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- Army Col. Kathryn Spletstoser says she was sexually assaulted by General John Hyten, who is nominated to be the vice chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: "According to her account, General Hyten reached for her hand. She became alarmed, and stood back up. He stood up too, she said, and pulled her to him and kissed her on the lips while pressing himself against her, then ejaculated, getting semen on his sweatpants and on her yoga pants."
- Here is a "surprising" visual trick to falling asleep faster.
- Shady online marketers are selling links in articles on the New York Times, BBC, CNN, and other news sites.
- Michael Shannon conjured up all his charm for this Bon Appétit Test Kitchen video.
- Listen to Chance the Rapper's big "debut" album The Big Day, which includes an eclectic list of collaborators and features Death Cab For Cutie, Bon Iver, Nicki Minaj, Randy Newman, Shawn Mendes, Gucci Mane and more.
- Friends and former patrons mourned bookseller Michael Seidenberg and Brazenhead, the secret bookstore he ran out of his Manhattan apartment.
- If NYC installed bee-friendly green roofs on bus stops, would that make you more or less likely to use them?
- Pete Buttigieg dropped out of last night's BuzzFeed event in NYC after Lil Nas X rejected a proposal for the two to collaborate on a version of "Old Town Road."
- Netflix renewed the great Big Mouth for three seasons.
- Anna Merlan, for Jezebel, explains in detail how The New Yorker mischaracterized one of Al Franken's accusers in their big Franken piece.
- Now that Woodstock 50 has settled on Merriweather Post Pavilion in Maryland as its venue, organizers released all the artists scheduled to play from their contracts.
- How much Xanax would you need to check in to this proposed gravity-defying Norwegian hotel suspended off of a cliff?
- Here's an array of pretty sweet marriage advice.
- And finally, a terrifying shark sighting:
SHARK SIGHTING
(louiethenoodle IG) pic.twitter.com/9gyBqcm2D0— Humor And Animals (@humorandanimals) July 26, 2019
