"the boot appears black, but embossed Celtic knots and symbols reveal a striking emerald green underneath."
Thursday, February 28, 2019
St. Patrick's Day Dr. Martens
"Russian authorities have ordered the release of nearly 100 whales held captive in cages"
the problem of how to release the whales without harming them has caused delays and the animals remain in the enclosures, which Russian media have nicknamed a “whale prison”.
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A petition to release the whales, shared by actor Leonardo DiCaprio on social media, has gathered more than 900,000 signatures online. Actress Pamela Anderson posted an open letter to Putin on her website.
"despite the flurry of reporting and warnings, it remains unclear how many Momo videos actually exist, whether they have actually caused kids to harm themselves, and just how widespread a phenomenon it is"
It’s also possible that media coverage has helped amplify the Momo Challenge into existence, creating a vicious cycle that encouraged people to post more Momo videos, sparked panic, and even caused police departments to issue warnings both about the challenge itself and the media’s promotion of it.Rolling Stone:
As of now, it’s nearly impossible to find out just how many of those videos were uploaded on YouTube, since the company has taken them down, making it difficult to search for them on the public-facing internet. YouTube told BuzzFeed News it has not seen any evidence of a widespread campaign.
The Momo Challenge and the subsequent moral panic it has spawned is eerily similar to that inspired by the “Blue Whale” challenge, a Russia-based phenomenon that went viral last year. According to reports in the Russian media, the Blue Whale challenge involved teenagers following a series of increasingly self-harmful tasks over the course of 50 days, culminating with them being encouraged to take their own lives.
As is the case with most viral challenges, there was a grain of truth to reports of the Blue Whale challenge: There had been a recent rash of teen suicides in Russia (which has a higher-than-average teen suicide rate), and a man named Philipp Budeikin was arrested and charged with spawning the trend by organizing the game on social media. But most of the charges were later dropped, and it has since been reported that Budeikin likely created the groups as a way to promote his music career.
For serious: My three pint reckon is that urban legends like Momo are kids dealing with the terrors of the internet (of which there are many) by making them into a hyperbolic ghost story. The net is full of Mary Shelley's making dangers and traumas into story shaped things.— AlexWattsEsq (@AlexWattsEsq) February 28, 2019
Here's a genuine nightmare:
— Phoebe Cohen (@PhoebeFossil) February 28, 2019
"The Secrets of the World's Greatest Art Thief"
GQ:
Stรฉphane Breitwieser robbed nearly 200 museums, amassed a collection of treasures worth more than $1.4 billion
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What sets Breitwieser apart from nearly every other art thief—it's the trait, he believes, that has facilitated his prowess—is that he will steal only pieces that stir him emotionally.
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In the center of the bedroom sits a grandiose canopied four-poster bed, draped with gold velour and red satin, surrounded by furniture stacked with riches. Silver goblets, silver platters, silver vases, silver bowls. A gold snuffbox once owned by Napoleon. A prayer book, lavishly illuminated, from the 1400s. Ornate battle weapons and rare musical instruments. Bronze miniatures and gilded teacups. Masterworks in enamel and marble and copper and brass. The hideaway shimmers with stolen treasure
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About 50,000 artworks are stolen each year around the world, and according to the director of the London-based Art Loss Register
"Arsonists attack Ebola clinics in [Democratic Republic of Congo] as climate of distrust grows"
Seven months since the start of the outbreak, which has claimed 548 livesRelated:
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Suspicion and rumours – including that Ebola is not real, or that it is being used for financial gain – are also rife.
Instead of "anti-vaxxers" we should call them "plague enthusiasts"— Dreadful E (@EvilCEOE) February 25, 2019
Ten funny tweets
tfw you go to eat your hallway pizza and get told you’re in the live shot pic.twitter.com/ppkq9PJraO— Mike Uehlein (@MikeUehlein) February 27, 2019
waiter: so what would you guys like to order?— incorrect patrochilles quotes (@wrongptrchlls) February 27, 2019
achilles: can i get a millshake with two straws?
