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Polygon - All

  • A cult-favorite series returns after 14 years to Nintendo Switch
    The Katamari Damacy franchise is back with its first brand-new entry on consoles in 14 years. Once Upon A Katamari, announced Thursday during the latest Nintendo Direct, will send the Prince of Cosmos back to Earth for a new roll-’em-up action adve…
    - 31 Jul 25, 9:44am -
  • Cronos: The New Dawn is brutal pandemic horror: ‘Hard mode, in the old-school way’
    The new gameplay trailer for Cronos: The New Dawn, out Wednesday from Bloober Team, debuts some tense gameplay featuring the protagonist — a time traveler with futuristic armor and an arsenal of weapons — facing off against misshapen, humanlike e…
    - 31 Jul 25, 9:23am -
  • Square Enix announces new HD-2D action-JRPG
    During the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, a new Square Enix HD-2D action-JRPG game was announced, called The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales. According to the trailer, the game takes place in a land called Philabieldia that’s overrun…
    - 31 Jul 25, 9:08am -
  • A new Octopath Traveler game is coming December 4
    The Octopath franchise is getting a new title, Octopath Traveler 0, as announced in the Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase this morning. Rather than playing as eight heroes who start their journeys in different places, you’ll be following the story o…
    - 31 Jul 25, 8:53am -
  • Everything announced at Nintendo’s new Nintendo Direct
    Nintendo didn’t have a lot to show at the latest Nintendo Direct, but its third-party partners sure did! During a new Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase broadcast on Thursday, major publishers and indie developers revealed what they’re bringing to…
    - 31 Jul 25, 8:52am -

Best of Reddit - Data is Beautiful

  • new[OC] Open vs Closed LLM Coding Scores Over Time
    data comes from https://pricepertoken.com submitted by /u/select_8 [link] [comments]
    - 16 hours ago 15 Jan 26, 4:36pm -
  • new[OC] Animated history of US interventions and military bases worldwide, from 1900 to today
    Scrub through 125 years of coups, invasions, proxy wars, puppet regimes and embargoes, on a map with historically accurate shifting borders. You can zoom in on regions with three presets or a free pan & zoom mode, toggle off/on intervention typ…
    - 18 hours ago 15 Jan 26, 3:15pm -
  • newWhere Going to the Gym is Most (Un)Popular
    Exercising more is again one of the most popular New Year’s resolutions in the United States. Yet where data shows that January tends to see a higher number of gym sign ups than other months, it also reveals that the goal falls by the wayside…
    - 18 hours ago 15 Jan 26, 3:03pm -
  • newData Manifold of the NYC Housing Market Varying Through Time [OC]
    This is from a personal machine learning research project of mine. I call this a Madelung Object and used python to create it. It's effectivley a map of liquidity in the New York City housing market. For more information you can check out my un…
    - 20 hours ago 15 Jan 26, 1:35pm -
  • newEnvironmental Impacts of Food
    From Our World In Data's excellent web tool - follow that link for original sources and additional options for both the numerator and denominator. Lots of people in the previous post were commenting "what about per kcal/g of protein/water use"…
    - 22 hours ago 15 Jan 26, 10:50am -

Wired

The Webs of Covid-Related Caution Tape Across LondonThe Webs of Covid-Related Caution Tape Across London
The Webs of Covid-Related Caution Tape Across London
The Webs of Covid-Related Caution Tape Across London
- 7 Jun 20, 9:00am -
Artist Rachel Cabitt Is Trapped in a Quarantine Horror FilmArtist Rachel Cabitt Is Trapped in a Quarantine Horror Film
Artist Rachel Cabitt Is Trapped in a Quarantine Horror Film
Artist Rachel Cabitt Is Trapped in a Quarantine Horror Film
- 1 Jun 20, 9:00am -
The Women of Ukraine's Railroads Keep the Trains RunningThe Women of Ukraine's Railroads Keep the Trains Running
The Women of Ukraine's Railroads Keep the Trains Running
The Women of Ukraine's Railroads Keep the Trains Running
- 31 May 20, 9:00am -
Space Photos of the Week: An Eternal Voyage of DiscoverySpace Photos of the Week: An Eternal Voyage of Discovery
Space Photos of the Week: An Eternal Voyage of Discovery
Space Photos of the Week: An Eternal Voyage of Discovery
- 30 May 20, 9:00am -
High in the Alps, Giant Blankets Slow a Glacier's Ice MeltHigh in the Alps, Giant Blankets Slow a Glacier's Ice Melt
High in the Alps, Giant Blankets Slow a Glacier's Ice Melt
High in the Alps, Giant Blankets Slow a Glacier's Ice Melt
- 26 May 20, 9:00am -
Space Photos of the Week: Keeping an Eye on Jupiter's StormsSpace Photos of the Week: Keeping an Eye on Jupiter's Storms
Space Photos of the Week: Keeping an Eye on Jupiter's Storms
Space Photos of the Week: Keeping an Eye on Jupiter's Storms
- 23 May 20, 9:00am -

