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The Dark Universe portal in Universal Orlando's new theme park, Epic Universe, is set in the impeccably rendered Darkmoor Village, a possibly Transylvanian setting themed for Universal's classic monster roster. I was with a group of writers who spoke to Peter Carsillo,...
Two years ago, the Texas Lottery Commission proudly announced Ryan Mindell as its Executive Director, saying in a release, 'We are confident that his appointment to Executive Director will sustain the integrity, strategicleadership, and growth of the agency, which is...
It's a May 4th miracle. Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (the new one, not the 2005 one) was a really solid core game mired with a bizarre, exploitative microtransaction system that was so legendarily bad it produced the most downvoted comment in Reddit history from a hapless...
YouTuber Dianna Cowern is suffering from long COVID-induced ME/CFS. After several years, she is up and sharing her experience. This is from the Open Medical Foundation in December of 2024: Dianna Cowern, widely known as Physics Girl, has made significant contributions...
Scientists who win Nobel Prizes become 'visible scientists' — getting 'almost bulletproof prestige and a reputation that can open just about any door,' writes Massimiano Bucchi in The MIT Press Reader. This phenomenon, says Bucchi, is a an example of the 'Matthew effect,'...
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If you watch anime and read manga, you know that many of the stories take place in Japanese high schools. A company in Japan has created a fake high school so foreigners of all ages can pretend to be Japanese high school students for a day. — Read the rest The post Tourists...
If there's any creator out there who's yet to get his flowers, it has to be self-proclaimed VFX superhero Captain Disillusion. As the name implies, he got his start by poking holes in viral hoax videos, using his truly staggering knowledge of VFX and video editing to explain ...
TL;DR: Learn to sign like a pro (or at least enough to impress your next date) with this 13-course ASL bundle for $14.97 (reg. $104). While learning a new language is probably on a lot of people's bucket lists, most of us aren't jumping at the chance to put on real clothes an...
The current government has seen fit to cut funding to services that the American LGBTQ+ community clings to as a lifeline: research into illnesses that predominantly affect the gay community, funding for mental health initiatives and medical procedures that members of the...
Fabiana LaFleur, who hunts for her own food, believes in using every part of the animal to eliminate waste. After cooking and eating the meat from frogs she caught, she transformed the leftover parts into a unique wearable: a frog skin bikini. — Read the rest The post Taxide...
The crown jewel of Universal Orlando's new theme park Epic Universe is its Harry Potter land, 'The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic.' Harry Potter creator JK Rowling's horrible and destructive transphobia, noted. Guests emerging through the portal from the...
Yesterday, we learned that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un was upset about a mishap at a shipyard. Today we see the scale of the problem, courtesy of satellite photos showing his brand-new and obviously capsized warship. KCNA, North Korea's official news agency,...
Some of the most fun sets from LEGO in the last few years have been from LEGO Ideas, a program that allows fan-made creations to be submitted for consideration to be sold as official sets. Van Gogh's Starry Night and one of my favorites, the Ship in a Bottle, were both...
Targeting the European Union and U.S. tech giant Apple, president Donald Trump threatened 50% tariffs on goods coming from Europe ('Our discussions with them are going nowhere!') and 25% on iPhones coming in irrespective of origin ('iPhone's … will be manufactured and built...
Even if you aren't familiar with the term 'Devil Corp,' you've likely stumbled across one before if you've been job searching in the last few years. These corporations reel in desperate job-seekers with vague 'sales and marketing' jobs, using their cult-like focus on...
As a social media platform, LinkedIn is a little like your racist grandpa: you don't want him around and you'd rather not spend too much time in his vicinity, but you're obligated to nonetheless. Also, the racism. Although the extent of my personal interaction with LinkedIn...
The latest generation of NVidia graphics cards saw prices rise faster than benchmarks, leading to lukewarm reviews of the high-end models favored by gamers and AI aficionados. This has led to shenanigans from Nvidia PRs eager to read positive coverage of the affordable...
Suffolk woman Jo Bentley found a spherical egg—a one in a billion rarity worth hundreds of pounds. 'I thought perhaps I should have checked before boiling it,' she told BBC News Suffolk. 'If something good can come out of finding something so bizarre then that would be...
Chinese toymaker Pop Mart's adorable furry charms are so popular in Britain that shortages are leading to fisticuffs in stores there. Pop Mart even took Labubu and friends off the shelves in hopes of calming down the Gen Z maniacs fighting over them, but this only made them...
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