- 12/31/16 - The 2016 Harbin Ice and Snow Festival - Every year, in northeast China's Heilongjiang province, the city of Harbin hosts the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, featuring massive ice and snow sculptures. (www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/01/the-2016-harbin-ice-and-snow-festival/422655)
- 12/30/16 - Women Also Know Stuff - Women Also Know Stuff is dedicated to promoting the work of women political scientists. (womenalsoknowstuff.com)
- 12/29/16 - Memes - The best and biggest memes of 2016 (www.dailydot.com/unclick/best-memes-2016)
- 12/28/16 - New York City's Graveyard Shift - The men and women who work while the rest of the city sleeps. (www.newyorker.com/culture/portfolio/new-york-citys-graveyard-shift)
- 12/27/16 - Words to Use - Unlike a thesaurus, which groups words by their meaning, we group subject-related words by parts of speech. (www.words-to-use.com)
- 12/26/16 - How an RPG Brought Star Wars Back from the Dead - In 1987, 'Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game' took a pile of notes from Lucasfilm and built a universe that's still used today (www.glixel.com/news/how-a-dd-style-rpg-brought-star-wars-back-from-the-dead-w457301)
- 12/25/16 - The Lost Media Wiki - Detailing and tracking down pieces of lost or hard to find media. (lostmediawiki.com/Home)
- 12/24/16 - Why time management is ruining our lives - All of our efforts to be more productive backfire - and only make us feel even busier and more stressed. (www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/22/why-time-management-is-ruining-our-lives)
- 12/23/16 - Top Social Media Posts of 2016 - The best in social media from the past year. (blog.crowdtangle.com)
- 12/22/16 - Big Shiny Tunes - How Big Shiny Tunes Defined CanRock. (www.vice.com/en_ca/article/how-big-shiny-tunes-defined-canrock)
- 12/21/16 - CBC's Best Books of 2016 - From Canadian to international, poetry to fiction to memoir and more, here are the books that gave us the most feels this year. (www.cbc.ca/books/bestbooks2016)
- 12/20/16 - Everything You Know About Latkes Is Wrong - The shocking true story of a Hanukkah staple. (www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/12/the-great-latke-lie/420018)
- 12/19/16 - The Clubs Speak! - The Best Stand Up Comedy Moments of 2016! (As Decided by the Club Owners, Bookers and People Who Produce Comedy) (theinterrobang.com/comedy-clubs-best-of-2016-bookers-producers-stand-up)
- 12/18/16 - Love's in Need of Love Today - Introducing Wonder Week, a toast to Stevie's greatness-and a reminder to appreciate the artists who inspire you, while they're still around to hear it. (www.slate.com/articles/arts/wonder_week/2016/12/introducing_wonder_week_slate_s_celebration_of_stevie_wonder_and_all_the.html)
- 12/17/16 - Declassified Maps - The CIA Is Celebrating Its Cartography Division's 75th Anniversary by Sharing Declassified Maps (www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cia-celebrating-its-cartography-divisions-75th-anniversary-declassified-maps-180961419)
- 12/16/16 - Objects of the class "Objects of the class" - Lists of things like other things. (andrewgelman.com/2013/11/16/objects-of-the-class-objects-of-the-class)
- 12/15/16 - letterboxd - A social network for sharing your taste in film. (letterboxd.com)
- 12/14/16 - 99 Reasons Why 2016 Was a Good Year - 2016 wasn't all bad. (medium.com/@angushervey/99-reasons-why-2016-has-been-a-great-year-for-humanity-8420debc2823)
- 12/13/16 - Radio Garden - Explore live streaming radio by rotating the globe. (radio.garden/live)
- 12/12/16 - This is Fake - This Chrome app both identifies articles in your Facebook feed that intentionally spread misinformation and allows you to tell your friends when they're sharing a fake story. (chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/this-is-fake/peeibjiaceaafioopngfaneonhcdbmhb)
- 12/11/16 - 2016 Music Year End List Aggregate - 67 lists aggregated. (www.albumoftheyear.org/list/summary/2016)
- 12/10/16 - 23 RANDOM PARAGRAPHS - From Naked Lunch. (23.disturbance.ninja)
- 12/09/16 - The Great Animal Orchestra - From July 2, 2016 to January 8, 2017, the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain presents The Great Animal Orchestra, inspired by the work of American musician and bioacoustician Bernie Krause. The exhibition, which brings together artists from all over the world, invites its audience to immerse themselves in an aesthetic meditation, both aural and visual, on an animal kingdom that is increasingly under threat. (www.legrandorchestredesanimaux.com)
- 12/08/16 - 2017 - The Pessimist's Guide to 2017 (www.bloomberg.com/graphics/pessimists-guide-to-2017)
- 12/07/16 - Could Trump Really Deport Millions of Unauthorized Immigrants? - An interactive guide. (www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/29/us/trump-unauthorized-immigrants.html)
- 12/06/16 - Top 100 Songs of 2016 - From NPR. (apps.npr.org/best-music-2016/list/top-songs)
- 12/05/16 - We Know What Your Canadian Democracy Style Is - Since so many people have compared the governments new MyDemocracy survey to a BuzzFeed quiz, we decided to go ahead and make our own. (www.buzzfeed.com/laurenstrapagiel/we-know-what-your-democracy-style-is)
- 12/04/16 - Five Years of Progress - A look back at 5 years of the Broadbent Institute. (www.broadbentinstitute.ca/5_year_anniversary)
- 12/03/16 - Parks Canada - Get your free 2017 Parks Canada Discovery Pass now. (www.commandesparcs-parksorders.ca)
- 12/02/16 - data.world - Discover and share cool data, connect with interesting people, and work together to solve problems faster. (data.world)
- 12/01/16 - How To Stay Up Really Late - For No Other Reason Than Ruining Tomorrow (reductress.com/post/how-to-stay-up-really-late-for-no-other-reason-than-ruining-tomorrow)
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