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Geekologie

  • A longboarder's closest calls over 10 years of filming
    Lonboarder Josh Neuman put together this compilation of his ten closest calls while filming his longboarding over ten years. What he says about his number one closest call:What Happened: While on a production shoot we had one of the crew members…
    - 25 Aug 21, 2:57am -
  • Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot doing parkour
    This is incredible (chilling?) video of Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot doing parkour.Parkour is the perfect sandbox for the Atlas team at Boston Dynamics to experiment with new behaviors. In this video our humanoid robots demonstrate their whole-bo…
    - 19 Aug 21, 5:27am -
  • Absolutely stunning and hypnotic stop-motion animation using matches
    This is an incredibly well done and hypnotic stop-motion animation by Tomohiro Okazaki featuring every conceivable play on matches. And as if the creativity wasn't impressive enough on its own, it plays back at 60fps. The stop-motion video I made f…
    - 11 Aug 21, 2:22am -
  • This is a snownado
    Apparently snownados exist and if you guessed that they're dust devils but with snow you'd be correct. They're not nearly as interesting as Sharknados or firenados, but those are impossibly high bars for a 'nado. Keep going for another video of…
    - 10 Aug 21, 3:41am -
  • Surreal phone booth videos
    This is a series of surreal phone booth videos by TikToker solopsist. You may be wondering what a "surreal phone booth video" even is and I couldn't explain it to you if I tried, so I'll just let you experience them as I did. @solopsist There are…
    - 5 Aug 21, 2:59am -

The Mary Sue

Geeks are Sexy - Technology News

  • newGWAR Singing Pink Pony Club Is Not a Joke, and It’s Somehow Amazing
    When the blood-soaked lords of chaos known as GWAR cover a glittery pop anthem, you don’t question it, you simply accept that reality has officially taken the day off. Stopping by NYC’s Chelsea Studios for The A.V. Club, GWAR unleashed a glorious…
    - 34 mins ago 16 Jan 26, 8:31am -
  • newTikTok Now Age-Checks Users by Studying Their Behavior Via AI
    TikTok has decided that lying about your age with a fake birthday is no longer enough. Under pressure from EU regulators, the app is rolling out a shiny new AI in Europe whose job is to guess whether you’re under 13… by watching how you behave. Y…
    - 1 hour ago 16 Jan 26, 8:02am -
  • newLara Croft Is Back: Sophie Turner Debuts the Classic Tomb Raider Look
    Somewhere deep in an ancient ruin, a dramatic theme music cue just started playing. Amazon MGM Studios has officially begun production on Prime Video’s upcoming Tomb Raider series, and the first-look image of Sophie Turner as Lara Croft makes it ve…
    - 19 hours ago 15 Jan 26, 2:07pm -
  • newMath is Dumb [Comic]
    Yep, math might not be that useless after all, even if it’s just to avoid awkward conversations with people you prefer to stay away from. The problem is that Steve might be using math as well to modify his speed so he can talk to you. [Source: rotu…
    - 20 hours ago 15 Jan 26, 1:00pm -
  • newThis Dancer Looks Like a Wind-Up Bobblehead Toy Come to Life
    Meet Callytrappy, the dancer who moves like a wind-up toy and bobs his head like a car dashboard mascot having an existential crisis. Mesmerizing, hilarious, and mildly unsettling. Check it out! View this post on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/r…
    - 21 hours ago 15 Jan 26, 12:00pm -

