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Exceedingly Ballsy 200-MPH Wingsuit Racing

from WIRED The Excruciating, 200-MPH World of Wingsuit Racing by ALEX DAVIES  Photo by TRAVIS MICKLE JOE RIDLER HAS jumped out of an airplane nearly 700 times in his life, but when he makes the leap later today, the goal will be about more than reaching the ground safely. It will be to fly through the air […]

Ai’s And Anish’s Digits

from Instagram Two artists. Three fingers. News: Weiwei and I join hands to walk. We will walk out of London. We will each carry a single blanket. A symbol of the need that faces 60 million refugees in our world today. We welcome those who wish to walk with us. Bring your blanket. We will […]

Mr. Amazon Robot

from The Hollywood Reporter Amazon Prime Acquires USA’s ‘Mr. Robot’ by Kate Stanhope  Virginia Sherwood/USA Network USA’s hacker drama Mr. Robot is headed to Amazon. The company has acquired Universal Cable Production’s first-year critical darling, it was announced Friday. Under the pact, Amazon Prime will become the exclusive subscription streaming home for Mr. Robot beginning this spring. All 10 episodes […]

Extra Super Double Armageddon Blood Moon Tonight

from AP ‘Blood Moon’ seen as sign of end times by some Mormons By BRADY McCOMBS SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A rare confluence of a lunar eclipse and a supermoon set to happen this weekend has prompted such widespread fear of an impending apocalypse that the Mormon Church was compelled to issue a statement cautioning […]

The Raw-crafting of A Book

from Mental Floss Watch the Intensive Process of Book Printing by Rebecca OConnell Though many have embraced e-readers, it’s hard to beat the look and feel of a real print book. In fact, there are some who prefer to make books the old-fashioned way: By printing with letterpress and stitching everything together by hand. San Francisco-based Arion Press does just that—and […]

Paralyzed except for your eyes…

from The Independent Sleep paralysis: the waking nightmare where you can’t move or speak by Brian Sharpless and Karl Doghramji When most people hear the word ‘nightmare’ they think of a scary dream that may involve a person’s teeth falling out, public humiliation, or being hunted by a scary monster.  In these sorts of nightmares it is […]

Learn To Love Your Germ-Cloud

from The Mirror Online ‘Germ clouds’ containing millions of bugs surround EVERY human – and they show where you have been BY JOHN VON RADOWITZ Cloudy day: The millions of bugs surround us at all times Every human on earth has a cloud of germs surrounding them at all times – and it is almost as distinct […]

Coolest Vehicle Hack Ever (And thank you VW, for making our cars not suck!)

from The Washington Post The tech behind how Volkswagen tricked emissions tests By Andrea Peterson and Brian Fung (Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images) Volkswagen isn’t hiding from its emissions cheating scandal, which the company now says affects some 11 million diesel cars worldwide. “Let’s be clear about this: Our company was dishonest with the EPA and the California Air Resources Board and […]

Mercury Retrograding Again – Lie Low

from the New York Post Why smart people actually believe Mercury retrograde ruins lives By Tim Donnelly and Robert Rorke If you spilled a whiskey all over your computer or signed a lease for a bedbug-filled apartment, relax! It’s probably not your fault; it’s probably Mercury retrograde. The astrological phenomenon, which started Thursday and goes until Oct. 9, is […]