“Alabama was one of the wealthiest states in the United States at the time of the Civil War, and so was Mississippi, in part because they’re only counting white people.” When the slave tax was, along with slavery, abolished, it permanently warped Alabama’s finances. / The Montgomery Advertiser After
Your Monday sports news: Dragon-boat-on-ice enthusiast says "dragon-boat-on-ice is probably the next winter sport to create a buzz."
Maybe not a big surprise, but it looks like rock climbing competitions have the most inarticulate commentators.
You’ll have heard the weather in Southern California is a little wet, even deadly. / CNN A favorite new trend: “Tiny Trumps.” / Reddit Maybe not a big surprise, but it looks like rock climbing competitions have the most inarticulate commentators. / YouTube
A gallery of "de-arrests,"—an example of which above—wherein a swarm conspires to overwhelm, trick, or force the freedom of friends in custody.
A quick profile of the Brothers of Climbing. Related: 28 days of black designers. Unrelated: "Trump Believes All Black People Are Friends."
Neither snow nor storm can keep a dedicated golfer away. But politics can. / The New Yorker Outdoorsy folk aren’t pleased to learn that their fleece sweaters are damaging the seas. / The Guardian “Harward called the offer, ‘a shit sandwich.’” Ret. Vice Admiral Bob Harward turned down an offer to
In case you haven't met him yet, this is Salt Bae, aka Nusret Gokce, the Turkish butcher made famous by drizzling salt off his elbow (whereby Mr. Gokce coils his hand “like a cobra”) onto steaks. Even Pro Bowl players know what's up. And it would
A neural network weaned on 6,000 lines by Kanye writes a rap song. You an addict of cheating but I took the charge Stop running up my money tall, height advantage Ohhhhh, ohhhh; ohhh you too much to handle in one package Not now but right now, you know.
For your Thursday wanderlust, in case you haven't had too much snow already—or simply need it to be void of people, more mysterious, with castles and trains, and in the Alps—here's one of the more impressionistic "road trip" films we've
