The International Space Station will be outfitted with a new toilet later this fall. The current commode is based on 1990s technology used on the Space Shuttle. From Space.com: It… Read the rest of the article: The Space Station is getting a nice new toilet
In Murray, Kentucky, Gallery X Art Collective tattoo artists Jeremiah Swift and Ryun King are offering free sessions to cover up racist tattoos for people who have changed their minds… Read the rest of the article: Tattoo parlor offers free sessions to cover up of racist symbols
Dating back to the 19th century, occultists, engineers, and hoaxers have employed new audio technology to communicate beyond the grave. This includes wax cylinders, white noise generators, AM radios, hacked… Read the rest of the article: Ghost boxes, psycho-phones, and other devices for listening to spirits
Alien: Low-budget RemakeWatch this video on YouTube It's been five years since the recycling auteurs at Cardboard Movie Co. released "Jurassic Park: Low-budget Remake." Now they are back with the… Read the rest of the article: Watch this ridiculous and wonderful low-budget remake of Alien, by the Cardboard Movie Co.
HAMR-Jr: small and dextrous. Presented at ICRA 2020Watch this video on YouTube Built by researchers at Harvard and the University of Colorado, the Harvard Ambulatory MicroRobot (HAMR) is just 2.25… Read the rest of the article: A speedy, scurrying bug robot the size of a penny
Internet LovingWatch this video on YouTube In the 1990s, country musician Ray Presnell wrote and recorded this delightful ditty, "Internet Loving." At YouTube, Presnell writes, "Internet Loving was an easy… Read the rest of the article: Listen to "Internet Loving," an earnest and delightful country ditty from the 1990s
Mechanic Easily Fixes Defective Turn Signal || ViralHogWatch this video on YouTube "She says the turn signal won't stay engaged when making a right turn." thumbnail image: detail of photo… Read the rest of the article: Watch this mechanic fix a customers' "broken" turn signal that, um, isn't really broken
Bob Dylan – Murder Most Foul (Official Audio)Watch this video on YouTube Since the pandemic began, Bob Dylan has released his first two songs in almost a decade, "Murder Most… Read the rest of the article: A rare, new interview with Bob Dylan
Like many boozemakers, Apollo Bay Distillery in Victoria, Australia pivoted their production from alcoholic beverages to hand sanitizer when COVID-19 hit. Unfortunately though, nine bottles of their SS Casino Gin… Read the rest of the article: Distillery accidentally sold gin bottles filled with hand sanitizer
Mikro heykeltıraştan mercimek büyüklüğünde satranç takımıWatch this video on YouTube Turkish sculpture Necati Korkmaz makes tiny works of art, most of which can only be fully appreciated with a magnifying… Read the rest of the article: Sculptor creates the world's tiniest chess set, the size of a thumbtack
Stormtroopers wearing upside down helmets are far less intimidating. Search Google for many more memetastic upside down Stormtrooper helmet gags. (And yes, I realize that the cap of the helmet… Read the rest of the article: Stormtroopers wearing upside down helmets look silly and happy
In Bristol, England, anti-racism protestors pulled down a bronze statue of slave trader and philanthropist Edward Colston and rolled it into the River Avon. Banksy, who is thought to live… Read the rest of the article: Banksy's brilliant idea to make "everyone happy" after activists pulled down Bristol slave trader statue
Present & Correct, designer office/stationery online retailer and curator of a wonderful Instagram account, posted this fantastic collection of Lego computers. Quite a few appear to have integrated displays. As… Read the rest of the article: The various Lego computer interfaces
The US government announced funding clinical trials on three COVID-19 vaccine candidates. According to Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, we're still on track… Read the rest of the article: Fauci: US government announced funding of three vaccine trials, on track for scale by end of the year/early 2021
atari cops boot up and play hi-tech arcade repair 586-790-4860Watch this video on YouTube Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do? In 1994, Atari released COPS, a LaserDisc-based videogame based… Read the rest of the article: COPS, the Atari arcade videogame from 1994 based on the now-cancelled "reality" TV show
A Class Divided (full documentary) | FRONTLINEWatch this video on YouTube On April 5, 1968, the day after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, Riceville, Iowa schoolteacher Jane Elliott ran an… Read the rest of the article: After MLK's assassination, this schoolteacher conducted a legendary social experiment to teach kids about racism
Great Barrier Reef: drone footage allows researchers to count 64,000 green sea turtlesWatch this video on YouTube More than 64,000 endangered sea turtles are gathered in the world's largest nesting… Read the rest of the article: How do you count more than 60,000 sea turtles?
Keep It Real Online – PornographyWatch this video on YouTube "Many young Kiwis are using porn to learn about sex." The New Zealand Government released this PSA as part of… Read the rest of the article: Funny (and true) PSA about helping kids understand that porn isn't reality
Later this year, Studio Ghibli will release Aya to Majo (“Aya and the Witch"), a new feature film from Hayao Miyazaki. The animation auteur's son Goro Miyazaki directed the film,… Read the rest of the article: New Studio Ghibli film coming this year from Hayao Miyazaki and son Goro Miyazaki
Looney Tunes Cartoons: Dynamite DanceWatch this video on YouTube In the new Looney Tunes Cartoons series on HBO Max, Elmer Fudd no longer carries his signature rifle. “We’re not doing… Read the rest of the article: Elmer Fudd's gun gone in new Looney Tunes Cartoons
