Your Mid-Week Experiment
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A headline (“Was Amelia Earhart Eaten by Crabs?”) almost as good as the subhead. (Popular Mechanics)
I hate how greedy and nostalgic this excerpt of Colette Shade’s new book about the dot-com era makes me feel. (User Mag)
In which Frank Spring pronounces last rites on Deliverism. (Disorder Up)
Here’s that bonus edition of The Experiment from Bill McCamley on a topic that he and I discuss often:
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If you want to know how intertwined law enforcement is into militias, read this. (ProPublica)
If you, like me, made it through the holiday season without seeing Love Actually, then maybe count that as a win. (Jezebel)
This, by Paul Theroux, reminded me of the transgressive pleasures of expatriation. (gift link)
You ever moved to the South…? Anjelah Johnson-Reyes gets that vibe.
Did not see this one coming. Thought it was an AP History dad movie. It was not, and all the better for it.
Oof. Blitz does a good job showing how war impacts children, which makes you think about what’s happening now. Deft filmmaking, this.
Speaking of war, this was not an easy watch, but it’s a true story that bears witness, and because it was made for an American audience, there’s a happy ending.
h/t to Hatcher for putting this doc on. Until then, I had no idea who Avicii was.
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Buy the book Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick banned from the Bullock Texas History Museum: Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of the American Myth by Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and myself.