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lundi 25 août 2025, 21:17
Robert Reich, economist, professor, author, and political commentator, shares these five ways to push back against Trump's fascist state. Numbers one and three are things we can easily apply to our daily lives, and we've seen that boycotting brands that align with Trump...
On July 13, 1990, A deep earthquake loosed a fatal serac, causing an avalanche that killed all but two of forty-five climbers camped beneath it. Lenin Peak, a 7,134-meter-high mountain in northeast Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, was the former USSR's tallest mountain and became ...
In 1942, the tomb of an Egyptian general, Amentefnakht, was uncovered intact. The systems used to keep this Mummy undisturbed for thousands of years are amazing. While there is considerable conjecture and circumstantial evidence showing how ancient Egyptians sealed tombs ...
America's democratic foundations have collapsed, according to journalist Garrett Graff. The United States has crossed the threshold into authoritarianism under President Trump's second term. From military occupations of opposition-led cities to arbitrary detentions and...
So much for the GOP's 'free market.' Just days after the U.S. government took a 10% stake in Intel, Donald Trump's economic advisor Kevin Hassett revealed that more companies can expect the same. 'Yes, that's absolutely right,' Hassett said this morning when asked by CNBC if ...
New York City's crackdown on Airbnb has been a jackpot for hotels. After the city effectively banned most short-term rentals in 2023, hotel prices jumped by up to $19 per night, netting the industry an extra $2.9 billion in just 18 months. — Read the rest The post NYC hotels...
Cartoonist Carl Barks's work on Donald Duck comic books for Western Publishing from the 1940s to 1960s is almost unanimously considered one of the best comic book runs in the medium's entire history. Fantagraphics Books has been compiling his complete Duck oeuvre in a...
The Toxic Avenger remake is approaching its theatrical release this month, with Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage taking on the titular role of the mutated vigilante. This modern reimagining of Troma Entertainment's cult classic brings the beloved grindhouse character back ...
Elon Musk, boy genius, has done it again. So good are the answers that come from querying his AI chatbot, Grok, that in the service of humanity, he's instructed his underlings to make hundreds of thousands of conversations with the large language model available to anyone to ...
A quick overview before we get to our main attraction- Belgium is split into two regions, Flanders and Wallonia. Wallonia is French-speaking, Flanders is Dutch-speaking. Both regions are very particular about their respective tongues, but it's common to speak a bit of both...
Vox recently surmised that, in the wake of Congress slashing over $500 million dollars of funding (and some estimates put that number even higher, at $1.1 billion) from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a new player is poised to swoop in and fill the role of providing...
Sigh, it's that time of year again, when faculty gird themselves to get back into the swing of university life. We're prepping classes, getting syllabi finalized, and trying to remember what it's like to wear 'real' clothes. Getting back to the classroom, while definitely an ...
This cicada molting timelapse is as weird as it is beautiful. You can watch the insect slowly wiggle free from its old exoskeleton, revealing its shiny body underneath. It's like watching a real-life alien hatch. The cicada in this video is transforming from the nymph phase...
No, this is not a sponsored post. And 'evil' is subjective, and that opinion represents the views of this author alone. Please don't sue us, Mr. JP Morgan. Fantagraphics, publisher of some of the greatest comics on this good earth, is imploring you to buy, buy, buy! — Read...
'STOP' is the latest musical offering (and I mean that, because these are true gifts!) from There I Ruined It, and, while There I Ruined It has created so many hilarious and brilliant mashups, I believe 'STOP' is my favorite one yet. — Read the rest The post "STOP" is the...
Watch a robot perform a tiny, precise 'surgery' on a single corn kernel. I'm not sure how I'd feel about a robot doing surgery on me, but this video makes the idea slightly less terrifying. This robot has impeccable sewing skills. — Read the rest The post Tiny robot hands...
This extremely narrow elevator in China looks like a nightmarish experience to ride in. It has a weight limit of 200 pounds. It also looks impossible to bend over inside of if you drop something. There is no limit on the number of flights of stairs I'd rather walk up in...
I hate Google's Chrome browser. It's a massive resource hog that loves to chow down on RAM. Google's data collection practices make my ass crawl. I don't want them all up in my business. Ever. Unfortunately, many of my clients utilize Google's suite of productivity tools as ...
Ben Leighton visited the train station at Doai, Japan's deepest at 70m (229ft) and in its rusted quietude reminiscent of survival horror classic Silent Hill. The descent is terrifying, with little vision of what awaits you at the end as you venture further and further into...
TL;DR: This Micro-Ecological Air Purifier has an essential oil tray, a plant pot, and it's on sale for $79.99 (reg. $139.99)! Tired of the smell of lingering trash or overcooked eggs? Yuck! I know we all love a spritz of cherry blossoms or a pine-scented candle, but why...
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