Sabtu, 16 September 2017

The Rise And Fall Of... Everything

Iggy became a punchline and went from being hailed as a white rap savior — a potential salve in the lineage of bad white rappers — to, three years later, being a digital-era Vanilla Ice, reduced to a viral talking point.
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FIRST THINGS FIRST
The Making And Unmaking Of Iggy Azalea
jezebel.com
Iggy became a punchline and went from being hailed as a white rap savior — a potential salve in the lineage of bad white rappers — to, three years later, being a digital-era Vanilla Ice, reduced to a viral talking point.
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Here's What To Read About Cassini As It Makes Its Final Plunge Into Saturn
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For 13 years, Cassini quietly orbited Saturn and its moons, Titan and Enceladus, gathering data on a planet we knew little about. Scientists dedicated entire careers to Cassini. Here's what to read about one of NASA's most scientifically important missions.
IT MAKES YOU WHIFF... ON THE BALL
The Contentious Physics Of Wiffle Ball
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An engineer sheds light on the ball's much-debated curve.
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THE WEEK IN PHOTOS
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The Best Photography Of The Week
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Drag queens in "half drag," the place where your "Made in China" trinkets get made, and the best wildlife photography of the year.
CASSINI'S LAST LOOK AT SATURN
The Week's Coolest Space Photos
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Every day satellites are zooming through space, snapping incredible pictures of Earth, the solar system and outer space. Here are the highlights from this week.
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WHITE MEN NAMED DAVID, APPARENTLY
Who Is The New York Times' Woeful Opinion Section Even For?
splinternews.com
The section has recently displayed some of the worst attributes of online opinion writing — namely, cheap outrage — while harnessing little of the web's potential for building community or providing truly interesting views.
SO MANY LABIAS
What I Learned By Looking At 734 Playboy Centerfolds In One Sitting
slate.com
Playboy's new coffee table book of centerfolds offers a remarkable number of bodies in one volume. Taken together, they offer a kind of biological survey few humans will experience in their lifetimes.
A REAL SCRATCHER
Tracking Improbably Frequent Lottery Winners
cjr.org
Inspired by a single investigative report in Florida, the Columbia Journalism Review requested lottery data from every state in the US. It was a jackpot.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALIVE
Watching Gold Slime Go Through A Shredder Is Oddly Satisfying
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Although admittedly, this is probably more fun to watch than to clean up later.
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