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Monday February 17, 2025. 05:53 PM
Last week, a young fellow wearing a loincloth, barefoot, and carrying two logs emerged from the Amazon rainforest along Brazil's Purus River. He was carrying two logs. According to CNN, 'locals believe the man was asking for fire. Smartphone video of the encounter showed one ...
Bro-in-chief Elon Musk, whose emotional development stalled in middle school, found a fresh way to be terrible this week by mocking a blind person's disability. It all started when the thin-skinned South African entrepreneur had a manbaby meltdown after blind government...
Owners of a Kindle—Amazon's locked-down e-readers and note-taking gadgets—are the beneficiaries of a new jailbreak that opens every model for general-purpose use. WinterBreak, based on Mesquito, requires the user to have a PC, to have registered their Kindle, and a WiFi...
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is a Democrat who isn't afraid to admit when she's wrong — as she did yesterday when she apologized for previously disagreeing with Trumpers who say immigrants are taking American jobs away. 'There's an immigrant taking people's jobs,' the...
Have you ever seen an apple tree play music before? In this video, bio-sonification equipment allows an apple tree to make incredible sounds with a guitar and a handpan. This is some of the most ethereal and blissful music I've heard in a while. — Read the rest The post...
Twitter, renamed X by owner Elon Musk, is reportedly blocking links to the messaging service Signal. Matt Binder: X, formerly Twitter, is blocking users from posting a 'Signal.me' link through DM, public post, or even in their profile page. When trying to post a Signal...
I'm a huge fan of horror movies, and always looking for ones I haven't seen. I'm not a fan of slasher movies, though, and prefer paranormal or sci fi horror. I recently found this website that helps you find a horror movie based on your personal preferences. — Read the rest ...
If you're tired of listening to human DJs, you can listen to Duck Radio, where real ducks choose what the station plays. Six ducks in a garden somewhere change the radio station as they please, by pecking a sensor. The site lets you know when the last time the station was...
Into The Unbeing is a new comic series from writers Zac Thompson and Hayden Sherman which centers on a group of rogue climate scientists as they stumble upon … something … in the Australian outback. It's both creepy as hell, and rad as hell — reminding me in many ways...
Hooray! I think I've found the third member of a curious sort of supergroup I'm putting together. At first I was going to limit the band to only dogs that play music with their tails—like this adorable Lab mix named Lulu who's terrific on guitar, and this sausage dog...
Argentina's libertarian president Javier Milei just learned why you shouldn't shill random cryptocurrencies to your followers. After promoting a sketchy memecoin called 'Libra' to his social media followers, the token skyrocketed 2,000% in 40 minutes before face-planting...
With all the bleakness going on in the world, it's a comfort to know what at least we still have Dick in a Box. As part of SNL's recent 50th anniversary marathon concert, Andy Samberg – frontman for comedy band The Lonely Island, who produced many of SNL's most memorable...
Max Fosh is at it again, I fear. The YouTuber is known for feats of extreme silliness, like having his unwitting friends race an F1 driver in go-karts or hatching fish from supermarket caviar, but his latest scheme might be his most circuitous – and dare I say silliest – yet....
When Boom Supersonic's XB-1 broke the sound barrier last month, it achieved commercial supersonic flight for the first time since the Concorde. It also did it without an audible sonic boom, which could pave the way for the first cross-country supersonic flights. — Read the re...
DOGE has wasted taxpayer dollars firing dozens of nuclear security experts at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the agency charged with 'designing, building and overseeing the US nuclear weapons stockpile,' as reported by the BBC. After terminating the...
Convicted felon and current US President Donald Trump may have been overshadowed and emasculated lately by the other manchild-in-chief, but let us not forget that he's still a virulent fascist and still holds the keys to the country. Whether pre-justifying further crimes...
A Michigan judge is making sure Walmart shoplifters don't leave empty-handed, loading them up with sponges and a hose so that they can wash cars in a store parking lot. Judge Jeffrey Clothier is ordering the unusual 'Walmart wash' sentences for misdemeanor thieves who were...
An oscilloscope makes the invisible world of electricity visible, letting you observe electrical signals on a video display in real-time. For $25, the Flea-Scope plugs into any computer via USB, turning it into a piece of instrumentation that professionals would have paid...
Bloomberg has an update on Prospera, the 'self-governing' enclave on the Honduran island of Roatan that was founded as a free-market paradise with its own legal system and near-zero taxes. It's a one-square-mile gated compound that initially won the praise of Silicon Valley...
TL;DR: Through February 23, you can outfit your PC with Windows 11 Pro and Microsoft Office 2021 for only $54.97 (reg. $438). Has your PC performed, well, a little more slowly than usual? It might be because you have 30+ Chrome tabs open. — Read the rest The post Finally, th...
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