Otto C. Campbell Blog: October 2016

Monday, October 31, 2016

The Internet's 2 Biggest Miracles, According to Slate

Monday night, Slate published an explosive new story suggesting shady ties between a server registered to the Trump Organization and ones own by a Russian bank. While the Clinton campaign quickly pounced on the story as possibly “the most direct link yet between Donald Trump and Moscow,” security analysts raised doubts about the story’s conclusions just as swiftly. According to Noah Shachtman, the executive editor at The Daily Beast, his site ultimately declined to run the story itself due to the weakness of the evidence.

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Could We Turn Other Planets and Moons Into a Second Earth?

Horrifying Crash Test Against A Modern Car Shows Why Mexico's Nissan Tsuru Is No More

After decades as a mainstay in Mexico’s taxi fleets, Nissan announced the Tsuru—a new 1992 Sentra, basically—will cease production after a dismal zero-star crash test. Just how bad was the Tsuru, especially compared to a modern car? This bad.

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Peter Thiel Goes to Washington

Peter Thiel, the Silicon Valley billionaire and Facebook board member, appeared today at the National Press Club in Washington, where he gave a short speech defending his support of Donald Trump and answered journalists’ written questions about his decade-long campaign to destroy Gawker Media. His answers revealed a deep-seated hatred toward Gawker and its staff, and in at least one case contradicted his past statements about the defunct site. The event ended with Thiel exiting the building as his security detail manhandled reporters, including one from Gizmodo, who tried to speak to him.

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The Brutal Murder of This Neon Sand Man Is Disturbingly Satisfying

Because the human body is (scientifically) a big, wet meat sack, murder is typically an ugly, messy thing, ill-suited for coverage on a gif-heavy video blog. Luckily, the good folks at Super Deluxe managed to correct this design flaw by making their own dirt man out of colored sand—and then hacking him into a million goddamn pieces.

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Dressing Little Girls Up as the Joker's Girlfriend Is So Creepy

In the run-up to Halloween, I’ve seen really young girls dressed up as Harley Quinn pop up on social media. Confession: it grosses me out when I see it.

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Jalopnik Uber Is Quietly Terrible For Women And Black People: Study | Lifehacker Avoid the Phrase “I

Jalopnik Uber Is Quietly Terrible For Women And Black People: Study | Lifehacker Avoid the Phrase “I Need” in a Salary Negotiation | io9 Khloe Kardashian’s Storm Halloween Costume Is Freakin’ Terrible | Kotaku In Memory Of The Guy Who Gets Beheaded At The Beginning Of Skyrim |

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Silly Animation Shows Off Some Crazy Weapons Used During the Middle Ages

How Donald Trump Can Forcibly Steal President Obama's Twitter Followers

There are few things in this world as sacred as a person’s Twitter followers. Sadly for President Barack Obama, he’s going to have to give up all 11.1 million he’s earned on the @POTUS Twitter handle when he leaves the Oval Office in January 2017.

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The World's Largest Telescope Might Not Be Built in Hawaii After All

As a bitter, multi-year battle over the legality of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) rages on, an alternate path forward has begun to emerge. The world’s largest telescope may not wind up on the frosty peak of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, but instead it might be placed in Spain’s Canary Islands. It’d be a loss for astronomy, but a major win for Hawaiian cultural practitioners who don’t want their sacred mountain marred by gigantic machines.

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Stranger Things Has Released an Official News Report on Barb and Eggos

On a day containing the news of Stranger Things Funko Pop figures being on their way, it seemed unlikely anything bigger would arrive from the world of the Upside Down. Netflix is trying, though, with a silly parody news report tied to the show.

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Elaborate Domino Setup Wishes You a Happy Halloween

Did you know today was a holiday? After a weekend of low-effort costumed drunks fighting, fucking, and puking in front of my apartment—sometimes simultaneously—I thought we were done this year’s glorified national Santacon. But no. Halloween is today. Let us breathe the heavy sigh of the defeated.

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Uber Is Quietly Terrible For Women And Black People: Study

People of color have been dealing with racist cabbies for decades, and according to a new study, that discrimination is alive and well in the world of ride-hailing apps. Not only are black people more likely to wait longer or have their ride cancelled, women in general also are getting taken for a ride—to either boost the fare or flirt.