Geeks of Doom

  • Book Review: Pocket Portraits: J.R.R. Tolkien: The Father of Modern Fantasy
    J.R.R. Tolkien: The Father of Modern FantasyPocket Portraits seriesHardcover | Kindle Edition | AudiobookBy Don Marshall; illustrated by Kim ArringtonPublisher: Adams MediaRelease Date: November 25, 2025While grading exam papers one…
    - 18 days ago 29 Dec 25, 7:00am -
  • Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Dungeons & Dragons
    Well met and happy holidays, dear readers! It is time again for my annual dive into what Dungeons & Dragons items are new and necessary for this gift-giving season. Alright, maybe not necessary, but close to it, right? I, personally, could not go…
    - 49 days ago 28 Nov 25, 4:00am -
  • Book Review: Frankenstein: The Complete Screenplay: Written and Directed by Guillermo del Toro
    Frankenstein: The Complete Screenplay: Written and Directed by Guillermo del ToroHardcoverBy Guillermo del Toro; Foreword by Guillermo del ToroPublisher: Insight EditionsRelease Date: November 25, 2025 Social media is all abuzz right…
    - 51 days ago 26 Nov 25, 5:39pm -
  • Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Books, Games, Collectibles & More!
    Greetings, Doomers! Black Friday shopping started off as a huge annual sale on the day after Thanksgiving, then it slowly encroached upon Thanksgiving night, and now it seems like it's a week-long event. So to help you get in on some of those ear…
    - 53 days ago 24 Nov 25, 5:29am -
  • Book Review: Superman: The Art and Making of the Film
    Superman: The Art and Making of the FilmHardcover | Kindle EditionBy James FieldIntroduction by James Gunn; Foreword by David CorenswetPublisher: Abrams BooksRelease Date: November 18, 2025 DC Films has made several noble attempts o…
    - 55 days ago 22 Nov 25, 7:00am -
  • Book Review: Uneasy Elixirs: 50 Curious Cocktails Inspired by the Works of Edward Gorey
    Edward Gorey: Uneasy Elixirs50 Curious Cocktails Inspired by the Works of Edward GoreyHardcover | Kindle EditionBy Virginia MillerPublisher: Weldon OwenRelease date: October 21, 2025Before Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas…
    - 58 days ago 19 Nov 25, 7:00am -
  • Book Review: The Art & Making Of Frankenstein: Written & Directed By Guillermo del Toro
    The Art & Making Of Frankenstein: Written and Directed by Guillermo del ToroStandard Trade EditionHardcoverBy Sheila O'MalleyIntroduction by Oscar Isaac; Foreword by Guillermo del ToroPublisher: Insight EditionsRelease Date: October 2…
    - 74 days ago 3 Nov 25, 6:49pm -
  • New Book Tie-Ins Coming For Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’
    Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, a new film adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, hit theaters this weekend for a limited run before its Netflix debut on November 7, 2025. The director's take on the classic is visually stunning and brilliant…
    - 88 days ago 20 Oct 25, 12:04am -
  • Movie Review: Deathstalker (2025)
    Deathstalker (2025)Directed & Written by Steven KostanskiStarring Daniel Bernhardt, Patton Oswalt, Christina Orjalo, Paul Lazenby, Nina Bergman, Nicholas Rice, Conor SweeneyStudio: Hangar 18 MediaDistributed by: Shout! Studios, Raven Bann…
    - 95 days ago 13 Oct 25, 2:23pm -
  • Book Review: Dungeons & Dragons: The Finest Edge of Twilight by R. A. Salvatore
    The Finest Edge of TwilightBook 1: Dungeons & DragonsHardcover | Kindle Edition | AudiobookBy R. A. SalvatorePublisher: Random House WorldsRelease Date: October 7, 2025Well met, fellow readers! I am so happy to be able to talk to yo…
    - 7 Oct 25, 8:00am -
  • Book Review: Pocket Portraits: Edgar Allan Poe: The Master of the Macabre
    Edgar Allan Poe: The Master of the MacabrePocket Portraits seriesHardcover | Kindle Edition | AudiobookWritten by Levi Lionel Leland; illustrated by Kim Arrington Publisher: Adams MediaRelease Date: September 23, 2025It was 176 year…
    - 7 Oct 25, 7:00am -
  • Movie Review: Good Boy (2025)
    Good Boy (2025)Directed by Ben LeonbergWritten by Ben Leonberg & Alex CannonStarring Indy, Shane Jensen, Arielle Friedman, Larry FessendenIFC Films | ShudderRelease date: October 3, 2025Dave3 and I just saw the new film Good Boy las…
    - 6 Oct 25, 4:53pm -
