The Independent Variable
The Independent Variable
Kevin Humdrum
Welcome to The Independent Variable, the official linkblog of the interwebs covering culture, politics, sports, and tech since 2012.
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NYTāAppear to Contradictā really?! The videos flat out prove the government is lying. You can clearly see him holding a phone before heās taken to the ground by a group of gestapo. Then one of the thugs pulls the gun away from Alex...
One Word at a TimeIf you know anything about me, you know I love a good storyāso much so I started my own short fiction litmag, but thatās neither here nor there. Michael Staniforth is doing a review of a different short story every day...
NY TimesāConsidering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of PeaceāThis is pure insanity. What a childish, insecure, petty old man. The...
World of ReelWhen Sandler digs deep into a performance, like the one in āPunch-Drunk Love,ā thereās an eccentricity to it that most mainstream movie stars simply donāt have. He taps into something that I can best describe as wounded,...
Z1NZ0L1NAs long as colour electronic paper is as grainy as Kaleido and as slow as Gallery, you should stick with black-and-white E Ink displays (or go with colour LCD/OLED). If and when colour e-paper improves enough to be worth it,...
NY TimesHow insecure and petty do you have to be to have the name Kennedy blocked out with black tape until they can add your name. Last Trump news for the day, I promise/hopeā¦
NY TimesIn 2021, a convicted fraudster named Adriana Camberos was freed from prison when President Trump commuted her sentence. Rather than taking advantage of that second chance, prosecutors said, Ms. Camberos returned to crime. She and...
THRIt is not clear what the executive order will say, or what legal mechanism there is to enforce an exclusive broadcast window. FCC chairman Brendan Carr reposted Trump on Sunday, which is suggestive of the order being directed at his...
ProPublicaShe wouldnāt. In a region that had legislated its commitment to life, she would spend her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers.I admit, Iām a bit heated right now, and there are obviously a lot of parties at fault...
...I just gotta get Kottke to link to Foofaraw somehow... So if you're the magical person who got this site in front of Jason last week, this is directed at you. Go tell him about Foofaraw, a zine of surreal storytelling and worldly...
Did you know we produce a little single-page zine every month about the prior month's news? And you can get it in your mailbox on some nice paper too! What's better than getting something in the mail? UpgradeWe are a bit late this month...
KottkeUmmā¦ so this happenedā¦ the godfather of linkblogging somehow came across this silly little site and linked to itā¦ bringing over 4,000+ visitorsā¦I donāt ever go into the Ghost dashboard, so I had no idea until just now as I was...
YouTubeI donāt know about you, but I could definitely use a break from all of the news and this feels like the perfect antidote to give my mental sanity a little rest.
NY TimesItās laughable it took this long.The FBI and and anyone who has had their image created or depicted in an explicit manner should be going after Elon Musk, X, and use everything within their legal power to identify the people...