From 1994-2010, the the Duinrell amusement park in the Netherlands had an attraction called the Fly Over slide, which was the first and only waterslide entirely filled with water. For [@Defector](
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As summer marches on sweatily, and languid thoughts turn to relief, I am put in mind of the solution to all of our temperature-related troubles: th...
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It's almost exactly 80 years since the end of World War II. For his newsletter, Doomsday Scenario, Garrett Graff writes about the connection between that, and democracy backsliding in the United States. "We are in the process of losing the last of the generation who fought to rid the world of fascism and then fought to build an alternate world order," Graff writes. "[The post-war] system’s greatest achievements lie in things that don’t happen — recessions, depressions, and bank runs that never materialize, famines that don’t break out, wars that don’t start, nuclear conflicts that never occur, poverty that doesn’t crush lives, children who don’t die of measles, sanitariums filled with polio victims in iron lungs that don’t exist, and kids’ cavities that never develop. It’s easy to lose sight to what an achievement that has been precisely because, decade by decade, the awful things that used to happen all the time have slipped from living memory into history."
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It's no coincidence that democracy is backsliding in the US exactly eighty years after the end of World War II.
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India is beginning to dominate the game of chess. Last year, both its men and women's teams swept the Chess Olympiad and at the World Chess Championship, 18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest-ever winner. [@npr](
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Hank Hill returns to a changed world in new "King of the Hill" episodes airing on Hulu after a 15-year hiatus. From [@AssociatedPress](
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Hank Hill returns to a changed world in new 'King of the Hill' episodes
Hank Hill is back in a new season of “King of the Hill,” this time streaming on Hulu after a 15-year break.
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Loni Anderson, an actress who played receptionist Jennifer Marlowe in the CBS sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati," has died at 79. A look back at her career in photos, from [@USAToday](
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The millennial generation may not agree on everything, but it can rally behind a big cause. And right now that cause is making Lindsay Lohan a movie star again. Read Rance Collins’ article for [@IndieWire](
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It's Time for Millennials to Make Lindsay Lohan a Movie Star Again
With 'Freakier Friday,' millennials have a chance to make Lindsay Lohan the movie star she has always deserved to be.
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Punk can’t get over pop, and pop can’t seem to quit punk. Larisha Paul tackles the genres’ enduring love affair for [@RollingStone](
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Pop Meets Punk: Why Both Genres Keep Coming Back for More
Every few years, punk goes pop (or vice versa). Acts like 5 Seconds of Summer and Meet Me @ the Altar explain why the genres connect.
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Country singer Jeannie Seely, Grammy winner for 1966 hit “Don’t Touch Me,” has died at 84. “Known as ‘Miss Country Soul’ for her unique vocal style, Seely was a trailblazer for women in country music, celebrated for her spirited nonconformity and for a string of undeniable hits in the ‘60s and ’70s,” writes Maria Sherman. Read more from [@AssociatedPress](
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Jeannie Seely, soulful country singer behind hits like 'Don't Touch Me,' dies at 85
Jeannie Seely, the soulful country music singer known for hits like “Don’t Touch Me,” has died at 85.
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An AI-modified version of “The Wizard of Oz” is coming to the Sphere in Las Vegas. Film writer David Ehrlich has a message for the film industry as it leans into this dalliance with artificial intelligence: You don’t have to go there. “As long as people remember that the great and powerful Oz had nothing to offer Dorothy in the end — nothing beyond the recognition that she already had everything she needed to make her dreams come true.” Read more via [@IndieWire](
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In Review: It's Not Too Late for the Movies to Reject AI
A dramatic week in the AI wars made it clear that the future is far from lost, and that we can't afford to fight for it on the tech community&...
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The Smithsonian Institution has removed a reference to President Donald Trump's two impeachments from an exhibit. A label had been added in 2021 to the National Museum for American History's exhibit on the American presidency, in a section called "Limits of Presidential Power." A spokesperson for the museum said that the section needed to be overhauled and that the decision came after the museum was "reviewing our legacy content recently." Here's more from [@AssociatedPress](
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The Smithsonian removes a Trump impeachment reference from an exhibit but says it's temporary
The Smithsonian Institution has removed a reference to President Donald Trump's impeachments from an exhibit. It says it's temporary.
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