You’ll need to check out the one-man-audience inside-a-truck burning man under music. I highly recommend it.

Also, When something says “this space left intentionally blank” the space is no longer blank. Speaking of space…

SPACE

• EBOSS 3D map stereoscopic VR 360 degree video:

• NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted Curiosity climbing a rocky outcrop known as Mont Mercou. At approx 167+ miles up. Unreal. Too bad we can’t see the view Curiosity sees!

 

• OH WAIT WE CAN SEE THE VIEW IN 360 DEGREES WE ARE IN THE FUTURE: I am starting to think “Space” is too broad, because now it’s just “Mars” which is totally awesome. This photo from the top of a mountain is a treat.

 

 

• Space station robotic arm hit by orbital debris in ‘lucky strike’ (video) https://www.space.com/space-station-robot-arm-orbital-debris-strike

 

SCIENCE & SCARY TECHNOLOGY

 

• Oh man this is horrifying:

this seems fine pic.twitter.com/qA9YUMJgEd

— shoe (@shoe0nhead) May 28, 2021

 

• Silicon Valley Wants Dogs to Live Longer So Humans Can, Too Canine life-extension research by the startup Loyal could lead to breakthroughs for the rest of us. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-24/if-dogs-live-longer-with-anti-aging-science-humans-could-too

 

• Yellowstone Is Warming at Its Fastest Rate in 1,250 Years The summer of 2016 was the hottest in the nation’s first and oldest national park since 770 (although scary, it’s amazing how they measure this) https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/yellowstone-is-warming-at-its-fastest-rate-in-1-250-years/

 

• Physicists Have Broken The Speed of Light With Pulses Inside Hot Plasma https://www.sciencealert.com/pulses-of-light-can-break-the-universal-speed-limit-and-it-s-been-seen-inside-plasma

 

• From Avocet to Zebra Finch: big data study finds more than 50 billion birds in the world https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/avocet-zebra-finch-big-data-study-finds-more-50-billion-birds-world

 

MUSIC

• When the crescendo vibes you peaking:

 

• People who say “I don’t want politics in my entertainment” are simply saying “I don’t want to be reminded of my deeply inequitable and flawed belief systems while I am vulnerable and trying to relax”. This is superb, just a few minute clip vs full show:

 

• H-MACK

HOW IT STARTED:

 

AND ALSO HOW IT STARTED:

 

 

NOW, HOW’S IT GOING:

 

• What a delightfully weird flute:

 

• This “Khaen” flute is unreal:

 

ARCHITECTURE

• The secret of Hotel Zaza’s Room 322… a long simmering conspiracy theory that was truly a delight to follow. Basically, a secret sex dungeon room that nods towards Freemasons and Skull and Crossbones. Is it just a weird room, or is there more to it? Two way mirrors, bizarre art, and a funky decorator mentality… and you’ve got internet gold.

The original thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/houston/comments/18pt71/zaza_insiders_question_whats_up_with_room_322/

A primer of everything that went viral and it’s well explained here: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/3tvz3k/room_322/

Final expose, 5 years after it all started: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/di4r0u/resolved_i_think_ive_finally_put_the_final_nail/

Video of guy doing all the work to figure it out:

 

CONTENT AND COMEDY

 

 

Sid and Marty Krofft did some drugs, right? WTAF? 7m30s for Brady Bunch kids. George S. Clinton the film score composer? I HAVE ALL THE QUESTIONS.

 

• I’ve just finished the coffee table picture book, and we’ve been watching the series, and all I can say… consume both. The book especially delves into a delightful world of hard sci-fi, while the show chooses not to answer all the questions.

‘Tales From the Loop’: Explaining the Quiet Revolution Behind Amazon’s Indefinable Sci-Fi Series Based on the paintings of Simon Stålenhag, creators Nathaniel Halpern and Matt Reeves share how their show upends expectations for episodic anthologies, serialized TV, and more. https://www.indiewire.com/2020/04/tales-from-the-loop-explained-amazon-season-2-matt-reeves-interview-1202225087/

 

The most beautiful movie I’ve ever seen is a 4 minute commercial for a brush company:

 

SOCIETY AND CULTURE AND DYSTOPIC NIGHTMARES

 

• In Nod to Dystopian Fiction, Citizen Wants to Send Private Security Teams to Your Neighborhood https://gizmodo.com/in-nod-to-dystopian-fiction-citizen-wants-to-send-priv-1846943077

 

• A century ago, a prosperous Black neighborhood in Tulsa, Okla., perished at the hands of a violent white mob. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/24/us/tulsa-race-massacre.html

 

• Karen, the Musical:

 

• RANT: I’m just lost on the divide, at this point. Anti-mask, Anti-Vax people wearing masks to protect themselves from vaccinated people. The people who keep whining about “cancel culture” froth at the mouth to cancel a Senator who is simply just anchored in reality. The pro-business free-speech party want to tell businesses that they can’t sunset outdated Seuss books, or make biz decisions about a non-gendered potato doll, and are literally fearful of a studio giving a modern perspective on old cartoons? What happened to those people? They’re talking about identity politics when literally no one is talking about anything other than injustice, inequality, climate change, the need to follow science and data. The weird thing is they do project, so much… cancel culture is “accountability culture”, but the party of personal responsibility is so voracious when thrashing against personal accountability.

/rant

VEHICLES

I love this Honda. It’s one. And one only. And it’s rare, but driven. As it should be. https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/40594/1976-honda-lady-review-driving-the-one-of-one-civic-wearing-haute-italian-fashion

 

• THESE CARS IN THIS ARTICLE : If you didn’t guess, I’m referring to the debate over whether our hyper-inflated assets (I mean cars) should be driven as intended, or preserved for maximum financial return some day down the track. Sorry, did I mention money as a motivating factor? Oops, what I meant to say was ‘preserved for the appreciation of future generations.’ Terribly sorry. https://www.speedhunters.com/2021/05/drive-not-drive/

 

IDEAS THAT SEEM COOL BUT ARE DUMB BECAUSE MY SUPER SOAKER WOULD DESTROY YOU AND YOUR 20 WATER BULLETS:

$159 Water Gun That Shoots Liquid Bullets Has Been Upgraded With a Promise That It No Longer Leaks https://gizmodo.com/the-water-gun-that-shoots-liquid-bullets-has-been-upgra-1846991511