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  • 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 -

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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
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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 -

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Geeks of Doom

  • Book Review: Dragonlance Legends
    Dragonlance LegendsBooks 1-3: Time of the Twins, War of the Twins, Test of the TwinsHardcoverBy Margaret Weis & Tracy HickmanPublisher: Random House WorldsRelease Date: February 10, 2026So this week sees the release of a series of b…
    - 23 days ago 10 Feb 26, 8:48am -
  • Book Review: Stranger Things: One Way Or Another: A Nancy Wheeler Mystery
    Stranger Things: One Way Or AnotherStranger Things: A Nancy Wheeler MysteryHardcover | Kindle Edition | AudiobookBy Caitlin SchneiderhanPublisher: Random House WorldsRelease Date: December 2, 2025Recent high school grad Nancy Wheele…
    - 37 days ago 27 Jan 26, 8:00am -
  • New Book Tie-Ins Coming For New ‘Wuthering Heights’ Movie & Other Collaborations!
    This Valentine's Day will see the release of "Wuthering Heights" in theaters, starring Margot Robbie (Barbie) and Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein). This is one I'm looking forward to this year and I love that events like this spark people to read and…
    - 38 days ago 26 Jan 26, 7:05pm -
  • Book Review: Twelve Months (A Novel Of The Dresden Files)
    Twelve MonthsBook 18: Dresden FilesHardcover | Kindle | AudiobookBy Jim ButcherPublisher: Ace BooksRelease Date: January 20, 2026I feel like it has been a lifetime since I last wrote a review of a Jim Butcher book. Point of fact, it…
    - 44 days ago 20 Jan 26, 7:00am -
  • 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…
    - 66 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…
    - 98 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…
    - 99 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…
    - 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…
    - 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…
    - 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…
    - 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…
    - 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…
    - 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 -

Neatorama

  • newMore Strange Early Versions of Disney Characters
    Getting a glimpse of the earliest versions of beloved Disney characters was a hit, so why not do some more of them? The 2013 movie Frozen was the culmination of Disney's decades-long quest to make a movie out of the 1844 Hans Christian Andersen fair…
    - 4 hours ago 5 Mar 26, 1:24pm -
  • newTerry Border's Stop-Motion Touche’ Mustachios
    How does a mere notepad inflict damage in a duel armed only with a pencil? By drawing on your opponent. The first with a full mustache and beard is the loser. Then one duelist figures out how to make himself more intimidating, a decision that may…
    - 21 hours ago 4 Mar 26, 8:08pm -
  • newVicky With Three Kisses, and Other British Propaganda
    https://t.co/Eyyg9Ybo92— Miss Cellania (@misscellania) March 5, 2026During the rise of the Nazi regime, radio was used as a propaganda tool to indoctrinate the German people and convince them of the inevitability of the Third Reich. The British wer…
    - 23 hours ago 4 Mar 26, 6:35pm -
  • Deception, Shading the Truth, False Witness, and Lies
    When is a lie a lie? That may seem like a simple question on the surface, but there are many factors to consider. When you say something complimentary to avoid insulting someone with your honest opinion, we call it a "white lie," but it's still a fal…
    - 1 day ago 4 Mar 26, 6:43am -
  • When the Electoral College Does Not Represent the Popular Vote
    A bizarre possibility in the Electoral College voting system is that a candidate may win the popular vote and still lose the election. For one thing, the weight of electoral votes do not represent the population of all states equally. For another, th…
    - 2 days ago 3 Mar 26, 8:03pm -
  • Peter Tork Was The Ventriloquist of <i>The Monkees</i>
    When a ventriloquist provides a voice for his dummy, the illusion works because you are focused on the dummy delivering the lines and you're not looking at the ventriloquist. In the age of video, you can go back and focus on the ventriloquist and see…
    - 2 days ago 3 Mar 26, 8:31am -
  • March Could Be a Great Time to See the Northern Lights
    Although neither astronomers nor meteorologists can say for sure, the convergence of two phenomena could mean that the Aurora Borealis will be at its peak in March. First, there is the equinox. The vernal equinox is on Friday, March 20, when the angl…
    - 2 days ago 3 Mar 26, 7:32am -
  • Figuring Out the Pancreas Got Violent at Times
    Ancient anatomists knew about the pancreas. Not only did we butcher animals long before we had writing, but humans were also studied after death. Still, they didn't know what the organ was for- maybe it was just padding between other organs. German a…
    - 3 days ago 2 Mar 26, 5:51pm -
  • Why Women Experience Pain After an Injury Longer Than Men
    We are all familiar with the tendency of medical professionals to dismiss a woman's pain. There are several reasons for this, and one of them may be that women on average report pain for a longer period after an injury than men do. Research shows tha…
    - 3 days ago 2 Mar 26, 3:39pm -
  • Take Your Seat and Enjoy Your Flight
    One redditor refers to this novel airline seat design as the "Cheek Splitter 9000." /u/themondyone shares this photo from an older Boeing 737-800 operated by Japan Airlines. The text on the hump says, in English and Japanese, "Do Not Sit Here"--just…
    - 3 days ago 2 Mar 26, 12:20pm -
  • Scientists Play <i>Doom</i> on Human Brain Cells
    The 1993 video game Doom was one of the earliest first-person shooter games and popularized the genre. It has become a hobby among eccentric engineers to play the game on unconventional platforms, such as a chainsaw, a rotary phone, and a cooking pot…
    - 3 days ago 2 Mar 26, 9:36am -
  • 5 Weird <i>Star Trek</i> Merchandise Items
    Michael Koopmans is a Trekkie and dedicated collector of the most obscure and bizarre items of Star Trek merchandise. Yes, we are all familiar with the Spock helmet, an ongoing source of mirth on the internet for the past decade. But did you know abo…
    - 3 days ago 2 Mar 26, 9:20am -
  • On the Links with Alice Cooper "At Least That's How I Recollect It"
    In the 1970s, Alice Cooper burst onto the music scene with his shock rock about not liking school and not being a nice guy. He wore creepy makeup, brought snakes onstage, and worst of all, he had a woman's name! It was cool to like Cooper because it…
    - 4 days ago 2 Mar 26, 4:56am -
  • The Man Who Shipped Ice Around the World
    When you have a novel idea that could make you rich, you have to be ready for an expensive learning curve. Frederic Tudor came from a wealthy family, and was determined to make his idea work. Tudor grew up in New England, where the lakes and rivers f…
    - 4 days ago 1 Mar 26, 8:06pm -
  • Wilmer McLean Provided Bookends to the Civil War
    Among the big names of the American Civil War, Wilmer McLean is pretty far down the list. You might not have ever heard of him. But his presence is found in the geography of the war. McLean was a wealthy man with a grocery store, a plantation, and a…
    - 4 days ago 1 Mar 26, 2:35pm -

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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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- 25 Jul 24, 6:52pm -

BoingBoing

  • newGet Windows 11 Pro for just $13
    TL;DR: Windows 11 Pro is Microsoft's latest operating system, and it delivers enhanced security features, an updated interface, and AI integration—get it now for just $12.97 (reg. $199). Microsoft is such a staple that you'd be forgiven for thin…
    - 1 hour ago 5 Mar 26, 4:00pm -
  • newIkea's Kallsup: $9 Bluetooth speakers with "surprisingly big sound"
    Ikea just announced its Kallsup portable Bluetooth speakers, which come in pink and yellow-green—just like that new MacBook Neo that Apple announced. Ikea's saturation slider is way up, though, so I'm not sure how well they'll go together. But they…
    - 1 hour ago 5 Mar 26, 3:51pm -
  • newBoth parties vote to keep congressional sex harassment files secret
    The House voted 357-65 on Tuesday to bury a resolution that would have forced public disclosure of sexual harassment investigations against members of Congress. The resolution came from Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), who wanted the Ethics Committee to op…
    - 3 hours ago 5 Mar 26, 2:34pm -
  • newPaxton played the MAGA game and Trump dumped him anyway
    Ken Paxton has done everything right by the MAGA playbook — challenged the 2020 election, flew to Mar-a-Lago for Trump's 2024 campaign launch, and stood with him in the New York courtroom. "No one has been more loyal to Donald Trump than me," Paxto…
    - 3 hours ago 5 Mar 26, 2:29pm -
  • newFind a movie to watch by mood, director, genre, or specific vibe
    Anytime I sit down to watch a movie without an idea in mind, I end up browsing movies for way too long. By the time I've selected a movie, it's already too close to my bedtime to start it. Searching for a movie ahead of time has become much easier fo…
    - 4 hours ago 5 Mar 26, 1:31pm -
  • newSelf-proclaimed "PETSMART Truther" asks the tough questions: It is "Pet Smart"? Or "Pet's Mart"?
    Musical comedian Ben Lapidus is out here asking the tough questions that have plagued us all for years. In a new full-length video that he released today for his song PETSMART, Lapidus, a self-proclaimed "PETSMART Truther," wants to know whether…
    - 4 hours ago 5 Mar 26, 1:24pm -
  • newTrump fires Kristi Noem
    A company called Safe America Media was incorporated just 11 days before landing roughly $143 million in no-bid DHS contracts to produce ads urging immigrants to self-deport. The ads starred Noem herself, riding a horse at Mount Rushmore in what amou…
    - 4 hours ago 5 Mar 26, 1:14pm -
  • newDubai influencers face jail for posting about Iranian missile strike
    Last Saturday, air defenses intercepted Iranian missiles over Dubai. The missiles were destroyed, but wreckage crashed into the Fairmont hotel on Palm Jumeirah and struck near Dubai International Airport, sending flames and shrapnel across some of th…
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  • newBMW brings humanoid robots to its German factory
    Over the past 10 months, a Figure 02 humanoid robot at BMW's Spartanburg plant in South Carolina worked 10-hour shifts, five days a week, moving more than 90,000 sheet-metal components over roughly 1,250 operating hours and 1.2 million steps. Its job…
    - 5 hours ago 5 Mar 26, 12:29pm -
  • newMusk says his $44B deal tweet "may not have been my wisest"
    Elon Musk told a Delaware courtroom he hadn't read his deposition transcripts or prepared for his testimony because he works "an insane workload, 100 hours a week." He was there to answer questions about a tweet that tanked Twitter's stock price duri…
    - 5 hours ago 5 Mar 26, 12:24pm -
  • newJPMorgan knew about Epstein and kept banking him
    More than $600,000 flowed through Jeffrey Epstein's JPMorgan accounts directly to a 14-year-old girl — one the bank's own internal descriptions referred to as having been "purchased." Compliance staff flagged the accounts. Senior executives over…
    - 5 hours ago 5 Mar 26, 12:13pm -
  • newThis iPad is now under $100 
    TL;DR: This 7th generation iPad comes with 32GB of storage space, a 10.2″ Retina display, an Apple A10 Fusion chip, and up to 10 hours of battery life for just $94.99 (reg. $199.99). If you're on the market for a tablet and a sworn member of th…
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  • newMacBook Neo: 13-inches, $599, green
    The long-rumored MacBook Neo is Apple's lowest-priced laptop and comes in a variety of lovely colors: "blush, indigo, silver and a fresh new citrus." It has 8GB of RAM, 256GB or 512GB of storage, a 6-core A18 processor (as found in iPhones) and a pro…
