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Author: Theodore Lee
Theodore Lee is the editor of Caveman Circus. He strives for self-improvement in all areas of his life, except his candy consumption, where he remains a champion gummy worm enthusiast. When not writing about mindfulness or living in integrity, you can find him hiding giant bags of sour patch kids under the bed.
Picture of the Day
William Roentgen demonstrates X-ray machines in Omaha, 1898
In the late 19th century, X-rays set America’s imagination ablaze. Only three years after its discovery by William Roentgen, the mysterious radiation went on display in this free-standing pavilion at the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition of 1898 in Omaha, Nebraska.
Here, X-ray machines let attendees glimpse the interiors of everyday objects as well as their own bodies, blissfully unaware the devices were zapping them with 1,500 times as much radiation as contemporary X-ray machines. Even when their hair fell out, they embraced the rays as an early, and effective, depilatory.
Linkage
Creep Gets Busted For Filming Young Girls (video) – Leenks
The 10 Commandments For Dog Owners – Ned Hardy
A Definitive Ranking of Every Girl Scout Cookie – Delish
I don’t know how I ever cooked without a salt box before…. I use it so effortlessly compared to having to grab my box of kosher salt before that it’s actually improving the taste of my dishes. I just use it so much more freely and easily – Amazon
After year of isolation, vaccinated older Americans start to reclaim their lives – Trust
The Army’s New Goggles Let Soldiers See Right Through Walls – Popular Mechanics
Former Police Officer Makes More Than £1 Million After Joining OnlyFans – LAD Bible
Texas Won’t Reduce $16 Billion In Electricity Charges From Winter Storm – NPR
Pepé Le Pew accused of promoting ‘rape culture’ – TMZ
Model Gets Forehead Reduction Surgery And People Can’t Believe That’s A Thing – Ruin My Week
Antoine Walker shares wild Michael Jordan gambling story about a 36-hour game of spades – CBS
The Internet Turned on the Kia Soul Today and Things Got Mean – The Drive
This is How to be Less Distracted By Having Fun in Tedious Tasks – Ideas
Replace your mailbox with this and never worry about stolen mail again – Amazon
A Group of Financial Traders Torched a $95,000 Banksy on Camera to Transform It Into a (Maybe) More Valuable NFT Artwork – ArtNet
Legions Of Fans Say The Secondary Ticket Market Is Rigged Against Them – Reveal News
30 Pictures That Show Just How Much Has Changed In A Year Due To COVID – BuzzFeed
Fitness babe Vyness Lucero should be on your radar (nsfw) – Blog
Everything You Need To Know Before Buying/Adopting A Brindle Greyhound – Ned Hardy
1000lbs sister confronts her boyfriend for eating junk food around her….why is this guy with her?? – TV Shows Ace
5 Most Expensive NFTs (Non Fungible Tokens) Ever Sold – Hackernoon
She For The Streets: Chick Tells Her Boyfriend She’s Going To Atlanta For All-Star Weekend And Here’s Her Reason Why! – Worldstar
Instagram Crush: Amelie Weissenberger (22 Photos) – Suburban Man
What’s in This?: McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish – Mel Magazine
Hot Redhead Larsen Thompson Bikini Collection (nsfw) – Celeb
SpaceX moves to beam Starlink internet into trucks, boats, and aircraft – The Verge
Psychologists Point Out 8 Signs That Show If Someone Is Secretly Attracted to You – Bright Side
Vintage Crime Scene Photos From The Los Angeles Police Department Archives
What Is Mutual Combat?
What do you call a bar fight that doesn’t happen at a bar? This isn’t the lead-in for a joke, we’re genuinely curious. It turns out there is a term that defines those agreed-upon altercations. Whether you take it outside or are already there, a conflict that breaks out with consent is called “mutual combat.”
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World chess champion Garry Kasparov during the first six-game match against IBM supercomputer Deep Blue, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, February 10-17th, 1996
First people thought that chess engines could never beat humans, and then Deep Blue showed them that this is wrong. This changed the way grandmasters thought about computers, and soon enough chess engines became a part of every top-level player’s toolbox. This eventually affected the way tournaments are held as well, because the rules had to be changed so that games have to be completed during one day and they cannot be adjourned, because computer analysis during the break would affect the game too much.