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Westworld's Sex and Violence-Filled Attempt to Outdo Game of Thrones Hid a Really Important Detail

Westworld has taken great pains in previous episodes to put the viewer and its guests in the same position, and more specifically to shame anyone who’s more interested in the action and sex scenes than the philosophical questions it’s asking. This week, again, there was violence and sex all over the place. And, once again, it’s not at all the important part.

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What's Actually Going On in the Two Seconds of a Formula 1 Pit Stop

Fart Blamed for Causing a Fire During Surgery at a Tokyo Hospital

This surgery sounds like a total nightmare. According to a new Tokyo Medical University Hospital report, a patient’s fart during surgery apparently caused a fire that led to serious burns on her body.

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This 30 oz. RTIC Tumbler Is Just As Good as a YETI, and Only $12 Today

Before you go out and flush $30 down the drain on a Yeti Rambler, check out this RTIC alternative for just $12 on Amazon today, matching a Gold Box deal from several weeks ago. It uses the same vacuum-insulated stainless steel construction, and according to this YouTube video at least, actually keeps ice frozen for longer. No-brainer.

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Researchers Made Bionic Spinach Plants That Can Help Detect Deadly Land Mines

Popeye was right when it came to the health benefits of spinach, but that simple sailor man couldn’t have predicted this unorthodox use of the superfood. Researchers at MIT have found a way to use spinach to detect explosive materials in soil, potentially making the plant a safe way to detect landmines.

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This New York Mansion Is Legally Haunted

This New York Supreme Court case’s real name is Stambovsky v. Ackley, but its nickname, “the Ghostbusters ruling,” is way catchier—and way more descriptive. Not to mention accurate, as the most famous part of the decision contains the phrase “as a matter of law, the house is haunted.”

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I Asked The World's Foremost Ethicist If It's Okay To Have A Revolution

There is inequality everywhere. But in San Francisco, it seems to be drawn by a cartoonist with an unrefined taste for absurdity.

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Darth Vader Dresses As Koch Brother For Halloween

Today is Halloween, which is great for neighborhood kids and bad for those of us on the internet. The Twitter account for the Koch Industries started things off with a bang, sending out a tweet that featured a photo of the first rider of the apocalypse, Charles Koch, in costume as Darth Vader.

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Here's What Happens to Your Body When You Die

Welcome to Pipette, a recurring video series that explores big science by women.

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io9 Halloween Costume Show: The Big Day Is Here!

Happy Halloween, everyone! Yes the day of chills and frights is finally upon us—and so is the chance to dress up in all those amazing costumes you’ve been working on this year. Here’s the very best of the ones our readers sent to us, in celebration of this most spooktacular season.

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Entire Town Leveled As Yet Another Massive Earthquake Hits Italy

Just a few months after central Italy was battered by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake, the region has been struck again, and harder.

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Peter Thiel Goes All-In For Donald Trump

At a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. this morning, Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel laid out his rationale for supporting Donald Trump, characterizing him as the only candidate with the ability to challenge establishment politics.

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Palantir Wins Key Battle With US Army

Palantir, the secretive Silicon Valley technology company that creates tools to mine and analyze large quantities of data, just won an important legal battle against the US Army. The company was protesting the way the Army accepted bids to create an upgraded version of its Distributed Common Ground System, a multi-billion dollar project that helps organize and coordinate efforts across different military branches.

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What's Your Favorite Bath Mat?

Your bath mat is the first thing your body touches after leaving the shower, so it’s worth treating your feet to one you really like. Check out the rules below, then step into the comments to nominate your favorite.

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Khloe Kardashian's Storm Halloween Costume Is Freakin' Terrible

Ororo Munroe would never get caught looking this tacky.

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Can You Guess What the Objects in These Closeup Photos Are?

Netflix CEO Explains the Conversion Rate of US Dollars to Joy

Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix, just sat down with the Wall Street Journal and talked about everything from the AT&T-Time Warner merger (he’s more or less neutral) to global reach (Netflix wants a large international customer base like Facebook’s). But it’s his perspective on how much money it costs to produce joy that’s particularly interesting.

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