In case you were wondering: Flying a horse from the US to Tokyo costs around $55,000 and includes a lot of hay.
In case you were wondering: Flying a horse from the US to Tokyo costs around $55,000 and includes a lot of hay.
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Thirty nice photographs from the Tokyo Olympics.
Thirty nice photographs from the Tokyo Olympics.
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Context collapse in a case of nice parallel parking.
Parallel parking can be a tricky skill to master. It can also lead, as described at length at Curbed, to wholesale forest fire on Twitter (because what Twitter wants is people looking at a tweet that makes them so mad that they’re going to spend all day tweeting about it. )
i am being cancelled for being good at parallel parking pic.twitter.com/WzEKOHpM0N
— p.e. moskowitz (@_pem_pem) July 3, 2021
The author does note that they were somewhat responsible for their cancellation:
I asked the user who had called me an “objectively bad person” to comment. He said the same thing as the others: It was mostly meant as a joke. And then he pointed out something I hadn’t considered. I had been the one to screenshot his tweet, and that was the tweet that went megaviral. I had many more followers than he did, and I had put him on blast to provide them with entertainment. So how was I any different from the trolls who came after me?
An architect’s argument “against the bunker” as the wealthy prepare to retreat to New Zealand.
An architect’s argument “against the bunker” as the wealthy prepare to retreat to New Zealand.
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In Durham, NC, like in many places around the US, Black neighborhoods are much hotter than their white counterparts. In a bad way.
In Durham, NC, like in many places around the US, Black neighborhoods are much hotter than their white counterparts. In a bad way.
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A remarkable number of artists have been simulated singing Flo Rida’s “Low” (retitled “Apple Bottom Jeans”).
A remarkable number of artists have been simulated singing Flo Rida’s “Low” (retitled “Apple Bottom Jeans”).
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A remarkable number of artists have been simulated singing Flo Rida’s “Low” (retitled “Apple Bottom Jeans”).
A remarkable number of artists have been simulated singing Flo Rida’s “Low” (retitled “Apple Bottom Jeans”).
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Traveling movie theaters in India date back to the 1950s, but may be coming to an end.
Traveling movie theaters in India date back to the 1950s, but may be coming to an end.
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Niall Reddy: What happened last week in South Africa wasn’t just a bread riot but a serious assault on democracy.
Niall Reddy: What happened last week in South Africa wasn’t just a bread riot but a serious assault on democracy.
↩︎ Africa Is a Country
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Todd Levin says Apple’s “HA HA” tapback has helped him save numerous friendships with fellow comedians.
I love comedy, but, to my great detriment, I react to jokes the same way my 6-year-old son appreciates his toys — by taking them apart and trying to figure out what makes them work.
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