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Maximilian-Kolbe

80 years ago, Catholic priest Maximilian Kolbe volunteered to die at Auschwitz in the place of a man who cried out for his family. He was canonized in 1982, and the man he saved was at his ceremony

On February 17, 1941, his monastery was shut down by the German authorities. Kolbe and four others were arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned in the Pawiak prison. On May28, he was transferred to Auschwitz as prisoner 16670.

Continuing to act as a priest, Kolbe was subjected to violent harassment, including beating and lashings.

At the end of July 1941, one prisoner escaped from the camp, prompting SS-Hauptsturmführer Karl Fritzsch, the deputy camp commander, to pick ten men to be starved to death in an underground bunker to deter further escape attempts.When one of the selected men, Franciszek Gajowniczek, cried out, "My wife! My children!", Kolbe volunteered to take his place.

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This 75 Year Old Grandpa Visits An Animal Shelter Every Day And Naps With Cats – Ned Hardy

Two decades of war and daily life in Afghanistan – AP Photos

Put a lazy susan in your fridge to make accessing stuff in the back quicker/easier. Also works great in bathroom and kitchen cabinets – Amazon

Which Companies Belong to the Elite Trillion-Dollar Club? – Visual Capitalist

Rejecting Covid Inquiry, China Peddles Conspiracy Theories Blaming the U.S – NY Times

OnlyFans Drops Planned Porn Ban, Will Continue to Allow Sexually Explicit Content – Variety

Can Science Explain Near Death Experiences? – Discover

10 Signs You Have a Faithful Partner – Bright Side

What’s Up with the All Seeing Eye on the Dollar Bill? – Today I Found Out

How to biohack your intelligence — with everything from sex to modafinil to MDMA – Hackernoon

My Weekend at ‘Nice Guy’ Bootcamp – Mel Magazine

CDC study shows unvaccinated people are 29 times more likely to be hospitalized with Covid – CNBC

How A Science Experiment Led to Sexual Encounters Between a Woman and a Dolphin – The Atlantic

Five Map and Compass Skills Every Outdoorsman Should Master – Field And Stream

An impact driver should be part of every man’s toolbox. I swear there were rainbows, birds singing, and angelic harps playing after driving my first screw into a 2×4 with the impact driver – Amazon

Doctors Explain Exactly What to Do When a Cut Won’t Stop Bleeding – Prevention

When the elephants were used to aid the war effort, 1914-1945 – Rare Historical Photos

Walking Correctly Takes Work—Here’s How to Improve Every Step – Popular Science

17 Problematic Ways the Media Portrays Men – Ruin My Week

Bellator vet says it’s ‘disturbing’ that sparring Jake Paul paid better than entire MMA career – Bloody Elbow

New Finding: Israel Covid Vaccine Booster Significantly Lowers Infection Risk in Older People – Towleroad

OnlyFans Star Renee Gracie Plans to Buy Her Own Supercar Team – Egotastic

 

Why Aren’t There Big Rock Bands Anymore?

(Photo by Matthew Kalapuch)

The big issue with “rock” or really any guitar based music outside of country is multifold.

So with the collapse of the major labels due to multiple factors but mostly utterly and completely fucking up the transition to digital music they are not nearly as big and powerful as they once were. The major label focus shifted towards low investment, high yield artists since 2005 or so. The three most popular genres for this are rap, country and crossover pop music. I will give examples for all three.

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The Grateful Dead’s “Wall of Sound” was a massive sound system designed by LSD chemist, Owsley Stanley. Jr.

The Wall of Sound fulfilled Owsley’s desire for a distortion-free sound system that could also serve as its own monitoring system.

After Stanley got out of prison in late 1972, he, Dan Healy and Mark Raizene of the Grateful Dead’s sound crew, in collaboration with Ron Wickersham, Rick Turner, and John Curl of Alembic, combined six independent sound systems using eleven separate channels, in an effort to deliver high-quality sound to audiences.

Vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, and piano each had their own channel and set of speakers.

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A damn fine picdump worth of you attention – Leenks

‘Sound Bath’ Meditation Might Be Your New Favorite Meditation – Life Hacker

When I go to a meeting with my laptop I can disconnect from ALL my peripherals and monitors with one cable. In the past it took fucking forever to reintegrate my laptop with the shit on my desk – Amazon

How to Work with Someone Who Creates Unnecessary Conflict – HBR

The Coronavirus Is Here Forever. This Is How We Live With It – The Atlantic

Guy Who Used To Work In A Restaurant Shares Priceless Cooking Secrets, And Here Are 20 Of The Best Ones – Bored Panda

A town outside of Rome is selling neglected homes for a little more than $1 – but buyers must commit to renovating them within 3 years – Insider

The 10 Things That Lead to a Sexless Marriage – Linkiest

Map Explainer: Key Facts About Afghanistan – Visual Capitalist

The Crimes Of Gary Ridgway, The Green River Killer Who Murdered Up To 71 Women – All That’s Interesting

17 Images Show the Beauty of Breastfeeding in Public – Good

If you have neck and back pain from chronically bad posture while sitting at your desk, consider a kneeling chair. It straightens your back from the lower base of the spine right up to the top of your neck and places your head in an optimal position to maintain this posture for hours on end – Amazon

15 Rarest and Most Valuable SNES Games – Den of Geek

Infuriating Stories From Kiss, The Fakest, Most Calculated ‘Rock Band’ In History – Weird History

How Australia went from being a ‘Covid-free paradise’ to ‘a mess’; In June, one case of the delta variant breached the fortress walls and started an outbreak that could not be controlled – NBC

The rampant growth of US college tuition is finally slowing down – Quartz

How Feynman Diagrams Revolutionized Physics – Quanta

On a night over three decades ago, during another world health crisis, 45 artists gathered for one of the most extraordinary recording sessions in music history – Esquire

This Is How The White Population Is Actually Changing Based On New Census Data – NPR

A Hacker Stole and Then Returned $600 Million – VICE

12 Times Abigail Ratchford Perfected the Sultry ‘Hand Bra’ Pose – Maxim

‘No One Knows’ How This Entire Family Suddenly Died In Sierra National Forest – Thought Catalog

Inside the world’s most booked Airbnb – The Hustle

The Decoy Effect: How You Are Influenced to Choose Without Really Knowing It – The Conversation

 

What Are The Inner Thoughts Of Someone Suffering From Anorexia?

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I don’t know how to qualify the way I viewed myself. Days I knew I was too thin and others where I viewed myself as in need of losing weight. Small things, skin roll when sitting, bloating, skin pinching, that made me obsessed over every ounce of fat.

I don’t think I viewed myself as fat or obese, necessarily. I was aware and unaware of being thin. I knew my ribs sticked, I knew I looked I’ll. But the need, the will, the absolute triumph I felt when my weight dropped trumped everything else. This feeling mattered more to me than the consequences, I felt important, I felt good and in control.

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eugenia cooney

Eugenia Cooney is an American YouTuber and Twitch streamer who’s YouTube channel has garnered over two million subscribers

In October 2016, petitions were made to ban her from YouTube as some internet users believed she was promoting dangerous eating habits, and creating pro anorexia content. Around that time, Cooney stated that she did not have an eating disorder and refrained from discussing her weight and eating habits.

Pro-anorexia (pro-ana) groups differ widely in their stances. Most claim that they exist mainly as a non-judgmental environment for anorexics; a place to turn to, to discuss their illness, and to support those who choose to enter recovery. Others deny anorexia nervosa is a mental illness and claim instead that it is a “lifestyle choice” that should be respected by doctors and family.