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mercredi 6 août 2025, 14:16
In this video, or, rather, this film, now rendered in digital form after an unknowable sequence of transfers that surely involved video recording and/or transmission, we learn the basic computing terms of 1976. Meet Harry, a 1970s businessman overwhelmed by his backlog and...
Seattle Police report they arrested an armed man who 'copulated' with a refridgerator at the Trader Joe's on East Madison St and then threatened to kill everyone in the store with a knife. Those are the 'cold hard facts,' writes an evidently delighted press officer. — Read...
Stop what you're doing and marvel at the cinematic trainwreck currently achieving the impossible on Rotten Tomatoes: a perfect zero percent score. Not 'almost zero' — absolute zero, like the temperature at which all molecular motion stops. Which, coincidentally, is exactly ...
I thought Jim Acosta displayed real integrity when he made his grand exit from CNN to avoid giving in to Trump. It was a bold, brave move, and one that sent a clear message of defiance in a media landscape that so often toes the party line. — Read the rest The post Jim...
When two storms knocked out power to 90% of Houston last year, tech journalist Dwight Silverman decided it as time to buy back-up power. His article on portable power stations is worth reading if you want to keep your fridge and laptop working when the power goes out. — Read...
mardi 5 août 2025, 23:00
TL;DR: Learn one of 56 languages with the scientifically proven spaced repetition technique from Qlango for only $31.97 (reg. $119.99) until Sep. 7 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Language learning is hard! Unless you live in a new country for half a decade, getting those vocab words and...
Glass Beach, Fort Bragg, is literally trash made pretty. From 1906 to 1967 the town used this stretch of coast as an open dump — people hurled bottles, appliances, whatever, over the cliff. For the next fifty-plus years the Pacific surf worked like a giant rock tumbler,...
The 2008 Orbiting Carbon Observatory and its 2014 replacement cost hundreds of millions of dollars to put in space and the data recorded is of such 'exceptional' quality that farmers use it to track their fields, optimize yields and predict droughts. — Read the rest The...
Alpha-gal syndrome is an immune system misfire developed after being exposed to a tick bite. It is rapidly spreading across the United States and globally. Alpha-gal syndrome is actually an allergy to a sugar molecule with a tongue-twisting name:...
A co-owner of 'Trump Burger' is already embroiled in an ownership dispute with his business partner also finds his green card in question. Roland Beainy, co-owner of Trump Burger in Texas, risks losing his green card with his wife. He reportedly owns 50% of the burger...
Gareth Ward, an Australian politician found guilty in July of rape and sexually assaulting two other men, has yet to resign or be removed from his job as a member of New South Wales' state parliament. Though he is now imprisoned, his lawyers have managed so far to prevent...
Strong-armed by the President into displaying MAGA's alternate version of history, Confederate 'heroes' are back in the National Park Service. The National Park Service is planning to restore and reinstall a statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general and Freemason leader, ...
What happened to the one ubiquitous sound of the Ice Cream truck tinkering through American neighborhoods? Wow. I had no idea that ice cream trucks were so dangerous, as I have only happy childhood memories of them. This video explains it well, and I was surprised to...
Not just any Voltron mind, you, but Lion Force Voltron. While I wasn't particularly excited about the Might Morphin' Power Rangers coming to Fortnite, Voltron is a big deal. I wonder if we will see the robo-lions come together to form him, or what. — Read the rest The po...
Responding to spam or saying 'hello' when you pick up the phone lets fraudsters know you're there. Giving them money lets them know you have more to lose. Days after the University of California in Los Angeles served up a multimillion dollar settlement to a federal lawsuit...
In bizarre footage this morning, Donald Trump is seen shouting at the press while roaming around on the White House roof. And when asked why he is up there, he explains that he is 'taking a little walk.' Whatever else he is trying to say is difficult to to decipher, as the...
If you've ever waved a stick around and screamed incantations at the top of your lungs pretending to be Harry Potter, do I have a game for you. Mage Arena, a recent indie project by first-time developer jrsjams, seems to be having its Schedule I moment — if you're online...
Been through a recent breakup, divorce, or separation? Maybe don't watch Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story. It's an award-winning flick about the scorched earth end of a long-term relationship. It's hella good. But it can be hard on your thinky-feely bits if you're recovering...
I'm in awe of this guy's dedication to his perpetual stew. You can follow his entire stew journey from day one here on his TikTok channel. Besides having one very fascinating pot of ever-brewing stew, he also has a wonderful personality. — Read the rest The post Man celebra...
I'm sure you don't need me to tell you that Baldur's Gate 3 is a really, really good game, but it really, really is. It's hard to believe it's been two whole years since it came out and blew everyone's minds, continuing the series tradition of marking milestones for the RPG...
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