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The newsletter quote is Joseph Campbell from “Power of Myth”, 1988.

 

  • When you can free yourself from thinking everything matters in a way of universal consequence, & that you don’t need to carry the weight of the world’s problems with you at every moment, nor do you need to have an opinion on everything… not caring is a freeing gift.

 

If that’s not the best moment or line, this is:

 

 

  • RIP TO A GOAT… Donald Sutherland was a favorite. Not to mention the shot from the end of Invasion of the Body Snatchers was my avatar on social media since about 1998. LOL

 

But Donald was amazing, whether dramatic, B-movie (the tug boat captain out of options in Virus is a guilty pleasure), or any lead or character role, he embodied a leading man. Also, in loving memory to the below, his mom was a bad person.

 

By the way… his Invasion of the Body Snatchers in San Francisco is still relevant, and oddly in dev hell as a WB remake since 2017, when the script was being worked on. Watch the old one, and I’m calling it before anyone: I think Jordan Peele will direct the remake. AT LEAST HE SHOULD. I think Bill Hader should be in Donald’s role.

 

SPACE

 

 

 

  • This happened 3000 years ago. We’ll be looking into the past, but a once in a lifetime experience for the naked eye! Here’s our life’s nova:

NASA, Global Astronomers Await Rare Nova Explosion https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/marshall/nasa-global-astronomers-await-rare-nova-explosion/

“With the possible nova eruption of T Coronae Borealis in the coming months, skywatchers are at the edge of their seats! Scientists are ready to observe it with space- and ground-based telescopes to learn more about this recurring cosmic phenomenon”

 

 

  • Here’s the largest image of the Andromeda Galaxy ever, as taken by Hubble. YOU CAN ZOOM IN FOREVER IT IS ALL STARS.

https://esahubble.org/images/heic1502a/zoomable/

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

  • 2014’s Alien: Isolation is not just my favorite game, but in VR my favorite entertainment experience of my life. Amusement Parks, 3D movies, immersive gaming, etc… it’s the single most incredible media experience of my life. Why is that? Partly that 10 years later it’s not dated in graphics, gameplay, or design…

But it’s the multi-layered artificial intelligence that was a revolution in gaming, and it’s truly wild to play. Couple that with the sound design, and story… it’s the best. Check out this deep dive in the complexity of the AI Director and how it improves the gameplay:

 

 

  • Because we didn’t have light bulbs til 1880, 150 years later this lamp is scitech vs just art. Amazing.
@lauridsgalleeEmpyrean suspended 01, almost ready to leave the studio ??? It Was True – playmodul

 

  • Reality might not exist or act the same way when you are watching it versus when you aren’t watching it.

So, reality isn’t here, locally, and essentially in proving that… we’ve proven that reality is like a video game procedurally rendering the data as you see it, ie the corner around the corner doesn’t locally exist until you turn it and see it.

@stephanieamber07 Replying to @mcawesomeytyo ?????like HELLO? #greenscreen #quantumentanglement ? original sound – StephanieAmber07

 

 

5 Fascinating Ant Colony Behaviors - Insect Lore

 

 

  • This thing shape shifts something BONKERS. Alien life, on earth:
@factualhdtt This #new #species of #jellyfish has been found in the deep depths ??? #fyp #fyppppppppppppppppppppppp #fyp? #foryoupage #fy #ocean #animalsoftiktok #jelly #seethru #pink #bright #oceananimals #deepsea #marinebiology #purple #rare #submarine #caughtoncamera #stream #live #discovery #xyzbca #zyxcba ? original sound – Facts Hub ??

 

  • Dude built the strongest structure out of spaghetti

Architectural Assignment Completed
byu/RebelliousDragon21 inDamnthatsinteresting

 

 

  • Update on that wild cellular motor:

 

  • FUTURE MATERIAL DESIGN IS NOW:
@steps.material Materials that will be popular in 2024!!! #building #buildingmaterial #wallpanels #design #wallboard #material #interiordesign #newmaterial #wallpanel #walldecoration #decoration #decor #deco #newmaterial #furnish ? original sound – steps.material

 

 

  • Double Slit Experiment 90th anniversary with Brian Greene. The single greatest upheaval of reality that has ever happened to the human species.