  • Book Review: Play Nice by Rachel Harrison
    Play NiceHardcover | Kindle Edition | AudiobookBy Rachel HarrisonPublisher: BerkleyRelease Date: September 9, 2025A social media influencer plans to turn the fixer-upper she inherited from her late mother into a moneymaking opportunit…
    - 9 Sep 25, 8:00am -
  • Fall 2025 Book Recommendations
    We just finished the Labor Day holiday, which marks the unofficial end of Summer here in the U.S., so now it's time to shift focus to the Fall, with all things cozy and spooky too. The Fall is also the best time for reading (in my humble opinion)…
    - 4 Sep 25, 8:48am -
  • Movie Review: The Fantastic Four: First Steps
    The Fantastic Four: First StepsDirected by Matt ShakmanStarring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, Julia Garner, Ralph InesonMarvel StudiosRelease date: July 25, 2025Non-spoiler first thoughts (mostly writt…
    - 24 Jul 25, 9:22pm -
  • Book Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Heir Of Strahd
    Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft: Heir of StrahdHardcover | Kindle Edition | AudiobookBy Delilah S. DawsonPublisher: Random House WorldsRelease Date: May 13, 2025 All things come full circle. This was a saying when I was younger and I ca…
    - 13 May 25, 3:39pm -
  • Kickstarter Spotlight: Glow #1-7: A Post-Apocalyptic Techno-Fantasy Odyssey
    I had to look through the GoD archives to see how long it had been since I first discovered Ray Chou and the wonders he and his teams create. It all started with a little project from his company Mythopoeia (now called Mythworks) called Skies of…
    - 12 May 25, 8:00am -
  • Book Review: Dragonlance Chronicles
    Dragonlance ChroniclesBooks 1-3: Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, and Dragons of Spring DawningHardcoverBy Margaret Weis & Tracy HickmanForeword by Joe ManganielloPublisher: Random House WorldsRelease Date: Februar…
    - 12 Apr 25, 11:17am -
  • Book Review: Just Beyond The Light by D. Randall Blythe
    Just Beyond The LightMaking Peace with the Wars Inside Our HeadHardcover | Kindle Edition | AudiobookBy D. Randall BlythePublisher: Da CapoRelease Date: February 18, 2025A decade after D. Randall Blythe bared his soul in Dark Days,…
    - 5 Mar 25, 10:27am -
  • Book Review: Dungeons & Dragons: 2024 Monster Manual
    Dungeons & Dragons: 2024 Monster ManualHardcoverD&D AccessoryWizards Of The CoastRelease Date: February 18, 2025Welcome, friends, to the third and final installment of the "Big 3" books for the 2024 refresh on your D&D books. The Dung…
    - 18 Feb 25, 4:03pm -
  • Book Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Art & Arcana: A Visual History (50th Anniversary Edition)
    Dungeons & Dragons: Art & Arcana: A Visual History (50th Anniversary Edition)Hardcover | KindleBy Michael Witwer, Kyle Newman, Jon Peterson, and Sam WitwerForeword by Joe ManganielloPublisher: Ten Speed PressRelease Date: November 5, 20…
    - 17 Feb 25, 3:53pm -
  • Book Review: Stranger Things: The Dustin Experiment by J.L. D’Amato
    Stranger Things: The Dustin ExperimentHardcover | Kindle Edition | AudiobookBy J.L. D'AmatoPublisher: Random House Books for Young ReadersRelease Date: October 29, 2024Geeky high school freshman Dustin Henderson finds an unlikely ally…
    - 10 Feb 25, 5:37pm -
  • Book Review: Gate To Kagoshima by Poppy Kuroki
    Gate To KagoshimaBook 1: Ancestor Memories FantasyPaperback | Kindle Edition | AudiobookBy Poppy KurokiPublisher: Harper PerennialRelease Date: January 28, 2025In Gate To Kagoshima, a new historical romance-fantasy that begins in ea…
    - 3 Feb 25, 9:52am -
  • Book Review: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
    Witchcraft for Wayward GirlsHardcover | Paperback Large Print | Kindle | AudiobookBy Grady HendrixPublisher: BerkleyRelease Date: January 14, 2025After being secreted away at a home for wayward girls, a desperate pregnant teen turns t…
    - 14 Jan 25, 11:28am -
  • Book Review: Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman
    Wake Up and Open Your EyesHardcover | Kindle | AudiobookBy Clay McLeod ChapmanPublisher: Quirk BooksRelease Date: January 7, 2025An obsession with social media and far-right news programs sends an average American family into a downwa…
    - 7 Jan 25, 8:59am -