patroclus, blushing: aw that's so cute
achilles: [puts both straws in his mouth] watch how fast i can drink this
Daisy will always watch me put dry shampoo in so i figured i would show her what it’s like ๐ pic.twitter.com/ev9BuzFoTl— Casey Holmes (@itsbl0ndie) February 27, 2019
I know a lot of you are only just now learning about Matthew Calamari, so here is his incredible appearance on the live finale of The Apprentice season two in 2004 pic.twitter.com/Ci0qF8kkgj— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) February 27, 2019
Scour me, pic.twitter.com/SmIQSwoSww— Russell Brandom (@russellbrandom) March 1, 2019
I can totally see this ๐๐๐ pic.twitter.com/6WDk53ctLM— A. Elizabeth West (@DameWritesalot) February 28, 2019
This is almost verbatim that bit from the Simpsons: "Mayor Quimby released Sideshow Bob, a man twice convicted of attempted murder. Can you trust a man like mayor Quimby? Vote Sideshow Bob for mayor." https://t.co/WZ8vvHO2Pl— S L ร T H M ร T H E R (@CaseyExplosion) February 28, 2019
thanos was a champion for human rights across the globe who fiercely promoted the dignity and rights of all people. We’re proud to honor his legacy with a resolution creating the thanos Human Rights Commission.— squid training (@NatsSquid) March 1, 2019
*watching Marvel movie*— Martyn Wendell Jones (@martynwendell) February 28, 2019
*leans over to wife*
That's Theranos
hamsters are wild pic.twitter.com/ybMkiXsHX5— Soundz (@ItsSoundz) February 28, 2019
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Cast costumes designed for Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge; Designing the movie Captain Marvel costume
So excited to finally be sharing with the world the cast costumes I designed for Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge, the new lands opening at Disneyland and Walt Disney World! Cast costumes are worn by employees working in our stores, restaurants, attractions, and a variety of other roles. pic.twitter.com/nYZh6H1WPh— Joe Kucharski (@TyrannyOfStyle) February 27, 2019
A closer look at some of our Food & Beverage cast costumes for Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge! Here we see our mix & match tops and bottoms paired with dedicated overlays, ft. the otherworldly textured wrap tunics worn at Oga’s Cantina, as well as our busser aprons worn in the lands. pic.twitter.com/xUOqdr6vZj— Joe Kucharski (@TyrannyOfStyle) February 27, 2019
The busser cast aprons for Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge have printed details to mimic the look of feed sack style bags sewn together, with graphics that represent vegetables, wheat, and rations. Also featured is a detailed shot of one of my favorite sleeves in the entire collection! pic.twitter.com/4gIyZR6nmk— Joe Kucharski (@TyrannyOfStyle) February 27, 2019
We did feature the name tags on our runway show we did for the cast last night. Here is a photo of one of those. pic.twitter.com/mTR4yJbT1X— Joe Kucharski (@TyrannyOfStyle) February 27, 2019
Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge cast costumes for Rise Of The Resistance feature Resistance and First Order uniforms with loads of iconic details that guests will recognize from the films including communicator inspired buttons, hats, goggles, and code cylinders! pic.twitter.com/D7jWiGk6lv— Joe Kucharski (@TyrannyOfStyle) February 28, 2019
The last group of Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge cast costumes is for Smuggler’s Run, utilizing our mix and match base paired with a dedicated vest & hat. Done in a 1970s era blue, this safety vest and ear protection inspired hat are perfect for an active runway! pic.twitter.com/I3Uq9qmhmL— Joe Kucharski (@TyrannyOfStyle) February 28, 2019
Related: "The Complete Breakdown of Brie Larson's Costumes in 'Captain Marvel'"
One trick was creating a combination of materials to ensure that the stretch panels continuously bounce back to the original form — to avoid any distracting and unsightly sagging — after all the intense action sequences. For the Captain Marvel suit, Hays used a mix of leather backed by four-way stretch and panels of spandex-like specialty fabric. The Kree suits were created from a synthetic and pliable "liquid leather," not just to accommodate the action, but also to survive through "the wind, the water, every possible situation,"
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Hays and the team also conducted countless color tests for maximum on-screen effect. The black panels on the Kree suits are printed with a "slight teal undertone," and shimmer under certain lighting and movements, and match the gleaming armor parts. The red on the Captain Marvel suit was painted with a tactile technique to evoke the feel of velvet on-screen.
