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Friday, 18 July 2025

My Road Trip With the Velvet Sundown

quote [ a careless smear of stylistic averages ]

Ian Bogost tries to review artifical music in the "Who Cares?" era, recommended via most recent Hype Machine edition.

[SFW] [music]
[by Paracetamol@2:41pmGMT] [2 comments]

Are humans destined to evolve into crabs?

quote [ ‘Everything becomes crab’ is more than an absurd meme. The crab is a deep symbol of our devil’s bargain with technology ]

Who cares bitch i'm blowed where the crab people
[SFW] [people] [+1 Original]
[by ScoobySnacks@8:21amGMT] [1 comment]

Thursday, 17 July 2025

Stripper Collective’s Life Drawing Merges Sex Work and Art

quote [ The East London group sees their life drawing sessions “as a natural progression from the age-old practice of hiring professional harlots and hussies as models for art.” ]

Talkin' strippers and models that try to gain attention
[NSFW] [art] [+1 Interesting]
[by ScoobySnacks@9:27amGMT] [1 comment]

Wednesday, 16 July 2025

Cloning Came to Polo. Then Things Got Truly Uncivilized

quote [ A polo legend and a businessman joined forces to copy the player’s greatest horse. But with a single clone worth $800,000, some technologies are a breeding ground for betrayal. ]

There was a wizard at polo was a socialized bee,
[SFW] [sports]
[by ScoobySnacks@10:18amGMT] [3 comments]

Tuesday, 15 July 2025

Neutralizing Drones

quote [ The evolution of drone shows, a concept that went from an art collective experiment in de-fanging warfare tech to a municipal favorite in record time. ]

Going higher than an drone
[SFW] [science & technology] [+1 Interesting]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:04amGMT] [0 comments]



Monday, 14 July 2025

Metoposcopia: How To Spot Character From Forehead Wrinkles, 1661

quote [ Metoposcopy is the early modern divinatory practice that reads the pattern of lines on a person's forehead for their signification ]

I'm not gonna worry wrinkles in my brow
[SFW] [history] [+1 WTF]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:04amGMT] [0 comments]

Sunday, 13 July 2025

Final Statement of Willem Van Spronsen

quote [ On July 13, 2019, Willem Van Spronsen was killed by police while
attacking transportation infrastructure for the Northwest Detention
Center in Tacoma, WA.

The Northwest Detention Center can hold over 1,500 people, making it the
largest immigration prison on the west coast, and one of the largest
immigrant detention facilities in the country. ]

“I, John Brown am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.”
[SFW] [history] [+1 Underrated]
[by steele@8:32pmGMT] [1 comment]

Why Are Chinese Cities Sinking?

quote [ Rapid urbanization, industrial growth, and excessive groundwater extraction are just some of the reasons why Chinese cities are sinking. ]

Read about the whole water management situation in China and found many shorter articles on current studies.. this one seems to paint a bigger picture on the history of industrialization and water management. Was reminded of Californian wells.

One of the linked studies in my newspaper article was about uneven urban infrastructure heights. What's also not mentioned is the side effects of the heavy dam building and the successive regulation by opening and closing them, partly to destructive consequences.

[SFW] [environment & nature] [+1 Insightful]
[by Paracetamol@7:15amGMT] [0 comments]

How the Etch A Sketch Etched Itself Into Pop Culture

quote [ Sixty-five years after it first hit store shelves, the iconic, red-framed drawing toy continues to enchant kids, artists, and collectors alike ]

They let you keep your etch-a-sketch
[SFW] [history] [+1 Interesting]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:01amGMT] [1 comment]

Saturday, 12 July 2025

Robert Coates: The Greatest Bad Actor

quote [ In the glittering world of 19th-century theatre, where talent was prized and ridicule could end a career, one man defied convention and became a legend—not for brilliance, but for flamboyant failure. His name was Robert Coates, a wealthy amateur who believed that he was destined for the stage. ]

One bad actor versus the rest of the world
[SFW] [history] [+3]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:02amGMT] [0 comments]



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