Neatorama

  • newTwo Violinists, One Violin
    YouTubers Monen mit Melonen (Google Translate says that's German for "monkeys with melons") are master violinists. Yet they are also starving artists who can afford only one violin. It would appear that they're not fond of taking turns or their pract…
    - 1 hour ago 16 Jan 26, 7:58am -
  • newThe Crucial Rejuvenation That Transformed Japan's Biggest City
    In the 17th century, the city of Edo (modern day Tokyo) had almost a million residents, but was suffering on the brink of ecological collapse due to the cascading effects of deforestation, which affected housing and food supplies, and threatened the…
    - 2 hours ago 16 Jan 26, 6:47am -
  • newRomeo & Juliet & Godzilla
    The premise is ingenious: we have the classic Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet most memorably told by William Shakespeare but we experience that story from the perspective of Godzilla.How does Godzilla appear in the most well-known play? My immediate thou…
    - 13 hours ago 15 Jan 26, 8:00pm -
  • newThe Chocolate Silos of Brook Park, Ohio
    If you saw this sight on a road trip, you'd never forget it. It would make you crave chocolate, don't you think? These three silos sit near the Malley’s Chocolates factory in Brook Park, a suburb of Cleveland. The silos are 88 feet tall and each is…
    - 18 hours ago 15 Jan 26, 2:50pm -
  • A "Hotel on the Moon" is Now Taking Reservations
    The startup Galactic Resource Utilization Space (GRU) has launched a website to take reservations for a hotel on the moon. No, the hotel is not on the moon yet, but the plan is to have it in place by 2032. Availability dates will be subject to transp…
    - 1 day ago 15 Jan 26, 7:01am -
  • Goat Relentlessly Attacks Shopfront and Wins the Battle
    Shane Martin has a construction business in Cobar, NSW, Australia. He arrived at his shopfront to find the glass shattered in the door and three windows. Was someone trying to break in? He watched the security footage and saw a feral goat head-buttin…
    - 1 day ago 15 Jan 26, 6:05am -
  • Walt Disney's Audacious Dream of Disneyland
    At the end of World War II, Walt Disney thought his animation company might be on its last legs, so he was looking for something different. An amusement park? Okay, but it had to be better than what other amusement parks had to offer at the time. The…
    - 2 days ago 14 Jan 26, 7:49pm -
  • There's Now a Pokémon Theme Park
    The grandeur of the Pokémon universe began thirty years ago and Japan is celebrating the franchise. Sora News 24 tells us that a permanent Pokémon theme park is opening in Tokyo. It's called Poképark Kanto.It consists of two sections: Pokémon Fo…
    - 2 days ago 14 Jan 26, 1:33pm -
  • Running Doom on a Cooking Pot
    "Yeah, I know how stupid this is. But it had to be done."No, Aaron Christophel is far, far from stupid. His project is intelligent and thoughtful. What if you want to play Doom but only have access to a Krups Cook4Me electric cooking pot? Christophel…
    - 2 days ago 14 Jan 26, 8:06am -
  • "Dixie" on a Chinese Erhu
    This gentleman on the Chinese video hosting app Bilibili plays the erhu--a two-stringed bowed instrument. It produces excellent fiddle music as aptly demonstrated with the American folk song "Dixie." The erhu's vibrant notes transport us to a land of…
    - 2 days ago 14 Jan 26, 7:55am -
  • Life Living on Sesame Street
    Can I tell you how to get to Sesame Street? Yes, but I assure you that you should go as a tourist. You do not want to actually live there. The residents are freaks. And I don't mean just their physical features, but also their behaviors. Comedian Ros…
    - 2 days ago 14 Jan 26, 7:41am -
  • When New York City Wanted to Secede from the United States
    In 1860, New York City seriously considered leaving the United States and forming its own country. The mayor, Fernando Wood, consulted with the city's movers and shakers like William Astor, August Belmont, and Sam Tilden about the plan, which they co…
    - 2 days ago 14 Jan 26, 6:46am -
  • An Honest Trailer for <i>The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring</i>
    To celebrate the anniversary of the 2001 movie The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, it's returning to theaters starting January 16th. The Two Towers will be released on January 17th, and The Return of the King hits theaters on January 1…
    - 3 days ago 13 Jan 26, 6:19pm -
  • The Goblin XF-85: the World's Tiniest Fighter Jet
    Isn't this little fighter jet cute? It is less than 15 feet long, and it has a wingspan of 21 feet. But those wings fold up, making the plane even tinier. This is the McDonnell Goblin XF-85 parasite fighter jet, developed during World War II. See, Am…
    - 3 days ago 13 Jan 26, 8:04am -
  • Trap Dancer Moves Like a Human Bobblehead
    The Awesomer properly labels this familiar if unsettling movement: like a life-size living bobblehead doll.Callytrappy is a trap dancer. He moves his body rhythmically and robotically to the music deep in the uncanny valley between a human and an and…
    - 3 days ago 13 Jan 26, 8:04am -