 

 

a squid floating in water, clinging to eggs

 

 

In 1979, researchers unearthed the mummified body of a 55,000-year-old Steppe bison in the Alaskan tundra. Shortly after, they sliced off a piece of its neck — to eat!

 

 

  • He’s like a computer, so:

If you like geography, or have been watching Rainbolt for a few years, here’s his mastery…. he ID’d this single flight (out of Baja), and it’s magic to watch. These people (so you know) absolutely use their powers for good and solve mysteries all the time.

 

 

  • WE WILL ALL BE CRABS, but no one is sure why:

Why Do Animals Keep Evolving into Crabs? Crablike bodies are so evolutionarily favorable that they’ve evolved at least five different times https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-animals-keep-evolving-into-crabs/ 

13 Curious Types of Crabs

 

 

 

 

NATURE YOU STILL SO SCARY, AKA DEBRIS FLOW OR TSUNAMIS

  • 2017 Greenland. Not sure if they’re saving equipment or confused, but all 3 men lived. The buouy on the boat is not a dude, just FYI. That being said, what’s the lesson everyone knows? WHEN THE WATER RECEDES YOU IMMEDIATELY RUN AWAY.

 

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  • So these are essentially mudslides of solid rock, carrying boulders and bus sized rocks like it’s a speck of water. It’s insane. And captivating.

 

 

MORE:

 

You’ll have to click through, but this is the same area as the first one:

 

 

 

COMEDY

 

  • Brilliant, touching, heartwarming, funny, witty, brilliant crowd work. Wow.

Father’s shame from beyond the grave
byu/maxcomedian infunny

 

 

 

  • This feels so of the moment, comedically, this may as well be Hader on SNL. This is actually Rick Moranis on SCTV doing a joke about Michael McDonald.

 

 

 

  • Funny if those real words weren’t real.
@davecolumbo Sam Shepard vibes #politcs #politicaltiktok #politicalhumor ? original sound – Dave Columbo

 

MOVIES & TV

 

  • Goodspeed you delightful humorist:

Martin Mull, Comic Actor in ‘Fernwood 2 Night,’ ‘Clue,’ ‘Arrested Development,’ Dies at 80 https://variety.com/2024/film/news/martin-mull-dead-clue-arrested-development-1236057168/

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Why Rotten Tomatoes does NOT distill art and existence into a “rotten” score. Zero to sniffles and sad laughter in 45 seconds:
@moviebonerz Don’t tell us these movies are bad or they don’t matter..Check out the podcast for much more, and to help us decide which team of “Rotten” movies is better. ?………..#rottentomatoes #rotten #critics #moviecritic #moviereview #moviereviewer #movierecommendations #mattdamon #threeamigos #stevemartin #greatmovie #bestmovie #moviefan #filmfan #moviebuff #filmbuff #movienerd #filmnerd #movielover #filmlover #fyp #fyp? #fypage #fyppage #foryoupage #foryou ? original sound – Movie Bonerz Podcast

 

 

  • “I’ll work forever off ‘Desperado’ (1995) alone, because Hollywood just doesn’t know how to make movies that look big, that can be sold like a big movie, but that cost under 10 million. It’s really funny, ’cos they just can’t see how to do it, & I dunno why.” — Robert Rodriguez https://x.com/DannyDrinksWine/status/1804611566559719473

 

 

  • Buster Keaton is hard to describe to modern audiences. This wasn’t parkour, and this wasn’t fame seeking… this is being on the spectrum of curious and innovative, and it paved the way for film history to grow into technique in a way we don’t thank him enough for. Here’s a thread of some wild stunts / pratfalls / gags / illusions from the era:

 

  • Coming from Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, this is a warm blanket gem of a man:

 

 

  • Jenna Elfman, Ron Livingston, Molly Ringwald, Bill Burr and Lauren Graham in a promotional still for Townies (1996)

