The Biden/Harris team is going after those Gen Z votes with a visitable campaign headquarters, in the form of an Animal Crossing: New Horizons island (you might remember they also offer in-game digital yard signs). I’m not Gen Z but I play the game and was curious to what I was going to find on Biden’s island. So, I played tourist by using its Dream Code DA-7286-5710-7478. Well, I’m glad I did. The attention to details is impressive. There are poll booths, a White House, merch, and, well, let me show you. Selfie opps were a-plenty:
Trump wouldn’t condemn white supremacists, tells Proud Boys ‘stand back and stand by’ in Biden debate
In the first presidential debate, Trump refused to condemn white supremacists and racism. He said instead to these groups, and he shouted out the Proud Boys in particular, “Stand back and Stand by.” Is that a command to his armed base to prepare for violence after Trump loses the election? Did he just tell white… READ THE REST
Biden calls Trump ‘worst president America has ever had’
“You’re the worst president America has ever had,” Biden said to Trump tonight. “In 47 months, I’ve done more than you’ve done in 47 years, Joe,” Trump replies. They’ll both be lines remembered. READ THE REST
Russian military disinformation online is making Americans go nuts, QAnon edition
Wow. As Natasha Bertrand said on Friday, someone should maybe follow up on the last part of this paragraph from Charlotte Alter’s piece for Time, “How Conspiracy Theories Are Shaping the 2020 Election—and Shaking the Foundation of American Democracy.” This is straight-up crazypants stuff, but people are talking about killing themselves if Joe Biden wins,… READ THE REST
Learn to play guitar, piano, and drums with this monster music training package
Unless you’re an essential worker, there’s a good chance your work from home, stay at home lifestyle will be continuing, at least through the winter months. That’s more than a little depressing, but it doesn’t have to mean you’ve just given up. Instead of just surfing the web or watching TV, maybe you can even… READ THE REST
Learn how to build your own Shopify store with the help of this expert-led training
Shopify got started by a trio of Canadians back in 2004 when they got frustrated trying to sell snowboarding equipment online. More than 15 years later, Shopify is one of the biggest names in e-commerce, the engine behind nearly 1 million different digital storefronts that have generated nearly $1 billion in sales worldwide. Shopify’s power… READ THE REST
Magnets and metal make this fun and cool scientific desk toy utterly fascinating
Back in the early 1800’s, Russian physicist Emil Lenz noted an interesting phenomenon. When he dropped a magnet through a pipe, the magnet’s magnetic field created counter-rotating currents in the copper or aluminum pipe. To the naked eye, that dropped magnetic ball falls a whole lot slower when it’s inside the pipe than outside. It… READ THE REST