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First, Park had to conceptualize how — and why — a faux-hawk-styling helmet would pop out of nowhere in live-action. "My thinking was: 'This is an alien helmet created by the Kree, so their technology is far superior to ours,'" he says, comparing it to say, Starlord's or Black Panther's hi-tech masks, which instantaneously materialize. "So, as the helmet is forming, it's grabbing her hair up into that vertical position. Why wouldn't that make sense?"
"Limiting Your Digital Footprints in a Surveillance State"
NYT interview with a reporter working in China:
In some parts of China, the police will demand to check your phone, usually to delete photos. Having two phones helps with this — to make it even trickier, I have the same case on both phones. But it’s also good to have other ways to protect your data. I use a few apps that disguise themselves as something innocuous but in fact hide and protect data. It’s also always handy to have a USB drive that can plug into your phone and be used to save stuff quickly.
Related:
So much scrutiny on how Kim Jong Un lights up his cigarette. One SKorean anthropologist calls it the Russian style, because Kim strikes his match inward rather than outward. During Cold War, some Russians believed they could tell US spies by examining how they smoked, he says. pic.twitter.com/ih6SNd19Lz— Sam Kim (@samkimasia) February 28, 2019
Also:
A pilot program underway in more than 100 patient rooms at Cedars-Sinai is allowing patients to use an Alexa-powered platform known as Aiva to interact hands-free with nurses and control their entertainment. Aiva is the world's first patient-centered voice assistant platform for hospitals.
In the pilot project, patient rooms are equipped with Amazon Echos and patients simply tell the device what they need
Ten funny tweets
A Relief Officers are appealing for any information regarding an incident of criminal damage to a motor vehicle that occurred in Llanbradach on 5th February 2019. Any information please ring 101 quoting occurrence number 1900043482. pic.twitter.com/DhLkvtiXDI— Caerphilly Officers (@GPCaerphilly) February 26, 2019
in honor of Daley conceding, let me reshare one of my favorite Chicago politics pictures pic.twitter.com/BzkvhmOuIO— Listen I'm Scary OK (@katiemcvay) February 27, 2019
Watching this in the overflow room is like being in a political comedy club pic.twitter.com/e7QGtM6ynW— Jeremy Barr (@jeremymbarr) February 27, 2019
Maybe Trump scored a 1600 and knows his base hates nerds— Kerry Howley (@KerryHowley) February 27, 2019
I pray for this to be true. https://t.co/FlH8GEANrM pic.twitter.com/Ae1n6JvhUw— foster kamer (@weareyourfek) February 27, 2019
I’m gonna dance with this nice man.— Idle Fantasy (@IdleFantasyPod) February 27, 2019
*rolls D20*
20: You tear it up. Cameras see everything. “Tonight on BBC News - Dance Boy fixes everything and is the best boy."
1: You dance. He turns to reveal his face. It is Satan. You dance forever. #IfLifeHadRolls #DnD
This is basically what every #DnD heist ever has looked like pic.twitter.com/a6F4u3Ljhl— D&D-Bags (@thedndbags) February 26, 2019
one of the secrets of the universe is this: there are many gods and they are all trickster gods.— T I M E S C A N N E R (@timescanner) February 26, 2019
ESPN really had a Zion bench cam running for several minutes....WTF, who wants to watch Zion reactions taking up a quarter of the screen? LOL.... pic.twitter.com/aOjUl1YU0r— gifdsports (@gifdsports) February 27, 2019
Attempting to battle rap my son... pic.twitter.com/IlXz4dnsFk— Brandon C. Thomas (B-doe) (@ThatsHowItBdoe) February 25, 2019
*More funny tweets.
Cyborg humans available for rent today
When you can’t buy booth space, you must become the booth space. The most indie arcade cabinet ever via @NoNameGhost pic.twitter.com/KPX0GhayLC— Death By Audio Arcade @Secret Project Robot (@DBAArcade) February 18, 2019
— Carl Zha (@CarlZha) February 27, 2019
Han and Lando print
By Chris Trevas, and endorsed by Lando himself.
