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• Thirty Years Ago, WWE Admitted It Wasn't A Sport To Try And Dodge Regulation

  saved 16 Jan, 21

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  It’s never been a secret that pro wrestling isn’t on the level, with plenty of stories on the subject going back all the way to the 1850s. The true reason it was a prearranged exhibition may have changed from fleecing gamblers to increasing entertainment value and maximizing box office revenue with more compelling rivalries, but regardless, it’s always been this way. While “everyone” knew, people in the wrestling business would either keep mum or go to absurd lengths to defend their field’s legitimacy, including inviting skeptics to try out stars with legitimate backgrounds so non-fans could be tortured. Eventually, 30 years ago this week, that cat was let out of the bag for good.

• The American Abyss - The New York Times

  saved 12 Jan, 21

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  A historian of fascism and political atrocity on Trump, the mob and what comes next.

• How to Get Rich Sabotaging Nuclear Weapons Facilities - BIG by Matt Stoller

  saved 6 Jan, 21

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  Private equity monopolist Orlando Bravo made billions by putting our whole society at risk.

• Did the Coronavirus Escape From a Lab?

  saved 6 Jan, 21

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  For decades, scientists have been hot-wiring viruses in hopes of preventing a pandemic, not causing one. Nicholson Baker examines the evidence that the COVID-19 coronavirus escaped from a lab.

• How to Favicon in 2021: Six files that fit most needs — Martian Chronicles, Evil Martians — team blog

  saved 24 Dec, 20

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  Prefer SVG over PNG, trust browsers to downscale, drop obscure formats—the ultimate, exhaustive guide to favicons for modern web. Includes steps for static HTML and Webpack

• Sync macOS Shortcuts to Alfred Snippets

  22 Jun, 2020 | more snippets ▸

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  Python script to sync macOS/iOS system shortcuts to an Alfred snippet collection.

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• Demo workflow: Random Images

  13 Jun, 2020 | more posts ▸

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  Simple workflow that opens a given number of random images at a given interval.

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• Workflow: Video Conferences

  1 May, 2020 | more posts ▸

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  An Alfred 4+ workflow that shows upcoming calendar events that are video conferences, and opens the links to them. It supports Lync, Zoom and Google Meet out of the box, but can be easily configured to support additional services.

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• Retrieve pasteboard contents by type on macOS

  16 Feb, 2020 | more snippets ▸

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  Swift CLI helper to retrieve pasteboard content by type.

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• Google Calendar for Alfred

  11 Jan, 2020 | more posts ▸

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  View Google Calendar events in Alfred. Supports multiple accounts.

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