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Wednesday September 10, 2025. 02:19 AM
Right now, if you were to walk into your local Target, Walmart, or Costco, you likely wouldn't be able to find any Pokémon TCG (trading card game) products. Scalpers buy as much inventory as they can, then sell it for more than the manufacturer's suggested retail price. —...
Every once in a while a book comes along that feels less like reading and more like having your creative brain blown wide open. ULTRAWILD: An Audacious Plan for Rewilding Every City on Earth (Lerner/Graphic Universe, Sept. 2025) is that kind of book. — Read the rest The...
A former executive of a podcasting company that relied on human talent has decided to lean into AI, cause paying humans is so yesterday. 'I think that people who are still referring to all AI-generated content as AI slop are probably lazy luddites. — Read the rest The...
Tuesday September 9, 2025. 11:05 PM
Apple's announced its latest products today. The biggest news was the $1000 iPhone Air, a 5.6mm-thick (0.22 inches) phone that Apple called a 'paradox you have to hold to believe.' (The iPhone 16 is 7.8mm (0.31 inches thick) It also announced updated iPhone 17 models. — Read...
TL;DR: Convert DVDs to digital files for life with DVDneXtCOPY. No subscription. Just $29.99. That stack of old DVDs you never watch isn't going to shrink itself. Whether they're packed with cherished home videos, rare concert recordings, or classic films you can't find...
Undersea mapping projects uncovered forty years of toxic waste dumping directly into the Pacific off the coast of Southern California. A recent Scripps study shows some of those barrels are altering the chemistry and biological makeup in the areas surrounding leaks. — Read...
The Mouth of Moron seems frustrated; either she or the White House press pool can't keep track of her many lies. If the evidence is real, but you call it a 'narrative,' does it magically cease to be evidence? This evidence seems pretty damning, but these folks don't believe ...
Tiny Chef is a fantastic, feel-good unicorn chaser for all the garbage we're dealing with every day. My daughter introduced me to the Tiny Chef during his initial run on social media, and before his Nickelodeon show was picked up. We've been cheering for this guy,...
Infinite Canvas is a map that you and others can explore and add new AI-generated tiles to an ever-expanding Studio Ghibli-inspired landscape. Clicking any tile reveals the AI prompt that created that particular piece of the world. I added an espresso kiosk. — Read the rest...
Speaker of the House 'MAGA' Mike Johnson insists that if you aren't licking a boot, you're a stupid lib. Attempting to paint anyone who thinks the military invading cities with Black mayors, and lower crime rates than those in his own non-invaded Red State, as crazy...
Writer AJ Jacobs has come up with a counterintuitive approach to beating procrastination: embracing the discomfort. In the latest edition of his Experimental Living newsletter, AJ describes his mindfulness technique for tackling dreaded tasks: I force myself to lean into...
The book makes it clear that many wealthy and powerful individuals were aware of Jeffrey Epstein's activities and were more than happy to participate in them. Donald Trump's note is one of the most telling. via House Oversight Committee You can view the entire disgusting...
New York's wealthiest parasites are freaking our that their money can't always buy elections. As reported in The New York Times, Manhattan's premiere collection of real estate vampires gathered for an emergency pearl-clutching session at the Seagram Building's Pool Room for...
In 1937, a group of Dutch students created remarkable art using only typewriters, as documented in the film 'Able to tick? Tick along' by Polygon-Profilti (now part of the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision). The footage shows students working intently in a...
What happens when you leave a pile of peanut butter on the forest floor? This is a question many of you probably lie awake pondering at night. This video answers that question, and it was much more eventful than I expected. — Read the rest The post What happens when you...
TL;DR: The Cheerble ball is a self-rolling toy that makes the perfect the perfect companion for your cat — and right now you can get it for just $14.97 (Reg. $26.90). Cats are good at entertaining themselves. From light beams to their own fur, cat lovers know that part...
In the mid-19th century, the Seamen's Church Institute began bringing floating chapels to sailors who couldn't leave their work to attend church services on land. One such vessel was the Floating Church of the Redeemer, built by the Institute's Philadelphia branch. — Read...
It's clear to me that everyone in the culinary industry needs to sit down and watch The Menu, because what the hell are we still doing here? High-end restaurants serving ridiculous dishes will unfortunately exist as long as capitalism does, but that doesn't mean we can't...
A new book by Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy challenges the notion that mathematics and art occupy separate worlds. In Blueprints: How Mathematics Shapes Creativity, du Sautoy demonstrates how mathematical structures underpin everything from Jackson Pollock's...
It's a well-known fact by now that most consumer AI are incomprehensible hallucination machines that are also racist. They're not much good in an argument given these tendencies, of course, but that hasn't stopped YouTuber and debate theorist Alex O'Connor from trying out an ...
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