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5 votes
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British Airways flight breaks subsonic JFK to Heathrow speed record due to Storm Ciara—reaches London in 4 hours 56 minutes
@flightradar24: Fastest across the Atlantic tonight from New York to London so far is #BA112 at 4hr56m. #VS4 in 4:57, and #VS46 in 4:59. https://t.co/gfYoHGV3Y6 https://t.co/kMhjCqdEtt If we're not mistaken, BA now retakes the fastest subsonic NY-London crossing from Norwegian.
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NASA brings Voyager 2 fully back online, 11.5 billion miles from Earth
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The great affordability crisis breaking America
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Undone science: When research fails polluted communities
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What powers do US judges have over an administration?
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How chef Wolfgang Puck serves 25,000 dishes at the Oscars every year — mise en place
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An unsettling new theory: There is no "swing voter"
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The best canned chickpeas you can buy at the store
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Why the Republican party turned undemocratic
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What it took for Stockholm's popular photography museum to make it in New York City
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The dot-com bubble - Five minute history lesson
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We're through the Comet Ping Pong table here, people
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What's the deal with meta advertising?
I don't watch T.V very often, but do - when I'm up (which is infrequent given I'm outside the U.S) - watch the NBA. Recently I've had a little time so have watched a few games live. Doing so, I...
I don't watch T.V very often, but do - when I'm up (which is infrequent given I'm outside the U.S) - watch the NBA. Recently I've had a little time so have watched a few games live. Doing so, I was quite taken aback at how commonplace humour and meta advertising are nowadays. Is this just a U.S thing?
Is there any research out there on when and why advertisers started doing this? Seems like every other ad shoots for either humour or "we know you know this is an ad, you're clearly smart enough to realise that, so smart in fact you might want to buy into our brand". Whatever the case, as ever, grateful for resources/discussion from those more in the know than I.
EDIT: A good example that is equal parts humour/meta is LeBron James' Super Bowl Sprite Ad.
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It’s time to be honest about seafood
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The billion-dollar disinformation campaign to re-elect the President
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Iowa Democratic caucus results delayed until Tuesday due to reporting inconsistencies and technical issues with app
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US oil executives moved from house arrest to prison after Juan Guaido meets with Donald Trump
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Elizabeth Warren before she was a politician
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“Flood the zone with shit”: How misinformation overwhelmed our democracy
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Surprise for New York renters: No more broker fees
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Extreme Silicon Valley: A 2:30 AM bus from Salida. Tech employees move all the way into the Central Valley. Private tech shuttles follow.
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TurboTax and others charged at least fourteen million Americans for tax prep that should have been free, audit finds
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US President Donald Trump acquitted of two impeachment charges in near party-line vote
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Tony Adams analyzed audio spectrograms corresponding to more than 8,200 pitches from the Astros
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Why Democratic leaders still misunderstand the politics of social class
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The app that broke the Iowa Caucuses was sent out through a beta testing platform
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US FTC files suit to block $1.37 billion acquisition of shaving company Harry’s by Edgewell (owner of Schick)
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The way we work is killing us - An interview with the author of Dying for a Paycheck
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There's no such thing as a dangerous neighborhood
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The rapid rise and sudden fall of a Kratom Kingpin
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Cards Against Humanity has purchased ClickHole, the satire site created by The Onion
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Why this Swedish cardamom bun is taking New York City by storm | Line Around The Block
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Voyager 2 engineers working to restore normal operations
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What I learned about life at a company that deals in dead bodies
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US primary elections explained
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Kansas City Chiefs are champs with stunning Super Bowl comeback over San Francisco 49ers
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A pro-Trump blog doxed a Chinese scientist it falsely accused of creating the coronavirus as a bioweapon
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Donald Trump’s US border wall, vulnerable to flash floods, needs large storm gates left open for months
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Donald Trump impeachment: Failed witnesses vote paves way for acquittal
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Joe Biden says he will endorse any US Democrat who wins nomination
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Roku and Fox make last minute deal for Super Bowl broadcast
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Got lacteal secretions? Virginia tries to limit the legal definition of milk.
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Report detailing online activity of US Coast Guard officer accused of domestic terrorism shows extensive searches on white supremacy, conspiracy theories, and thousands of visits to /r/MGTOW
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The California Attorney General has requested 35 pieces of information from ICANN regarding the proposed sale of the .org TLD
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The mysterious drone sightings in Colorado seem to have been a classic case of mass hysteria, with no evidence of illegal drone activity ever found
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The EARN IT Act: How to ban end-to-end encryption without actually banning it
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How poor Americans get exploited by their landlords
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A Russian "inspector" spacecraft now appears to be shadowing an American spy satellite
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The annual assessment of Lockheed Martin's $428 billion F-35 program includes 873 software flaws and a gun that can't shoot straight
4 votes