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These little silicone rubber bowls come in handy in so many ways. I use them with my digital scale to measure the bulk powder supplements I take. We use them… Read the rest of the article: Silicone mini-pinch bowls have 101 uses

A family in lockdown performs the Beatles' "Come Together."

"[F]lying during a pandemic turned out to be more stressful—and surreal—than I’d planned for," writes McKay Copkins in The Atlantic. After two months of social distancing Copkins went on a… Read the rest of the article: The surreal experience of flying during a pandemic

CNBC reports that an aide to Pence has tested positive for COVID-19. This follows yesterday's report that Trump's personal valet tested positive for the virus. A spokeswoman for Pence did… Read the rest of the article: Pence aide tests positive for coronavirus

On his Pluralistic blog, Cory Doctorow writes about a $3 router rebooter. This DIY gadget connects between your home router and its AC outlet. It pings Google periodically and if… Read the rest of the article: $3 router rebooter

We've been battling pesky pantry moths in our kitchen cupboards. They get into any open container of rice, flour, cereal, chips, nuts, etc. Then they breed in the boxes and… Read the rest of the article: How to get rid of hideous pantry moths

Via Futility Closet: Editorial guidelines from Spicy Detective magazine, 1935: In describing breasts of a female character, avoid anatomical descriptions. If it is necessary for the story to have the… Read the rest of the article: Editorial guidelines from Spicy Detective magazine, 1935

In 1976 someone shot 8mm footage of New York City and added a soundtrack to make a nice little Christmas vacation movie. It's a treat to see the kind of… Read the rest of the article: This tourist-shot 8mm film shows what New York City looked like in 1976

James Hoffman, "the weird coffee guy," looks at the benefits of adding salt to your coffee. Usually you shouldn't do it, he says, unless your coffee has the bad kind… Read the rest of the article: Should you put salt in your coffee? "Hopefully not, but maybe"

"You've probably heard that America's billionaires have gotten at least $282 billion richer during the pandemic," writes Rain Noe on Core77. "What will they spend that extra cash on, once… Read the rest of the article: Here's a jet with an outdoor deck for the ultra rich who've made a killing from Covid-19

Dr. Anders Tegnell, Sweden’s state epidemiologist who leads the country's no-lockdown plan, said Sweden's high death rate from Covid-19 compared to neighboring countries has "come as a surprise." From Business… Read the rest of the article: Architect of Sweden's no-lockdown plan says he is surprised by death spike

South Dakota has asset trusts that allow people to hide and shield their wealth. According to CNBC, the world's global elite use these trusts, including Chinese and European billionaires who… Read the rest of the article: South Dakota is becoming a "mini-Switzerland for the world’s rich"

In this video of The Action Lab, the Action Man puts a small fan into a vacuum chamber and pours a bunch of little styrofoam beads in it. At atmospheric… Read the rest of the article: What does a fan do in a vacuum chamber?

These harm reduction based practices, which are not unique to San Francisco, and are not paid for with taxpayer money, help guests successfully complete isolation and quarantine and have significant… Read the rest of the article: City of San Francisco delivers free weed, alcohol, and methadone to homeless staying in hotels

Land O’ Lakes recently removed the Indian woman from its butter packaging. The illustrations was created for the dairy in 1950s by Ojibwe artist Patrick DesJarlait. His son, Robert, a… Read the rest of the article: It was a mistake to remove the native American maiden from Land O' Lakes packaging, says artist's son

All you need to know before taking Google's Machine Learning Foundations course is "a little bit of Python." In this first episode, you'll learn what machine learning is and how… Read the rest of the article: A new instructional video series from Google: machine learning foundations

It's not too difficult for anyone over the age of six or seven to figure out this magic trick, in which a nickel seemingly passes through the cardboard of a… Read the rest of the article: If you are stuck with little kids in the house, show them this magic trick

BREAKING: As @GovAbbott reopens the state in the midst of a rising infection and death rate, leaked audio from a call with Texas Legislators reveals that he knows reopening puts… Read the rest of the article: On leaked call, Texas governor admits his reopen order will cost lives

My friend Joshua Glenn is a voracious reader of adventure novels. He's turned me onto tons of great books, and he recently compiled a list of 250 great adventure novels… Read the rest of the article: The best 250 adventure novels of the 20th century