This Is How Your Hyperpartisan Political News Gets Made - BuzzFeed News

This Is How Your Hyperpartisan Political News Gets Made - BuzzFeed News: "Now that it has at least two liberal sites and two conservative ones, American News LLC appears to be setting its sights on expanding its presence in the religious clickbait space. On Feb. 17 John Crane registered two new domains: DevoutAmerica.com and EthicalAmerican.com. Neither are active as of now.
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If you care about Trump's steak, or Kellyanne's feet on the couch, you may need a life - Washington Times

If you care about Trump's steak, or Kellyanne's feet on the couch, you may need a life - Washington Times: "Ms. Conway’s positioning to get a picture? Not a big deal. Mr. Trump’s steak preferences? Who cares. Let’s all just get over it, and on with our own lives.
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What I Heard From Trump Supporters - Sam Altman

What I Heard From Trump Supporters - Sam Altman: "After the election, I decided to talk to 100 Trump voters from around the country.  I went to the middle of the country, the middle of the state, and talked to many online.

This was a surprisingly interesting and helpful experience—I highly recommend it.



With three exceptions, I found something to like about everyone I talked to (though I strongly disagreed with many of the things they said).  Although it shouldn’t have surprised me given the voting data, I was definitely surprised by the diversity of the people I spoke to—I did not expect to talk to so many Muslims, Mexicans, Black people, and women in the course of this project."



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The Holocaust's Great Escape | History | Smithsonian

The Holocaust's Great Escape | History | Smithsonian: "After a day of disinterring and burning corpses, “we returned [to the bunker] on all fours,” Zeidel recalled years later, in a series of interviews with the filmmaker Claude Lanzmann, today held at an archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. “We really fell like the dead. But,” Zeidel continued, “the spirit of initiative, the energy, the will that we had” helped sustain them. Once oxygen in the tunnel became too scarce to burn candles, a prisoner named Isaac Dogim, who had worked in Vilnius as an electrician, managed to wire the interior with lights, powered by a generator the Nazis had placed in the bunker. Behind the fake wall, the tunnel was expanding: 10 feet in length, 15. Gradually, the entire Burning Brigade was alerted to the escape plan. Dogim and Farber promised that no one would be left behind.

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thethreadkiller comments on Oxycodone bottle found in the woods with electronics inside.

thethreadkiller comments on Oxycodone bottle found in the woods with electronics inside.: "I still go to group sessions once every two weeks and am a huge fan of suboxone in a controlled environment. 85% of the people who go into my group and see the suboxone doctor are there because regular doctors lead them there through over prescribing. I am routinely blown away at what some of these people were prescribed. I had doctors look at me funny if I tell them I am in a lot of pain, yet some people are prescribed 100 perc 20s a month plus thrity 80 mg OC a month to deal with their painful back spasms. Doctors let these people take 7 to 8 different types of pain meds at huge doses over 10 years and then one day decide to cut them off, or the DEA shuts down the doctor leaving the poor addict to fend for themselves. The majority of these pain med addicts have no idea that they are addicts. They are people who have never done anything wrong in their life, and would never "do drugs". Then one day they cant get meds so they buy some on the street or the try to fill a prescription twice and BAM!!!!!! They are a Felon. In my group I attend, there is a 65 year old grandmother and she is on probation as a felon. She had no idea why she was feeling the way she was. She had no idea why she needed more and more more frequently. She had no idea that she could get into so much trouble for trying to double fill a prescription. She "knew it was wrong, but she wasn't hurting anybody.""



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FOX5 Surprise Squad: Couple Adopts Dying Neighbor’s 3 Kids, Comes Home, Finds House Different - YouTube

FOX5 Surprise Squad: Couple Adopts Dying Neighbor’s 3 Kids, Comes Home, Finds House Different - YouTube: "FOX5 Surprise Squad: Couple Adopts Dying Neighbor’s 3 Kids, Comes Home, Finds House Different
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‘La La Land’ producer Jordan Horowitz is the truth-teller we need right now - The Washington Post

‘La La Land’ producer Jordan Horowitz is the truth-teller we need right now - The Washington Post: "When Horowitz was a victor, he seemed like a nice-enough guy.

But as a loser, he showed what a champion for truth looks like."



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The insane end of the Oscars sent a false message about racial progress - The Washington Post

The insane end of the Oscars sent a false message about racial progress - The Washington Post: "I hate that the contest between “Moonlight” and “La La Land,” which was framed as a litmus test about race and the entertainment industry, ended in confusion and a reversal that emphasized the sense that they were locked in a zero-sum contest, and that for “Moonlight” to win, “La La Land” not merely had to lose, but to be defeated.



