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Virgil Abloh Gone

from WWD Virgil Abloh Dies of Cancer at 41 The designer had privately battled the disease for several years. By JOELLE DIDERICH, LUISA ZARGANI, ALESSANDRA TURRA PARIS — Virgil Abloh, the founder of luxury streetwear brand Off-White and artistic director of men’s wear at Louis Vuitton, has died from cancer at the age of 41. One of the most influential designers of […]

Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree

from The Jerusalem Post Large asteroid stronger than nuke heading towards Earth late December 2018 AH is estimated to be around 190 meters long, similar to the Tunguska asteroid, meaning it would be far more powerful than a nuclear bomb. By AARON REICH A large asteroid the size of the Washington Monument is heading for Earth in late […]

Primal Bling

from artnet Archaeologists Just Discovered the World’s Oldest Jewelry: This Set of 150,000-Year-Old Snail-Shell Beads in Morocco Archaeologists found 33 snail shell beads in Morocco’s Bizmoune Cave. by Sarah Cascone In a cave in the western Morocco desert, archaeologists have discovered the world’s oldest jewelry: a set of shell beads dated from 142,000 and 150,000 years […]

Sondheim Gone

from Variety Stephen Sondheim, Composer of ‘Follies,’ ‘Sweeney Todd,’ Dies at 91 By Richard Natale Stephen Sondheim, the dominant voice in American musical theater in the second half of the 20th century and the composer with the most Tony Awards, has died. He was 91. The Broadway icon died Friday, November 26th at his home in […]

Dam Simple

from WIRED This Dam Simple Trick Is a Big Green Energy Win Only a small fraction of dams actually produce electricity. Transforming them into hydropower plants might stop new ones from being built. by MATT REYNOLDS IN NOVEMBER 2019 engineers switched on the 18th and final turbine at Brazil’s Belo Monte Dam: the final step in […]

Why Martians Look Like Martians

from The U.S. Sun Kids born on Mars after Elon Musk’s SpaceX missions would have brittle bones, weak eyesight and ‘green’ skin tone by Mark Hodge ELON Musk’s plan to move mankind to Mars could end up with “Martian” children suffering an array of mutations such as “green” skin, brittle bones and poor eyesight. The […]

The Venusians Are Coming

from The Daily Beast via Yahoo! News Are We About to Find Life on Venus? by David Axe Phosphine is a colorless, flammable, toxic gas that smells like rotting fish. Humans manufacture it to use in pest control and the production of computer chips. But it’s also a waste product from a certain kind of […]

Napolean’s Hat

from The New York Post NYC media mogul buys rare Napoleon hat for $1.4 million By Jon Levine This ‘Napoleon’ is looking dynamite in his new $1.4 million hat. Gotham media mogul Bryan Goldberg added a heady new asset to his empire — Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s rare two-cornered hat — which he plans to wear around […]

Kubrick Ranked

from Paste Magazine Every Stanley Kubrick Film, Ranked By Paste Movies Staff Director Stanley Kubrick, a man who made just over a dozen feature films during his four-decade career, remains one of those rare titans who has entered the lexicon, infused with meaning by his artistry. Eclectic in genre yet almost always pure in vision, Kubrick’s […]

Too Much Pig Trotter

from BBC China: Man banned from all-you-can-eat BBQ for eating too much Mr Kang was banned after seafood and pig trotter binges (file photo) IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES A Chinese food live-streamer says he has been blacklisted from a grill buffet restaurant for eating too much. The man, known only as Mr Kang, told Hunan TV […]