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You play the role of a game developer tasked by a secret organization to repair a lost platformer game from 1976 that seems way too advanced for its time. But is it really just a game? A chilling homage to retro gaming – Rediscover the magic of classic games and retro platformers with a terrifying […]
Montgomery County honored the most-decorated woman Olympian in history, designating Thursday Katie Ledecky Day and naming a street after her near her alma mater, Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda. Nine-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky returned to her old stomping grounds, where she perfected her craft with the support of classmates, […]
The seventh day of April, 1968. One of the worst days of my life, and even after all this time the sadness remains. That day my hero, Jim Clark, died in a Formula 2 accident on the Hockenheim circuit in Germany, when a rear tyre deflated and sent him into the trees at far too […]
Here’s the quickest and dumbest way to remove the front bumper of a McLaren supercar A McLaren 600LT driver attempted, and failed, to show off leaving a Cars and Coffee meet. Instead of impressing the crowd, he got more attention than he bargained for after crashing. It appears as though the car will live to […]
I just wanted him back. That’s what I wished for. To have him hold me. To kiss me. Someone to protect me. I just didn’t believe that wish would come true. { I suggest you read ‘My Savior’ before this, it’d obviously make more sense my little boobies. } Source link
Enrico Berlinguer was a giant of the Italian left in the 1970s and 80s, coming close to leading the Communist party into government through a “historic compromise” with the country’s Christian Democrats, and championing “Eurocommunism”, a liberal, anti-Stalinist version of Marxism that briefly swept the continent. But his death 40 years ago, and the collapse […]
Paddy Moloney, Ireland’s greatest traditional music musician, passed away on October 12, 2021, in Dublin at the age of 83. He was a legendary musician who inspired generations of Irish to become involved in reviving Irish music. But for many Americans, Moloney’s greatest performance occurred not at a packed Carnegie Hall, which The Chieftains regularly […]
An illustration of Hero’s aeolipile. Life of Hero of Alexandria Hero’s precise dates of birth and death are not well-documented, but he is thought to have lived in the Roman province of Egypt during the 1st century CE, possibly under the rule of emperor Vespasian. Alexandria, the city where he resided and worked, was a […]
CNN — Nelly Cheboi, who in 2019 quit a lucrative software engineering job in Chicago to create computer labs for Kenyan schoolchildren, is the 2022 CNN Hero of the Year. Online voters selected her from among this year’s Top 10 CNN Heroes. Cheboi’s nonprofit, TechLit Africa, has provided thousands of students across rural Kenya with […]
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