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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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The inspiration behind AT Kyrios, the process of making it, and what makes it unique.I'm obviously a giant fan of both Kyrios and ArrowType given Kyrios is all over this site as both our wordmark and headers. So it was a ton of fun to learn about Stephen's process from start to finish, especially the photos of the...
Incredible stuff. Absolutely incredible.
This is an odd pairing. Dan Trachtenberg, known for “Prey” and “Predator: Badlands,” has signed on to direct a new film inspired by “Sleeping Beauty” for Disney.I didn’t have this on my bingo card. I really hope he is given the freedom to do something fun with it and not just a rehashing like every other Disney...
Founder Jesper Kouthoofd says the pivot is part of the enigmatic Swedish company’s plan to stay fresh.I’m sure there are going to be a lot of people that are bummed out about this (go get your extra OP-1’s now), but I find the idea of TE working with more companies, designing and building more types of things to be...
The anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, Status has learned. On Monday, Vance himself also defended the White House’s decision to ban POLITICO. “They can still report on the Trump White House,” he told reporters....
Sheeran delivered everything you'd expect from a person in his position: equivocating, meaningless bullshit that was most likely written by someone else.More reasons not to ever pay attention to Ed Sheeran—not that I've ever intentionally listened to any of his music. There are just so many choices he could have...
No surprise, sources say the actors will be speaking the original Shakespearean language. Of course they will. This is the guy who made Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson talk in 19th-century maritime dialect, and who researched Viking-era speech for “The Northman.” Nobody should expect otherwise from Eggers.I really...
It’s a horribly sad turn of events for a team that, after decades of futility, finally seemed on the verge of a real breakthrough.This was a heartbreaking game to watch—devastatingly terrible football, followed by this injury. Luckily, it sounds like a minor hamstring injury. If that's the case, I bet they sit him...
When asked if ShinyHunters was going to attempt to extort the FBI, the representative said, “what we plan to do is not something I’d call extortion, maybe coercion.” “This is not financially motivated,” they added.This is absolutely bonkers. Obviously, ShinyHunters aren't great people given they likely make a living...
The fish rots from the head, and this particular fish is headed by a compromised oligarch with a history of throwing journalists under the bus to advance his business interests‘Nuff said. I mean, I get the hesitation, they’re scared. But in a situation like this, you have to use every lever you have, and that means...
Could the Shit Machine END WORLD HUNGER? It’s NOT IMPOSSIBLE in the most LITERAL SENSE, which is all the justification we need to invest an AMOUNT OF MONEY that would OTHERWISE BY ITSELF END ACTUAL WORLD HUNGER.I’m not sure I’ll quote a better line than this all year.
Conservative political victories are always followed by economic misery for the conservative base, because the senior partners in the conservative coalition are the bosses who get richer by making workers poorer. Conservative rulers try to offset this with spectacular acts of cruelty against disfavored minorities,...

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