The Official Treehouse Articles Thread

[cory]

China’s Bid to Improve Food Production? Giant Towers of Pigs.

High-rise hog farms have sprung up nationwide as part of Beijing’s drive to enhance its agricultural competitiveness and reduce its dependence on imports.

www.nytimes.com

 

[cory]

Fart mode

Here's How We Made Our Tesla Model 3 Fart using Emissions Mode

Emissions mode changes the Tesla's turn-signal tone to the unmistakable sound of human flatulence, only one of many amusing add-ons Elon Musk has come up with.

www.caranddriver.com

 

[cory]

This guy is hard as chinese algebra and tuned waaaaay in.

A Psychedelics Pioneer Takes the Ultimate Trip

“Life has been more beautiful, more wonderful than ever,” says Dr. Roland Griffiths, who has stage 4 cancer.

www.nytimes.com

 

[lxskllr]

Cool dude, with an awesome outlook on things. I think my outlook would on the lines of "This is friggin' bullshit!" :^D

 

[cory]

Switzerland Wants Children to Eat Less Chocolate, More Insects

Companies pitch bugs to young consumers, but mealworms don’t fly with Ana: ‘blech.’

www.wsj.com

 

[CurSedVoyce]

You will eat your bugs, own nothing and be happy.

 

[cory]

Sounds about right!

 

[lxskllr]

Old guy runs...

The World’s Oldest Ultramarathon Runner Is Racing against Death | The Walrus

Dag Aabye is eighty-one, lives in an old school bus on a mountain, and is pushing his body to its absolute limits

thewalrus.ca

Here's a quote for cory that was in the article...

If it’s difficult, I’ll do it right away. If it’s impossible, it will take a little longer.

 

[cory]

Geez that was interesting, thx for posting. Excerpted from a book, the blurb of which says it is a cross between Born to Run, The Stranger in the Woods, and Into the Wild, which are 3 books I've read and think very highly of.