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My Favorite Things on the Internet This Week
Sean McDevitt
June 16, 2024
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Hello internet stranger,
Welcome to The Weekly Click, a weekly (shocking, I know) updated list of interesting bits on the internet that I thought I’d share.
Happy clicking!
 Online happenings that made my week. | Terrance Shannon Jr. Found Not GuiltyThe jury in Kansas deliberated for only 90 minutes and came back with a full acquittal over the rape and sexual battery charges former Illinois basketball star Terrance Shannon Jr. had to endure for most of last season. I can’t imagine the ordeal he was put under and how well he handled the situation. Many people would have crumbled. He did not. Racism is Still HereMatt Eddy, the father of a high school graduate at Baraboo High School in Wisconsin, rushed the stage at graduation to prevent the school’s black superintendent from shaking his daughter’s hand. This is the same school where a group of white students gave a Nazi salute and then claimed they didn’t mean it like that or some other bullshit. Cherry Ice Cream SmileSince 1982, people have admired the drawing by the late Patrick Nagel that graced the cover of the Duran Duran album Rio. But who was the model that inspired it? The mystery has been solved 42 years later. Everything Apple Just AnnouncedApple crammed an overwhelming number of new features into its WWDC 2024 keynote event. This video showcases the highlights. The proofread/rewrite tool may have just killed Grammarly. The TalkJonas Hollerup Helle is a visual artist from Copenhagen who created The Talk. He recut old episodes of Charlie Rose to have notable people interviewing each other. Bernie Sanders and Slavoj Zizek. A very funny Will Smith/Chris Rock. And a meeting between Philip Seymour Hoffman and Robin Williams that has the strong vibe of being a conversation in the afterlife. However, that piece has a sequel. And it is chilling. |
 The articles you should read today. |
 Quotes, sayings, and other scribblings. | Being a sports fan is bragging on behalf of other people. “Ideas are like fish. If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the shallow water. But if you want to catch the big fish, you’ve got to go deeper. Down deep, the fish are more powerful and purer. They’re huge and very beautiful.” — David Lynch Sometimes, I think Luke was left on a desert planet because Anakin didn’t like sand and wouldn’t look for him there. "You have to finish things — that's what you learn from, you learn by finishing things.” — Neil Gaiman Cliffhangers are only effective when they |
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Happy Father’s Day. I’m off to do the last week of a four-week exercise regimen that was consolidated into three weeks. Fewer rest days and all that. Exercising at my age doesn’t always feel good, but ultimately, it makes me feel good. Odd that it works out that way. My suggestion for you is to go and do something that makes you feel good. You’ll thank me later.
Be seeing you.