I'm a paying subscriber to Amazon Kindle Unlimited program. For $10 a month I can read as many books as I want from a huge list of excellent books. One… Read the rest of the article: "What If?" by Randall "xkcd" Munroe is available on Kindle Unlimited
A TikTok investigation pic.twitter.com/raBSfI6Zg3 — Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) April 22, 2020 It seems like everyone on the planet has seen this gray-rooted coronavirus protester complaining that she can't go to… Read the rest of the article: Covid protestor has not had her roots done since October, says DIY sleuth
Jaguar Health makes Mytesi, an antidiarrheal medication for people with HIV/AIDS. A 60-pill bottle used to cost $668.52. That was before the drugmaker ask the FDA to give it an… Read the rest of the article: Jaguar Health triples price of drug to treat coronavirus patients
In this video, The Q Cut a small hole in a cardboard box and placed a small piece of meat in it for his cat to take. Then, he put… Read the rest of the article: How far will a cat reach to get a treat?
If you purchased a smart phone app that doesn't meet your expectations, Popular Science has a guide for how to get your money back. The first thing to try is… Read the rest of the article: How to get a refund on an app you don't like
Hotel occupancy rates have dropped by 50% to 80% around the country. Many hotels have shut down completely during the pandemic. This is bad news not only for hoteliers but… Read the rest of the article: Hotel bedbugs face severe food shortage
I'm listening to X's new album, released today on Bandcamp, and it's amazingly good — loaded with energy and Billy Zoom's mind-warping guitar. It's the original line-up and the band's… Read the rest of the article: X releases their first album in 35 years and it's great
Carla ordered these cheap Bic mechanical pencils. I tried one out and I actually like it a lot. The lead diameter is 0.9 mm and it has a number 2… Read the rest of the article: A darn good 25-cent mechanical pencil
A large majority of people surveyed say they are concerned that restrictions on social distancing will be lifted too soon. Even before cities and states issued stay at home orders,… Read the rest of the article: Why "reopening" the economy won't save the economy
Amid the news that hydroxychloroquine is actually more dangerous than beneficial, this video might come in handy when the lawsuits start rolling in.pic.twitter.com/nC4Ve1NBNQ — Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) April 21,… Read the rest of the article: Fox News ends its love affair with hydroxychloroquine
YouTuber 3Blue1Brown has started a video series called "lockdown math." In his latest episode he goes over the fundamentals of trigonometry in a way that is accessible and enjoyable.
When I was in junior high school, I joined the Science Fiction Book Club. One of the books I got from the club was an anthology that included several stories… Read the rest of the article: The Mind Thing, by Fredric Brown: excellent pulp-era science fiction
View this post on Instagram 人肉サイコロ作りました A post shared by doooo (@doooo_cds) on Mar 28, 2020 at 4:00am PDT Artist doooo made this die that looks like like… Read the rest of the article: How do you like this animatronic blinking eyeball in a fleshy cube?
This could've been prevented with a single modafinil tablet.
Nintendo released a video this morning highlighting some of the new content that will be available in a free update being released on April 23. The new content includes a… Read the rest of the article: Nintendo announces April 23 update of Animal Crossing: New Horizons with lots of new goodies
Food production and water processing facilities are warning that they won't be able to meet demand in the coming months. Why not? Because they are not getting sufficient carbon dioxide,… Read the rest of the article: Pandemic has created a shortage in CO2, needed for water supply and to produce fresh food, preserved food and beverages
You are probably familiar with these little tile slide puzzles with 15 tiles that slide around in a 4 x 4 grid. The object is to slide the tiles around… Read the rest of the article: Why this sliding tile puzzle arrangement is impossible
The host of Project Farm compared the results of using a bunch of different knife sharpeners ranging in cost from nine dollars to $900. It turned out that the $9… Read the rest of the article: Comparing a $9 knife sharpener with a $900 version
Atlas Obscura recorded the sounds of Times Square, Covent Garden, Grand Central Station, LAX airport, and other formerly noisy, people and traffic filled urban spots. Now all you hear is… Read the rest of the article: Listen to the eerie sounds of near silence in formerly bustling cities
On the YouTube description of the latest episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: "As COVID-19 continues to dominate the news cycle, John Oliver looks at the various sources… Read the rest of the article: John Oliver on how right-wing disinformation is making the pandemic worse