CDN media

 

 

David Lynch | Pace Gallery

 

 

 

 

 

  • A profile in Kanye’s mental illness, coupled with his disgusting enablers… well, this is a metaphor of what celebrity worship does to art.
@newyorker In 2021, Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, paid $57.3 million for a beach house designed by the Japanese master Tadao Ando—then disembowelled its interior. In this week’s issue of the magazine, Ian Parker investigates how Ye turned the architectural treasure into a ruin. “The house was still here, in a way that another architect’s work might not be, given Ye’s thoroughness and more than two years of salt and rain,” Parker writes. Yet, “it was a scene of violence.” Read his full report at the link in our bio. #kanyewest #architecture #architecturetok #investigation #realestate ? original sound – The New Yorker

 

MUSIC

  • So.. my top 3 albums of the year so far:

Espen Horne: The Anatomy of Extreme Elegance: https://espenhorne.bandcamp.com/album/the-anatomy-of-serene-eloquence

Fabiana Palladino’s Self-Titled Debut (FINALLY): https://fabianapalladino.bandcamp.com/album/fabiana-palladino

and

Jordan Rakei’s “THE LOOP”: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwy1GeM2Ov8graOcg5Zws2TkSZ-wDaMP9&si=JuSRHLDRZyvwSo_1

But Jordan is going for Larry from Three’s Company, and I’m not mad. Brush some mascara on that chest hair, boys.

“Jordan Rakei made The Loop as a soulful, stream of consciousness scrapbook: The inaugural artist in residence at Abbey Road Studios, Rakei explains how his new album was about getting it all out there as it comes to him”

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/jordan-rakei-the-loop-album-interview

 

 

 

 

 

  • LEGEND AND GOAT… the first clip is the best, but the 2nd clip is Venice vibin’ with Rebillet!
@alex.ontiktok Rick Glassman gives a task to Harry Mack: come up with a “Girls At Guggenheim” freestyle — amazing! Is there any other rapper that could do something like this? #flowstate #freestyle #rappers #hiphop #improvisation #podcast #legend ? original sound – Alex

 

 

 

  • I’ve gotten to a delightful part of life where all that is left is family, friends, laughter, food, comedy, music, & art.

Listening to heartbreakingly beautiful music is a pastime. Love Ludovico Einaudi or Hania Rani?

Max Richter is touring next year:

 

 

 

  • NIN vs Billie Eilish mashup gives me all the naughty feels:
@tattooedteddybear007 #DjTattoodedteddybear ? original sound – DjTattoodedteddybear

 

 

  • Patton is such the natural epitome of eff off 90s nihilist hipster jerk, you just have to love him. LOL
@bm2brad #mikepatton #faithnomore #interview #music #alternativemetal #thesandwich #funny #fyp ? original sound – bm2brad

 

 

  • FULL CONCERT: French band “Parcels” Live at Red Rocks is a wonderful and groovy vibe.

 

 

 

  • I just listened to Wu-Tang Clan’s Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. As music, it’s good. As art, it’s truly great
    Thirty-minute mix from world’s rarest album played at Mona in Tasmania, leaving listeners buzzing – and ‘a bit sad’

PleasrDAO have since released a five-minute sample of the album online as a NFT, which you can buy, right now, for US$1. The Wu-Tang Clan profits from the NFTs, which goes some way to explain why this is allowed. Each purchase brings the album’s release date forward by 88 seconds. It’d take $28m to unlock it tomorrow. For the fans, I hope it comes out before I am 112. But the selfish part of me, the part that felt completely transformed by this as a work of art, secretly hopes we all wait. https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/jun/17/i-just-listened-to-wu-tang-clans-once-upon-a-time-in-shaolin-as-music-its-good-as-art-its-truly-great

 

 

 

  • Inside baseball for CU Buffs, CO people, and old friends:

