Nike, which already has two lawsuits pending against Skechers, filed a third complaint for patent infringement last month. This time, the complaint targets the Skechers version of the VaporMax and… Read the rest of the article: Nike really wants Skechers to stop "Skecherizing" its designs
Humans contract the Guinea worm parasite by ingesting water containing fleas infected with guinea worm larvae. The devastating and nightmarish symptoms don't show up until around a year later: a… Read the rest of the article: The target date for eradicating Guinea worm has been delayed 10 years, and that may be overly optimistic
I can't speak to the scientific value of the paper–actual quote: We focus on a more exciting possibility: if the OGLE events are due to a population of PBHs then… Read the rest of the article: This scientific paper about black holes includes a 1:1 image of a black hole
Hunter Scott decided to design a bot to enter Twitter giveaways that asked for follow/like/retweets. He wrote a Python script that searched for and retweeted giveaways, and manually followed accounts… Read the rest of the article: This bot automatically entered Twitter giveaways, won four times a day
At a zoo in Paris, ecologist Meredith Root-Bernstein noticed a Visayan warty pig pick up a piece of bark in its mouth and then use it to move soil. Over… Read the rest of the article: For the first time, pigs have been filmed using tools
Disneyland rules typically forbid costumes and masks worn by guests 14 years of age or older. But the rules clearly do NOT prevent adults from dressing in stylish trash can… Read the rest of the article: TIL Disneyland will permit adult cosplay of trash cans
Play YMCA (or some other song) with your friends, turn around, and see which face the camera focuses on. There are plenty of compilation videos featuring people playing for minor… Read the rest of the article: Do you dare participate in this TikTok challenge?
A Redditor created stats for the Goose from Untitled Goose Game. Naturally, its actions include an enraging honk: The creator got some pushback for giving the Goose a chaotic neutral… Read the rest of the article: Dungeons and Dragons stats for the Goose from Untitled Goose Game
"Evil Midweek Cutie" costume available at Walmart. (Via Kiersten Essenpreis.)
It's Inkotober, when "artists all over the world take on the Inktober drawing challenge by doing one ink drawing a day the entire month." In a fun experiment, Janelle Shane… Read the rest of the article: Neural net-generated prompts for Inktober
Luke Perry's 22-year old son Jack wrestles as "Jungle Boy" for TNT's WWE competitor, All Elite Wrestling: #12Days till #AEWDynamite!#JungleBoy (@boy_myth_legend) is ready! Are you?➡️ Wednesday, Oct 2nd, 8pm EST… Read the rest of the article: Luke Perry's son is a professional wrestler known as "Jungle Boy"
You may have already heard about Jeffrey Epstein's Caribbean island, Little St. James, and its mysterious temple. Now, the Miami Herald has a report on the apparently nefarious means Epstein… Read the rest of the article: Epstein's other island
At last month's Defcon, the United States Air Force invited pre-selected hackers to attempt to sabotage an F-15 fighter-jet data system: And after two long days, the seven hackers found… Read the rest of the article: The Air Force will invite hackers to try to hijack a satellite at the next Defcon
Issey Miyake's presentation at Paris Fashion Week featured dancers, skateboarders, and models wearing skin tone undergarments. Once the models walked into position, they were dressed by a mechanism descending from… Read the rest of the article: It only looks like these Fashion Week models are being dressed by drones
There's a detailed guide to building the LED Matrix Sand Toy at Adafruit: These LEDs interact with motion and looks like they’re affect by gravity. An Adafruit LED matrix displays… Read the rest of the article: Electronic "sand toy" features LEDs that shift as if affected by gravity
Per these reports, the mayor of Jindo County in South Korea had a problem. 600 volunteers were expected to participate in International Coastal Cleanup Day, but there was no garbage… Read the rest of the article: South Korean mayor arranged for garbage to be strewn across a pristine beach so volunteers would have something to collect on International Coastal Cleanup Day
Over the weekend a woman climbed the short exterior fence around the lion exhibit at the Bronx Zoo, and waved and chattered at the closest lion as bystanders watched.
If you're looking to refresh your social media avatars for Halloween, use this generator by Olivia Haines to create ghosts, vampires, witches and more. I went with bloody mummy: (Via… Read the rest of the article: Halloween avatar generator
In a bit of an understatement, the American Kennel Club observes, "Pugs sometimes experience breathing problems."
Melvil Dewey created the Dewey Decimal system, established the first school for instruction of librarians, and was one of the founders of the American Library Association. But in June, the… Read the rest of the article: The American Library Association says Melvil Dewey is canceled
