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mardi 15 octobre 2024, 20:01
In 1971, Lake Superior State University, a public college in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, began issuing the first of its Unicorn Questing Licenses to students. As the school's Department of Natural Unicorns explains: Travel back in time to 1971 to thank the DNU creators:...
Director Coralie Fargeat possesses a hellish gift: the ability to make a long shot of a needle suturing Demi Moore's mangled back just as nauseating as a close-up of Dennis Quaid eating shrimp. The Substance is a sinful flick, dredged from the funniest depths of hell, and I...
One of my favorite working musicians, Charmie Chandler, recently featured at Couches as an opener for Tank (of the Bangas), released a single earlier this week that encapsulates perfectly his baroque operatic folk sensibility. If those descriptors sound oxymoronic in...
Boo-hoo! Disgraced former Clark County Sheriff and MAGA darling Jamey Noel blubbered like a baby yesterday as he was sentenced to a whopping 15 years behind bars. His crime? A laundry list of 27 felony charges, including theft, money laundering, corrupt business influence,...
On Monday, October 14, 2024, Adobe launched a public beta for Firefly, the company's new generative AI service, which can be used to generate text-to-video prompts, enhance and expand backgrounds in Photoshop, and more. So far, so standard fare for generative AI software. —...
An illegal grow house burst into flame, displacing neighbors and resulting in an appearance by the bomb squad. Firefighters attribute the fire to an overloaded power strip in a home packed with marijuana plants. The trove of pesticides and fertilizers was concerning enough...
An anti-trans speech by a former Washington University youth gender case worker turned to chaos on Friday when the UK venue was overtaken by 6,000 crickets — released by a group of young activists with Trans Kids Deserve Better. Video below (posted by journalist Michael...
Meet Ruby, a Red Labrador who plays Rachmaninoff! In this video, you can witness the impressive doggo joining her human at the piano, and coming in exactly at the right moment to play her part of Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C Sharp Minor. — Read the rest The post Talented...
North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson sued CNN for publishing a news story about him. The discovery materials for this lawsuit will be excellent. Mark Robinson is suing CNN for publishing a story about his really weird and offensive online forum participation. ...
You're cruising down the highway when suddenly, red and blue lights flash in your rearview mirror. Your adrenaline skyrockets and your critical thinking skills shut down. The cop who pulled you over is going to take advantage of your addled state. — Read the rest The post 7...
Adjudicated rapist, convicted felon Donald Trump cancels another interview, this time with CNBC. While Donald Trump continues embarrassing himself at rallies, he's also avoiding situations where his handlers aren't in control. Trump is canceling another interview after his...
Priscilla Villarreal, known as 'Lagordiloca' ('the fat, crazy lady'), is described by The New York Times, as 'arguably the most influential journalist in Laredo.' She livestreams her reporting on Facebook, covering local crime and news for her 200,000 followers. In 2017,...
Patent trolls are the worst. These companies buy up patents, never intending to use them for anything constructive. The patent portfolio are used only to sue companies for patent infringement. The claims are often spurious, but many companies settle rather than spend the...
Apple today announced a new iPad Mini, the most adorable iPad but for its aging specs. The new model has an A17 Pro CPU, comes in four muted colors (silver, yellow, green and pink) and is compatible with Apple Pencil Pro. — Read the rest The post New iPad Mini, at last...
A desperate Ted Cruz shook in his beach sandals as he begged for money on Fox News. 'I'm getting pounded!' the Texas Senator told Sean Hannity, comically blaming his poor polling numbers on 'wild-eyed liberals' and Sen. Chuck Schumer rather than the simple fact that nobody...
Soon, befuddled Republican candidate for President Donald Trump will tell us how he beat 'American Bandstand' in the ratings. Losing his train of thought, Donald Trump turned his rally into an opportunity to share a favorite playlist and show some smooth Teletubbies-like...
Manifest V3 is the new extensions framework for Google's Chrome browser, and one notable outcome is that ad blockers can't block so many ads. After years of delay, Google is reportedly 'purging' such extensions and accelerating the framework's rollout. According to recent...
The Internet Archive was shuttered by a hack days ago, but the Wayback Machine is back online, at least for reading. 'Please be gentle,' writes Brewster Kahle. The @internetarchive's Wayback Machine resumed in a provisional, read-only manner. Sorry, no Save Page Now yet. ...
A 'robot finger' could soon be performing routine physical patient examinations, reports New Atlas, and yes, in addition to surface work, it's going inside 'dark, warm places' for diagnostic purposes. Their BSF, short for bioinspired soft finger, consists of a bending...
A box of dynamite received by a recycling center in Knoxville, Tennesee, prompted an evacuation of local residents and a lockdown as authorities tackled the find. It was 36 hours before the 'high-grade commercial explosives' were declared safe by the bomb squad, and...
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