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Long before The Curse, Albert Brooks skewered “reality TV” with Real Life
AV Club,
Following last year’s reality TV home deconstruction project, The Rehearsal, Nathan Fielder returns to screens this week with The Curse. True to form, the series sees Fielder, who also directs and co-writes, and Emma Stone starring as aspiring HGTV gentrifiers Asher and Whitney Siegel. Co-written by Benny Safdie, who… Read more...
84% of Maine voters demand automobile Right to Repair Law
Boing Boing,
Voters in Maine overwhelmingly voted for an automobile right-to-repair law in last week's elections. The measure passed 84-13%, sending a sharp message to legislators and manufacturers who spent millions of dollars lobbying to block such laws and trying to convince consumers that it should be illegal to repair the things they buy. — Read the rest
How AOC Got George Santos Into Politics
Politico Picks,
The bilingual millennial outsider from New York took inspiration from another bilingual millennial outsider from New York.
"Killing In The Name" performed entirely with Sega Genesis audio samples
Just about a month ago, I shared a re-creation of several Red Hot Chilli Peppers albums using nothing but audio samples from Donkey Kong Country. Rather than rest on their laurels and let that be their legacy, that same remix artist, Miami-based musician fxsnowy, has gone a step further and covered Rage Against The Machine's iconic "Killing In The Name" — this time, using samples from Sega Genesis. — Read the rest
If you suffer from cute aggression, a cow might be your pet of choice
If you suffer from cute aggression, a cow might be your pet of choice, at least according to Lacie Evans, aka "Farmer Lacie," a cattlewoman who runs a farm in Hillsboro, Ohio. In this funny video, she describes cows as "just big dogs" and introduces us to her cow Snow, who is the perfect animal to take out her cuteness aggression on. — Read the rest
The Vatican declares trans Catholics can be baptized
As part of Pope Francis' continued efforts to bring the Catholic Church into the 21st century, the Vatican recently published a statement declaring that transgender members of the church can now be baptized (which includes children and adolescents), become godparents, and serve as witnesses to Catholic weddings in response to an inquiry by a Brazilian bishop. — Read the rest
Oil bottle pareidolia
I love this crying oil bottle pareidolia from aae.choppers on Instagram. This is the best oil change I have ever seen take place. I will never pour liquid from a bottle like this again without carving a face into the foil lid cover and watching it weep. — Read the rest
Wallpaper specimens from Shadows from the Walls of Death
"Wallpaper Specimens from Shadows from the Walls of Death" is a book from 1874 that contains swaths of poisonous wallpaper from stores around Michigan. The book was created as an educational tool to warn people about which wallpapers to take caution with. — Read the rest