Turney W. Leonard | World War II | U.S. Army | Medal of Honor Recipient
When I was a freshman at Texas A&M University many moons ago I met with several other RUF attendees for a men's bible study in the Memorial Student Center. Around the outside walls of that building were plaque after plaque after plaque, each one telling the story of an Aggie Medal of Honor winner. I once spent several hours reading these plaques until I was moved to tears. Here's one story that hangs on the walls of the MSC in Aggieland. -B
Photoreal Roman Emperor Project
My take: Caligula looks like the freak he probably was, and Commodus looks like the moronic bro he probably was. - C
The Incredible Story of the Great Cannonball Boom
Like everyone who's not a millennial or younger I saw Cannonball run on tv in the '80's. The true life record for this coast to coast challenge stood for years until Covid cleared all the traffic off the roads except for dozens of people speeding east to west at 100+ mph. -B
Side note: GQ's website is a wonderful reading experience, especially their longform stuff. -C
PowerPoint activism is taking over your friends' Instagram accounts
I remember the not-so-distant past when Instagram was the one corner of the Internet that was like, 92% pretty. Pictures of cute animals, babies, and houses, or delicious meals, or incredible landscapes. You've probably noticed a new kind of slideshow, one that attempts to summarize complex topics and turn them into something you can virtually ascribe to without actually understanding. This article is an explainer, like most stuff on Vox, but I think it makes a good point about discernment when it comes to this type of activism. Watch out for brands and companies to appropriate this style to push their own messages. - Calvin
As a Gen-X'er I'm not really aware of all the things that happen on the Insta; I don't even know what a slideshow is on that platform but apparently it is a thing... My Insta is a simple place of one picture that makes me happy from each of the trips of note I've been on in the last few years. -Brian
Number Fever: The Pepsi Contest That Became a Deadly Fiasco
This is an absolutely wild ride that ends with Pepsi being hated by much of the Philippines with the fury of 1,000 suns. -Brian
Gen Y (Millennials) and Gen Z (iGen) Characteristics
"Generations Y and Z, who came of age during the Great Recession, were reared by overprotective parents, and ..., evince a (literal and metaphorical) sobriety, prudence, steadiness, well-adjusted friendliness, pragmatism, and flexibility that contrasts with the more passionate, idealistic, but immature and ideologically rigid dispositions of Baby Boomers, as well as the more cynical and edgy bent of GenX’ers. (We should note that the Baby Boom and GenX generations have their own strengths in comparison to these younger generations."
Science once again proves Gen Xers > Millenials... -Brian
Ugh. - Calvin
This author has climbed very deep into an Internet rabbit hole. I'm not done reading it yet, but it's so convoluted and weird that I know I have to finish it.