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Billionaire MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, marries Seattle science teacher – CBS
Ants Filmed Performing ‘Funeral Ritual’ for Fallen Bumblebee – WATCH – Ned Hardy
Keypad deadbolts are a slam dunk project for your home, there’s no downside and the convenience is amazing and it’s so much faster! – Amazon
CDC study finds about 78% of people hospitalized for Covid were overweight or obese – CNBC
When to expect your stimulus check, and other questions, answered – VOX
LA millionaire throwing money to cover up sons vehicular manslaughter – Celeb Magazine
Dolce&Gabbana seeks over $600M damages from 2 US bloggers – AP News
As Covid Deaths Soar in Brazil, Bolsonaro Hails an Untested Nasal Spray – NY Times
Meet Doreen Lioy, The Woman Who Married A Satanic Serial Killer On Death Row – All That’s Interesting
Kobe Bryant, Jerry West and the draft workout that changed NBA history – ESPN
Two more women accuse Gov. Andrew Cuomo of inappropriate behavior – NY Post
Are We Raising Unhelpful, Bossy Kids? Here’s The Fix – NPR
12 Tips On How To Extend The Life Of Your Car And Make It Last Forever – Choi Motorsports
A fireproof safe is the kind of thing you buy hoping its capabilities are never put to the test. But if the time comes, chances are, the safe will be worth far more than you paid – Amazon
Russian Disinformation Campaign Aims to Undermine Confidence in Pfizer, Other Covid-19 Vaccines, U.S. Officials Say – WSJ
Women Are Sharing Sexist Things In Society That Are Normalized Every Day (25 Posts) – Ruin My Week
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is Selling His Very First Tweet for $2.5 Million+ – Towleroad
Woman Jaywalking An On Phone Has Close Call (video) – Leenks
Fighting Styles That Will Probably Get Your Ass Kicked – Gunaxin
Apple mixed-reality headset likely coming sometime in 2022 – The Verge
Candace Cameron Bure Flaunts Trim Physique In Sexy Lime Bikini – TV Shows Ace
Owning Individual Stocks vs. Owning the Stock Market – Wealth of Common Sense
French billionaire politician Olivier Dassault killed in helicopter crash – Reuters
How to Forgive Yourself (and Actually Mean It) – Self
Tesla Is Plugging a Secret Mega-Battery Into the Texas Grid – MSN
Paige VanZant Spices It Up For Social Media In Wet Shirt (nsfw) – The Slip
Confessions of a Former QAnon Conspiracy Theorist
How did you get in to Q in the first place?
I had been DEEP into conspiracy for about 8 years. Had very recently been down the ufo paranormal rabbit hole so when Q really took off midterm for trump I “did my research” and fell right into it.
Do you mind describing what you thought research was and how you’d go about doing it?
Oh research is just going down rabbit hole links and back alley corners of the net. Let’s not kid ourselves and think it’s anything fancy. Unfortunately an ignorance of the world and overconfidence in one’s own critical thinking leads to believing in stupid shit
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(photo: Jecini Colorizations)
Scold’s Bridle from Armagh Jail – Ireland. early 1900s – a woman sitting with the bridle over her face, to stop her from speaking.
A scold’s bridle, sometimes called a witch’s bridle, a brank’s bridle, or simply branks, was an instrument of punishment, as a form of torture and public humiliation. The device was an iron muzzle in an iron framework that enclosed the head (although some bridles were masks that depicted suffering). A bridle-bit (or curb-plate), about 2 in × 1 in (5.1 cm × 2.5 cm) in size, was slid into the mouth and pressed down on top of the tongue as a compress. This prevented speaking and resulted in many unpleasant side effects for the wearer, including excessive salivation and fatigue in the mouth.
First recorded in Scotland in 1567, the branks were also used in England and its colonies. The kirk-sessions and barony courts in Scotland inflicted the contraption mostly on female transgressors and women considered to be rude, nags or common scolds.