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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byedoom.com via chrisglass.com Add any public Instagram profile, YouTube channel or X account to quickly get an RSS feed for your favorite reader.I feel like I've seen a few of these tools before. I'm always skeptical that following...
wired.com via kottke.org There is no widely available public tool comparable to the Wayback Machine, and if it continues to lose access to major news sources, its preservation efforts could erode to the point where early digital records...
youtube.com Angine de Poitrine performing live at ESMA in Rennes, France, during Trans Musicales 2025I am fully obsessed with these guys. Are the outfits and stuff a gimmick? Sure. But they still jam. I said it before, but they feel like...
reactormag.com This isn’t the first time filmmaker Bong Joon Ho has created an appealing creature for one of his films (that would be Okja). But Ally is a new level of cute.I get that he did Okja with the cute little animal, but man,...
thefader.com via relisten.net Adam Jacobs, an avid concertgoer and once casual, later committed, concert archivist, began recording the concerts he attended in 1984 to tape. He went on to record over 10,000 concertsI've seen this...
sports.yahoo.com I'm just trying to figure out why he went for the back heel. It almost feels like the guy just has no left foot. Should we give him credit for that?
unfolder.app via maya.land Unfolder is a 3D model unfolding tool for creating papercraft.I haven’t given it a spin yet, but this looks incredibly cool.
publishersweekly.com via kottke.org The imprint was formed in 2016 by then FSG publisher and president Jonathan Galassi to publish experimental works. Under the direction of Sean McDonald, MCD published a range of bestselling and...
nypost.com via clone.fyi The method is “100 percent fatal,” claims the company.We are living in the dumbest and most absurd timeline where *Idiocracy* meets *Silicon Valley* except nothing is funny and I hate it all.
bbc.comThe gambling platforms have grown in popularity, with some users making wagers on conflicts.Obviously the stock trading is bad enough, but this shit is ridiculous. It’s insider trading that’s basically untraceable and the fact...
aljazeera.comLongtime Prime Minister Viktor Orban has conceded defeat in the country's parliamentary election.Not going to pretend like I know anything about Peter Magyar, but having Orban leave—and do so peacefully—is a huge win. I’ve...
theverge.comAn easier way to fix comment mistakes.I get that I'm only perpetuating things, but seriously folks, what are we doing here? This isn't news. Allow editing, don't allow editing. Why are we taking this shit so seriously?
The AthleticCould it be? Some actual good news for Chicago sports—even if it is just future potential that will probably be squandered away eventually anyway? Even better is this excludes the young established guys like Bedard, Nazar,...
vulture.comAudiences said ‘I do’ to the rage-bait-y rom-com, making it A24’s third-highest-grossing opening to date.I honestly did not see this coming, even with the high opinion and known quantity that Zendaya and Robert Pattinson are....
chadcomello.comWhen you save the book for after the movie, it’s like getting an extended director’s cut that includes so much more material, and lets you dive into that world even deeper with characters and details that weren’t captured...