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Monday February 10, 2025. 04:19 PM
The angry man of jazz actually looks pretty calm when he's out shooting. Nonchalant, even. His gun etiquette does seem lacking, though. He's chomping on a cigar, his stance isn't strong, he's loading the gun from the top, he isn't aiming at any target in particular… oh, and...
It took an hourlong chase, including the use of a helicopter, before police officers were able to apprehend a teenager on an e-bike Sunday. The BBC reports that the 17-year-old had failed to stop when asked, and was subsequently charged with that offense and with dangerous...
Mantis shrimp are neither shrimp nor mantis but stomatopods. Their compound eyes can move independently and see light ranging from deep ultraviolet to far red and polarized light. Some species, such as the Peacock mantis shrimp, display vibrant colors. Where the mantis shrim...
British supermarkets have clock towers. One might walk in sight of them for years, decades even, without wondering why, or noticing that the clocks are typically nonfunctional, or deducing that the towers might charitably be described as follies: buildings designed to be...
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The folks in flowing robes who say complicated words and tap cute little wooden mallets to make a point think they can stop Elon Musk from deliberately breaking every federal agency's computer systems just because it's super illegal. Isn't that precious? — Read the rest The...
Tom Robbins, the novelist who delighted readers with his psychedelic prose and counterculture wisdom, died February 9, 2025, at his home in La Conner, Washington. He was 92. Known for weaving philosophical musings with outlandish plots, Robbins wrote nine novels that helped...
Kristi Noem has never been more honest about how dishonest the MAGA party is. Either that or she just plumb forgot that she was the Department of Homeland Security's new secretary. 'We can't trust the government anymore,' Noem told CNN's Dana Bash while on the subject of...
A California startup wants to beam extra sunlight to Earth orbiting mirrors, but some are skeptical about whether the physics and economics add up. Reflect Orbital plans to launch 57 small satellites into polar orbit, each equipped with 33-foot mylar mirrors designed to...
If you're looking for a clear explanation of how ChatGPT works and its limitations, check out this short online course called 'The Bullshit Machines,' created by two professors at the University of Washington. It combines short essays and explanatory videos to describe how...
Ed Sheeran surprised fans in Bangladore on Sunday with a pop-up sidewalk performance — but he didn't get very far before a displeased policeman pulled the plug, literally. (See video below, posted by NDTV.) Sheeran was in between shows when he took a break to have some...
Trump is a blustering numbskull who has no idea what Elon Musk's DOGE project is really about, argues Mike Brock in his essay, 'The Plot Against America, How a Dangerous Ideology Born From the Libertarian Movement Stands Ready to Seize America.' — Read the rest The post...
TL;DR: Join Costco as a Gold Star member for 1 year with this $65 offer—you'll even get a $20 Digital Costco Shop Card* to use on a future shopping trip. If your wallet is still reeling from the holidays—and you'd like to not overpay on eggs—you might want to switch...
Sunday February 9, 2025. 02:30 PM
Cozy games can be a light in the dark, but the concept is foreign to many gamers and non-gamers alike. To illustrate what cozy games are and the benefits of playing them, Reuters created a tiny cozy game. In the game you are a radish, named Radish. — Read the rest The post R...
A recent trip to Hawaii piqued my curiosity ancient about Polynesian sailors. They didn't have written math or language, or western instruments like compasses or clocks. So how did they navigate across vast open oceans without 'modern' technology? Watch how in Sanford...
This fabulous drawing from 1910 is called The 'Wigglemuch' Creature on a Tree Stump Looking at a Bug. This drawing was made by Herbert E. Crowley, a British cartoonist, set designer, and fine artist. He's known for his comic strip, The Wigglemuch, which features the same...
The Ghost of a Scarecrow, Electrical Spook, and Mr Death are the names of these three fantastic puppets by artist Paul Klee. Klee made these beauties for his son somewhere between 1921-1925. I love Klee's playful drawings, and these puppets feel like they crawled out of his...
And I thought he was insufferable when he was just handing out private islands. Mr. Beast, the YouTuber whose whole thing is being rich and being exactly as out of touch as that first point would imply, has done it again. — Read the rest The post Mr Beast rents out Giza's...
Who needs ASMR when you have a cat on hand? Especially this cat. Dexter the Cat – named after the fictional serial killer, believe it or not – is the self-described crunchiest cat on the Internet, and it only takes a cursory look to see why. — Read the rest The post Crunchie...
The Hotline Miami series is nothing short of excellent – a tight, focused top-down shooter polished to a mirror sheen to send you into exactly the kind of neon-soaked, synth-pounding bloodlust its colorful cast of animal-masked characters is experiencing. (And the devs are re...
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