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Picture of the Day

The Sateré-Mawé tribe believe that any boy who wants to become a man must experience the worst pain the jungle has to offer and stick their arm inside the bullet ant glove.

The Sateré-Mawé are a tribe that lives in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil, who have a bizarre and painful rite of passage that all boys of the tribe must endure to be accepted as men.

The Mawé believe that any boy who wants to become a man must experience the worst pain the jungle has to offer: the sting of Paraponera clavata, the bullet ant.

The bullet ant is a species of ant with the most painful sting of any insect. True to its name, the ant supposedly has a sting that feels comparable to being shot with a bullet.

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Brain Training Daily

Six daily cognitive games. New puzzles every day at 7pm.

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Hot New Music of the Day

The homie sent over indie pop singer Xelli Island and her new video “Bad For You”.  The song is infectious and quirky and the visuals show the vastness of the California desert. 

Linkage

10 Things That Stop Us From Becoming Rich and Ways to Fix Them – Bright Side

The 1990s Cult ‘Heaven’s Gate’ Has Four Remaining Followers — We Spoke To Them – VICE

The pinnacle of the “everyday carry” pocket knife. Perfect size, perfect weight, amazing steel, comes in a variety of handle materials and styles, and just makes for an all-around wonderful knife. – Amazon

Jobless claims jump, hitting highest level since mid-August – CNBC

Coronavirus caused two-thirds of US excess deaths: study – Fox News

‘A student of everything’: What a 26-year-old Bill Belichick learned as a Broncos assistant – ESPN

Thailand declares emergency after unprecedented protest – PBS

REVEALED: How much Tesla pays its employees, from software engineers to product managers – Business Insider

Here’s What The PS5’s UI Looks Like – Kotaku

German Shepherd Guard Dog Protecting Five Year Old – Leenks

Police officer disarms criminal with knife with crazy Aikido move – Mixed Martial Arts

Woman Kicked Off Flight Because Her Boobs Are Too “Lewd, Obscene, And Offensive” – Ruin My Week

If you car breaks down, these emergency beacons might be more effective at alerting other drivers than safety triangles – Amazon

Trump Acknowledges UFOs, Threatens Aliens With Military Action – Popular Mechanics

Utah Hiker Stalked by Wild Cougar for 6 Min … Survival Mode Kicks In – TMZ

Man Fails at Claw Machine Game 200 Times in a Row, Calls Police – Oddity Central

Why social media makes you feel so old – VOX

Guy Says He’s Tired of Being the ‘Best Friend’ to Women. Why Can’t He Get More? – Brass Pills

6 Ways SEO Will Help Grow Your Business – Search Engine Champ

30 Little Things To Do In Your 20s To Avoid Regrets In Your 30s – Thought Catalog

Flexible Russian Insta Model Angelina Aisman – G-Celeb

15 CEOs on how much sleep they actually get – Fast Co

 

Picture of the Day

Sketches used by the Soviet police to identify suspects based on ethnicity, 1960s

This card was used by police in the Soviet Union to identify different nationalities by facial phenotypes. Originally it was developed by a group of Soviet criminologists based on various mugshot collections. The exact date is unknown, however, based on few Soviet sources, these typical faces sketches were made in 1960-1965. In the nomenclature of the USSR people weren’t classified based on their race or ethnicity.

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The Daily Man-Up

Galvanize yourself into taking positive action.

Your conscious/intuition/better judgement, whatever you want to call it, generally knows what’s best for you and what it takes to get there, but is often overpowered by the pessimist in us. Here are two techniques you can use to confront that pessimistic voice;

1. Retroactive self-reflection. Here’s a confronting visualisation activity to motivate you into taking action; When faced with a daunting decision or challenge (one that you want to take but are hampered by your negative thoughts or anxiety), quickly visualize yourself as an old man or woman – Zimmer frame, toothless, baby food, incontinent, lonely, family only drop in once a month if you’re lucky – and you’re propped in front of the TV…but you’re not watching daytime talk shows or lawn bowl championships, rather you’re viewing a montage of all the opportunities you’ve passed up in your younger life, and you’re writhing with regret because you’ll never know what could have been.

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Do We Actually Experience the Flow of Time? – Scientific American

The Kindle screen is better for reading than any screen I have ever seen. Also, I don’t often read outside, but this can read while in direct or indirect sunlight. It’s wonderful and it’s 40% off for another 10 hours – Amazon

How factory farms are making the antibiotics we use less effective against disease – VOX

Which states had the best pandemic response? – Politico

QAnon Fans Try To Explain Why Trump Took a Drug Developed with Fetal Tissue – VICE

19-Year-Old Dies After Botched Breast Enhancement Surgery – People

Wife Hires 2 Teens To Murder Her Husband Over Son’s Trust Fund… Survived After Being Shot 9 Times – Worldstar

TikTok Sensation: Meet The Idaho Potato Worker Who Sent Fleetwood Mac Sales Soaring – NPR

10 Small Habits That Have A Huge Return On Life – Darious Foroux

Gal Gadot Faces Social Media Backlash For Starring In Upcoming  ‘Cleopatra’ Movie – Maxim

Dudes Try To Shame OnlyFans Creator, End Up Tripling Her Income – Ruin My Week

Instant Justice For Showoff In The Suburbs (video) – Leenks

I’d like to propose this book as required reading for the course, Life – Amazon

33 Smart Habits That Will Train Other People to Treat You With Respect – INC

The Strongest Predictor of Men’s Well-Being Isn’t Family or Health – Quartz

Scariest Haunted Houses in America – Gunaxin

There Are Six Styles of Love. Which One Best Describes You? – The Conversation

Do We Live in a Simulation? Chances Are about 50–50 – Scientific American

The 6 Worst Things About Online Dating For Guys – Brass Pills

‘Karen’ Explodes at Neighbor, Threatens to Sue Over Biden Sign – Towleroad

Mixed Martial Artist Emma Matia is Worth a Look – Egotastic Sports

The Man Who Speaks Softly — And Commands A Big Cyber Army – Wired

These Brands of Dog Food Have Been Recalled – Life Hacker

How to Set Difficult Boundaries in a Compassionate Way – Tiny Buddha

 

15 Cool Toys For Guys

Logitech G29 racing wheel

The is one of the best starter sim racing wheel. Has 900° of rotation which can be tune with the Logitech hub on pc. It has a feature where it "vibrates" when you hit drive on the curbs on a track course or off road. The material is nice on the hand. The shift paddles are really nice and have a "clicky" feeling to them. Buttons are ina good position. The added "+ and -" are nice for switching menus in a race and the dial for tuning either the brake bias or fuel mixture. Can clamp to most desks. You just need about and inch to inch and a half of flat surface under the desk for the clamp to get on it

Logitech G29 racing wheel

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Picture of the Day

This Is What Your Hands Look Like After Rowing 600 Miles in the Arctic

Two-time Olympic rowing champion Alex Gregory posted a photo of his hands after a 12-day rowing boat trip across the Arctic Ocean.

Gregory, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and five-time world champion, incurred his horrific injuries while taking part in a charity rowing expedition in the Arctic Ocean.

The month-and-a-half-long journey was undertaken to break 12 world records while raising money for a school in the Himalayas