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Here's a weird little corner of the internet for you to devour. YouTube user Crysknife007 is well-known for hours-long sci-fi marathons of idling starship engines or the silent ambience of Rick Deckard's apartment . But this time, we get our favorite numbers-addicted Muppet counting Pi up to 10,000 decimal places.

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I have had the honor of working on two different comics projects with Don Hertzfeldt. Flight, and Fusion Future. But this is the story of my first interaction with the man.

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Is there anything Odell Beckham Jr. can't do? A week hasn't passed since he made one of the best catches of all time, now he's showing up kickers around the league by spinning to the football on its end and driving it through. By the end of the season Beckham Jr. will be playing every position for the Giants.

Watch out Eli.

He is saying something not very nice here. But if you have kids you can tell him he is yawning and/or making prehistoric beast noises.

We added audio:

There is his butt.

Sometimes I see parents riding the subway with kids on leashes. I guess it's so the kids don't run away and get lost. And I guess the Patriots are worried Tom Brady will run away and get lost:

Can't be too careful out there.

Tom's pretty good on the leash, by the way. Doesn't look like he's pulling at all. And he even brought his own towels to pick up his poops. Good dog.

(It's actually a stretchy resistance band thing. But also Tom Brady is a dog.)

Apologies in advance:

And here, if you'd like to make your own:

Just over two minutes were left on the clock, no timeouts left, third down -- then the Patriots defense allowed a first down. It might be time to count out Touchdown Tom.

New submitter burgerbecky writes The port that was as hellish as the game world itself, DOOM for the 3DO's source code has been released on github. The original programmer outlined the corners cut and why.

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Ohio State Football Coach Says Death of Kosta Karageorge an 'Incredible ... NBCNews.com Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer said Monday that the apparent suicide of one of his players is an "incredible tragedy." He shed no light on the medical history of the player, whose mother said his last text to her was about concussions. "We'll never get ... Dead Ohio athlete said he struggled with concussionsCNN Ohio State player dead of self-inflicted gunshotSFGate Football Head Impacts Can Cause Brain Changes Even Without ConcussionTIME STLtoday.com -Washington Post -WCPO all 1,118 news articles »

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Florida man charged with killing his mother using gun, bow and arrow Reuters (Reuters) - A Florida man was charged with murder on Sunday after police found his mother dead and with arrows sticking out of her head while she sat slumped over in a chair, police said. Michael Watkins, 42, killed his mother, Gloria Watkins, 65, who was ... Florida Woman Found Dead With Arrows in HeadABC News Florida man 'shoots mother in head with bow and arrow because she stole his ...Daily Mail Police Find Dead Woman Slumped in a Chair With Arrows Protruding From Her ...TheBlaze.com all 75 news articles »

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Jennifer Lawrence's 'Hunger Games' Song Catches Fire, Cracks U.K. Top 40 Huffington Post Jennifer Lawrence arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1" at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Monday, Nov. 17, 2014 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) | Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP ... 'Mockingjay' tops 'Penguins,' 'Bosses' at the box officeChicago Daily Herald 'Hunger Games' rules Thanksgiving box officeYork Dispatch Box Office Top 3: 'Mockingjay' Wins Big In Second WeekendNewsy Forbes -New York Times (blog) -Vulture all 620 news articles »

Extra Extra: Security Check-In At Midway Over A Mile Long Chicagoist Holy crap: Security checks at Midway Airport were over a mile long Sunday. Everybody gotta get home. [Huff Po]; Players for the St. Louis Rams showed support for Ferguson by holding their hands up. [Bleacher Report]; Mayor Emanuel's birthday was ... and more »

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Here’s a thing I noticed while watching the Star Wars trailer yesterday. The Falcon has a new satellite dish. Below you can see what it used to look like (taken from A New Hope) and what it looks like in The Force Awakens. 

It’s completely different. At first I thought “that’s a weird thing to change, but OK, the Falcon got an upgrade since Return of the Jedi.” And then I remembered:

Oh right. It needed a new satellite dish. 

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We didn’t start out in a super stellar place with The Force Awakens. When J.J. Abrams & Co. first announced the casting for Star Wars: Episode VII (as it was referred to back then), the glaring whiteness of it all grated on many who are understandably tired of spaces which could be so easily not-white being so heavily, and often nonsensically, whitewashed. Which is why it was a pretty pleasant surprise when, upon the release of The Force Awakens‘ first trailer, literally everyone we saw the face of was either a female or a person of color. In the words of Michael Scott, “oh, how the turntables.”

And so of course people are already complaining.

More specifically, people are complaining about there being a black stormtrooper. Oh, and also that there are women and people of color present because EGADS, it can only go downhill from here if we haven’t seen the white dudes yet:

I have a feeling the new Star Wars is going to be filled with PC, SJW trash.

— Reactionary Radec (@T_S_Blackwell) November 28, 2014

Interesting that the first characters revealed in that trailer are a black man and a woman. Some of the comments are calling JJ an “SJW”. — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) November 28, 2014

“SJW” here standing for, of course, “social justice warrior.” “Social justice warrior,” of course, standing for people who care about people.

