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Claudine Gay holds on as Harvard president, rebuffing lawmakers
Politico Picks,
The university's highest governing board expressed support for the embattled president during a Monday night meeting.
Artist creates adorable creatures with simple line drawings on photos of clouds
Boing Boing,
I just love these simple yet utterly charming drawings by Dublin, Ireland-based artist, illustrator, and author Chris Judge. For his series "A Daily Cloud," Judge adds simple line drawings to photographs of clouds to create sweet and funny characters, like these two adorable dogs talking, a disgruntled "King Kat," this silly squiggly legged jellyfish-like creature, and the cutest winter bird. — Read the rest
Eileen Isn’t Weird Enough
The Cut,
I wanted the adaptation of Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel to be as gross as the source material.
Gift of the Day: Essence of Snail for the Skin-Care Obsessive
Friends that slime together stay together.
Iron Claw review: Zac Efron grapples with the curse of the Von Erichs
AV Club,
In pro wrestling, there are babyfaces (the good guys) and heels (the bad). The best matches tell the story of a babyface overcoming a dastardly heel’s dirty taunts and crooked tricks to win. The famed and supposedly cursed real-life Von Erich wrestling family of Texas was a brotherhood of babyfaces with a heel for a… Read more...
New Hampshire Gov. Sununu to endorse Nikki Haley for president
The endorsement could carry weight with more moderate Republicans and independents who vote in the GOP primary.
People With Acne Pay a Steep Social Price, Study Finds
Gizmodo,
In a survey of more than 1,000 people, researchers found that people were more likely to be treated as pariahs in a variety of ways when their faces were digitally altered to have acne. The stigma associated with acne may be greater for people with severe symptoms and darker skin tones as well, the study found. Read more...
Of Course We Made George Santos a Cameo Star
Jezebel,
Earlier this month, (now-former) Rep. George Santos (R-NY) shattered yet another glass ceiling: The compulsive liar and former drag performer had already made political history as the first member of Congress (that we know of) to lie about guest-starring on a beloved Disney Channel show, but he cemented his place in… Read more...