.@christrevas has created some pretty cool artwork that will be available @SW_Celebration ๐ pic.twitter.com/zpTLkmdXis— Billy Dee Williams (@realbdw) February 27, 2019
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So great to see @TheSlyStallone at the gym today. Brought back some great memories working together on Nighthawks~— Billy Dee Williams (@realbdw) February 28, 2019
Hey Sly, Nighthawks 2? Still think we could do our own stunts??!! ๐ pic.twitter.com/ZIeOmr2vlP
The malleable news from India and Pakistan
One story. Two tweets. @Reuters bureaus know how to survive in complex environments. pic.twitter.com/HXaxOlKlVD— Mosharraf Zaidi (@mosharrafzaidi) February 26, 2019
"Furious Winds Lead to ‘Ice Tsunamis’ Along Lake Erie Read""
@NiagParksPolice advising that @NiagaraParks Roads Department closing Niagara River Parkway near Mathers Arch. Strong winds blowing ice over the retaining wall from the lake. Drive with caution. Video courtesy @NiagRegPolice Insp. Garvey.... pic.twitter.com/RdXh5HYxfx— Niagara Parks Police (@NiagParksPolice) February 24, 2019
"Walls of ice—some as high as 30 feet—surged over the shoreline, colliding with residential properties"
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Here’s more video from 80, this from Donner Summit about 20 minutes ago. 80 remains closed in both directions with no ETO. pic.twitter.com/IEyikWMLZf— Caltrans District 3 (@CaltransDist3) February 27, 2019
"Fox Rocked by $179M 'Bones' Ruling: Lying, Cheating and 'Reprehensible' Studio Fraud"
In coming to a decision, [the arbitrator] describes how some of Fox’s top executives . . . “appear to have given false testimony in an attempt to conceal their wrongful acts.” According to the ruling, Fox has taken a “cavalier attitude toward its wrongdoing" and exhibits a "company-wide culture and an accepted climate that enveloped an aversion for the truth."
Slamming the company with a punishment that includes $128 million in punitive damages, or five times the amount of compensatory damages, [the arbitrator] points out that the award is 0.6 percent of 21st Century Fox’s stipulated net worth.
He muses whether it’s really enough.
“In fact, one could question whether a five to one ratio given Fox’s financial condition and lack of contrition serves to deter the wrongful conduct at issue here, or whether it will be considered part of the cost of doing business,” writes the arbitrator.
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The nearly $200 million award amounts to the second-largest in television industry history, after a 2011 jury verdict punishing Disney to the tune of $319 million over profit-sharing for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. It will not only put Murdoch’s Fox sale in a whole new light, but may also raise questions about the future viability of Hulu, plus any platform enjoying what’s pejoratively known as “Hollywood accounting.”
"Supreme Blue Rose is a lot of things: it’s a William Gibson novel told as a Superman comic, the sequel to Planetary"
From a lengthy article by Vรฉronique Emma Houxbois discussing Supreme Blue Rose by Warren Ellis and Tula Lotay. (Probably my all-time favorite comic):
Morrison’s Batman Incorporated epic was bifurcated by Flashpoint to such a comical degree that when Cameron Stewart was drawing the Leviathan Strikes one shot bridging the two volumes, he had to go back and redraw Stephanie Brown alternatively as Batgirl and Spoiler while editorial went back and forth on whether it took place before or after Flashpoint, which wiped out her time as Batgirl. So if there’s a single, identifiable point at which time died screaming at DC comics, it was when Stewart was hunched over his artboard contemplating Schrodinger’s Stephanie Brown.Supreme Blue Rose is available at Amazon. Alan Moore's preceding volumes of Supreme are also excellent.
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Because the starting point for Supreme Blue Rose is mapping Moore’s work on Supreme onto William Gibson’s loose Blue Ant Trilogy (Spook Country, Pattern Recognition, and Zero History), it takes a far more specific frame of reference to unpick exactly who and what the comic’s protagonist is, who she’s looking for, and what she’s going to find out along the way.
The most shocking revelation at the core of Supreme Blue Rose is that Warren Ellis and Tula Lotay made the greatest Lois Lane comic in recent memory without ever acknowledging that it was, in fact, a Lois Lane comic.