The black stormtrooper complaints seem to be mainly coming through via Youtube comments, which means we should all continue that Internet survival tradition of avoiding Youtube comments at all costs. Instead, let us focus on John Boyega’s A+ response to something he should never have had to deal with in the first place:

With love xxx

A photo posted by @jboyega on Nov 11, 2014 at 1:37pm PST

Let us also allow this man to shut down the ugh of it all:

Stormtroopers were all clones of a Maori dude, and Luke and Han wore the outfit once. You’re worried about a “black stormtrooper,” why?

— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) November 28, 2014

The “black stormtrooper” is likely not one at all. I’d actually guess that John Boyega is likely the main protagonist. Let that sink in.

— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) November 28, 2014

Can you hear that? That is my complete inability to wait for Boyega to become one of the biggest stars in the world.

(via Mashable, images via Walt Disney Studios, Tumblr)

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Nora McInerny and Aaron Purmort lived a very public love story. At first glance, it may seem to be an odd way to bid farewell to someone who died from cancer but it’s a perfect summation of how the couple tried to keep a sense of humor even as they were quickly engulfed by a tumor that they knew would be lethal — a Grade 4 glioblastoma.

I have made a huge mistake… #9gag

The Buccaneers and Rays are just two of the local teams currently taking advantage of free homeless labor, a report from the Tampa Bay Times reveals.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Lightning and Rays are among the local Tampa organizations currently benefiting from free homeless labor, according to a report from Will Hobson of the Tampa Bay Times. New Beginnings is an organization that offers food and shelter to local homeless people, but also uses them on work crews in various situations, none of which they are paid for, according to the report.

These unpaid labor crews are sent to stadiums and arenas for local sports teams and events, where they operate concession stands serving beer and food to fans. At the end of the day, New Beginnings takes the full share of the profits from the work and pays the workers with nothing but the aforementioned shelter and food.

New Beginnings founder and CEO Tom Atchison refers to this as "work therapy," while homeless advocates believe the actions are exploitative, and "possibly illegal." But the issues with the organization extend far beyond the "work therapy," given that these homeless are often working at places that can certainly afford to pay them, according to Hobson's report.

There are accusations that Atchison took the Social Security checks and food stamps of those in his program, even if the total net of those benefits exceeded that of what they owe to be in the program -- typically, $150 a week or $600 a month. Other allegations against Atchison include a lack of actual trained counselors on staff to overbilling the state in grant money.

It's unclear how much the Tampa sports franchises know about New Beginnings or the way a minister close to Atchison referred to its residents "our property." But as much profit as those organizations make, they're still using homeless people for free labor and there's no excuse for that.

We knew Rob Ryan was probably on his way out of New Orleans. Here is an illustration of that.

PREVIOUSLY IN RECENT ROB RYAN ANGER:

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It's worth pointing out the experience Nashville has had with Ferguson protesters who were determined to take the streets and even block freeways—even while keeping away from scandalous actions like looting and vandalism, just like in Portland.

A national blog run by a former (and apparently decorated) TV journalist posted a local TV station's footage of a press conference with Nashville Police Chief Steve Anderson from a few days ago.

The post summed up the nine-minute interview if you don't want to watch. Essentially, Nashville police didn't challenge protesters who set out to block Interstate 24—even though it was inconvenient for drivers—because Anderson decided a heavy-handed cure would be worse than the illness. The march in Nashville moved on after 25 minutes, instead of hanging around for a longer, tenser standoff with riot cops.

They also handed out hot chocolate and bottled water.

In Portland, police have been blocking off bridges and on-ramps pre-emptively—keeping protesters off of them, denying marchers the satisfaction of claiming infrastructure, but still inconveniencing drivers and achieving protesters' central aim of disruption. Police here on Tuesday also arrested a handful of marchers who surged past mounted patrol officers and riot cops on their way over a barrier onto freeway ramps.

Nashville's chief said he'd been phoned by someone complaining about being delayed, but he said that didn't trump First Amendment expression and suggested the person who complained was overreacting.

Chief Anderson’s police force met protesters with hot chocolate and bottled water, rather than tear gas, marched alongside them, and ran the type of security that one might expect in a civic parade, communicating on an ongoing basis with protest leaders. At one point, protesters charged up an on-ramp and took over Interstate 24 over the objections of Nashville police. Chief Anderson made a controversial real-time decision, opting not to arrest protesters, and ordered officers to shut down I-24 temporarily, allowing demonstrators to make their statement by lying down on the roadway while drivers waited. Consequently, protesters were cleared off the roadway within twenty to twenty-five minutes. Anderson acknowledged that the incident did inconvenience Nashville drivers, but no more so than a car accident or other situation in which police sometimes block the roadway to protect citizens’ safety.

“We could have moved in and made arrests, but to do that you have to do that one by one in a very careful manner… We would have been there two to three hours,” said Chief Anderson, explaining his decision not to arrest protesters for taking over I-24 in comments to WKRN-TV 2. “Last night’s event went very well and I hope that all of Nashville is proud of not only the law enforcement response, but the response of the citizens involved and that we have set an example for the nation.”

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