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  • In the new documentary Secret Mall Apartment, a group of artists recount how they turned a hidden nook in a Providence shopping center into a living space for four years. – via my dad
  • If you’re ever in Los Angeles, check out The Nicolosi Estate. The long-abandoned 8700-square-foot, 4-bedroom, 5-bath home is encircled by an amazing 300-foot-long serpentine swimming pool, complete with rock bridges and grotto-style hot tubs, which is visible from the road. The estate was commissioned by Johnny Weissmuller, who won five gold Olympic medals in swimming (and a bronze in water polo!) and portrayed Tarzan in a dozen films from 1932 to 1948.
  • Apple is losing a billion dollars per year on Apple TV+ and that’s just fine. – via @TrungTPhan
  • I cannot tell you how many times I’ve used these CSS drop-shadow snippets.
  • Technofossils: How humanity’s eternal testament will be plastic bags, cheap clothes, and chicken bones. – via kottke
  • my NOBODY WAS TEXTING WAR PLANS tshirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by shirtThis Is Exhausting:
    • “Under the previous administration, we looked like fools. Not anymore.” – Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, shortly before accidentally texting war plans to a journalist.
    • A federal judge temporarily blocked the Environmental Protection Agency‘s attempt to recoup $20 billion in Biden-era climate grants, dealing the latest judicial setback for [the current administration]’s attempt to assert unilateral control over spending.
    • There Is No Method to [the President]’s Madness. He’s Simply Insane.
    • The corporation behind Roundup herbicide has paid out nearly $11 billion in lawsuits. Now it’s backing an EPA rule that would stop the bleeding.
    • An Austin attorney is suing the Department of Education after seeing her student loan payments skyrocket.
    • A Coast Guard Commander Miscarried. She Nearly Died After Being Denied Care.

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#FridayFive: Favorite Collegiate Sports

View the Friday Five from February 7th, 2014

#college #college basketball #college football #crew #fridayfive #lists #rowing #sports #swimming

Be alert and don’t swim with the seals.

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seashells oceans swimming fishing

I would like to own an island.

#oceans #sharks #swimming #travel #water

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