Trump tells The Economist he invented the phrase “prime the pump”—which dates to the early 19th century. / The Hill A medical quiz on the symptoms, etiologies, and treatments for the diseases in Oregon Trail. / STAT Significantly more infants in the US are being born with hepatitis C—a result
To celebrate springtime: a floral time-lapse that took three years to make. See also: "Fall."
Macho Spain doesn’t have a tradition of women’s soccer, but a girls team recently conquered a boys league. / New York Times Newly subpoenaed Lieutenant General Michael T. Flynn is a longtime soul surfer and former pool skater. / The Inertia “If Mr Trump’s foreign relations degenerate into acrimonious
r/Radiohead’s Jordan117 sleuths out the real-world location of the OK Computer cover photo. / Reddit Best estimates suggest every American on death row, a multiplier of inequality, is disabled. / Pacific Standard Voter ID laws flipped Wisconsin for Trump, says a study using Minnesota as a control. / Demos NFL’
“Purchase another, grander piano. Leave the two pianos in the same room, but only play the new piano. Clean it, polish it, tune it, give it all your attention.” When a random internet query reminds you what you like about Reddit: How best to destroy a piano. / Reddit A Finnish
"Born Sexy Yesterday" is a trope in TV and film where a "fish out of water" plot is used to frame an adult woman as an inexperienced child. Think "Leeloo Dallas Multipass." It's a science fiction convention in which the mind of
Maybe even pro gamers have to worry about job displacement from automation: MarI/O is a neuroevolved program that learns to beat video game levels.
Another fun Kendrick video: "HUMBLE." with the audio removed and rescored in film style.
Personal bankruptcies are down by half since the Affordable Care Act was implemented. / Consumer Reports Meet Chokwe Lumumba: a black radical just elected mayor of Jackson in a Deep South hollowed out by austerity. / In These Times Instacart releases trove of 3 million orders for research on food and consumer
For your weekend pleasure: Music video for "Bersu d'Oru" by Cape Verdean singer Elida Almeida, from her 2017 EP Djunta Kudjer. Don't know about you, but we'll be honest and say we don't watch enough music videos from far away
