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Ayrton Senna’s Heel-and-Toe Braking Technique

There’s a driving technique called heel-and-toe where the driver uses all three pedals (brake, clutch, throttle) at once to make deceleration smoother, especially in the turns. Heel-toe or heel-and-toe double-declutching is used before entry into a turn while a vehicle is u...

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The Power Broker at Fifty, a conversation with Robert Caro at the...

The Power Broker at Fifty, a conversation with Robert Caro at the New-York Historical Society moderated by Elliott Kalan & Roman Mars. Oct 7. In-person tickets are sold out but livestream tickets are still available.

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To Understand Mississippi, I Went to Spain. “Enslavement, sharecropping, the rise of...

To Understand Mississippi, I Went to Spain. “Enslavement, sharecropping, the rise of cotton, and the physical and economic coercion that fueled the whole global system — this [480-year-old] map made that future possible.”

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Congrats to Jason Snell & Dan Moren for ten years of Six...

Congrats to Jason Snell & Dan Moren for ten years of Six Colors. “These days, direct support from readers and listeners makes up a very large proportion of my salary. Thank you all for helping me continue to do this.”

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Holy moly, William Peterson set a new Fastest Known Time on Vermont’s...

Holy moly, William Peterson set a new Fastest Known Time on Vermont’s Long Trail: 272 miles with 67,000 feet of elevation gain in 3 days, 21 hours, and 10 minutes.

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Gamebaby is an iPhone Pro Max case that doubles as a gaming...

Gamebaby is an iPhone Pro Max case that doubles as a gaming controller for the Delta video game emulator (which lets you play play GB, NES, SNES, N64 games on iOS). Clever.

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A Fun Taxonomy of Bread Tags

Founded in 1994, the Holotypic Occlupanid Research Group is dedicated to the study and classification of plastic bread tags. Occlupanids are generally found as parasitoids on bagged pastries in supermarkets, hardware stores, and other large commercial establishments. The...

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How journalists can stop sanewashing Trump and other politicians. “Sanewashing is the...

How journalists can stop sanewashing Trump and other politicians. “Sanewashing is the act of packaging radical and outrageous statements in a way that makes them seem normal.”

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A recent dating fad in Spain involves available singles cruising the aisles...

A recent dating fad in Spain involves available singles cruising the aisles of a particular grocery store chain from 7-8pm with an upside-down pineapple in their carts. “Hanging around the aisle with frozen products could signal a one-night stand.”

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Recent research indicates that Europeans have been coked up for hundreds of...

Recent research indicates that Europeans have been coked up for hundreds of years earlier than previously known. “In this paper, we report the exceptional finding of Erythroxylum spp. in human remains dated to the 1600’s in Milan, Italy.”

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Well what a surprise in the ol’ inbox this morning: Edith Zimmerman...

Well what a surprise in the ol’ inbox this morning: Edith Zimmerman is posting her Drawing Links newsletter again.

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Black and Blue and Read All Over

Hey folks. I crashed my bike this weekend and as such I’m a little banged up (neck & wrist injuries). I’m mostly fine but I don’t know how much desk/mouse/typing time I can manage today. I’m gonna give it a shot though because I need some distraction and something else to do besides watch TV, lay flat on my back, and listen to podcasts. If I tap out early today, now you know what’s up. ✌️

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Disco in the 80s but everyone is Lionel Messi. (This is incredible.)...

Disco in the 80s but everyone is Lionel Messi. (This is incredible.)

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The World’s Loudest Sound

The sound made by the Krakatoa volcanic eruption in 1883 was so loud it ruptured eardrums of people 40 miles away, travelled around the world four times, and was clearly heard 3,000 miles away. Think, for a moment, just how crazy this is. If you’re in Boston and someone t...

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How to Monetize a Blog. I am taking very careful notes, so...

How to Monetize a Blog. I am taking very careful notes, so expect some big changes around here. Mind the vortex (vortext?) tho.

