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Syria, N.B.A., Nobels: Your Monday Evening Briefing
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
9. The Beatles returned to the pop charts with an Abbey Road reissue.
The album hit No. 3 on this weeks Billboard 200 chart, marking its first time in the Top 10 since 1970. (The original album, released on Sept. 26, 1969, spent 11 weeks at No. 1.)
Because … [+579 chars]
Victoria Shannon and Hiroko Masuike
2019-10-07 22:07:42
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Please enjoy Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley dancing to Lizzo's 'Truth Hurts'
The truth is, Lizzo's "Truth Hurts" is the anthem we needed in 2019. The song was released in 2017, but it recently surged in popularity, topping the charts, bringing us laughter and joy in the form of DNA test memes, and even gaining the attention of people …
The truth is, Lizzo's "Truth Hurts" is the anthem we needed in 2019.
The song was released in 2017, but it recently surged in popularity, topping the charts, bringing us laughter and joy in the form of DNA test memes, and even gaining the attention of people… [+1497 chars]
Nicole Gallucci
2019-09-15 17:04:15
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Fans remember Sulli by listening to IU's 2012 single 'Peach', inspired by Sulli - allkpop
Fans remember Sulli by listening to IU's 2012 single 'Peach', inspired by Sulli allkpop IU's “Peach” Reenters Charts As Many Listen In Remembrance Of Sulli soompi View full coverage on Google News
On October 15, IU's 2012 single "Peach", released as a part of the solo artist's single album 'Spring of a Twenty Year Old', reemerged on various domestic music charts - as fans remembered the late singer/actress Sulli.
IU's "Peach" is well-known to be a tr… [+382 chars]
beansss
2019-10-15 01:26:00
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Watch what happens when a big neodymium magnet collides with 1,000 small ones
The Action Lab Man conducts a groundbreaking experiment to find out what happens when a large neodymium magnet meets a cube made of 1,000 small neodymium magnets. Image: Action Lab/YouTube Read the rest
One May day in 1968, The Beatles gathered in Esher, London at George Harrison psychedelic bungalow Kinfauns to make music. They jammed through numerous songs written during or after their time hanging with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in India. Those demos are t… [+1811 chars]
Mark Frauenfelder
2019-09-24 15:43:19
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Exploitative news clip about London punk squatters in 1983
A short, exploitative 1983 news clip about punk squatters in the London Borough of Islington, complete with an uninformed, patronizing narrator: "What they lack in grey matter between the ears, they make up for in color on top." (via r/ObscureMedia ) Read the…
Today is the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ “Abbey Road” album and to celebrate, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and their collaborators have released a new video for “Here Comes The Sun.” From a statement: The “Here Comes The Sun” music video welcomes the view… [+1479 chars]
David Pescovitz
2019-09-26 18:44:47
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Elton John: 'I still want my dad's approval'
The star lifts the curtain on his life and career, and reveals what he'll do after his farewell tour.
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Elton John says he won't stop making music once his farewell tour ends next year
He may have started out singing cover versions on cheap compilation albums, but Elton John went on to become the fifth highest-selling recording artist of all ti… [+9550 chars]
https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews
2019-10-14 23:54:53
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Watch the new official video for The Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun"
Today is the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' "Abbey Road" album and to celebrate, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and their collaborators have released a new video for "Here Comes The Sun." From a statement: The "Here Comes The Sun" music video welcomes the view…
Here’s a great mashup of Eurythmics’ Sweet Dreams are Made of This and The White Stripes’ Seven Nation Army, performed by Pomplamoose and Sarah Dugas. Jump 25s in for the actual song.
Robert Hunter, who penned the lyrics to the majority of the Grateful Dead’… [+1489 chars]
David Pescovitz
2019-09-26 17:29:52
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Learn how to play the piano, guitar, & how to DJ with the help of this training
It's a long road from a song in your head to a song on the charts - especially if you're just learning to play. The good news is, anyone who's willing to practice can make music. These online classes can make that process painless, with methods that can teach…
It's a long road from a song in your head to a song on the charts - especially if you're just learning to play. The good news is, anyone who's willing to practice can make music. These online classes can make that process painless, with methods that can teach… [+3830 chars]
Boing Boing's Shop
2019-09-24 12:00:22
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Bird flight, bug gaits, and animal walks: fascinating videos for animators
Artist and animator Stephen Cunnane directed these wonderful videos to help artists animate bugs, birds, and other animals. Read the rest
In 2017, Banksy painted a giant mural on a wall in Dover, England depicting a worker chiseling a star off the EU flag, by way of a comment on the Brexit vote; now, parties unknown have painted over that mural, whitewashing it. Banksy is philosophical about th… [+1569 chars]
David Pescovitz
2019-09-24 17:00:10
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Li'l Don Trump and how the cookie crumbles
Tom the Dancing Bug, IN WHICH we may wonder whether Li'l Don Trump's series of denials are truthful
Tom the Dancing Bug, IN WHICH we may wonder whether Li'l Don Trump's series of denials are truthful
Donate to help migrant children through the Tom the Dancing Bug Migrant Children Fundraiser, and you could get an original Tom the Dancing Bug illustration. D… [+1676 chars]
Ruben Bolling
2019-09-25 11:13:39
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Cool hands-free illuminated magnifier for cheap
