In Resident Evil: Afterlife, Alice uses a shotgun that has rounds that are full of U.S. quarters, and it's never really talked about other than her telling Luther she carries around a bunch of them because it's her 'hobby'.
But there's also a bizarre, ASMR-esque deleted scene that shows her carefully, ritualistically putting the quarters in the rounds like she's rolling quarter joints or something 🤔:
Friday Links 26-17
Two weeks of links again!
Three podcast recommendations from me, if you got the time: Dadaism, Cow Resistance, and Desert Island with Si King.
The post by Rands about being overwhelmed as a leader is also great.
https://christof.damian.net/2026/05/fr
Projecting What the Raiders' First Three Rounds May Look Like https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-projecting-what-first-three-rounds-may-look-like
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Run the Jewels:
🎵 Legend Has It
#RuntheJewels
https://kidwik.bandcamp.com/album/legend-has-it-kid-w-i-k-s-hashim-edit
https://open.spotify.com/track/0b7MT4fpCPP2luL199lUeG
Last Rounds? Status of Key Munitions at the Iran War Ceasefire (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
https://www.csis.org/analysis/last-rounds-status-key-munitions-iran-war-ceasefire
http://www.memeorandum.com/260421/p123#a260421p123
#NeriahDavis #DavidChokachi #RandySavage
Season 6 Episode 15 "Bash at the Beach"
NFL Draft day is here: Mike Vrabel to miss final four rounds, plus final mocks and bold predictions
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-draft-2026-vrabel-counseling…
“We have not heard from the people responsible. I want them to appear before the ICC and hear what on earth was in their mind when they ordered 120mm tank rounds to be fired into an ambulance. Justice is first of all bringing the light of attention into this crime and secondly seeing the persons responsible being accountable for their actions.”
#GazaGenocide
Addendum: in some places, these new cheap coffee chains are kinda controversial. TBH, I have a hard time to understand why. I mean, I'm sure LAP is a profit-driven company that has no ulterior motives, but so is Starbucks.
In Berlin, there've been protests hinting to "Gentrification", which appears odd to me. These LAP places are really small. If you're worried about rents in hip places, smaller coffee restaurants instead of larger ones are probably, if anything, a…