GeekDad

Longform

  • Longform Podcast #585: John Jeremiah Sullivan
    John Jeremiah Sullivan is a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine and has written for Harper's, The New Yorker, and GQ. He is the author of Pulphead and the forthcoming The Prime Minister of Paradise: The True Story of a Lost American Hi…
    - 26 Jun 24, 10:19am -
  • Longform Podcast #584: Ta-Nehisi Coates
    Ta-Nehisi Coates is an author and journalist. His next book is The Message.“I don’t think we have the luxury as journalists of avoiding things because people might say bad things about us. I don’t even think we have the luxury of avoiding thi…
    - 19 Jun 24, 6:53am -
  • Longform Podcast #583: Jay Caspian Kang
    Jay Caspian Kang is a staff writer for The New Yorker and a co-host of Time to Say Goodbye.“At some point, you have to kick it out the door, and it’s never finished to the degree that you would finish a magazine piece. But it, in some ways, is m…
    - 12 Jun 24, 12:37pm -
  • Longform Podcast #582: Joseph Cox
    Joseph Cox is a cybersecurity journalist and co-founder of 404 Media. His new book is Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever.“In the not too distant future, I will be a very old man, and maybe I won't be able to…
    - 5 Jun 24, 7:10am -
  • Longform Podcast #581: Tavi Gevinson
    Tavi Gevinson is a writer, actor, and the founder of Rookie. Her new zine is Fan Fiction.“Stories are unstable, and memory is unstable, and identity is unstable. All of these things that I've tried to make permanent in writing, they're actually un…
    - 29 May 24, 7:18am -
  • Longform Podcast #580: Rachel Khong
    Rachel Khong is a journalist and author whose latest novel is Real Americans.“It's about the ways in which we miss each other as human beings and can't fully communicate what it is like to be ourselves. … And I think that's what makes it so int…
    - 22 May 24, 8:45am -
  • Longform Podcast #579: Kelsey McKinney
    Kelsey McKinney is a features writer and co-owner at Defector.com. She hosts the podcast Normal Gossip and is the author of the upcoming book You Didn't Hear This From Me: (Mostly) True Notes on Gossip.“I was always very interested in how you stra…
    - 15 May 24, 7:54am -
  • Longform Podcast #578: Lissa Soep
    Lissa Soep is an audio producer, editor and author whose latest book is Other People’s Words: Friendship, Loss, and the Conversations That Never End.“I am so keenly aware of how much my own voice is a product of editing relationships and co-pro…
    - 8 May 24, 6:29am -
  • Longform Podcast #577: PJ Vogt
    PJ Vogt is the host of Search Engine.“One of our tests editorially is if we think we’ve got something good, but we haven’t started reporting or recording on it, I’ll just try asking the question at dinner and stuff. If it derails conversatio…
    - 1 May 24, 7:57am -
  • Longform Podcast #576: Lindsay Peoples
    Lindsay Peoples is the editor-in-chief of The Cut.“You see so many incredible people make one mistake and lose their job or they speak out about something and then the next day something blows up. And so I do think that I often feel like I have t…
    - 24 Apr 24, 7:25am -
  • Polk Award Winners: Jason Motlagh
    Jason Motlagh, a journalist and filmmaker, is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone and the founder of Blackbeard Films. He won the Polk's Sydney Schanberg Prize for “This Will End in Blood and Ashes,” an account of the collapse of order in Hait…
    - 19 Apr 24, 7:00am -
  • Polk Award Winners: Brian Howey
    Brian Howey is a freelance journalist who won the Polk Award for Justice Reporting after exposing a deceptive police tactic widely used in California. He began the project, which was eventually published by the Los Angeles Times and Reveal, as a grad…
    - 18 Apr 24, 7:01am -
  • Polk Award Winners: Meribah Knight
    Meribah Knight is a reporter with Nashville Public Radio. She won the Polk Award for Podcasting for “The Kids of Rutherford County,” produced with ProPublica and Serial, which revealed a shocking approach to juvenile discipline in one Tennessee c…
    - 17 Apr 24, 8:43am -
  • Polk Award Winners: Jesse Coburn
    Jesse Coburn is an investigative reporter at Streetsblog. He won the Polk Award for Local Reporting for "Ghost Tags," his series on the black market for temporary license plates.“You can imagine this having never become a problem, because it’s…
    - 16 Apr 24, 7:11am -
  • Polk Award Winners: Amel Guettatfi and Julia Steers
    Amel Guettatfi and Julia Steers won this year's George Polk Award for Television Reporting for “Inside Wagner,” their Vice News investigation of Russian mercenaries on the Ukraine front and in the Central African Republic. “One of the best ta…
    - 15 Apr 24, 9:20am -
  • Longform Podcast #575: Megan Kimble
    Megan Kimble is the former executive editor of The Texas Observer and has written for The New York Times, Texas Monthly, and The Guardian. Her new book is City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America’s Highways.“I have neve…
    - 3 Apr 24, 9:46am -
  • Longform Podcast #574: Zach Harris
    Zach Harris is a journalist whose latest article for Rolling Stone is "Meet the Gen Z Hothead Burning Up Pro Bowling."“I'm not like a staff writer who has … status and access. But if I come up with something fun that you've never heard of that…
    - 27 Mar 24, 10:12am -
  • Longform Podcast #573: Rozina Ali
    Rozina Ali is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and the winner of the 2023 National Magazine Award for Reporting. Her latest article is “Raised in the West Bank, Shot in Vermont.”“I think it’s very, very important to spea…
    - 20 Mar 24, 12:01pm -
  • Longform Podcast #572: Derek Thompson
    Derek Thompson is a staff writer for The Atlantic and host of the podcast Plain English.“I am an inveterate dilettante. I lose interest in subjects all the time. Because what I find interesting about my job is the invitation to solve mysteries. A…
    - 13 Mar 24, 8:31am -
  • Longform Podcast #571: Tessa Hulls
    Tessa Hulls is a writer and artist whose work has appeared in The Rumpus, The Washington Post, and The Capitol Hill Times. Her new book, a graphic memoir, is Feeding Ghosts.“This project is the thing I have spent my entire life running from. I wa…
    - 6 Mar 24, 6:44am -