This 2.5x LED magnifier can be used as a handheld tool or on the desktop. Perfect for peering at electronic components. It's only on Amazon. Read the rest
The inexpensive Uni Kuru Toga is my favorite mechanical pencil, because it automatically rotates the lead everytime you touch the tip to paper. This keeps the lead nicely rounded. It does this without making the pen feel clicky or clunky, which would render i… [+1603 chars]
Mark Frauenfelder
2019-09-25 18:46:13
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Apple files patent on even-thinner keyboards
After the roaring success of its butterfly keyboard design, Apple has an idea to make its laptops even thinnner: attach keys directly to a membrane on the printed circuit board. Apple Insider: In Apple's filing, the company suggests the use of a single membra…
Hasbro's got a new foam dart gun, the $50 Nerf Ultra One blaster, and to make sure that owners of this toy arrange their affairs to the benefit of Hasbro's shareholders, the company has engineered a digital rights management system that detects and refuses to… [+1683 chars]
Rob Beschizza
2019-09-25 11:36:05
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WNBA star Liz Cambage arrived at the arena wearing a shirt featuring a photo of herself naked
6'9" WNBA star Liz Cambage is featured in ESPN's 2019 body issue. She arrived at the arena for the Las Vegas Aces' playoff game wearing a shirt featuring the issues cover photo.. @ecambage rocking the Body Issue shirt ahead of Game 4 (via @WNBA ) #WNBAPlay…
Maria Farrell admits that comparing smartphones to abusive men (they try to keep you from friends and family, they make it hard to study or go to work, they constantly follow you and check up on you) might seem to trivialize domestic partner violence, but, as… [+1595 chars]
John Struan
2019-09-25 11:15:23
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The Lucky Penny Press will put poems on pressed pennies
Put poems on pressed pennies? Sure, why not?! Oakland-based artrepreneur Lea Redmond ( previously ) has a dream to crowdfund a Lucky Penny Press, a hand-cranked machine that will dole out pressed pennies with short poems on them. I wasted no time getting on t…
Stephen King once wrote that “a short story is like a kiss in the dark from a stranger” — that is, sudden, pleasant, mysterious, dangerous and exiting, and the collected short fiction of Jo Walton, contained between covers in the newly published Starlings, is… [+1721 chars]
Rusty Blazenhoff
2019-09-24 12:00:22
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Basset Hound plays piano while toddler dances (sound on!)
You need this. Unmute it and turn up the sound -- then prepare for your dogs to freak out. Has anyone remixed this yet? The kid gets it. Party hard! And here's another sweet Basset Hound who loved to sing. Bassett hound singing Read the rest
Raffi Cavoukian (AKA "Raffi") is best known as a beloved children's singer -- I vividly remember attending one of his concerts as a child -- and possibly secondarily as the brother of former Ontario Privacy Commissioner and excellent privacy advocate Ann Cavo… [+1410 chars]
Xeni Jardin
2019-09-24 23:07:54
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Japanese Kewpie Mayonnaise
I've been accused of being partial to Kewpie Mayonnaise because of its retro packaging, but that's only partially true. This is the best mayo I've ever had. Chalk it up to extra egg yolks and the MSG. It's made in Japan, but you can buy a 3-pack on Amazon for…
PETA installed an old-fashioned protest billboard adjacent to the Ohio Renaissance Festival that opened this weekend in Waynesville. The animal rights activists consider the classic Renaissance faire fare of an oversized turkey leg to be distasteful, to say t… [+1785 chars]
Mark Frauenfelder
2019-09-24 19:15:00
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Watch this Coleco Adam home computer commercial starring Lori Loughlin (1984)
In this 1984 TV commercial for Coleco's failed Adam home computer, Lori Laughlin observes a young fellow able to power through his school assignment thanks to the magic of word processing. Laughlin asks, "Is that legal?" Ahem. Read the rest
Gilligan’s Island creator Sherwood Schwartz named the ill-fated S.S. Minnow after the then-chair of the FCC who Schwartz said “ruined television.” From Robert M. Jarvis’s 1998 article in the Santa Clara Law Review: On May 9, 1961, Newton N. Minow, the recentl… [+1440 chars]
David Pescovitz
2019-09-24 16:23:51
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Boston Dynamic's robot dog is now for sale
Spot, the robot dog from Boston Dynamics, is now for sale. Sort of. From IEEE Spectrum : But don’t pull out your credit card just yet. Spot may cost as much as a luxury car, and it is not really available to consumers. The initial sales, described as an “earl…
The largest universal quantum computer available for external use will delivered in October 2019, IBM announced today.
First it was vinyl, then it was cassette tapes — now the latest old media that’s being praised for offering warmer, richer, higher-quality … [+1338 chars]
David Pescovitz
2019-09-24 16:40:34
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Finally, someone has made scented scissors
“Let’s train little kids to thrust scissors towards their nose.” []
They’ve ruined democracy, now they’re ready to ruin your love life.
At their own peril, the Swiss government has decided that coffee is “not essential” for human survival. After World War I, Switzerland built an emergency reserve of human necessities for use… [+1418 chars]
Mark Frauenfelder
2019-09-26 16:22:44
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The median household income of each state in the USA
New US Census Bureau data shows that while the median household income for the United States (and 14 states within the USA) increased a bit from 2017 to 2018, "income inequality was significantly higher during the same period for the nation and nine states...…
Thomas Piketty, the French economist behind 2014's game-changing Capital in the 21st Century, has a new book, Capital and Ideology (out in France now, coming in English in 2020), which uses the same long-run economic series that Capital 21C benefited from to … [+1440 chars]
David Pescovitz
2019-09-26 18:16:06
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