Tue. 03/22 - Competitive Water Drinkers On YouTube: One of the Internet's Last Friendly Places?

Turns out humans have been cooking and enjoying carbs for much longer than we initially thought, and the experiments some archaeologists have been conducting to lend credence to their hypotheses are very cool. Plus, welcome to the weird and wonderful world of competitive water drinking on YouTube. And a startup that wants to make earth-bound deliveries by taking a shortcut through space. Sponsors: Shopify, Get a 14-day free trial at shopify.com/kottke Indeed, Get a free $75 credit at Indeed.com/goodnews Links: How ancient people fell in love with bread, beer and other carbs (Nature) Ancient Ales (Dogfish Head Brewery) Inside the Super Positive Community of Competitive YouTube Water Drinkers (Vice) HydroHomies (Reddit) This Stick Of Butter Is Left Out At Room Temperature; You Won't Believe What Happens Next (ClickHole, YouTube) DAVID LYNCH THEATER (David Lynch, YouTube) Dreaming of Suitcases in Space (NY Times) A company is planning to give you orbital deliveries from outer space (Interesting Engineering) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices