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Thursday March 6, 2025. 01:55 PM
The largest iceberg in the world has run aground in the South Atlantic Ocean. The enormous wall of ice, known as A23a, was on a collision course with South Georgia Island. The island is mostly uninhabited by humans but is home to millions of seals and penguins. — Read the...
'My name is Brinsley McNamara and welcome to Weird Island.' That's the flat, almost unaffected introductory line to every short Instagram reel posted by the eponymous Brinsley McNamara since January 2024. In just over a year, he's gained hundreds of thousands of followers...
Happy Mardi Gras! I'm missing the fun in New Orleans but lots of my friends are there so I'm getting to still see some of the action, thanks to social media. Most folks are having a great time, but there's one glaring exception: Cybertruck owners. — Read the rest The post...
TL;DR: Upgrade to Windows 11 Pro for under $15 (reg. $199). Microsoft is phasing out Windows 10 in a few months. If you prefer a computer that has all those tasty things like updated security, and ya know, functionality, then you might want to upgrade to Windows 11 Pro. — R...
Wednesday March 5, 2025. 11:29 PM
A photo (below) of a giraffe in the back of a pickup truck purportedly in Detroit was making the rounds online, raising all kinds of questions about its authenticity, provenance, and, well, its vitality. Turns out, the giraffe's chauffeur was Darren Wehner of St. — Read...
TL;DR: Get PDF Converter Pro for just $23.99 (reg. $99.99) with code SAVE20 and convert files like a pro—for life. We all know that dealing with PDFs is the corporate equivalent of wrestling an alligator. One minute you're trying to extract an image, the next you're...
Congratulations to Jackie and Shadow, proud parents of two baby eaglets living in a treetop within San Bernardino National Forest! You can tune into their nest 24/7 via two livestreams (below) from cameras installed in 2013 by Friends of Big Bear Valley. — Read the rest The...
Economist Paul Krugman explains that Trump's promise of growth in the US auto industry is directly contradicted by his tariffs; also Krugman draws a sad parallel between the US and burning to death in one of Tesla's suddenly unpopular EVs. Formerly of the New York Times,...
A treacherous avalanche has buried three skiers near Anchorage, Alaska today. 'Based on the information provided by the operator, unfortunately, we do not believe that any of the three missing persons survived the avalanche,' said Austin McDaniel, a spokesperson for the...
Bedtime routines aren't just for humans, at least when it comes to a boxer named Poppy. And when her routine is disrupted — e.g., her eye-mask falls off — she just can't sleep. Which is why we see the pampered pup standing on her bed, crying and pointing with a paw at...
One of the most effective urban legends of the 1980s, the 'Blue Star Tattoo Legend,' led to millions of school children across the world on the look-out for strangers handing out lick-and-stick fake tattoos of Mickey Mouse. The stickers were said to be laced with LSD. — Read...
US Fish and Wildlife Service researchers found this absolutely massive pet store goldfish swimming in Pennsylvania's Presque Isle State Park on Lake Erie. 'Call me Megalodon,' reads a USFW caption for the above photo. Pet goldfish should remain pets, urge USFW authorities....
On Sunday, a spacecraft named Blue Ghost beautifully stuck a lunar landing. It was the second private spacecraft to soft-land on the lunar surface. From Firefly Aerospace: Blue Ghost Mission 1 delivered 10 science and technology instruments to the lunar surface as part of...
I've been rediscovering Limmy's Show lately, and among his finest work is this sketch about the hovering salespeople in high-street electronic stores and how they transmit market segmentation to the customer. The key difference between Scotland and America is that in America ...
The lack of a unified Democratic front and scattershot attempts at protest at Convicted Felon's speech before the joint Houses of Congress were remniscent of the dance protest at the Kennedy Center, still Republicans are pissed off. Democrats didn't clap!! — Read the rest ...
TL;DR: DeskSense AI Assistant just dropped to $98 for a lifetime subscription. AI has already come a long way from giving simple prompts to ChatGPT. Now, your own AI assistant can actually take over some of your repetitive tasks at work, and they're not that expensive. — Re...
Should I upgrade? The new Mac Studio has Thunderbolt 5, up to 512GB of RAM (shared with the GPU, for AI!) and 16TB of storage. It's big in every respect but the size of the case (a mere 3.7 liters). The 'M4 Max or M3 Ultra' option seems an odd meeting of Apple's minimal...
Apple's MacBook Air M4 comes with up to 32GB of RAM and the powerful M4 processor. It also comes in 'Sky Blue,' a silvery shade where the blue is like the vermouth in Winston Churchill's martini. MacBook Air is by far the world's most popular laptop, and today we're giving...
This fantastic video from humor and satire program Klikbeet perfectly demonstrates why you must say 'thank you.' Donald 'Russian Asset' Trump and his sidekick, Shady JD, surprised Ukrainian President Zelensky, and planned a ridiculous public attack to shame him into...
Apple yesterday announced the M3 iPad Air, as if there were a pressing need for more powerful models, and Aaron Perris of MacRumors noted that Apple's Polishing Cloth, a steal at $19, was officially compatible with the upgraded devices. — Read the rest The post Apple...
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