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Monday June 30, 2025. 06:00 PM
For anyone who has always wanted to meet an opossum, I have some terrific news for you! I just learned about 'PossumFest,' a celebration of all things opossum, which will take place in Cumberland, Kentucky, on September 6, 2025, from noon to 8 pm! — Read the rest The post...
Here's a puzzle from The Pyrgic Puzzler by Christopher Maslanka: You drop a ball from 1 meter high. Each time it bounces, it rises to half its previous height. Find the total distance the ball travels (up and down) until it stops. — Read the rest The post This bouncing...
This Victorian-era 'meat juice' tonic, called 'Valentine's Meat Juice', was created by a man trying to save his dying wife. Although meat juice isn't everyone's idea of romance, the story behind its creation is undeniably sweet. The reputation of the meat juice took a turn...
Much of the internet is a cesspool, but the one reliable source of happiness is a cute animal meme. Sharing cute animal content is the human equivalent of pebbling, when penguins gift pebbles as a sign of affection, according to a study by researchers at Concordia University ...
TL;DR: You could keep running your old OS, or you could upgrade to Windows 11 Pro for $9.97 (reg. $199). Still rocking a Windows 10 PC? Props to you for sustainability and saving money by making your PC last, but the deadline for Windows 10 support is fast approaching later...
Anyone still doubting that mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani isn't a true New Yorker (read: racists) need only check out his mixtape. Before entering politics, he had a short-lived career as a music producer like every New Yorker ever, which the right-wing establishment is...
If you're as chronically online as I am or you just care about artists' rights, you may have noticed the scheming of Mr. Beast, the biggest YouTuber in the world, to make the artists he employs obsolete by replacing them with the same AI algorithms that he was presumably...
This video of all kinds of adorable desert animals quenching their thirst at the Tucson Bird Alliance's watering hole is one of the best things I've seen lately! The Tucson Bird Alliance posted the video on their Instagram recently, with the explanatory caption: A PSA...
Maxell! Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time. And it's back with the MXCP-P100, a new portable cassette player. It has some modern features to please modern listeners, such as Bluetooth, a USB Type C port to charge its built-in lithium battery, and sleek...
Forget such pedestrian pursuits as making a Wii smaller. What if, instead of just miniaturizing consoles, your next DIY project was constructing one from scratch? (Sort of.) The PICO-8 is as much a philosophical experiment as it is a coding project. — Read the rest The post...
A geologist's vibrant maps reveal how the Mississippi River has wandered across its valley, making it look like a colorful, winding serpent. These maps, created by Harold Fisk in 1944, document the river's movements over thousands of years. Many of the rivers changed course...
Project Hail Mary, starring Ryan Gosling, is based on a novel from The Martian author Andy Weir and carries a similar payload of a lonely chap lost in space with only grit and hard science to solve an existential problem. — Read the rest The post Trailer for Project Hail...
U.S. Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admits that his anti-fluoride crusade may lead to Americans suffering more tooth decay and cavities. But 'it's a balance,' he said, without describing what's on the other side of the scales, instead falsely claiming that...
A German Shepherd abandoned in the Lancashire fells was 'exhausted, starving and shivering' when rangers finally managed to trap her. The dramatic rescue capped a 'week of drama' in the remote Ribble Valley in northern England; no sooner than she was safe and sound at...
Sunday June 29, 2025. 11:00 PM
TL;DR: Get the refurbished Lenovo 11.6″ 2-in-1 Chromebook for just $74.99 — that's 84% off its $475.99. A laptop should work for you, not be a clunky deadweight in your bag. If you're tired of ferrying a slow, heavy laptop to and from work, to the coffee shop, to home,...
Killer whales continue to surprise us. Earlier this month, we learned that the largest members of the dolphin family use kelp to exfoliate each other. Now, a new study in the journal Oceans reveals another social activity — kissing. Citizen scientists snorkeling in the...
Four months ago I shared a terrific resource called 'Project 2025 Tracker,' which tracks the progress of The Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 — what the Center for Progressive Reform calls 'the conservative movement's blueprint for weakening our government and...
Truly, the infamous can opener bridge is North Carolina's greatest cultural contribution. While its sacrifices have slowed since it was raised eight inches by the cowards of Durham, it evidently isn't out for the count just yet. Its hunger has yet to be sated, and only...
This clever kitty likes to pretend she doesn't know how to use her running wheel. She cries for her owner, acting completely helpless on the wheel and making sure she looks extra cute. She only stops crying when her owner spins the wheel by hand and she can run with some...
'The 1980s were a great time to be in L.A., and it was an especially good time to know Allee Willis. I've always maintained that Los Angeles owned the '80s much like San Francisco owned the '60s or New York owned the '70s. — Read the rest The post Remembering Willis...
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