Whats JB Reading?

I have a tab problem. Sometimes I dont always get to the stuff I want to read. This is what I'm currently reading/have read/will read. ("read" in this context can extend to "view", "watch" or "listen"). Whatever, theres probably no one reading this.

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This Man Does Not Make Poppers

For decades, poppers have been the go-to sex drug for gay men. But where do they come from?

Utterly facinating.

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Kindness is your gift to dole out as you see fit...

Searching for the good in someone who thinks nothing of you, is how they condition us to become accustomed to being treated like shit. Don't become accustomed to being treated like shit.

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The Vintage Beauty Of Soviet Control Rooms

Just for the pleasure, a selection of vintage control rooms dating back to the Soviet era! A beautiful collection of control rooms filled with large buttons and analog dials, long before the democratization of computers and screens. More info: Present And Correct

[politicalsci]

[anaja-theratbird]

^ Lots of property damage is being done by white “allies” taking the opportunity to let out their anger and be edgy or whatever. White supremacists are also committing these acts to further incite racism.

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If you want to understand Silicon Valley, watch Silicon Valley

If you really want to understand how Silicon Valley works today, you should watch the HBO series “Silicon Valley”.

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Triton is the world’s most murderous malware, and it’s spreading

The rogue code can disable safety systems designed to prevent catastrophic industrial accidents. It was discovered in the Middle East, but the hackers behind it are now targeting companies in North America and other parts of the world, too.

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Abandoned ruins of Soviet space shuttles

Two Soviet-era space shuttles from the Buran program lie abandoned in a hangar in the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.

[beeple]

PLEASE SHARE.

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Recently, I listened to Escape (The Piña Colada Song), by Rupert Holmes, for what is likely the thousandth time in my life. It seems a…

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Nested on the servers’ motherboards, the testers found a tiny microchip, not much bigger than a grain of rice, that wasn’t part of the boards’ original design. Amazon reported the discovery to U.S. authorities, sending a shudder through the intelligence community. Elemental’s servers could be found in Department of Defense data centers, the CIA’s drone operations, and the onboard networks of Navy warships. And Elemental was just one of hundreds of Supermicro customers.

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Everybody's Getting A Text From Trump Tomorrow

It's the beginning of a great new adventure in presidential communication.

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Exclusive: WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton Gives The Inside Story On #DeleteFacebook And Why He Left $850 Million Behind

Facebook’s $22 billion WhatsApp purchase made Brian Acton one of the richest people in America. But his idealism clashed with Mark Zuckerberg’s financial juggernaut. For the first time, Acton explains why he left.

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Notes From the Unashamed

Barbara Payton was gracious enough to let Leo Guild into her apartment. That’s one way of looking at this sleazy/sad alliance, a union of two hustlers making a fast buck, pushing forward in spite of their scummy shambling lives and, in the end, perpetually losing. But as Guild reported later, Payton, though polite on the phone, was in person, gross: “pig fat” as he indelicately...

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10 Perfectly Cromulent Words

The internet loves these words—whether they're in the dictionary or not

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A new encyclopedia of brutalist buildings makes the case that the movement is mounting a comeback.

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Before Food Trucks, Americans Ate 'Night Lunch' From Beautiful Wagons

They were the ancestors of the modern diner.

[hotcommunist-deactivated2019032]

hating landlords pride flag. the red represents rage, the hills represent this being the hill I want to die on.