The Life and Death of American MallsSep 26
rip malls and the socialist who escaped nazis to create them, and the era when we had one perfectly air-conditioned place to hang out together irl
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Let the Birdmen Fly
how the national park service's 'yosemite mafia' is abusing federal power to enrich themselves, quash investigations, and threaten the adventurous american spirit
Brendan Weinstein
Oct 3, 2024
On a Saturday evening in March, 2020, professional athlete Marshall Miller scaled a 2,350-foot tall sandstone monolith in Zion National Park. Once on top, he geared up into a wingsuit, and jumped off.
Some 700 feet above the canyon floor, Miller deployed the pilot chute on his container and floated to a landing on the banks of a river running through the floor of the canyon. He took a moment to unzip from his suit and fold the fabric, and began walking. A few hundred yards away, federal agents were staked out, waiting to arrest him.
Operating on an anonymous tip, three National Park Service rangers were standing on the canyon floor, surveilling Miller’s jump. His federal crime? BASE jumping. This adventure sport of jumping from earth-based objects (BASE is an acronym for Building, Antenna, Span, and Earth) is criminally prosecuted in all National Parks.
The Life and Death of American Malls
Men's Health: The Benefits of BleedingSep 22
from leeches to bloodletting, the ancients were right: modern doctors are overlooking the risk of iron overload in men, who evolved to bleed in combat (start donating, boys)
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Murder is Bad Sep 16
pirate wires #148 // on accusations of "fanning the flames" after accurately describing reality, and an earnest appeal to the center left: we must reassert a strong taboo against violence — together
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