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Short tiktok skits of chicken shop encounters with London slang. Sparkling water.Robbery Wings Sauce, wherein bossman finally prevails.

People in the industry tend to think that flight is useful and awesome, and not necessarily in that order. One of the reasons that the idea of flying cars has endured is that it seems to promise two different kinds of freedom: on the one hand, to get from point A to point B without a lot of hassle; on the other hand, to...

What does it mean that hundreds of thousands of players are clicking on a banana? Clicker games are the inevitable end-point of the rise of bots and microtransactions.

Everyone thought this tiny lizard was extinct — then it turned up on Melbourne's fringe. Emi Arnold and Pat Monarca were about to finish work when they spotted a long-lost tiny dragon. Now Zoos Victoria is leading the charge to bring the reptiles back from the brink.

It was a sad farewell in D.C. when a beloved Tidal Basin cherry tree had to be removed in the spring. But there's hope on the horizon as cuttings from "Stumpy" have taken root.

The legend of Keyboard Cat: How a man and his cat(s) won the internet lottery. Part of Mashable's Tales of the Early Internet.Bento, the second Keyboard Cat, passed away in 2018 and scored more online obits than 99% of humans—and yet, surprisingly, none at Mefi. (Fatso, the original keyboard cat, died in the 1980s.) Now (or at least as of last August), Charlie Schmidt,...

"Biles's aerial somersaults reach an incredible height. In Tuesday's floor routine, seven feet of air separated her four-foot-eight frame from the ground beneath her. Through the power of arithmetic, we can confidently say that means her head was eleven feet and eight inches above the ground. If that feels abstract, allow us to provide some concrete examples for you." A Partial Inventory of Items...

The third in an ongoing series of experiments for a different kind of MetaFilter experience: Come across an interesting link recently that you'd like to share, but don't want to work it up into a full post? Share it here for our perusal, nbd. And if you'd like to post something but need some inspiration, check out the links here to see what other...

Babish, aka Andrew Rea of the Babish Culinary Universe, ranks the strangest recipes submitted to him by his viewers. Featuring gatorwine, a number of brief musical interludes inspired by gatorwine, and a range of scores for the strange recipes going from 0 (tuna tacos. but not like, the good kind. you'll see.) to 10 (pokkorn, a delicious looking take on popcorn).

Blood thinner could revolutionise treatment for cobra venom. Cobra venom could potentially be treated with a commonly prescribed blood thinner, new research has indicated.

$10M cash withdrawal drove secret probe into whether Trump took money from Egypt by Aaron C. Davis and Carol D. Leonnig (WaPost gift link)

WaPo's Dept. of Data looks at the numbers. (gift link) In a similar fashion to Trump being confused about Harris being both Indian and Black, I stand for all of us who have cats and dogs. We're out, we're proud, we're spending too much on cat food because the dogs keep sneaking in and helping themselves to it.

"How Long to Read is a book search engine that helps you find out how long it will take to read books and provide reading time data that is tailored to you. With our simple WPM (words per minute) test you can find out how long it will take you to read almost anything, and also use our search engine to find books that...

A sad and sweet animated clip made for the Queen song All Dead All Dead. This song came out in 1977 on the album News of the World; the video was made in 2017 at the 40-year anniversary of the album. The lead vocals on this version were sung by Mercury, not May, who sang them on the original version.If you prefer to watch...

The question of student surveillance is made more difficult by a lack of clear data on whether it works and if so, whether the collateral damage to privacy is justified. School officials across the country defend the use of such surveillance by arguing that if it saves just one life, it's worth it. But is it worth it if it turns schools into virtual...

A few days ago, Drew Daniel posted on Twitter: had a dream I was at a rave talking to a girl and she told me about a genre called "hit em" that is in 5/4 time at 212 bpm with super crunched out sounds thank you dream girl In the days since, people have kept sharing their own.

Journalist Evan Gershkovich has come home. Gershkovich and two other Americans who had been wrongfully imprisoned in Russia came home today - along with citizens of Germany, Britain, and Belarus. Seven Russians - political prisoners, some of them associates of Alexei Navalny - were also released. This is the largest prisoner swap since the collapse of the Soviet Union.Heather Cox Richardson lays out the...

Louie Zong adjusted Bobby Darin singing Beyond the Sea (original), so that every note is a C. Unjoy! (both links 3 minutes long)

Donald Trump at the National Association of Black Journalists (PBS, C-SPAN, The Hill, Axios, USA Today, NYT, Chicago Sun-Times, Politifact)

Our starlet narrators position their fans against the media, with media imagined as vicious and venal, while fans are pure-hearted and devoted. What these characterizations elide in their attempts to appeal to their audiences is the fact that we're guilty too, always grasping at shards of these girls and in this process tearing them apart. Like Eve, these are girls denied depth by the...

We'll find out who won the veepstakes next week: Kamala Harris to appear with running mate in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Aug. 6 (Guardian link). Meanwhile in her Atlanta rally Harris tells Trump to 'Say it to my face' (Guardian link).More Than 100 Silicon Valley Investors Pledge to Support Kamala Harris (NYT gift link) Business is Buzzing Again for the Meme Makers of the Left...

Roots of Pacha is a cozy game in the vein of Stardew Valley. What sets it apart is a strong communitarian vibe where you are one member of a community working together to improve their village.Most farming games have a capitalist grounding where you grow crops to make money to buy tools to grow more crops. Roots of Pacha is more communitarian. You give...