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Danny MacAskill Does a Wheelie

As one of the top trials riders in the world, Danny MacAskill can certainly do a wheelie. In this fun video, he does wheelies all over the place, joined by a bunch of friends. The behind-the-scenes video is just as fun. And I watched the “how to do a wheelie” companion video with interest because I’ve never been able to do a wheelie on a bike for more than a couple of seconds and it’s probably time to learn — even though a manual would be more useful for mountain biking. (via the kid should see this)

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The life-changing magic of being in the groove. “Scientists have long known...

The life-changing magic of being in the groove. “Scientists have long known the mental and creative benefits of the flow state, in which total absorption in an activity banishes anxiety.”

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“Third Things” Can Make Communication Easier

I ran across an interesting term/concept in Miranda July’s All Fours: third things. A character in the book attributes it to “the Quakers” and describes it like so: It’s a topic of conversation that doesn’t belong to either party. The soul, usually so shy, can speak more ea...

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A Logo on a Prosthesis Is Like a Tattoo You Didn’t Ask...

A Logo on a Prosthesis Is Like a Tattoo You Didn’t Ask For. “It made my arm seem like a product, rather than my body. The logo made it seem less a part of me, which invited others to treat it that way.”

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Bulgarian beach bar sarcophagus turns out to be genuine Roman artefact. “Despite...

Bulgarian beach bar sarcophagus turns out to be genuine Roman artefact. “Despite its historical value, photos on social media revealed that the sarcophagus was being used as a bar in a popular beach club for some time.”

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Scientists have found liquid water on Mars, located in the planet’s outer...

Scientists have found liquid water on Mars, located in the planet’s outer crust. “This is the first time liquid water has been found on the planet.”

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Good news! The new Covid-19 vacines are scheduled to be approved soon...

Good news! The new Covid-19 vacines are scheduled to be approved soon and could be available by Labor Day (or soon after). The CDC recommends updated shots for everyone 6 months and older.

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The Reason Social Security Currently Has a Funding Shortfall

For as long as I can remember, Americans have been concerned that the government’s Social Security program will run out of money by the time they get to use it because the Baby Boomers will suck the well dry. But as former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains, Social Sec...

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Disney has cancelled The Acolyte after one season. Such a high ratings...

Disney has cancelled The Acolyte after one season. Such a high ratings bar for these series to clear — and few of them have.

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Cilantro used to be a key ingredient in Italian cooking. “Roman chefs...

Cilantro used to be a key ingredient in Italian cooking. “Roman chefs prized both the citrusy seeds and pungent leaves of the plant they called coriandrum for sauces, salads, roasts, and flavored beverages.”

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Vivian Maier: Unseen Work

The first major US retrospective of Vivian Maier’s photography is currently on display at Fotografiska New York through Sept 29. Maier was a street photographer whose work was discovered in 2007 and is now recognized “alongside the greatest masters of the twentieth century”. You can see much more of Maier’s work on this website of her work. Tags: museums · photography · Vivian Maier 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

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The Good Milk List. “These locations, around the world, are where happy...

The Good Milk List. “These locations, around the world, are where happy cheese makers found good milk locally.”

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Smart Anand Giridharadas piece about the Democrats’ shift in political style, one...

Smart Anand Giridharadas piece about the Democrats’ shift in political style, one that “elevates attention over restraint, storytelling over self-explanatory policy mindedness, fight picking over always taking the high road, and thrilling the base…”

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Ephemeral tic-tac-toe. Each player’s moves disappear after 4 turns....

Ephemeral tic-tac-toe. Each player’s moves disappear after 4 turns.

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Are You a Local?

In a recent edition of his newsletter, Noah Kalina highlights some responses he got to this question: How many years do you need to live somewhere before you are considered a local? Here’s a sampling of the answers: My hot take as a military kid who has continued to move ar...

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The search for Celebrity Number Six. The internet has been unable to...

The search for Celebrity Number Six. The internet has been unable to identify the 6th celeb pictured on a piece of fabric from the late 00s (others include Adriana Lima & Jessica Alba). Can you help?

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Pixar’s Inside Out movies have changed how therapists talk about feelings with...