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In 2010, a lot of what Sterling was saying came off as outlandish and obscure outside of design circles, but as he alluded to at the time, if you didn’t get it, you’d be forced to. Now that we’ve found ourselves fully immersed in a status quo where emptied out department stores are being used as concentration camps to house asylum seekers crossing the southern US border and California Senator Dianne Feinstein is captured on video dismissing children for urging action on climate change we all get it because, like he said, we were forced to get it.
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Multi temporal aesthetics, like anything, have probably been around for a long time in some form, but an easy early contemporary example is Quentin Tarantino’s Deathproof: everyone drives vintage cars, wear vintage clothing, and otherwise style themselves according to a platonically ideal 1970s that only exists in Tarantino’s head, but none of the aspects of the era it was shot in are scrubbed out, creating wild contradictions: people still carry cellphones but listen to the radio. What was an idiosyncratic quirk at the time is now the dominant aesthetic.
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Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s TV interpretations of Archie Comics, Riverdale and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina The Teenage Witch are the most perfect, jarring examples.
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So what if we tweak things? What if Fredric Wertham was too occupied pursuing racial justice to write Seduction of the Innocent and the comics industry never came under enough pressure to adopt the CCA? What if the thriving Black-owned comics publishers were never driven out of business and EC didn’t get crushed for depicting a Black astronaut as the last surviving human?
Crazy hops
THIS IS INSANE. ๐คฏ๐คฏ๐คฏ (via dac_on_track, submitted by dev1n_williams/Instagram) pic.twitter.com/Dl1BS6em50— House of Highlights (@HoHighlights) February 27, 2019
Ten Nightmares
ใจใใใ ใใถใใงในๆ้ใซไฝใใชใใฎใใฎใใใไน ใ ใงใใญ— ใใใใก@3/16ใในใฏใใงใน (@sarokichi) November 10, 2018
ใใฃใใใ ใไธใใฆใชใใฃใใใซใใซๅ็ปใงใใฉใใ pic.twitter.com/ytpa8B9awb
Fun stuff at Ronald Ventura’s “Bobro’s World” at Secret Fresh ๐ pic.twitter.com/oz5Bh1bR2r— Miguel Mercado (@merkymerx) February 25, 2019
this is straight out of a George Saunders story https://t.co/88m852GY1A pic.twitter.com/B1MHdfJGba— Casey Johnston (@caseyjohnston) February 25, 2019
This is how sea snails emerge from sand to devour the body of a fish pic.twitter.com/00a2FTU2rb— How Things Work (@ThingsWork) February 25, 2019
An advert on Hong Kong’s subway reminding men if they would be so kind not to take upskirt shots of women on the escalator. What a world pic.twitter.com/K47vYcp64W— Jerome Taylor (@JeromeTaylor) February 27, 2019
Free idea because I don't want to bother exploring but someone should: Why, in 2019, are books that romanticize the Holocaust the new big thing in "Women's Fiction"?— Maris Kreizman (@mariskreizman) February 26, 2019
Dinosaur riders props by Baby-T. #Tyrannosaurus #Velociraptor #Inspired #CraftYourFandom pic.twitter.com/oFgqR2yolp— the RPF (@therpf) February 26, 2019
Mummy, the department of Egyptian Antiquities, The Louvre, Paris. Photo by Loeky Firet pic.twitter.com/LBP3keTeWa— Rabih Alameddine (@rabihalameddine) February 26, 2019
Harvard senior Kieran Tuntivate wins the Ivy League 3K championship this weekend, even after his left shoe falls off early in the race. His foot didn’t fare as well. pic.twitter.com/oJP0qzZxA9— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) February 27, 2019
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
"Dutch authorities boarded a ship and seized 90,000 bottles of vodka they believe may have been headed to the North Korean regime"
BBC:
The vessel had a total of 8,000 to 9,000 containers on board, said customs official Arno Kooij. "One of those containers was the one we were looking for," he said.
The container in question was found hidden beneath an airplane fuselage being transported by ship. Despite fears that the fuselage could be damaged, Dutch trade officials decided to extract the container.