The Hollywood Reporter - Heat Vision

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  • newFord worker who called Trump "pedophile protector" raises $440K after suspension
    TJ Sabula, the Ford factory worker who called Trump a "pedophile protector" during a plant tour in Dearborn, Michigan, has raised over $440,000 on GoFundMe after being suspended without pay, reports Click On Detroit.Video captured Trump mouthing "f*…
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  • newCyber crime is up — fortify your Mac for 44% off with Moonlock
    TL;DR: Get cyber protection specifically designed for your Mac with Moonlock, an app that makes antivirus simple. And right now, you can get a year's subscription for just $29.99 (Reg. $54.00).Cybercrime is up. The stats show that, thanks to AI an…
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  • newKeep a slide rule in your kitchen drawer for scaling recipes
    Forget apps and smart displays. The most elegant kitchen calculator is a mechanical device from the 1600s. Entropic Thoughts makes the case for keeping a slide rule in your kitchen drawer.The problem: cooking constantly demands proportion adjustment…
    - 20 hours ago 15 Jan 26, 1:33pm -
  • newA bet, a parachute, and Devil's Tower: a perfect plan until it wasn't
    In 1941, daredevil parachutist George Hopkins settled a bet by jumping out of a plane and landing on top of Devil's Tower. The parachute worked perfectly, but the plan to get down from the national monument did not.Hopkins' $50 wager was simple: par…
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  • newFBI's raid on Washington Post reporter was the first of its kind, with more to come
    The FBI search of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home marks the first time the Justice Department has executed a search warrant at a journalist's residence in a national security leak case, according to the Reporters Committee for Freedom…
    - 20 hours ago 15 Jan 26, 1:25pm -
  • newEllison's yacht name spelled "I'm a Nazi" backwards
    Oracle billionaire Larry Ellison once owned a 191-foot superyacht named Izanami, after the Shinto goddess of creation and death. The vessel was designed by legendary architect Norman Foster and built in Germany. Ellison bought it in 1999 for $25 mill…
    - 20 hours ago 15 Jan 26, 1:12pm -
  • newTrump itching to turn the military on Americans
    Once again, Donald Trump says he is considering invoking the Insurrection Act in response to protests. This time in Minneapolis, where folks are demonstrating peacefully against a wave of Immigration and Customs Enforcement violence and abuse. The mo…
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  • newKristi Noem says Americans should be ready to prove citizenship to ICE
    DHS Secretary Kristi Noem — dubbed "ICE Barbie" for her habit of cosplaying in tactical gear during immigration raids — now says Americans should expect to prove their citizenship during ICE operations, reports The Daily Beast."If we are on a ta…
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  • newAmiga Pointer Archive has all of them
    It was elementary to create a custom mouse pointer on the Commodore Amiga, and the introductory tinkering for countless pixel artists. The Amiga Pointer Archive has an astonishingly large collection to play with—and an editor to make your own.A b…
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  • newSony's first gaming mouse is good
    Sporting an 8000hz polling rate, Sony's Inzone Mouse-A is its first gaming mouse. Lightweight and wireless, it's been out a while and reviews are in. It's good. For gaming, anyway.A strong debut from Sony in the gaming mouse space. The mouse perfor…
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  • newICE detaining Native American tribal citizens at concentration camp
    ICE agents detained four Oglala Lakota men in South Minneapolis and transported three of them to Fort Snelling — a site that served as a concentration camp during the forced removal of Dakota people in the 1860s, reports ICT News. — Read the rest…
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  • newPam Bondi introduces Schrödinger's resignation
    In a recent interview, Trump stooge Pam Bondi made an odd clarification about how employment works in Trumpworld: when government lawyers resign, she fires them. Instead of letting them collect their vacation, they'll get unemployment. Bondi framed…
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  • newReports from Ford plant say Trump's stench made a lasting impression
    According to the Lincoln Square Project, Ford workers in Detroit had an unexpected sensory takeaway from the president's recent visit. Staffers there report multiple workers describing "Diaper Don" Trump's body odor as "like bad breath mixed with fec…
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  • newGOP lawmaker who claimed trans people "harm children" guilty of harming children
    For years, Republican lawmakers have insisted that trans people represent a danger to children, repeating the claim so often it has hardened into dogma on the right. Now one of those lawmakers is facing charges for allegedly harming children. South…
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  • newGod of War's Thor actor becomes Kratos for Amazon show
    Hey, remember that live-action God of War show Amazon announced more than three years ago? No? I didn't either until just now, but it's been chugging along behind the scenes without our knowledge.After the Fallout TV show turned out pretty damn good…
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  • newKickstart your wellness journey with Jillian Michaels for only $150
    TL;DR: The Jillian Michaels Fitness App gives you access to a celebrity trainer who will always take your call — grab your lifetime license for just $149.99 (reg. $449.95). Health and wellness may be key to a good quality of life, but with our…
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  • How one climber's false summit claim helped turn K2 into a graveyard
    High-altitude mountaineering is unforgiving in ways that don't leave room for ambiguity, ego, or misinformation. A new video from Mountain Disasters revisits the July 28, 2019, tragedy on K2, where a single false claim about turning back triggered a…
