Cool Stuff Ride Home

Wed. 03/02 - Death to Plastic


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175 nations have agreed to craft a legally binding treaty to reel in the world’s out-of-control plastic problem. Plus, remember that rocket booster no one is taking responsibility for? It’s still hitting the moon on Friday. Here’s what it might be able to tell us. And, a Beetlejuice sequel might finally be happening––unless Batman thwarts him again.

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  • Links:

    Ice Cream Machine Hackers Sue McDonald's for $900 Million (Wired)
  • 11/30 episode with a McDonald's milkshake update (Kottke Ride Home)
  • Fri. 04/23 - A McShake Up: The Battle Over McDonald's Ice Cream Machines (Kottke Ride Home)
  • Plastic pollution: Green light for 'historic' global treaty (BBC)
  • The World Is Awash in Plastic. Nations Plan a Treaty to Fix That. (NY Times)
  • A rocket is going to crash into the Moon – the accidental experiment will shed light on the physics of impacts in space (The Conversation)
  • 'Beetlejuice 2': Brad Pitt's Plan B Boards Sequel In Early Development (Deadline)
  • Michael Keaton & Winona Ryder Reportedly Returning For Beetlejuice 2 (Screen Rant)
  • Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian [Script to Pieces] (Wicked Horror)
  • Brad Pitt's 'Beetlejuice' (The Ankler)
  • Beetlejuice The Animated Series - Everything You Didn't Know (Syfy Wire, Youtube)
  • Beetle House NYC
  • Beetlejuice Broadway 
  • Kottke.Org
  • Jackson Bird on Twitter
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