝖎𝖕𝖕𝖊𝖗. Pepsi, … Continue reading Cosmic Dyspepsia & Divine Excrement by Thomas Moyihan
Banksy Shreds
"There was a lot of buzz around the last lot of the auction - Banksy's Girl With Balloon. Done with spray paint and acrylic on canvas, mounted on board, signed and dedicated on the reverse, and framed in thick ornament artist's frame the piece was said to be the best version of one of the … Continue reading Banksy Shreds
Empty Realm
Therefore, both the factory line and the movie theater are sites of discipline, and within each capital stamps our minds with the indelible mark of sameness. The relentless monotony of the latest sitcom, same as the old sitcom, is the monotony of the office (this identity realizes its apotheosis in video games, where after work … Continue reading Empty Realm
Alone in the Jungle
"Capitalism will deplete you, while letting you think you have the means to improve your lot. Indeed, it will attempt to force its therapy on you... Anxiety, and especially depression, as the late social critic Mark Fisher noted, often have social causes, but we are led to believe that we suffer individually and must struggle … Continue reading Alone in the Jungle
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