 The truth is that both “Moonlight” and “La La Land” are highly moving, original works, and they went toe-to-toe during the ceremony, with “Moonlight” picking up three awards to “La La Land’s” five. Both movies produced a winner of an acting award. Both Jenkins, 37, and “La La Land” director Damien Chazelle, 32, are young directors of tremendous vision who are going to compete for Academy Awards again, maybe even against each other. Let’s hope the next time they do, they aren’t pitted against each other in a way that mirrors an ugly idea about racial progress that is ascendant in our politics: that the only way for members of one community to advance is at the expense of another. The Oscars ended in a painful way, but the wins “Moonlight” and “La La Land” racked up throughout the evening means we’ll be getting outstanding movies from both Jenkins and Chazelle for years to come. That’s good for moviegoers, and good for America."



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This Homeless Man Stopped Thousands Of People Becoming HIV-Positive - BuzzFeed News

This Homeless Man Stopped Thousands Of People Becoming HIV-Positive - BuzzFeed News: "Owen echoes this. “It’s amazing,” he says. “To make my HIV status count, and to fight back. It was really taxing and it cost me a lot personally – I don’t know how I didn’t break. I look back, the past 18 months, and think, Wow. I did the best I could do. Life went to shit, the failed suicide attempt, and I couldn’t figure out what I’d done wrong and now I think, if I hadn’t taken so much interest in HIV, I wouldn’t have been as dedicated to wanting to rectify that and even up the score. I look at all those things and think,‘OK, right, now it makes sense.”
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Own, Apologize, Repair: Coming Back to Integrity | Dating Tips for the Feminist Man

Own, Apologize, Repair: Coming Back to Integrity | Dating Tips for the Feminist Man: "For some, empathy may take effort, focus, or concentration. True empathy is not theoretical or abstract, it is a physiological relating with other human beings, stepping fully and deeply into experiences that are different from yours. If you find that empathy takes focus, then accept that you may have to cultivate this capacity within yourself, and do not lay this responsibility at the feet of anyone else. You can own that your empathic capacity is currently still limited, and develop a daily practice of expanding it in demonstrable ways as part of being accountable to those you have harmed.

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Andrea Park Survived a Traumatic Brain Injury—And Discovered a New Kind of Normal | Glamour

Andrea Park Survived a Traumatic Brain Injury—And Discovered a New Kind of Normal | Glamour:

Before my accident, I had always thought that happiness stemmed from achievements, but seeing all of my friends at my talk reminded me that what I already had was enough.

One recent evening, I took my dog for a walk in the rain and spotted a white rosebush behind my apartment building. The drops of water on its petals made it glisten in the moonlight. I felt like the luckiest person in the world to witness such beauty.

I would never want to experience my accident a second time, but the truth is that it gave me a gift: the ability to draw thrills from the mundane, and—even more important—to be happy with what I have.

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truemcgoo comments on Lego House

truemcgoo comments on Lego House: "I'm a residential carpenter/builder, I run a framing crew. This is the dumbest thing I've ever seen. This is so inferior to standard framing that I am mildly furious that it exists.
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Leicester’s Soccer Fairy Tale Turns to Dust - The New York Times

Leicester’s Soccer Fairy Tale Turns to Dust - The New York Times: "With Ranieri’s departure, though, the reverie evaporates, and reality sets in. It was not a fantasy, of course, even if it feels like one, now more than ever. It did actually happen. But that only adds to the sadness, knowing that fantasies do not last, that sometimes, fantasies end like this, the cold, bleak sunlight pouring in.

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Many of the pioneers in the field of Computing were women. How did the field of Computer Science get so heavily male dominated? Also, why did the proportion of women graduates in CS decline in the US starting from 1980? : AskHistorians

Many of the pioneers in the field of Computing were women. How did the field of Computer Science get so heavily male dominated? Also, why did the proportion of women graduates in CS decline in the US starting from 1980? : AskHistorians:

Before the 1980s, it was common for incoming college freshmen to join computer science courses without ever having used a computer. If they had, it might have been a school computer; but when schools are getting computer clubs it's also around the time of Title IX so schools aren't supposed to bar girls from computer club or computer usage. So there was no big "reason" for girls to not take CS courses; everyone theoretically started on a level playing field.

But the rise of the personal computer changed that. Margolis interviewed incoming college women and found that they had much less access to personal computers than their male classmates had. Parents were less likely to buy computers for their daughters than they were for their sons, even when the daughters were just as interested in computing as comparable boys. Or there would be a "family computer", but it lived in their brother's bedroom.