    - 11 hours ago 5 Mar 26, 5:59am -
  • newWatch a trailered sailboat execute a four-lane change and jump the median
    Were I the driver with this dashcam, my heart might have exploded. This is some amazing freeway chaos.The driver says they had seconds to respond, but it doesn't look like they had to. The boat was over the median, and the dashcam vehicle didn'…
    - 22 hours ago 4 Mar 26, 7:24pm -
  • newColorado school sends unvaccinated students home as RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine crusade pays off
    Two measles cases at a Colorado high school have forced dozens of unvaccinated students to stay home for 21 days, the latest example of a disease once nearly eliminated in the U.S. returning as vaccination rates slip.To stop the spread of measles,…
    - 23 hours ago 4 Mar 26, 6:21pm -
  • newDHS investigating Border Patrol's "Gruppenführer" Greg Bovino for antisemitic cracks
    The Nazi costume-inspired clown who led the Trump administration's over-aggressive Minnesota immigration crackdown is now under investigation after allegedly mocking a federal prosecutor's Jewish faith and sneering about Shabbat during a phone call w…
    - 23 hours ago 4 Mar 26, 6:06pm -
  • Frazetta painted the clothes off Vampirella, sold the result for $3.1M
    In 1991, Frank Frazetta took a brush to one of the most famous paintings in horror-comics history and painted the clothes off the central figure. He'd done the original Vampirella #1 cover for Warren Publishing in 1969, knocking it out in a few hours…
    - 1 day ago 4 Mar 26, 4:34pm -
  • House Oversight Committee subpoena's Pam Bondi over her handling of the Epstein files
    Enough Republicans are sick of Trump's personal Attorney General Pam Bondi, and the face plant after face plant the Department of Justice makes regarding their highly questionable release of the Epstein files, that they joined Democrats in issuing a…
    - 1 day ago 4 Mar 26, 4:06pm -
  • These $230 Microsoft Surface Pros usually cost over $800
    TL;DR: Get a near-mint condition Microsoft Surface Pro 6 on sale for $229.99.The RAM shortage is causing tech prices to shoot up, but refurbs are actually still pretty affordable. This grade "A" Microsoft Surface would normally cost $849.99, bu…
    - 1 day ago 4 Mar 26, 4:00pm -
  • Alphabet president Ruth Porat heaps praise on Trump and offers Google's assistance
    Alphabet President and Chief Investment Officer Ruth Porat kissed Trump's butt so ferociously that it looks like she is trying out for a cabinet position. Porat was startlingly deferential to Donald Trump, thanking him for securing U.S. leadership in…
    - 1 day ago 4 Mar 26, 3:55pm -
  • LegalEagle unpacks the bizarre legal theory behind "nationalizing" U.S. elections
    LegalEagle takes a close look at a controversial Trumpworld legal theory about "nationalizing" U.S. elections and explains why the Constitution makes that pretty darn ridiculous.Elections are not run by the Federal government; it abides by them. The…
    - 1 day ago 4 Mar 26, 3:45pm -
  • Karoline Leavitt wants the media to ignore the deaths of US service people
    The Mouth of Moron, Karoline Leavitt, went super-critical, yelling about the press covering the deaths of US armed service members lost in Trump's unjust and unjustifiable war on Iran. Kaitlan Collins pushed back, sarcastically, as Karoline, with 3 K…
    - 1 day ago 4 Mar 26, 2:29pm -
  • Minnesota to investigate federal agents for misconduct, starting with cosplaying Gruppenführer Gregory Bovino
    Hennepin County prosecutors have invited the public to submit photos, videos, and reports of potentially unlawful conduct by federal agents. The effort is part of a new Transparency and Accountability Project and already includes an investigation int…
    - 1 day ago 4 Mar 26, 2:18pm -
  • Exhausted-looking Grandpa Pudding Brains has trouble with words
    After years of lecturing us about Sleepy Joe, Grandpa Pudding Brains seems extremely low-energy. We've become used to Pudding Brains slurring, mumbling, and also falling asleep in public, but this performance is something new. As if his batteries we…
    - 1 day ago 4 Mar 26, 1:57pm -
  • Irvine teen's home science lab raided by the FBI
    A 17-year-old biological sciences student at UC Irvine got an unexpected visit from the FBI after a maintenance worker misunderstood his garage chemistry setup and called in the cops. The response escalated quickly: hazmat teams, the FBI, and even th…
    - 1 day ago 4 Mar 26, 1:47pm -
  • A naked bronze man watches Oxford from a rooftop and most people never notice

