Fri. 03/26 - We Are All the Big Boat Stuck in the Suez Canal
The gargantuan container ship is still blocking traffic from flowing in the Suez Canal, but it has not stemmed the creativity of people online––from memes to fanfic, here’s your Ever Given round-up. Plus, archaeologists have found the oldest yet...
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The gargantuan container ship is still blocking traffic from flowing in the Suez Canal, but it has not stemmed the creativity of people online––from memes to fanfic, here’s your Ever Given round-up. Plus, archaeologists have found the oldest yet discovered mass production brewery. And Grape-Nuts are back! Where did they go and what’s the deal with Grape-Nuts anyways?
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Links:
- We Are All This Boat Now (Wired)
- Suez Canal Blocked After Container Ship Gets Stuck (NY Times)
- A Cargo Ship Drew a Giant Dick Pic in the Ocean Then Got Stuck in the Suez Canal (Vice)
- Ship blocking Suez Canal prompts flood of memes (Al Jazeera)
- Sweet Suez (All_My_Fandoms_Are_Killing_Me, Archive of Our Own) h/t Ryan Broderick
- Sea shanty critique (Walter Hickey, Twitter)
- Former sailor breaks down the "crash" (@Nature_Grrrl, Twitter)
- Suez Canal Authority's dramatic videos of nothing happening (Josh Billinson, Twitter)
- Cargo ship stuck in the Suez Canal: Children have ideas for how to move it. (Slate)
- Is the ship still stuck?
- Archaeologists found the oldest mass-production brewery in ancient Egyptian ruins (Boing Boing)
- Abydos beer factory: Ancient large-scale brewery discovered in Egypt (BBC)
- Grape-Nuts to Offer Refunds to Those Who Overpaid (AARP)
- Why You Can't Find Grape-Nuts Anywhere (Vice)
- Thu. 12/17 episode about Kellogg Brothers (Kottke Ride Home)
- Grape-Nuts Hot: Chorizo - Recipes (Post Consumer Brands)
- Pepsi and Peeps Have Joined Forces to Create Marshmallow Soda (People)
- Toilet Paper Shortage Could Return Due to Shipping Container Crisis (Bloomberg)
- Kottke.Org
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
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