"Former Bears cornerback Charles Tillman is now an FBI agent"
Tillman earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette before the Bears drafted him in the second round in 2003. He grew up in a military family — his father, Donald Tillman Jr., was a sergeant in the Army — and attended 11 schools from kindergarten through 12th grade.
Predicting Major League Baseball's future
the only reason a "smart" team would engage in this active disrespect is if they think they'll have destroyed free agency by the time they lose Guerrero's rights https://t.co/gKuWnom7g5— Nathan Bernhardt (@jonbernhardt) February 27, 2019
and if you don't think the plan is to break the union in the 2020-2021 strike, destroy it, and assert some kind of algorithm-based Objective contract sorting structure that pays players What They're Objectively Worth With No Negotiations Necessary, you don't think big enough— Nathan Bernhardt (@jonbernhardt) February 27, 2019
"China’s most popular app is a propaganda tool teaching Xi Jinping Thought"
SCMP:
“Study points” are earned by users who log on the app, read articles, make comments every day and participate in multiple-choice tests about the party’s policies.
That points feature also offers a method to monitor the compulsory use of the app. Party cadres across the country are now required to use the app every day and accumulate their scores, according to recent state media reports.
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A new feature that allows users to redeem their “study points” for gifts is yet to be launched.
"THQ Nordic Held Q&A on a Website Banned for Suspected Child Pornography"
The move was so brazen and strange that it was reasonable to assume it was the result of someone hacking THQ Nordic’s social media account, but then the Q&A actually started
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And yet, it’s true. It all happened.
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THQ Nordic has no excuse here. 8chan’s origins and purpose are not mysterious or hard to find. That the company has quickly backpedaled and apologized for their apparent lack of due diligence does precious little to excuse what happened here. What’s especially damning is what each of them said on 8chan. They were more than happy to play ball with the crowd.
It also doesn't explain the most recent like on THQ Nordic's Twitter account
pro-tip for games companies trying to get in on the outrage advertising: you want to be like, posting a pepe meme, then saying you didn't know what it was. something on that level. ya don't gotta jump straight to the blacklisted child abuse forums— Shaun (@shaun_jen) February 26, 2019
In other video game news:
I just want to make it super clear what's happening here. This is the official Sonic The Hedgehog Twitter account realizing that Brazil's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro is using music from "Sonic 2006" in a piece of political propaganda. pic.twitter.com/PFRdnSsg2M— Ryan Broderick (@broderick) February 26, 2019
pretty bad complicated situation for everyone here -- right wing chinese gamer nationalists policing steam is gross, and a prank possibly triggering a china-wide steam ban is scary https://t.co/Ggf3SSELLD— Robert Yang (@radiatoryang) February 23, 2019
Ten funny tweets
Here’s my audition to be your dead wife pic.twitter.com/4n2GSQR7Od— Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) February 26, 2019
How quickly we have all forgotten the big cow— Pat from Hampden ๐ (@DrRockt0pus) February 26, 2019
It was 2 on 2 pick up game to 30. Had 10 pts, dropped 10 dimes and grabbed 12 boards cause they were bricking. #dothemath https://t.co/tN7RyRuD45— Ice Cube (@icecube) February 24, 2019
WANTED: Old racist white man to drive me around to my comedy gigs. In return I will teach you about racism and cornbread. After you learn everything, we will sell our story to Hollywood. Please DM Your resume and fav racial slur. Thank you. I’m repped by WME.— Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi (@roywoodjr) February 26, 2019
In elevator to office. Of course I’m thinking what happens if all of us are transported to another dimension and we are the only ones in this dimension. Who’s the hero? The villain? Always writing. pic.twitter.com/YEybV0cg5W— Christine H. Lee ๐๐จ (@xtinehlee) February 26, 2019
My words are being misconstrued. Yes, obviously, I think we should do something about Gorthamรปz the Unholy, whose shrieking sword separates flesh from bone, soul from flesh, and lashes the meat husks to his chariot made of sinew. But how are we going to pay for it?— Sam Sykes (@SamSykesSwears) February 26, 2019
when i had my wisdom teeth taken out i was put into twilight sleep and afterward apparently demanded that they put on pornography instead of the video about post-procedure care— pete segall (@petesegall) February 26, 2019
Wait... does Dean Ambrose always wear two belts??? pic.twitter.com/y5pkx6YXaF— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) February 26, 2019
PUSH the talking trash can is out and about in Backlot pic.twitter.com/lV280tMmOL— ED92 (@ED92live) February 26, 2019
Yes there was a llama on the MAX, TriMet confirms, but there shouldn’t have been https://t.co/AR686XN2B9 pic.twitter.com/b9NhdpBMfa— The Oregonian (@Oregonian) February 26, 2019
"MLB asked Nevada to stop taking bets on spring training games. Nevada said no"
WaPo:
"These games are not conducive to betting and carry heightened integrity risks, and states should not permit bookmakers to offer bets on them,” the league said in a statement
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“Based on our history and experience in regulating sports wagering, we are not inclined to prohibit our licensed sports books from taking wagers on MLB Spring Training games,” it wrote in response, again according to Purdum. “We have a common goal to combat sports bribery and maintain the integrity of your sport, and are available to discuss ways we can work together in this effort.”