The Cure’s Robert Smith Calls the Entertainment at Casa Bonita the ‘Greatest Thing I’ve Ever Seen’ The iconic English singer was blown away by his visit to the Denver-area eatery and entertainment complex that ‘South Park’ fans are dying to get into https://www.cracked.com/article_42543_the-cures-robert-smith-calls-the-entertainment-at-casa-bonita-the-greatest-thing-ive-ever-seen.html 

 

 

PEOPLE CULTURE SOCIETY MONKEYS ART SAILING

 

  • Known for his groundbreaking kinetic sculptures Choe U-Ram has been showcasing his works around the world since the early 90s. Over the years of his carrier, he has explored the meaning of our human existence through his sculptures. His latest work is featured at the Nation Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Korea. The exhibition is the MMCA Hyundai Motor Series 2022 show and features kinetic installation works by Choe. The work that grabbed us the most was “Round Table.”

“Round Table” is an installation work that features 18 headless straw figures that are all crouched down to hold on their backs a large black table. On top of the table is one single straw head and as the head rolls toward one edge the figure will try to claim it as its own while in the process allowing it to roll further away. “It’s a game of no-win situation – where no one can assert their claims on the single head,” said U-Ram.

Hanging above the round table we see three large black bird sculptures by Choe. This is left up to the viewer to interpret into their own meaning but it could possibly represent the upper class looking down on the struggles of the working class husk figures.

18 Husk Figures support the “Round Table” Sculpture by Choe U-Ram

 

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  • I WOULD WATCH THIS ALL DAY.

Forget about MasterChef. I give you the German Even Splitting Championship.
byu/lieV_aapje innextfuckinglevel

 

 

 

 

Moth Sailing Hydrofoil Craft
byu/Melodic-Award3991 innextfuckinglevel

 

 

 

 

3 professional soccer players vs 100 children in Japan
byu/BlitzOrion infunny

 

 

 

 

  • This monkey is so disappointed. He is all of us.

Hana-bi
byu/deadjock0 infunny

 

 

 

  • I just want to go back and support this guy as the best artist ever. Imagine the 20 and 21st century without the Holocaust?

Adolf Hitler’s Paintings: Rare Artwork from a Dark Mind https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/paintings-by-adolf-hitler/

 

 

  • No idea what’s happening here, but I love it and am confused.

Seize the moment
byu/rapatakaz inBeAmazed

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  • THIS IS SO CUTE:

 

Albanian fans joke with Italian fans before tonight’s game.
byu/algierythm infunny

 

 

 

VEHICLES

 

  • Apparently, you’re not allowed to work on your car after business hours. THIS IS VERY VERY VERY BAD, MR POLICEMAN.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • In a tidal bore, surfing counts ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS A VIBE BRO.
@robert_kesler Surfers riding the boretide wave for miles down the Turnagain Arm inlet near Anchorage Alaska #alaska #surf #boretide ? original sound – teeharpo

 

 

  • Ocean going vessels amaze me.
@at_sea_ @at_sea_ These clips may shock you ? #storm #bigwaves #monster #ship #vessel #atsea ? ???????????? ???? – at_sea_

 

 

 

OLD WEBSITES

I was just using this for the first time in awhile:

10) people pointing at your pointer https://pointerpointer.com/

9)  Hamster Dance, All Your Base, Spiderman has made you gay

8) Rotten.com and the Dead Pool (shameful)

7) zombo.com is still up! https://zombo.com

6) Digg https://digg.com/

5) Fark https://www.fark.com/

4) EBaums World https://www.ebaumsworld.com/

3) Nobody Here It’s just Me https://nobodyhere.com/justme/

2) This geocities clone: https://www.cameronsworld.net/

1) What is yours?

This website for shopping is batshit insane and a fun rabbit hole. Do they sell all the things?: https://www.arngren.net/

Get this, no joke… The 1996 Dole Kemp website is still up: https://www.dolekemp96.org/main.htm

bunch of old home pages: https://imgur.com/a/0CsMkm3

 

Badger Badger Badger sure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyixC9NsLI

And Peanut Butter Jelly Time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3ZAGBL6UBA
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