Pixar’s Inside Out movies have changed how therapists talk about feelings with their patients. And not just kids: “I’ve been stealing lines from the movie and quoting them to adults, not telling them that I’m quoting.”

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Winners of the 2024 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest

Since 1982, the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest has celebrated the opening lines of imagined horrible novels. The winners of the 2024 competition have been announced and there are some real doozies in there, starting with the overall winner: She had a body that reached out ...

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Never not gobsmacked by how the massive waves at Teahupo’o create an...

Never not gobsmacked by how the massive waves at Teahupo’o create an unnerving cavity in the ocean.

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What Should an Electric Car Sound Like?

The different kinds of sounds that carmakers have had to come up with to make EVs audible to pedestrians, bikers, and other drivers are wild: orchestras, pitch-shifted didgeridoos, gas car noises. For over a century, the internal combustion engine powered vehicles with a...

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Scientists are puzzled by the presence of “little red dots” found by...

Scientists are puzzled by the presence of “little red dots” found by the JW Space Telescope: tiny galaxies that have left no trace. “Why did they vanish? Or what did they morph into? Their sudden disappearance is a profound enigma.”

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Procreate will not be building any generative AI features into their fantastic...

Procreate will not be building any generative AI features into their fantastic iPad app. “We think machine learning is a compelling technology with a lot of merit, but the path generative AI is on is wrong for us.”

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The Disciples

For his project The Disciples, photographer James Mollison took photo montages of fans outside of music concerts. See if you can guess which concerts these groups of fans attended: Here’s Mollison on the project: Over three years I photographed fans outside diff...

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Homicide: Life on the Street is now streaming on Peacock. Alan Sepinwall...

Homicide: Life on the Street is now streaming on Peacock. Alan Sepinwall shares 10 episodes “if you want to see what all the fuss is about”. I haven’t watched Homicide since it was on TV and the name “Adena Watson” is still burned into my brain.

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Costco in Cancún, a piece about Costco’s travel service and how the...

Costco in Cancún, a piece about Costco’s travel service and how the company’s warehouse shopping experience (“Everything Is a Good Deal”) relates to the all-inclusive hotel vibe (“Everything Is Paid For”).

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Livestreams of Watering Holes in the Namibian Desert

I’ve been enjoying watching these livestreams of watering holes in the arid regions of Namibia. As I’m looking now, there appear to be some zebras and giraffes hanging out — previous sightings include hyenas, ostriches, cheetahs, wildebeest, oryx, and even honey badgers. You can find more cams and archived footage at @NamibiaCam.

Tags: Namibia · video

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A disturbing report from ProPublica on the armed domestic terror cells that...

A disturbing report from ProPublica on the armed domestic terror cells that have flourished in the US since the Jan 6 assault on Congress. “The next election won’t be decided at a Ballot Box. It’ll be decided at the ammo box.”

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James Milner, 38, starts record 23rd season in the Premier League. He’s...

James Milner, 38, starts record 23rd season in the Premier League. He’s seven years older than his current manager, Brighton & Hove Albion’s Fabian Hürzeler.

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What’s Everyone Reading These Days?

book covers for Midnight in Chernobyl, Long Island Compromise, There There, and All Fours

I’ll start. I finished the superb Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham and Miranda July’s excellent All Fours within the last few weeks. I’m about halfway through Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner. I could not finish Frankenstein — I was so excited and the book was so not my thing.

A friend recommended that I read North Woods by Daniel Mason next but I’ve also got my eye on There There by Tommy Orange and The Missing Thread by Daisy Dunn (which I posted about this morning). It’s just over a month until Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo drops…the excerpt piqued my already excited interest.

What’s everyone else reading these days? Or are looking forward to reading?

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How Are Calories in Food Really Measured?

The Howtown crew explains how food manufacturers, the USDA, and food label services figure out how many calories are in the foods we eat. Spoiler: it’s not just a matter of burning food to see how much energy is produced — different nutrients are absorbed more or less efficiently by the body so you need to measure the output and compare it to the input.

And don’t forget to check the comments for Joss Fong’s banana oat blobs.

Tags: food · Howtown · Joss Fong · science · video

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