Monday, February 25, 2019
Ten funny tweets
when you have to stomp out the face in the snow so your surveillance camera stops texting you @internetofshit pic.twitter.com/hW2vJmXGhD— Kyle McDonald (@kcimc) February 25, 2019
New favorite thing is the baby saying “proud of you” when I complete regular tasks— Dad (@fivefifths) February 22, 2019
Your morning reminder that freshly minted Oscar winner Nick Vallelonga's next movie is called THAT'S AMORE, and in it, a man meets a woman named Patti Amore. https://t.co/ABTK84hj19— Linda Holmes (@lindaholmes) February 25, 2019
Me, in hell: I was told there would be a “special” place for me?— Alice Wetterlund (@alicewetterlund) February 25, 2019
I’m gonna kick this ball.— Idle Fantasy (@IdleFantasyPod) February 25, 2019
*rolls D20*
20: Obama catches the ball. “We should hang out” he says.
1: The ball flies through window of passing ambulance, lodging under brake pedal. Everyone looks at you. Ambulance disappears into very deep river.#IfLifeHadRolls #DnD
I can't stop watching this pic.twitter.com/NjXLFO0B3V— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) February 25, 2019
TSN has 14 people in their main trade show studio, not even enough chairs pic.twitter.com/iGoxD10jsu— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) February 25, 2019
— K (@kayladoing) February 24, 2019
i always tell gracie she has to play it cool with guys and she never does pic.twitter.com/2LIyCZHjkc— Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) February 25, 2019
So you wanna be a bull rider? Hard pass (h/t @Ben_Jones88) pic.twitter.com/zVkHIsMup7— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) February 26, 2019
Video game roundup
Demolition Debby - Use a Bulldozer to Turn Your Ex-Husband's Multi-Million Dollar Estate into Rubble!https://t.co/53pcno5oT4— Alpha Beta Gamer (@gameralphabeta) February 22, 2019
by #gamedev @NocturnaIArts #indiedev #indiegames #UE4 #ue4jam pic.twitter.com/zItg0glM5B
Twilight Princess (2006) pic.twitter.com/d57Wl5dguB— Blue (@SecludedBlue) February 21, 2019
Might be able to make this happen... not a promise but very likely!#IndieGameDev #theeternalcastle #mobilegames pic.twitter.com/L7B9EcdJf4— The Eternal Castle [REMASTERED] (@EternalCastle87) February 23, 2019
shoutout to all the people posting longplays of all the levels of obscure games without doing any talking over them and only getting 12 views for their trouble— v (@v21) February 22, 2019
Car racing game in China pic.twitter.com/J8toWiKqQ5— Carl Zha (@CarlZha) February 24, 2019
Contender for the worst video game name of all time? Trying to cash in on the post-Tetris Pajitnov mania, it's 1990's 'Faces... tris III', of course: https://t.co/GdYtRRwvRB pic.twitter.com/Ku8JycyOzq— Simon Carless (@simoncarless) February 25, 2019
It's here! #NightmareDrive is a survival game where you avoid your ghost drivers on a cursed race track. With every lap you complete, your ghost will follow your last path and become an obstacle.— David Czar (@davidczar_) February 25, 2019
Available to play for free now https://t.co/zOveGD0yN1#indiedev #itchio #gamedev pic.twitter.com/ePqKAp8Ata
"Mystery surrounds humpback whale found dead in depths of Brazil’s Amazon jungle"
Officials from Para state’s health, sanitation and environment department said they only found the 11m-long whale after following the birds of prey which were scavenging on its huge carcass.
