Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Tessa Thompson as Eartha Kitt/Catwoman on Drunk History




And a clip (without Eartha) from the episode:


"a wife of the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, is in hiding in London and said to be in fear for her life after fleeing her husband"

BBC:
married Sheikh Mohammed - owner of Godolphin horse racing stables - in 2004, becoming his sixth and "junior wife".

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Sources close to her have said that Princess Haya had recently discovered disturbing facts behind the mysterious return to Dubai last year of Sheikha Latifa, one of the ruler's daughters. She fled the UAE by sea with the help of a Frenchman but was intercepted by armed men off the coast of India and returned to Dubai.

Ten funny tweets

















































*More funny posts.

Han shooting at Vader in Cloud City (warning, the scene might forever seem ridiculous if you watch this)



*Previously: Carrot looks like Bib Fortuna.

Monday, July 1, 2019

A look at game Outer Wilds (which has been extremely well-reviewed)

Ten funny tweets

















































*More funny posts.

"How a childhood of anger led the founder of 8chan to create one of the darkest corners of the internet"

Tortoise Media (I'm not familiar with the site):
Brenan had inherited from his mother a genetic disorder called osteogenesis imperfecta. The condition, which stunted his growth and confined him to a wheelchair, is often called “brittle bone disease”. By the time he was 19, Brennan estimates, he had broken his bones 120 times.

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By the early 2000s, 4chan was growing exponentially, and at some point, its users picked on Brennan’s video-game board. To Brennan, it was as if an alien invasion force had descended from the sky. He realised the internet could be used for destructive as well as constructive purposes – and he saw how much fun the destructive side could be. In the force of 4chan’s raid, which demolished his little community, Brennan saw for the first time in his life something that could make him feel powerful.

He went to 4chan.

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“Free speech didn’t really factor in to the reason I made 8chan in the beginning,” he says. “I just wanted to see what it would look like if users could make their own boards. But after the Gamergate guys came, I decided to go whole hog on the free speech thing – to keep them.”