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Man Replies ‘STOP’ To Political Fundraiser Text Like Powerful Wizard Casting Spell...

Man Replies ‘STOP’ To Political Fundraiser Text Like Powerful Wizard Casting Spell To Ward Off Mythical Beast. It me, 10 times a day.

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At long last, Robert Caro’s The Power Broker is available as a...

At long last, Robert Caro’s The Power Broker is available as a Kindle ebook. It will be released on Sept 16 — you can preorder it here.

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The 365 Most Famous Quotes of All Time. “A study of humanity’s...

The 365 Most Famous Quotes of All Time. “A study of humanity’s most brilliant, collected wisdom in 27 categories, backed by data and with real sources.”

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Apollo 13: Survival

Apollo 13: Survival is a documentary film that uses original footage and interviews to tell the story of NASA’s Apollo 13 mission, what went wrong, and how the astronauts returned safely to Earth. It’s now playing on Netflix.

Tags: Apollo · Apollo 13 · movies · NASA · space · trailers · video

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Quick summaries of the decades from the 1880s to the 2020s. “1990s...

Quick summaries of the decades from the 1880s to the 2020s. “1990s — The first decade in a long time that’s defined by technology not by drugs. Large-screen TVs, surround sound, satellite dishes, cable TV. Obsession with teenagers…”

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Mountain Bike Flips on a Moving Train

In a collaboration with Red Bull & Prada (uh, ok) and with the help of the Polish State Railways, Dawid Godziek rode a mountain bike on a ramps course on top of a moving train, performing tricks & flips between cars. The train and rider moved at the same speed in o...

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Yesterday I posted on Threads asking for advice about what to look...

Yesterday I posted on Threads asking for advice about what to look for when touring colleges (my son is a senior, doing the college admissions thing). I got over 300 replies (and 40k views)…fellow parents, you might find some good info in there.

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The latest issue of McSweeney’s Quarterly is a tin lunchbox that comes...

The latest issue of McSweeney’s Quarterly is a tin lunchbox that comes with collectable author cards (Sheila Heti, Zadie Smith, George Saunders, Sarah Vowell, Michael Chabon, etc.)

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A recent scientific (DNA) study about Rapa Nui (Easter Island) finds no...

A recent scientific (DNA) study about Rapa Nui (Easter Island) finds no evidence of “ecocide” in the 1600s but shows pre-Columbian interaction/admixture of its Polynesian population with Native Americans (circa 1250–1430 CE).

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Layered People

I quite like these layered oil paintings by Moldovan artist Pon Arsher. You can find her latest work, as well as several behind-the-scenes videos, on Instagram. Tags: art · Pon Arsher 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

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Here’s what happens to your skin & immune system when you get...

Here’s what happens to your skin & immune system when you get a tattoo. “Tens of thousands of cells are violently killed right away, ripped into pieces or damaged beyond repair.”

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Irving Penn: Small Trades

In 1950, master photographer Irving Berlin set up a simple studio in Paris and started to photograph people of all kinds of professions, each wearing their work clothes and carrying the tools of their trade. Working in the tradition of representing the petits métiers, P...

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Tuneshine is a “lo-fi digital album art display for streaming services”. You...

Tuneshine is a “lo-fi digital album art display for streaming services”. You just sign it in to Spotify or whatever and it displays the cover of the album currently being played.

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The isolating life of a pro tennis player who is not elite....

The isolating life of a pro tennis player who is not elite. “Your ranking determined your social status on tour. The guy ranked at number 90 in the world doesn’t get as warm a handshake from the Slam champion as the guy ranked at 20.”

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The Lego Great Ball Contraption

The Great Ball Contraption is a class of machines built with Lego that transport small balls from place to place in many different ways. The otherwise pointless handling of balls, and the myriad ways this is accomplished, gives great ball contraptions the impression of a Ru...