An inversion of nature: how air conditioning created the modern city
The shopping mall, the office block, suburbs, museums, Hollywood, the Gulf cities – air conditioning powered them all. But has the time come to turn it off?
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Posted on 2018-08-15T03:39:16+0000
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
Hasnain says:
"Before Donald Trump had started his political ascent promulgating the false story that Barack Obama was a foreign-born Muslim, while my nephew, Stephen, was famously recovering from the hardships of his high school cafeteria in Santa Monica, Joseph was a child on his own in Sudan in fear of being deported back to Eritrea to face execution for desertion."
Powerful writing
Posted on 2018-08-13T14:00:41+0000
Meet The Scammers Who Abused The Shit Out Of The Brilliant Dumb Idea That Was MoviePass
A guy literally used it as a public bathroom pass.
Hasnain says:
So this (one reason why) MoviePass is why they’re going bankrupt - people using it to take a shit because there aren’t any decent public bathrooms
Posted on 2018-08-13T04:56:13+0000
In a Town of 11 People, Mysterious Disappearance Turns Neighbor Against Neighbor
Rumors abound in a small town in the Australian outback. Was Paddy Moriarty fed to a pet crocodile? Or could he have been baked into a meat pie?
Hasnain says:
“Local authorities said they are so reliant on the residents to solve the case that they held the inquest much earlier than they normally do in part because most of the residents are in their 70s and might not have years to wait.”
Posted on 2018-08-13T03:15:17+0000
Dude, She’s (Exactly 25 Percent) Out of Your League
A massive new study finds everyone dates aspirationally—and offers seven other lessons about digital romance.
Hasnain says:
“At this point, Elizabeth Bruch, a professor of sociology at the University of Michigan, crashes in to your thought process (and this news article). Yep, she says. Leagues do seem to exist. But you’re not alone in trying to escape yours: “Three-quarters, or more, of people are dating aspirationally,” she says. And according to a new study, users of online-dating sites spend most of their time trying to contact people “out of their league.””
Can confirm/relate since Mehreen is way out of my league
Posted on 2018-08-13T03:08:10+0000
The daunting aftermath of releasing your dream game, as told by the devs of Stardew Valley, Owlboy, and more
For devs like Iconoclasts' Joakim Sandberg, releasing a game after working on it for eight years can be a thrill that quickly gives way to emptiness and anxiety.
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Posted on 2018-08-12T18:22:46+0000
Ultralight - HTML UI Engine
Ultralight: HTML UI Engine
The Aquarium
“One of the most common platitudes we heard was that ‘words failed.’ But words were not failing Teri and me at all.”
Secret DMV office near California Capitol serves lawmakers and their staff
The California Department of Motor Vehicles has a secret office in the Legislative Office Building in downtown Sacramento where elected officials and their staff can request appointments to renew their vehicle registration or apply for Real ID.
Hasnain says:
“On Wednesday, Democratic lawmakers, at the urging of Gov. Jerry Brown, rejected an audit into the DMV’s handling of growing wait times for customers. Assemblyman Jim Patterson, a Fresno Republican who requested the audit, said “members of the Legislature have to practice staying in touch” with regular Californians.”
Posted on 2018-08-12T06:43:34+0000
An increasing number of men are having affairs...with their bicycles
From the archive
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Posted on 2018-08-11T23:24:35+0000