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Tuesday December 30, 2025. 03:23 PM
Chinese authorities were once so fearful of overcrowding that it banned most families from having more than one child and made contraception available free of charge. But it ended the policy a decade ago and is now introducing a 13% sales tax on condoms and other...
Here's a lost wonder of the 1990s: Star Trek panoramas ripped from CD-ROM and presented on the web in accessible modern form. There are four environments to explore and pan: the main bridge of the USS Enterprise from the original Star Trek, the bridge of a Klingon Bird of...
Monday December 29, 2025. 11:58 PM
Jair Bolsonaro, the former right-wing president of Brazil jailed for an attempted coup, suffers maladies both mundane and mysterious. One even prevented him from wearing pants. The latest to hit the news is his chronic hiccups, which complicated an otherwise successful...
Get a lifetime subscription to DVDneXtCOPY DVD Ripper for just $24.97 (Reg. $59.99). Have a lot of DVDs you don't know how to convert? DVDneXtCOPY DVD Ripper makes it easier to convert your DVDs — from home videos to your favorite films. — Read the rest The post This DVD...
Elon Musk has never been shy about defending his right to say awful things in public, even taking a defamation case all the way to court to protect his ability to call someone 'pedo guy.' Now he's back in the spotlight for a different kind of public misjudgment: loudly and...
AI-powered enshittification continues to encroach on everything, but it's the tech fields closest to AI that are getting it crowbarred in first. Take gaming, for instance. The generated assets you're seeing in games like Clair Obscur and Black Ops 7 (which can absolutely...
If you own an iPhone, you know how wicked easy it is to pair a set of Apple AirPod Pro or pricey AirPod Max with your handset. There's no delving into setting menus or multiple attempts to get the phone to see your new cans. — Read the rest The post Apple forced by EU to giv...
The war on litter was never intended to save the planet; it was created to protect polluters from accountability. The 'Keep America Beautiful' campaign taught us that litter is a moral failure. A personal flaw best corrected with shame, mascots, and finger-wagging slogans. —...
I wasn't surprised to discover that Jurassic Park had a whole series of tie-in park builder video games, even if it comes across as a perfect example of the Don't Build The Torment Nexus phenomenon. It fits the premise of the films a lot better than any scowly Chris Pratt...
It's no secret that China is hungry to own the seas. They've been plopping out artificial islands to build military installations on for years, and, more recently, they've been pushing hard to wrest naval superiority from the United States. While they still have a long way...
A pilot made an emergency landing on a reservation highway, and the Red Lake Nation impounded his plane. The pilot, taking a shortcut from Roseau to Bemidji, Minnesota, over the Red Lake Reservation, home of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, experienced engine failure...
I call on thee, mighty Desyrel! I generally like Lord of the Rings. Lots of people do. You probably do if you're reading this! There's no denying that J.R.R. Tolkien can get a little… indulgent when naming his characters, though. — Read the rest The post Is it an...
Trump's ghoul Stephen Miller jumped online, insisting he had discovered a profound truth, when what he's actually done is rehash his resentments at a higher volume. Gollum's latest post swaps evidence for invective and analysis for bile, offering readers not an argument but...
If you've ever canceled plans and felt a weird sense of peace afterward, congratulations! You aren't lazy; you have a brain. This video dives into the mind-bending delight some people, like I do, take in never leaving the house. Turns out 'staying in' is less laziness and...
Behind the gunslinger myth was a dying man with a degree in dentistry, a gambling habit, and an ever-ticking clock counting down his days. Fascinated by the legend of Doc Holliday, as a kid, I read Stuart Lake's 'Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshall' and Josephine Sara Marcus...
The CIA tried to hide a nuclear device on a hallowed mountain. It did not go well. In a story that sounds like a 'Spies Like Us' sequel but is depressingly real, the CIA once hauled a nuclear-powered spying device up a sacred Himalayan mountain and then promptly lost control ...
TL;DR: Reclaim space on your iPhone with AI-powered cleanup from Cleaner Kit for iOS Premium Plan. Use the code CLEAN10 for just $19.97 (Reg. $104.97) until Jan. 11, 2026. Sick of all the stuff clogging up the storage space in your phone? — Read the rest The post Finally cle...
Apple is suing [PDF] Jon Prosser for publishing information about the new iOS leaked to him by insiders. This fires a warning shot at anyone else in a similar position, but creates a secondary problem: it sharpens Prosser's credibility and draws further attention to whatever ...
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared from radar on 8 March, 2014, while heading from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. It turned sharply to head out to sea, its transponder went dark, and neither it nor the 239 passengers and crew aboard were ever seen again. — Read the rest ...
For years, visitors to Munich's English Garden have enjoyed surfing a permanent 3ft wave in the Eisbach river created by accumulated sediment. After workers cleaned up the bed, the wave dissipated, dismaying surfers and spectators. An underwater beam soon appeared,...
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