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jeudi 22 mai 2025, 21:59
It's well known that African grey parrots are super smart—research has revealed that they don't just mimic human voices but, in fact, can associate sounds with meanings. They also have the ability to count; distinguish shapes, colors, and materials; and use deductive...
I'm a passionate proponent of Right to Repair legislation. When you own a thing, you should be able to do whatever the hell you want with it–including fix or upgrade it yourself. But lately, I've been wondering: is there a point at which it's time to give up on the dead...
Every morning, writer A.J. Jacobs grabs a fresh index card and writes a list of emotions. The first five are gratitude, delight, fascination, compassion, and awe. His list includes 23 emotions in all, and he draws a check box next to each one. — Read the rest The post Moodwa...
A former aide believes Congressperson Nancy Mace is abusing the Speech and Debate clause of the Constitution to extort two properties from her ex-boyfriend. The congresswoman's former political adviser Wesley Donehue testified in a deposition that Mace planned to use the...
GOP Congressperson Randy Fine (R-FL) demonstrates he does not understand nuclear weapons, geography, or have anything resembling a soul. This Republican is taking the demonstrably stupid route. Calling for the eradication of the Palestinian people is disgusting. The...
Crop Swap LA and Degnan Microfarm founder Jamiah Hargins is enjoying his mission of helping feed and educate Angelenos. I enjoy these videos. Lawns in Los Angeles waste water and space, and the climate is perfect for growing everything. I live there and do most of my...
Oklahoma, challenging America's constitutional restrictions on government support for religion, wanted to funnel taxpayer money to religious charter schools in the state. Today the U.S. Supreme Court sided with a lower court's block on the plans, ruling 4-4 to let that...
Talk about shooting oneself in the foot, Florida does it again. Florida's 'The Villages,' a MAGA retirement community, is experiencing long construction lead times because residents reported workers to ICE. No one thought about the impacts of their racism. This thread is ...
An increasingly authoritarian United States might see the return of violent revolutionaries like the 1970s Weather Underground, warns Jukka Savolainen, a professor of sociology at Wayne State University. This was a group of young, well-educated, upper-middle-class Americans...
The BBC reports on the sudden and bizarre closure of The Abbey, a tiny historical pub in Derby, England, whose operators were dismissed with immediate effect because someone took a photo in the building. CLOSED!! Due to someone posting pictures of the Abbey on social...
The Fujifilm X Half is a compact camera with a 32mm-equivalent fixed F2.8 lens and a portrait-oriented 'half-frame' 18MP sensor. It only outputs JPEGs, but has all of Fujifilm's fabulous film simulations and various nods to the classic film-shooting experience (such as a...
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mercredi 21 mai 2025, 23:00
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The Wii has been a bit of a favorite for miniaturization enthusiasts – its circuit board has been cut down to just about every size and shape imaginable, from an Altoids tin to a cute tiny version of itself. Although other consoles have received this treatment – take, for...
A Federal Judge tore into Trump's Interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, Alina Habba, for abusing her office as a weapon against the administration's political enemies. Dismissing the charges against Newark Mayor Ras Baraka for 'trespassing' at a detention facility for...
Wesley Lowery, one of America's most prominent journalists, faces multiple allegations of sexual misconduct spanning from 2018 to 2024, with four women describing a pattern of plying them with alcohol before sexually assaulting them. The Columbia Journalism Review reports...
The media's current focus on former President Biden's health is a convergence of two sad things: the ex-President has cancer, and the cowardly media wants to talk about anything but the disaster Trump is causing in the world. Things were much better for the United...
R&B singer and professional violent offender Chris Brown just proved that assault charges are merely a speed bump when you're rich, dropping £5 million to stay out of a British jail cell – and he didn't even have to show up to his own hearing to make it happen. — Read the...
I have recently stumbled upon a new genre of ASMR that's just terrific—dachshunds eating watermelon. The very best vidoes of the genre include not only the wonderful crunching sounds, but also terrific close-up, fish-eye angles of glorious wiener-dog snouts in action. —...
'The man with the hat is back. And this time he's bringing his dad.' That was the tagline for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade when it was released (sigh) thirty-six years ago. The latest installment of Fathom's Big Screen Classics is a re-release of the third, and some...
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