Category Archives: Culture

A People Map of the US

Where city names are replaced by their most Wikipedia’ed resident.
— Read on pudding.cool/2019/05/people-map/

German Policeman Comes Up With An Effective Way To Deal With Rubberneckers At A Fatal Crash – Digg

Rubbernecking is bad — it intrudes on tragic situations, it slows down traffic and it’s just not great. This German policeman had enough after a crash on the Autobahn, and came up with a new way to shame rubberneckers.
— Read on digg.com/video/crash-rubbernecking

Pull them over, invite them to look at the dead body, and charge them a fine.

Jimmy Kimmel Asks Young People To Read An Analog Clock, And It’s Worse Than We Thought – Digg

It’s mid-afternoon and one of them guesses that’s it’s close to eight o’clock.
— Read on digg.com/video/young-people-clocks

Snagged and sucked over the falls to be pummeled!

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We Can’t Tell If This Is The Best Or Worst Brand Tweet Of All Time – Digg

Writer Tony Posnanski got into a little beef with the Twitter account for coconut water brand Vita Coco on Wednesday and things took a rather unexpected turn.
— Read on digg.com/2019/vita-coco-pee-tweet

Inside China’s Surveillance Crackdown on Uyghurs | WIRED

In Xinjiang, northwest China, the government is cracking down on the minority Muslim Uyghur population, keeping them under constant surveillance and throwing more than a million people into concentration camps. But in Istanbul, 3,000 miles away, a community of women who have escaped a life of repression are fighting a digital resistance.
— Read on www.wired.com/story/inside-chinas-massive-surveillance-operation/

Uber and Lyft Face Hurdle of Finding and Keeping Drivers – WSJ

Uber and Lyft are banking on a future where ever-more riders rely on ride-hailing. But that future assumes the companies will be able to accomplish something pretty difficult—finding enough drivers.
— Read on www.wsj.com/articles/uber-and-lyft-face-tough-test-of-finding-and-keeping-drivers-11557673863