This computer is programmed to “sing” number-one ballads from the 1990s. As soon as one ends, another begins. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead. Created by Martin Backes, the
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My parents didn’t want me to be a drummer because they were concerned I’d destroy their upholstery practicing rolls with my drumsticks. (This is not an unreasonable concern, if you’ve ever been to a drummer’s apartment.) If only they’d seen this video, they would have
Not everyone who breaks your heart is a monster. And not everyone who wounds you deserves to be wounded in return.
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Azel Phara, “Green” According to Bif, the directing duo behind the film, the pastels represent nature and the contrasting colors are “representative of damaging human action.” Directed by bif. Produced by Mill+.
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This simulated flyover depicts Pluto’s Norgay Mountains and Sputnik Plain, named thusly in our continuing history of Earth-centric interplanetary exploration. The animation was created from images captured by New Horizons from a distance of 48,000 miles, and shows features as small as a half-mile across. Video
A record number of injuries and disqualifications in this year’s Tour de France is being blamed on addictions to contemporary fiction.
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