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Tuesday December 16, 2025. 05:39 PM
Moe anthropomorphism is the Japanese art of turning absolutely anything — countries, diseases, operating systems, warships — into cute anime girls. For instance, there's an erotic game where you date home appliances, including a washing machine. The trend exploded...
In a stretch of gruesomely preventable disasters in the late 80s and early 90s, Cobalt 60, a highly radioactive isotope used in industrial radiography, cancer treatment, and sterilization of medical equipment, did none of those things and instead irradiated people,...
From 1867 to 1974, cities across America enforced what are now called 'ugly laws' — ordinances that made it illegal for anyone 'diseased, maimed, mutilated, or deformed in any way, so as to be an unsightly or disgusting object' to appear in public. — Read the rest The...
TL;DR: Save on two laptops in one with a Refurbished Lenovo 300e Chromebook (2018) for just $79.99 (Reg. $284.99) We're all iPad kids in a way. Glued to multiple devices at once, it's difficult to tear our eyes from our various screens. — Read the rest The post One laptop,...
As holiday deliveries pile up, Alabama has decided the answer to stolen packages is not less inequality or actual economic support, but a new law that turns repeated package theft into a felony, carrying up to 10 years in prison. Nothing says 'community safety' like throwing ...
Trump's Chief of Staff Susie Wiles blamed Elon Musk's Hitler fandom on drug use. Then Wiles said she didn't. Then the tape rolled. According to the New York Times' Peter Baker, Wiles characterized Musk's behavior as irrational, brought up his drug use, and described being...
OpenAI chief Sam Altman recently said he cannot imagine raising a newborn without AI. Coincidentally or perhaps not at all coincidentally, his company is now preparing to launch an 'adult mode' for ChatGPT that allows erotic conversations. Yep, the same AI platform...
U.S. President Donald Trump is suing the British Broadcasting Corporation in Florida, demanding $5bn for editing audio of his Jan 6 speech in a documentary to make it appear his 'fight like hell' statement followed immediately after telling his supporters to march on the...
Back in 2011, I spent serious money on a Sony Xperia Play smartphone. On paper, it should have been perfect for gamers. The Xperia Play was zippy (by 2011 standards), ran Android Honeycomb, and featured a slide-out gamepad for mobile gaming. — Read the rest The post Ayaneo...
I've rarely seen anything more relatable than this Golden Retriever mix named Mack tackling the 'weave poles,' a staple obstacle in dog agility courses. As Carson Agility explains, weave poles are among the most challenging obstacles in agility courses, and require the...
Research from the RECOVER (Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery) Consortium that was recently published in JAMA Network Open revealed that many folks who catch and survive COVID-19 have an impaired sense of smell, even years after infection, but may not know it. — Read...
Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy and skydiver Gabriel Brown teamed up to create a breathtaking photograph of a skydiver falling across the face of the sun. The duo conceived the idea earlier this year during a skydiving meet-up, where they discussed the technical challenges...
In Burlington, Vermont, a filing cabinet towers above the treetops. This public sculpture sits in a Flynn Avenue parking lot, created by artist Bren Alvarez in 2002. It's a metaphor for administrative overload — and holds the title of world's tallest filing cabinet. — Read...
For background visuals and relaxing sound, The Traveling Bird Feeder delivers. This YouTube channel posts videos of elaborate platters filled with fruits, nuts, seeds, and other goodies for birds and woodland creatures — charcuterie boards for lucky woodland visitors....
With Hitman developers IO Interactive hard at work on their James Bond game, one wonders where they find the time and budget to keep releasing these star-studded DLC missions. Not that I'm complaining about new content for one of my favorite games ever made. — Read the rest ...
It's been a while since we've had a solid mascot platformer! Day 4 Night's recently-announced Bradley the Badger, helmed by Red Dead Redemption's creative director, looks like far more than just another Banjo-Kazooie clone. While a charming 3D platformer wouldn't disappoint...
Monday December 15, 2025. 11:00 PM
TL;DR: Get 25 of the best AI models in one with a lifetime subscription to ChatPlayground AI for $79.97, or 87% off the $619 regular price. AI models can write you code, bring your images to life, and help you brainstorm New Year's resolutions like 'be more efficient with my...
Cruise lines love to advertise all-you-can-eat shrimp and unlimited drinks, but they're a little less chatty about the number of passengers who die on board. A new wrongful death lawsuit against Royal Caribbean is shining a light on an unsettling reality: more people are...
Is it still plagiarism if you're plagiarizing yourself? Original Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi (who also created Super Monkey Ball; talk about range) hasn't been at Sega for a while now. Not that you'd know it from the series' ever-intensifying sequels. — Read the rest ...
The recent outbreak of norovirus on the AIDAdiva ship, which has sickened at least 95 passengers and 6 crew members, is the twenty-first such outbreak this year, further cementing 2025 as a record-breaking year of gastrointestinal trauma on cruise ships. The...
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