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Wednesday July 2, 2025. 07:36 PM
From 1980 onwards, Ron Weideman transformed his nightshift taxi into a rolling portrait gallery, photographing an extraordinary cross-section of New York City life during a pivotal era of cultural transformation. Working in the confined space of his cab, Weideman captured...
Who could resist having an oil-painted portrait of a human-fly hybrid monstrosity for their dining room? That's the question art collectors will face when Ken Kelly's original 1974 cover art for Famous Monsters of Filmland #104 goes up for sale at Heritage Auctions today. —...
A Maine police department's attempt to add their logo to a drug bust photo backfired spectacularly when citizens caught them lying about using artificial intelligence to alter evidence photos. 'This is NOT an AI-generated photo,' Westbrook Police declared on Facebook when...
Killer whales sharing food with other killer whales is well-documented, but a new study in the Journal of Comparative Psychology found that they also share with humans. In 2015, Jared Towers was filming when two whales from the same pod dropped food in front of him. — Read...
I had never heard of eating cheese before bed causing bad dreams, but it is well-known enough bit of common wisdom that there was an entire comic, 'Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend,' devoted to dairy-fueled nightmares. However, up until now, no one had tried to determine if the...
Wisconsin's Supreme Court today ruled that a 176-year-old law held to ban abortions did not, as newer legislation had superceded it by criminalizing abortions only in cases when a fetus is viable outside the womb. The 4-3 partisan vote ends a three-year legal battle that...
TL;DR: Do more for less with this Grade 'A' refurbished MacBook Pro 13″ for only $324.97 — a whole 77% off its regular price of $1,499. Once you go Mac, you can never go back. The Apple ecosystem makes it so hard to quit — and why would you? — Read the rest The post...
Jurors in rap mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs' trial found him guilty of transporting women for prostitution, but not guilty of sex trafficking others, including an ex-partner. He was also cleared on a racketeering charge. The result, delivered this morning at federal court in New...
William Gibson, author of science fiction classic Neuromancer, likes the first look Apple TV offered of its forthcoming show based on the novel: 'I imagined the Chatsubo in 1984. 41 years later I opened its door. Neuromancer is in production.' — Read the rest The post What s...
Threatened with a defamation lawsuit and desperate to win the president's approval for an $8bn corporate merger, Paramount has agreed to pay Donald Trump $16m. The deal was delayed, according to earlier reports, as Paramount's own lawyers understand the payment to be a bribe ...
US Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) took time off from the stern letter writing to make his version of substantive changes to Trump's budget. Having warned us of rising guacamole and imported beer prices, Senator Schumer then focused on a campaign of writing stern letters. —...
This video uncovers the curious history of the 'Hot Pocket' and who claims to have 'created' a microwaveable, pre-baked calzone. The tin foil crisping box bullshit that you were supposed to nuke these babies in didn't so much as 'crisp' anything as more dehydrate it...
Secretary of Homeland Security and noted puppy slayer Kristi Noem claims a man attempted to eat himself rather than fly the unfriendly skies. 'I was talking to some marshals… They said that they had detained a cannibal and put him on a plane to take him home, and while...
Tuesday July 1, 2025. 11:33 PM
A bridge in Bhopal, India featuring an almost 90-degree turn has become a national embarrassment, with seven engineers suspended and two construction companies blacklisted over the dangerous design. The 200-million-rupee (£1.7 million) project, meant to reduce waiting times ...
Someone just threw $20,000 into the digital equivalent of a black hole — an untouched Bitcoin address belonging to the Satoshi Nakamoto. The transfer, made June 30 to Nakamoto's original wallet address, adds to the $117 billion in Bitcoin that's been frozen there since...
TL;DR: If you're still drawing org charts in PowerPoint like it's 2004, Visio 2021 Professional is your upgrade — and it's only $9.97. It's 2025, and it's time to update the way you present data. Now is the perfect time to change things up, because you can spice things up...
A wise mind from times past found a way to tell old tales with just short words. She took old Greek tales and made them new for boys and girls who were just learning to read. Each tale in her book used just one beat per word — quite a feat when you think of it. — Read the...
A visitor to Chicago's Federal Reserve Money Museum uncovered an error hiding in its famous 'million-dollar cube.' Calvin Liang created a tool to analyze photos of the cube. His count revealed 102 x 8 x 19 stacks of hundred-bill bundles, totaling $1,550,400 — more than...
People who enter sugar relationships — where younger partners provide companionship to older, wealthier individuals – may not be motivated by the reasons we assume, according to surprising new research. While conventional wisdom suggests difficult childhoods or financial...
United States Vice President JD Vance claims there is no job more important for the Federal government than the seemingly random abduction, detention, and deportation of people off the streets. Cruelty is the thing. Everything up to and including healthcare for the elderly ...
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