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Eight leading designers imagine what President Trump's Space Force logo should be like. Hilarious and brilliant.
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Bernard Hinault
Here's video of 1984 cycling superstar Bernard Hinault biked into a crowd of demonstrating steelworkers interrupting his race, jumped off his bike, punched a demonstrator, then hopped on his bike...
Don Jr D-pics
If I'm reading this right, Kimberly Guilfoyle was fired from Fox after forcing people to look at her boyfriend, Don Trump, Jr.'s, d-pics.
It’s Time For Illinois To Subsidize Local News Gathering
[caption id="attachment_131" align="aligncenter" width="550"] The Danville Commercial-News building in Danville, Illinois. Once a 30,000 circulation daily paper, it now claims about 15,000. Credit: Randy von Liski/Flickr[/caption] The business of reporting...
TPM on Russia
Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has a leftist-bent, but he's pretty level headed. His piece about the Russia-Helsinki reactions, "The Bigs Are Starting To Accept the Unimaginable", is unsettling.
Blackberry Sage Lemonaide
It's blackberry season right now, and I made this Blackberry-Sage Lemonade. It was the star of my summer.
QEII Brooch
Turns out Queen Elizabeth does a lot of messaging through her brooch choices. You gotta read about the significance of what she wore when President Trump visited Great Britain.
Chance Has Just One To Make Chicagoist Work
This morning Chance Bennett, a.k.a., Chance The Rapper, announced his acquisition of Chicagoist from the shambling remains of Joe Ricketts’ DNAInfo-Gothamist company. It’s a great title with a significant audience,...
In Praise of Federal Bureaucrats
When I was twenty-eight I owned four dark suits and one light. I kept an extra pair of white shirts in my office because Washington summers were muggy, and you...
Steve Jobs Rupert Murdoch
Back in 2010, Steve Jobs told Rupert Murdoch that Fox News was, "an incredibly destructive force in our society." And that the real axis in politics was, "not liberal and...
NYDN Jenner
The New York Daily News tweeted a vacuous statement about how great Kylie Jenner's riches makes her. Hundreds tweeted back about their own less monied, but probably richer lives.
Fortnight Rocket
If you want to be cool, tell your kid that you've seen the rocket launch in Fortnight.
Tour de France
The Tour de France started this week, which is probably the toughest race in the world. 170 cyclists attempt to race 21 days, with only two one-day breaks, about 120...
Trippy roller coaster
This video of a roller coaster ride with a 360 camera is flat out, the trippiest thing I’ve seen. The guy’s unmoving expression is also amazing.
Two Guys Go: Travel Videos To Latin America
Almost two months ago my friend Darian and I flew down to Mexico City to check out the city over Memorial Day weekend. Darian work in the travel business and...
Trippy Roller Coaster
This video of a roller coaster ride with a 360 camera is flat out, the trippiest thing I've seen. The guy's unmoving expression is also amazing.
Do Facebook Birthday Posts Affect Popularity?
I have a confession to make: Three years ago I stopped wishing people happy birthday on Facebook. It’s a scam to encourage “engagement” and it feels like a cheapening of...
Shorpy: Natalie Wood
Shorpy, a collection of high-res old photos is a real find. This color 1958 shot of Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood on their boat is super creepy, considering how she...
Anthony Bourdain
My family watched an episode of "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown" in honor of his passing. Our choice: Buenos Aires, since we'd been there. Amazingly enough, the episode centered on a...
Quantum Five Levels
Wired Magazine does these videos where they explain a complicated topic at a grade school, high school, college, graduate and expert level. This week they explained quantum computing, and for...
BlankWhileBlack
If you wonder how often white privilege and and 911 calls intersect, The Root is doing a pretty good job of tracking #__WhileBlack incidents. For a white person like me,...