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AlanBellows @AlanBellows

Father, author, founder of DamnInteresting.com. One degree from Kevin Bacon. he/him. I mostly tweet from @DamnInteresting.

Joined October 2008
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AlanBellows retweeted
Damn Interesting@DamnInteresting
21 Jul 2023
Replying to @DreamHost
@DreamHost @DreamHostCare Your scheduled maintenance today broke all of our sites, it's been 6 hours of downtime now. Can you get someone on this?
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AlanBellows retweeted
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13 Jun 2023
New original Damn Interesting: Journey to the Invisible Planet - The tangled history of humanity’s search for the solar system’s uncharted planets dam.mn/83004
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Flawless execution: Sports Team - The Drop youtu.be/42R1aCIPJCY
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A lengthy and interesting conversation about the tension between US journalists and the military c-span.org/video/?527213-1/c…
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AlanBellows retweeted
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28 Mar 2023
New original Damn Interesting article/episode by Matt Castle: In 1970s Bali, a sudden rice crisis prompted an unexpectedly far-reaching scientific discovery dam.mn/80382
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‘The Matrix’ Cast and Wilford Brimley Sing ‘Ice Ice Baby’ laughingsquid.com/ice-ice-ma…

'The Matrix' Cast and Wilford Brimley Sing 'Ice Ice Baby'

The cast of The Matrix and an oatmeal-eating Wilford Brimley sang the lyrics to "Ice Ice, Baby" in an AI-generated parody by Auralnauts.

laughingsquid.com
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Going through some old doodles on my tablet, I discovered that back in 2012 I accidentally made a portrait of @seanseaevans lol
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Finished product
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Crawfish etouffee for the new year
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AlanBellows retweeted
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14 Dec 2022
New original Damn Interesting article/episode by @erikanesvold: In 1933, British WWI vet Maurice Wilson hatched an unorthodox plan to reach the still-untouched summit of Everest dam.mn/76662
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AlanBellows retweeted
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3 May 2022
New article/episode by @AlanBellows: In 1924 a bankrupt businessman in Portugal launched an audacious international scheme to become one of the wealthiest men in the world dam.mn/69315
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Hey @dominos, if your service is so crappy that a delivery can still be on "prep" status after 3 hours, you really need a way to cancel the order online. The store doesn't answer their phone. If you charge my card I'm flagging it as fraud. JFC.
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Oh, it actually showed up 4.33 hours after ordering (original estimate 60-70 minutes). I have to imagine that most folks would be asleep for delivery at midnight. Sheesh.
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Well this is just embarrassing gizmodo.com/u-s-ranks-59th-g…

U.S. Ranks 59th Globally for Covid-19 Vaccinations, Just Behind Iran

The U.S. covid-19 vaccination rate is just 63%, the lowest of any wealthy country.

gizmodo.com
AlanBellows retweeted
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20 Dec 2021
Have you read a lot of our catalog? If so, can you help us update our Greatest Hits? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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We miss you John Prine youtube.com/watch?v=sOg7mAkr…
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The Royal Tenenbaums is the best movie so far.
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AlanBellows retweeted
Damn Interesting@DamnInteresting
26 Aug 2021
New article/episode by Morgan W.R. Dunn: The Kingpin of Shanghai dam.mn/62927
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AlanBellows retweeted
Damn Interesting@DamnInteresting
12 Jun 2021
We've been on the web over 15 years, on Twitter for over 14, a site visited by millions every year, and podcasts with tens of thousands of listeners, but we're not notable enough for Twitter to verify our account. Those precious little shits.
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