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The Rebel Physicist, Hot Rod Garage, and Art & Craft

Hot Rod Garage Season 8 Premiere: 3-Way Drag Racing! Unfinished Business! via MotorTrend more

“Three cars that desperately need redemption get out to the track. Tony and Lucky dig into a Cummins-swapped ’70 El Camino, a Hemi-swapped ’70 Duster and a ratty ’79 Camaro with a turbo LS, get them track ready and then just see what they can actually do…”

Subscribe +Watch on MotorTrend TV App here. Read more about the new season here.

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Embrace Debate: Wiffleball Is the King of the Backyard Summer Games

Learn How to Throw Serious Junk here

Further Watching: Staten Island: Wu-Tang, the Ferry, and…Wiffle Ball? via VICE watch

Tennis Takes a ‘Leap of Faith’ to Jump-Start Season via WSJ read

“If all goes according to plan, tennis should stir back to life in mid-August within the groovy confines of an airport hotel that looks like the set of “Mad Men…”

The Rebel Physicist on the Hunt for a Better Story Than Quantum Mechanics via NYT read

“You should remove the word ‘particle’ from your vocabulary,” Bassi explains. “It’s all about gelatin. An electron can be here and there and that’s it.”

Thought Experiment: Brain in a Vat via Filosofix ponder
Imagine that your brain is floating in a tank and being stimulated by a computer to make you perceive an entire world around you. How do you know that this world really exists? Can you really be sure that your brain isn’t just floating in a chemical solution?

What to Watch: Art and Craft

A funny, fascinating, too-good-to-be-true documentary about Mark Landis, one of the world’s most prolific art forgers, who for over 30 years has duped museums across the country–until one determined registrar sets out to stop him.

Further Reading: The Staying Inside Guide: Masters of Illusion via WSJ here
Gen Z  Hit List: DIY Tie Dye Sock Kit via American Trench shop

Included are three of the brands universal fit natural cotton socks (available in either crew or quarter crew) and all the supplies needed to tie-dye them — dye, rubber bands, plastic baggies. You’ll have your choice of two different color combos, either red/yellow/blue or navy/green/yellow. And if it turns out you’re a tie-dye aficionado, the kit includes enough to dye some more socks or larger items, so feel free to go crazy…

 

Highly Giftable: 111 Places in the Hamptons That You Must Not Miss by Wendy Lubovich (June 5, 2020) buy

Wendy Lubovich is an art and lifestyle writer, living in Southampton and Manhattan. With a Fine and Decorative Arts degree from Christie’s Education in London, she is a private museum guide in New York City….learn more about her Walk of Art tours here

Happy Fourth of July! via The Lost Warhols by Karen Bystedt look

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