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Monday December 16, 2024. 07:48 PM
Since 2012, five Wikipedia editors have been imprisoned – and one executed – for the crime of contributing to the world's largest online encyclopedia. In Saudi Arabia, editor Osama Khalid received a 32-year prison sentence in 2022 for making edits 'critical about the...
A gentleman in a truck confronted a bull elk standing in the middle of a road and asked the creature if he wanted to fight. Hence, the bull took him up on his kind offer, using one of his sharp antler's to pop the man's tire. — Read the rest The post Man threatens bull...
Nothing exposes human folly quite like our willingness to pay more for something simply because it costs more. These 'Veblen goods,' named after economist Thorstein Veblen who first mapped this peculiar behavior, reveal how deeply status-seeking is wired into our psyche. —...
When a software developer's test program ran wild overnight, he arrived at work to find security guards waiting – and a test account mysteriously filled with a fortune. The incident was reported in The Register's 'Who, Me?' Monday morning feature, 'in which we share tales ...
A scammer posing as MSNBC host Ari Melber has reportedly swindled a former Boeing and University of Washington employee out of $20,000. And her family fears the con ain't over yet. 73-year-old Patricia Taylor, a 'huge fan of Ari Melber's,' allegedly fell into a relationship ...
Michael Conahan, formerly a judge in Pennsylvania, was jailed for 17 years for selling young offenders to private prisons to be used as forced labour. His sentence was commuted by outgoing President Joe Biden last week, to widespread dismay. Politico gave an administration...
TL;DR: Want to stay toasty warm this winter? Check out now to save 58% on this Helios heated scarf. Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? You might be lucky and get some snow for the holidays, but regardless if you do, you're probably starting (or already) feeling the winter...
Eight passengers were injured, one of them critically, when driver of the 4A operated by First Bus in Glasgow decided to take his 14'4'-double decker under a 12'6' bridge. Five were transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital and three treated and released at the scene. —...
Trump advisor Alex Bruesewitz was speaking as an honored guest at the New York Young Republicans Club Gala last night when he collapsed on stage. 'I'm forgetting my words,' the 27-year-old CEO of consulting agency XStrategies said at the event, where Steve Bannon and reform...
Officials say there's no threat to the U.S. from the drones being sighted. In keeping with America's ufological traditions, it's mostly planes and planets anyway. Furthermore, there's nothing illegal or particularly menacing about flying drones at night. The investigations...
Qualcomm's Snapdragon X processors made a splash this year with laptop owners, kicking off ARM-based Windows computing in earnest. And now there are rumors the company is developing a 'game-changing' desktop version of the chip. You can take that literally, too: Roland...
Did a little teenage girl brutally hack a homeless man to death, mutilate his corpse, then transport it for disposal from one side of Las Vegas to the other while on a methamphetamine bender, leaving no physical evidence of her presence and being seen by no witnesses? — Read...
Here is the charming original CBS promo for 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' from 1965. There's a scene shown in which Charlie Brown tries to play Schroeder's piano and is punched clear out of frame by Lucy. And I've never seen that scene in the special. — Read the rest The post...
Absolute Bagels has been an iconic bagel shop on New York City's Upper West Side for decades, regularly making 'Best Bagels in NYC' lists. On weekends, the line to buy bagels could go out the door, snake up Broadway, and extend around the block. — Read the rest The post...
Harley Quinn, the animated show on Max, has been one of DC's few consistently good properties and somehow has not been canceled. Kaley Cuoco absolutely kills it as Harley, as does the rest of the cast. Ron Funches as King Shark and Alan Tudyk as the melodramatic Clayface are ...
TL;DR: Give someone these earbuds that have a touchscreen case for only $29.99 (reg. $69)—that's over half off. Need a last-minute gift idea? Here's one: upgrading your mother-in-law, brother, or nephew's listening gear. You might think AirPods are the way to go, but what...
Sunday December 15, 2024. 11:00 PM
TL;DR: Get a Microsoft Visio 2021 license on sale for $17.97 (reg.$249) until December 22 at 11:59 p.m. PT. You're staring at a blank page, trying to create a flowchart for your boss or map out a network design for your team. — Read the rest The post There's one app that...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! In 1973, Roland released the Space Echo, a tape delay machine that delivered that delivered a distinct repetitive, rhythmic, and psychedelic sound to the music of Lee Scratch Perry, Bob Marley, Pink...
The city of Bend, Oregon, posted on its Instagram page, requesting that residents to stop putting googly eyes on public art. While conceding that they are amusing, the city claims that removing them damages the outdoor artwork. View this post on Instagram ...
TL;DR: Check out now to save 45% on this HD monocular telescope, now $29.97 (reg. $54) until the end of today. Uh-oh. Did you check off everyone on your holiday shopping list…except for your favorite outdoor enthusiast? You might be scrambling to find them the perfect...
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