June 11, 2020
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Amazon
All the Ways to Get Amazon Prime for Free
If you order from Amazon a lot—or if you take full advantage of Prime video and Amazon Music benefits—Amazon Prime’s $119 annual fee may be a great value. But if that’s too steep a price for your shopping and streaming habits, there are a few ways to get Prime benefits...
Tech Essentials
How to Permanently Delete Books From Your Kindle
Removing books you’ve finished from your Kindle has always been possible, but with one catch. Whatever you remove from your device persists in your account. It’s not gone forever, it’s simply gone from the specific Kindle device you’re using.
Drinks
You Can Have All the Martini Garnishes at Once
While not as annoyingly iconic as “Shaken or stirred?” the question “Olive or twist?” is sincerely asked far more often, as most bartenders don’t give patrons the option of a shaken martini. (Good.) The choice of a garnish may seem like one of aesthetics—are you feeling bright and sunny or...
black lives matter
How Do Police Departments' 'Acoustic Weapons' Work?
In recent weeks, acoustic weapons like flash bang grenades and sound cannons have come to new prominence in the public consciousness thanks to their inclusion in the arsenal of weapons used by police against protesters. Flashbang grenades, also called stun grenades, are explosive devices that emit an extremely loud bang...
Lifthacker
Underestimate Yourself When You Return to the Gym
Gyms in many areas are reopening, or will be soon, and a lot of us can’t freaking wait to get back to normal workouts. (I myself have a well-equipped home gym, but I dream of the day I can get back to a proper squat rack.) But let’s talk about...
Supper Time
A Chicken Salad Manifesto
Chicken salad is not usually perceived as “sexy.” It is a potluck food, a church supper food, an uninspired baby or wedding shower option, often under-seasoned and over-dressed. Bad chicken salad can put you off the category entirely. But good chicken salad? Good chicken salad can be transcendent.
Shopping
What to Do if Your Favorite Store Files for Bankruptcy
J.Crew, Neiman Marcus, JCPenney, Pier 1 Imports: These are just a few of the retailers that have filed for bankruptcy during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Riot Games Executive Says George Floyd Was Murdered By Police Because Of His "Criminal Lifestyle"
Ron Johnson, Global Head of Consumer Products at Riot Games, has shared an image on his personal Facebook account that lists George Floyd’s prior convictions before saying “this type of criminal lifestyle never results in good things happening to you or those around you”. He is now being investigated internally...
Kotaku
Wizards Of The Coast Bans 7 Racist
Magic: The Gathering Cards
The company behind Magic: The Gathering is apologizing for racist cards that have been part of the game for decades. Seven cards will be removed from competitive play and from the game’s official card index..
The Takeout
City Chicken isn’t chicken, but you sure as hell won’t mind
I’ve been going through all my Depression-era cookbooks recently “just for fun,” and it’s inspiring to read about how people managed to make do with what little they had. Case in point: city chicken, a Rust Belt delicacy that’s actually pork. During the Depression pork was ridiculously cheap thanks...
Kotaku
Board Gaming's Industry Body Refuses To Say A Word About Black Lives Mattering
An increasing number of prominent board game industry and community members have pulled out of an upcoming show over The Game Manufacturers Association’s (GAMA) continued absence of a comment about Black Lives Matter.
Gizmodo
European Police Bust Alleged Pirate Streaming Service With Over Two Million Users
Sick of streaming paywalls and unending searches on multiple services to find where that one movie doesn’t cost five bucks? Seems like a whole lot of people in Europe are too. Police throughout the European Union have taken down a TV and movie streaming ring that they claim involved over...
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