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Tuesday August 5, 2025. 06:11 PM
There are somewhere around 1,000 moai statues on Rapa Nui (Easter Island). The tallest of the moai measures 33 feet tall and, on average, each statue weighs around 14 tons. Given that they were created somewhere between the 1200s and 1500 CE, by locals using tools made from...
Arkansas lawmakers passed a bill requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every school classroom. A blatant if well-trodden violation of the U.S. constitution's separation between church and state, the law was blocked yesterday in federal court. From the preliminary ...
In Boys Go to Jupiter, candy-colored suburbs pulse with radioactive weirdness as a teen food delivery driver stumbles into an interdimensional adventure. Dazzling us since 2015 with his surreal GIFs and games, animator Julian Glander has leveled up with his first feature — ...
In Chalk Portraits, a 1955 film from the British Pathé archives, Regent Street tailor Henry Weatherill demonstrates his talent for drawing portraits in dressmakers' chalk on cloth. [via Derek Guy] C/U of a fabric pattern laid out on a piece of fabric in a tailor's...
There are a number of reasons I'm hacking my PS Vita. I own just under 50 Universal Media Disks—Sony's physical media format for the first PlayStation Portable. I want to play those games again. A hacked PS Vita can make that happen. — Read the rest The post Hacking my PS ...
TL;DR: Satin sheets cool you down while also making you cooler. And now, you can have cooler nights and a cooler room with this satin sheet set for $33.99 (reg. $59.99). So much goes into a good night's sleep. — Read the rest The post Satin sheets make you cooler —...
Watching cat videos on a phone is fun. However, cat lovers can now enjoy cute cat videos in a communal experience with other cat lovers while simultaneously supporting local animal welfare organizations. CatVideoFest is an annual event where a compilation of the best cat...
I'm totally digging the music and overall chill and quirky vibe that Robin Schorr — better known on social media as 'Blond in Car' — is delivering. Her Instagram describes her as 'the groovy aunt of dream-pop,' which is basically a perfect introduction to her project....
Kilopixel is a 1000-pixel wooden display, 40×25, and you can queue your own pixel art for the real thing to display at the official website. Check out the hall of fame. Creator Ben Holmen explains how and why he spent six years devising, designing and making it. — Read the re...
Reality TV actor turned Transportation Secretary and acting NASA chief Sean Duffy is set to announce plans for the US to beat China and Russia's partnership and build the first lunar nuclear reactor. The reactor directive orders the agency to solicit industry proposals ...
If you've ever wondered how history's monsters sold concentration camps to the public, it wasn't with cackling villainy – it was with bland bureaucratic language about 'protective custody' and 'maintaining public order.' DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, following that...
Monday August 4, 2025. 11:13 PM
ICE agents aren't the only ones disguised in masks as they terrorize the public — eight people were maced on a Manhattan subway by a man sporting a camouflage ski mask. Four of the victims were hospitalized. The suspect — a man in his thirties — attacked a crowd of...
TL;DR: Great back-to-school laptop: 71% off this refurbished Lenovo Chromebook! Limited supplies available. The school year's about to start, which means it's time to play the annual game of 'How long will this device survive?' If you're shopping for a laptop that won't...
A Maryland Quaker school just proved that 'Friends' is the most ironic part of its name. As reported in The Washington Post, Sandy Spring Friends School — which recently begged alumni for $15 million to keep its doors open – is pursuing a single mother for $27,000 in tuitio...
Remember when Philz Coffee was a converted liquor store in the Mission, serving up mint mojito coffee to hipsters who thought they were supporting a plucky local business? Well, the company that built its brand on 'Better Days' just served its loyal employees a Grande cup of ...
Convicted felon and real estate fraud Donald Trump's screaming response that everything Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) says is a lie only confirms her validity. Trump took to screaming as Senator Warren explained exactly why his firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics...
TDS' Jordan Klepper takes a look back at years of MAGA interviews regarding Epstein and Trump's relationship. 'Biden sniffs kids.' These people are not sane, but they vote. Over time, I think I've gone from finding MAGAs funny to frustrating to fear-inducing. — Read the...
The latest version of Amazon's Kindle firmware, 5.18.4, includes two new features, but will block you from jailbreaking the device. Amazon has just updated its 11th and 12th generation Kindle e-readers with firmware version 5.18.4. The change logs simply state that this...
Animal shelters across Southern California are being overcrowded. In Santa Monica, fees are being waived for folks able to adopt. The Santa Monica Animal Shelter has exceeded its capacity amid a wave of animal surrenders and stray intakes, prompting city officials to waive ...
Nine out of ten people who believe they're allergic to penicillin actually aren't, and this widespread misunderstanding has serious healthcare implications. Research shows that while 10-20% of Americans report a penicillin allergy, fewer than 1% truly have one, according to...
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