The remains were deposited in such a remote part of the mangrove swamp in the Amazonian delta that it took two trips for the wildlife experts to reach the site.
Gull bike
— Alex Jay Brady (@AlexJayBrady) February 25, 2019
Also:
Same bike cockpit and engine setup as this but with less focus on speed and more on cruising and soaring like an albatross .. a GT to this ones hard race car pic.twitter.com/VvzAfhLViN— Alex Jay Brady (@AlexJayBrady) February 24, 2019
"Nike says it’s 'actively working' to fix its broken smart sneakers"
"For the time being, the shoes can sometimes be fixed with a hard reset, which involves holding down sneakers' two buttons."
And from user comments on the app:
Initially I was not able to hard reset my shoe despite talking with Nike Support. After the update, my left shoe had a white/rainbow color. It would not reboot even after holding both buttons. After about 10 seconds, the lights would turn off, but the shoe would not blink red and reboot as expected. Randomly, I rebooted the right shoe and for some reason I was then able to reboot the left shoe. So for now I can manually adjust the shoes with the buttons but like everyone here, the app won't connect.
...
Was having the same pairing issues as others noted but finally got it to work. You need to do a manual reset of both shoes per the instructions. 1. Hold down both buttons until they are red and then release. 2. Hold down one button until the lights come on. Continue holding down button while pressing other button 3 times until both are green. 3. Repeat steps on other shoe. After that the app paired on the first time and immediately applied an update to the shoe software and now they don't work.
There were some fun creepy aliens in the latest episode of Discovery
The Ba'ul. Also:
Red Angel theories. pic.twitter.com/KFrlQKucI5— John Van Citters (@jvancitters) February 23, 2019
Several new designs at Last Exit to Nowhere
Including designs based on Blade Runner 2049, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, and Knight Rider. Several older designs have also been added to the clearance section.
MAFEX Newt Scamander figure can be positioned to emerge from his trunk
Comes with two faces, two trunks, Niffler, Bowtruckle, and more.
Sunday, February 24, 2019
The Oscars 2019
When Glenn Close saw Billy Potter at the #oscars. She is all of us! ๐ pic.twitter.com/JcwLIhIa80— Vauxhall_Tavern (@thervt) February 25, 2019
MOMOAS DUSTY PINK MATCHING SCRUNCHY IM DEAD ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ #oscars pic.twitter.com/DPNqRxn1QE— ✦ ๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐ ✦ (@babsdraws) February 25, 2019
Olivia Colman might be the first Oscar winner to make fart noises during her speech...and I love her for it. pic.twitter.com/6demr9LfvU— gifdsports (@gifdsports) February 25, 2019
— Ⓜ️arcusD แดฟแดตแดพ แดนแตสณแถแตหขแดฐ² (@_MarcusD3_) February 25, 2019
Very glad that Regina King won Best Supporting Actress but almost as glad to see Emma Stone cosplaying as a stroopwafel pic.twitter.com/OKMp9fgJNY— andi zeisler (@andizeisler) February 25, 2019
Everyone tried so hard...๐คฆ♂️ #Oscars pic.twitter.com/E9EGzxZumE— Shuj (@Chocmilksheikh1) February 25, 2019
I want to wear Nicholas Hoult's suit to the funeral of an enemy. https://t.co/VidX7mTUNi— Justin Myers (@theguyliner) February 25, 2019
When GODDESS Ruth E. Carter said “this has been a long time coming” she meant it. Spike Lee gave Ruth her start in SCHOOL DAZE. She was also costume designer on the pilot episode of SEINFELD. HER MIND. #Oscars— Ira (@ira) February 25, 2019
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