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Tuesday September 10, 2024. 07:22 PM
Joël Lapointe was exploring Google Maps to prepare for a camping trip when he stumbled upon something that likely has real scientific significance. Looking at Marsal Lake in Quebec, Canada's Côte-Nord region, he noticed a strange spherical structure. Lapointe asked...
'The Karate Rap' is a 1986 rap song by David and Holly Seeger that helped promote their then-fledging media production company. As they explain on their website: While idling on the L.I.E. in rush hour, they passed the time coming up with lyrics with a Martial Arts theme. ...
The Harris campaign is targeting Fox viewers with an excellent ad. With former President Barack Obama's stellar size joke at the forefront, the Harris campaign is showing Fox viewers the stark difference in energy between the two campaigns. I do wonder if Fox News viewers...
Knowing he has no proof, JD Vance claims 'many inquiries' about Haitian people stealing and cooking pets and admits the reports may be false. Who is next? Jewish people? Italians? Irish? Republican candidate for Vice President is digging his hole deeper. — Read the rest ...
CNN has found an issue it cares about twenty percent of mail-in votes are not fraudulent, no matter how many people named Trump say they are. On his miniature social network, adjudicated rapist Donald Trump credited Russian stooge Tucker Carlson for sourcing a wildly false...
Admitting he lost the 2020 election, Donald Trump has enraged some of his deepest red MAGA fans. Having admitted he lost the 2020 election 'by a whisker,' Donald Trump has left his Nazi buddy feeling let down. Nick Fuentes, white supremacist podcaster, went on a screaming...
The second installment of Chanan Beizer's The Golem of Venice Beach is available to pre-order via Kickstarter. The Golem of Venice Beach is the debut graphic novel from writer Chanan Beizer, which tells the story of a 400-year-old golem who gets wrapped up in some gang...
TL;DR: Plug 12 devices into this $90 (reg. $109) multi-function hub. Listen, it's time we talk about your cable management. It's not that there's anything wrong with having the surface of your desk scattered with more cords than a lumber yard, but wouldn't it be a little...
I dare you to turn up to a job interview, church, sentencing, etc., in this. When they say something, feign ignorance and say, defensively, that it's just a playful design you spotted at Nordstroms. Make it as subtly yet extremely uncomfortable for them as everything is that ...
Multispectral imaging (previously at Boing Boing) exposes paintings and other artifacts to specific wavelengths of radiation in hopes of revealing secrets—hidden paintings under finished works, for example, or the ghosts of subjects past. Ten pages of the famed Voynich...
Watching this animation of Google's homepage as it has looked every month since its launch in 1998 is a good, quick visualization of the evolution of web design toward simplicity. If it ain't broke… A Google homepage for every month since its launch. — Read the rest...
Europa Clipper will head to the Saturnian moon next month, weather permitting, and examine it for potential habitability—if not by us then some form of life. CNN reports on the extensive series of tests that had to be completed for the mission to launch and the challenges...
At Techdirt, Karl Bode reports on efforts to get the Federal Trade Commission to do something about companies that ruin hardware with software updates. Some will remove features or limit functionality; some will outright turn what you bought into a brick to avoid the costs...
The Inspelning smart outlet tracks power use and can be turned on and off with a remote control or Ikea's app—and is just $11.99. I've wanted to grab a few of this kind of gadget but stuff at this price (or cheaper!) — Read the rest The post Ikea has a $12 smart outlet...
Jeremiah Fufeyin heads an evangelical church in Nigeria and runs a standard televangelist grift. Authorities there have had enough, warning that the 'miracle healing water' that Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry pitches does nothing useful. [Drug approval agency] Nafdac ...
New Hampshire governor Chris Sununu was among those who helped save the life of Christian Moreno, who choked on a roll at his first competitive eating contest. Sununu attempted the Heimlich maneuver on him until a paramedic took over at the Hampton Beach Seafood Festival on...
A Detroit teen was arrested after authorities intercepted gun parts on the way to their home and found a 3D-printing rig and several 'ghost' guns produced by it. Printing guns isn't illegal, but doing it to sell them is—and the 14-year-old now faces felony charges. — Read t...
This surreal looking bathing contraption by Joseph's Machines does all the washing for you. All one must is sit back in the tub, relax, and get whacked in the face by various cleaning supplies. This unique cleaning contraption consists of a giant wooden wheel affixed with...
James Kingston climbs terrifyingly high buildings, cranes, and structures for fun and then uploads the videos to YouTube. In this particular video, Kingston shows what it's like to climb down a poorly designed ladder on the side of a skyscraper. The ladders bars are spaced...
This incredible octopus looks truly alien as it rapidly camouflages and un-camouflages itself while swimming against a rock. Octopuses are masters of disguise. Their skin contains thousands of chromatophores (pigment-containing cells) that allow them to change colors in an...
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