- The Lincoln statue inside the Lincoln Memorial is comprised of 28 pieces of Georgia marble.
- From the chamber of the memorial, one can appreciate the different stones used in its construction. The terrace walls and lower steps comprise granite blocks from Massachusetts – the upper steps, outside facade, and columns contain marble blocks from Colorado – the interior walls and columns are Indiana limestone – the floor is pink Tennessee marble – the ceiling tiles are Alabama marble – and the Lincoln statue comprises 28 pieces of Georgia marble. These building materials may seem random, but Henry Bacon specifically chose each one to tell a very specific story. A country torn apart by war can come together, not only to build something beautiful, but also explain the reunification of the states.
- I finished streaming The Man in the High Castle. It starts off alt-history, turns science fiction, and turns into science fantasy. Overall, I liked it, but at this season in life, I need to watch something more uplifting.
- I don’t drink beer, but it’s been crazy seeing the reaction of conservatives about recent beer commercials.
- HomeWorld NewsIBM Employee On Sick Leave For 15 Years Sues Company For No Pay Rise
- Google’s new Magic Editor pushes us toward AI-perfected fakery – Google’s AI-powered Magic Editor tool promises to ‘make complex edits without pro-level editing tools.’
- Woman, 99, realises dream of facing circus knife thrower
- Al Pacino, Viggo Mortensen, John Travolta, Shia LaBeouf, Rebecca Pidgeon & Courtney Love Set For David Mamet’s JFK Thriller ‘Assassination’ – Assassination will retell the fateful murder of John F. Kennedy from the mob’s point of view, reimagining his death as a hit ordered by Chicago mob kingpin Sam Giancana as payback for JFK’s attempt to undermine the mob after they helped get him elected (that thread formed a big part of Oliver Stone’s JFK).
- George Lucus once randomly appeared in somebody else’s documentary
- How Martha Stewart Prepared to Pose on the Cover of ‘Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’ at Age 81
- End of a love affair: AM radio is being removed from many cars – Ford, BMW, Volkswagen, Tesla and other automakers are eliminating AM radio from some new vehicles, stirring protests against the loss of a medium that has shaped American life for a century (paywall)
- Automakers, such as BMW, Volkswagen, Mazda and Tesla, are removing AM radios from new electric vehicles because electric engines can interfere with the sound of AM stations. And Ford, one of the nation’s top-three auto sellers, is taking a bigger step, eliminating AM from all of its vehicles, electric or gas-operated.
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This guy Feeding the birds and then this happened… pic.twitter.com/XAtDi5j3ai
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