    - 1 day ago 4 Mar 26, 1:14pm -
  • Newly announced wooden puzzle game looks absolutely delightful
    The "cozy video game" is no longer just a single genre but a trend sweeping through the games industry. I expect we'll see the first cozy first-person shooter within months if it doesn't already exist. Not that there's anything wrong with cozy games,…
    - 1 day ago 4 Mar 26, 1:08pm -
  • Watch a blissed-out cat receive a head scratch from a trippy dancing octopus toy
    Watch a lucky kitty get a head scratch with a dancing octopus toy. The octopus has plastic tentacles that move around in a way that tricks your eyes. The tentacles look like they're waving organically, but they're just spinning in circles. — Read…
    - 1 day ago 4 Mar 26, 1:03pm -
  • Jon Stewart says what we've all been thinking about the war with Iran
    When a war breaks out on a weekend, you can bet Jon Stewart will be all over it on Monday. Operation Epic Fury (which does indeed sound like the name of a shitty energy drink) is a war of choice that none of us chose — well, almost none of us. —…
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  • Tom the Dancing Bug: Lucky Ducky gets replaced by Digital Ducky!
    Tom the Dancing Bug: Lucky Ducky, in "Silicon Folly"-Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug to exist in this hostile Trumpverse! JOIN US FOR 2026 IN THE INNER HIVE, and be the fi…
    - 1 day ago 4 Mar 26, 12:57pm -

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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,…
    - 10 Aug 22, 5:35am -
  • 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…
    - 25 Apr 22, 7:03pm -
  • 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…
    - 11 Jan 22, 8:38am -
  • 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…
    - 5 Jan 22, 9:21pm -
  • 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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