It was around this time that college professors started expecting students to have computer experience before they ever took Comp Sci 101. After all, the new personal computer was granting people more and more access than ever before! Unfortunately, that access was not evenly distributed to young women, and they started off their college careers with less real experience and less confidence than their male peers.

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I Was a Muslim in the Trump White House—and I Lasted Eight Days - The Atlantic

I Was a Muslim in the Trump White House—and I Lasted Eight Days - The Atlantic: "The climate in 2016 felt like it did just after 9/11. What made it worse was that this fear and hatred were being fueled by Americans in positions of power. Fifth-grade students at a local Sunday school where I volunteered shared stories of being bullied by classmates and teachers, feeling like they didn’t belong here anymore, and asked if they might get kicked out of this country if Trump won. I was almost hit by a car by a white man laughing as he drove by in a Costco parking lot, and on another occasion was followed out of the metro by a man screaming profanities: “Fuck you! Fuck Islam! Trump will send you back!”  

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6 Surprising Things You Learn In The Alt-Right Media Bubble

6 Surprising Things You Learn In The Alt-Right Media Bubble: "So imagine all of the Western democracies as that hypothetical kid from earlier, the one who's experimenting with white supremacy and liking how it makes him feel. If we can figure out how to save that kid, we can save the world.

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FluxxxCapacitard comments on I am Judge Frank Caprio from Caught in Providence AMA!

FluxxxCapacitard comments on I am Judge Frank Caprio from Caught in Providence AMA!:

Everyone that had a role in a launch knew exactly what the implications of such actions were, and the seriousness associated with them. Not that anyone on a Ohio class ever actually did their intended job, or we wouldn't be having this conversation. Some of us fired test shots off Cape Canaveral. But that's it.

We joked. We kidded where we could to pass time and blow off steam. But when push came to shove, we knew how to do our job.

We also knew if we ever did our job, we wouldn't have anywhere to come home to. Old or young. There were no cowboys or gung-ho war-mongers. Mostly just family men. Husbands. Sons. We knew full well if we ever launched our wad, everyone we knew and loved wouldn't be there when and if we surfaced.

Having the keys that end the world, spending 3-5 months at sea waiting for the orders to do so, not something to be trifled with.

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On the Desecration of an American Jewish Cemetery – Medium

On the Desecration of an American Jewish Cemetery – Medium: "But this is not normal. This. Is. Not. Normal. Do not be complacent about your personal safety and the security of Jewish institutions. What we have built is priceless and deserves the peace that any other religious institution deserves. Try your best to be outraged every time someone threatens the lives of our little children. Allow yourself to feel sick for the parents and families who are terrorized. It’s cruel and evil. Please, don’t be like me. Don’t shrug and laugh like it’s a goof. It’s not a goof. You are entitled to be outraged. You are precious. Our babies our priceless. Our Torahs are beautiful. Our cemeteries are sacred. Anyone who tries to minimize your trauma or horror over these events or the anti-Semitism you laugh off every single day (and I know that you do) — ignore them, or if you have the strength educate them.
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‘Fast-forward spring’: America’s February warmth is extreme, and it’s just getting started - The Washington Post

‘Fast-forward spring’: America’s February warmth is extreme, and it’s just getting started - The Washington Post:

You could call the Groundhog’s Feb. 2 declaration of six more weeks of winter fake news or alternative facts. Since Punxsutawney Phil’s pronouncement, spring-like weather has overtaken much of the nation. And some of the month’s warmest weather with respect to normal is yet to come.

So far this month, the temperature has averaged more than five degrees above normal over the Lower 48 — with the warmest temperatures with respect to normal centered over Texas.

“I keep rubbing my eyes and wondering when I am going to wake up from this fast-forward spring,” writes meteorologist Paul Douglas for the Star Tribune. “Weather maps continue to keep looking like March this week with hints of April this weekend. Unreal.”

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Lin-Manuel Miranda on His Lifelong Oscars Obsession and Why the Show Still Matters (Guest Column) | Hollywood Reporter

Lin-Manuel Miranda on His Lifelong Oscars Obsession and Why the Show Still Matters (Guest Column) | Hollywood Reporter: "I don't think of it as the be-all and end-all — I think of it as a collection of moments. It's a glimpse behind the scenes of Hollywood and a glimpse of actors and filmmakers being themselves in a very unguarded, public moment. It's Sally Field saying, "You really like me." Or it's Denzel Washington winning the best actor Oscar on the same night that Sidney Poitier got the lifetime achievement award and saying, "Forty years I've been chasing Sidney, they finally give it to me. What do they do — they give it to him the same night." Which was the great line of the night that year. It's a chance of seeing artists being themselves and not hiding behind a role."



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