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  • Federal judges confirm California voters knew exactly what they were doing
    A federal court has ruled that California's new congressional maps are legal, dealing a blow to Republicans who hoped the judiciary would undo what voters very deliberately approved at the ballot box. The decision clears the way for districts designe…
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  • These neon mushrooms look like underwater coral
    Meet the clavarioid fungi, better known as coral fungi. These mushrooms look like they escaped from an underwater reef to live on land. Some branch out like tiny trees, while others resemble forks, clubs, or little worms.Many feel springy to the tou…
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  • Ohio's pink chocolate silos never held any chocolate
    Drivers on Interstate 480 can't miss the playful trio of hot-pink towers rising from the Malley's Chocolates complex in Brook Park, Ohio. Each silo is boldly labeled "Cocoa," "Milk," and "Sugar." They stand beside the company's main chocolate-making…
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  • This subreddit is full of beautifully worn-out objects
    Browsing r/Wellworn will fill your screen with delightfully used items. From bars of soap worn into interesting shapes to clothing and stuffies loved into rags, each item tells a story. Many have a character and soul that make brand-new items look du…
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  • Matt Storer makes parodies about wizards and his hair
    And before you get mad, he's literally written an entire song about his hair's state of distress.What are they putting in the water in Australia? Singlet-wearing king of awkward specificity Tom Cardy might be a top-tier comedy musician, but I've jus…
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  • Bandcamp bans AI-generated music, unlike Spotify's slop-filled playlists
    If it wasn't the ICE recruitment ads that drove you off Spotify, it was probably the deluge of AI slop pushed by the platform. If I have to see another album some guy generated and published under Akira Yamaoka's name, I'm going to lose it. — Read…
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  • "Are you dead?" app goes viral in China with 10 million downloads
    An app that asks "Are you dead?" went viral in China and hit the top of Apple's App Store with over 10 million downloads.The single-purpose app for people who live alone has no bells or whistles. Users enter their name and the email address of a fri…
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  • Medieval France put pigs on trial for murder — complete with lawyers, judges, and executions
    In medieval France, when a pig killed a child, the animal didn't just get slaughtered. It got a trial. These were formal legal proceedings with judges, defense attorneys, and — in at least one case — a pig that spent five years in prison awaiting…
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  • Nerd Rant: The “What if” Arguments
    Any time Hollywood remakes something, and changes a characters skin color to anything not white, white people have complete breakdowns over it. I’ve seen so much outrage recently between The Rings of Power, and now The Little Mermaid, it’s just d…
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  • Watching: DC Animated Shows
    I’ve been on a kick lately, a nostalgia superhero kick. I grew up watching superhero cartoons, and never really stopped. It really hit me though that most of the animated shows I watched were DC. Of course I loved some Marvel stuff to, like X-Men,…
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  • That Time At The Library
    Once upon a time, 13 year old me, and my two best friends (one bold & one goofy) were at a public library. We were doing some research for a school project we had to work on, and pretty much minding our own business. Aside from whispering, when we ne…
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  • My Favorite Underrated Movies
    We all have those movies we love, but it feels like no one else likes them. These are a few of mine. One of the great things about the internet is finding out that I was not alone in liking these movies. Josie and the Pussycats (2001) Such cheesy goo…
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  • The Guild
    On July 27th 2007, back when I obsessively payed World of Warcraft, Felicia Day dropped The Guild on YouTube. I’m having trouble processing that this year will mark 15 years since then. It just doesn’t seem that long ago to me, yet, somehow, it d…
    - 28 Feb 22, 12:38pm -
  • “Forgotten” Early 2000s Sci-Fi Shows
    If it wasn’t for the fact that people uploaded things on YouTube, I would have thought I was the only one who remembered some of these shows. I consider them “forgotten” simply because of the fact I never hear any one talk about them, or know w…
    - 19 Jan 22, 12:13pm -
  • The Villains Lair
    I’m not sure how this went unnoticed by me for so long, but recently YouTube decided to make a suggestion to me, and I don’t know why they waited so long. But, now I have discovered The Villain’s Lair. Here are the first two episodes from the p…
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  • Encanto: Mirabel’s Gift
    When we get to the end of Encanto some people felt it wasn’t clear if Mirabel had a gift, or what it was. But, I think I might be on to something with my theory. Let’s start at the beginning, not of the movie, but where the gifts came from. Abuel…
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  • If My Life Were A Disney Soundtrack
    Sometimes I like to put together playlists on Spotifty. Recently I wondered, if my life had a soundtrack, what would it be? Then I went completely blank.  After thinking on it, I figured the best place for me to start would be with songs from Disne…
    - 2 Jan 22, 10:34am -
  • Nerd Nostalgia: BK Commercials
    I’m not sure how I ended up down this rabbit hole, but here we are. This post is an unintentional ad for Burger King, because they saw talent before they were famous. Little “Buffy” at Burger King Before she worked at Double Meat Palace, Buffy…
    - 27 Dec 21, 12:25pm -

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