On his Pluralistic blog, Cory Doctorow reports that the Zoom teleconferencing system purportedly uses artificial intelligence to detect naked people to block the video. He says "I think that Zoom… Read the rest of the article: Zoom says it's using artificial intelligence to block nudity
I really enjoyed this episode of Coffee or Suicide with my friend Maureen Herman. She was the bassist for Babes in Toyland, and is a writer and a frequent contributor… Read the rest of the article: Podcast interview Maureen Herman, former bassist of Babes in Toyland
Do you have more leftovers that usual? We sure do. We were running out of food storage containers so I bought a 9-pack of these 16-0unce twist-lock containers. The fact… Read the rest of the article: If you are cooking at home, these twist-lock containers are good for leftovers
The Washington Post reports that smugglers used cheap tools to saw through Trump's expensive wall 18 times in the San Diego area over a one-month period:
The largest fan convention in the United States, Comi-Con has been canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. It was scheduled to be held in San Diego in late… Read the rest of the article: It's official: Comi-Con is canceled this year
Trump has been doing everything he can to undermine what states' governors and his own White House advisors are doing to slow the spread of coronavirus, which has killed over… Read the rest of the article: Trump appoints himself leader of the Lockdown Rebellion by Tweeting LIBERATE VIRGINIA MICHIGAN MINNESOTA
YouTuber Chris Notap brushed his hand against his wood fence and got a splinter in his hand. To remove it he made a smartphone magnifier lens for two dollars and… Read the rest of the article: Man builds smartphone magnifier lens to remove a nasty splinter
The great Coop is selling facemasks emblazoned with his fantastic illustrations. They're being sold at cost, And "100% of the net proceeds that Threadless earns for each face mask is… Read the rest of the article: Get these facemasks with Coop's art
Love and Rockets' creators Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez have mentioned in interviews that they loved Little Archie comic books when they were growing up. Little Archie was started in the… Read the rest of the article: Two fun Little Archie comic book stories
A white plastic bucket manufactured by Yeti cost $40. If you want a lid you will pay an additional $30. That $70 for a bucket and a lid if my… Read the rest of the article: How does a $40 Yeti bucket stand up against a $2 hardware store version?
Some people in Michigan are angry that their governor has issued a statewide stay at home order. A few North Carolinians are protesting as well. Their solution is to go… Read the rest of the article: Look at these photos and videos of armed men protesting the lockdown in Michigan
Writer Ian Bogost is in typical top form in his Atlantic review of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. He says "Animal Crossing is a political hypothesis about how a different kind… Read the rest of the article: "Animal crossing is a political hypothesis about how a different kind of world might work Dash with no losers" – Bogost
The New York Times created a 3-D simulation of what happens to the droplets that are expelled when a person coughs or sneezes. Six feet seems to be the absolute… Read the rest of the article: New York Times' 3-D simulation shows the importance of social distancing
Multimillionaire treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin (yeah, this guy) says that those $1200 stimulus checks should be enough to live on for 10 weeks. Let's see you try it, Steve. Yes,… Read the rest of the article: Steve Mnuchin says people can live on $1,200 for 10 weeks
"I feel so brain dead I can't even speak." Find out what happens when two editors from Popular Science quit their six-cup-a-day coffee habit for two weeks. From the YouTube… Read the rest of the article: Watch these two Popular Science editors quit their coffee habit
The person who posted this video to YouTube said, "I was waiting for my suitcase at Lynden Pindling International Airport in the Bahamas when one of the iceboxes opened when… Read the rest of the article: A bunch of live crabs broke out of a box on a luggage carousel and hilarity ensued
I've been a great admirer of the design work of House Industries since the early 90s. They're famous for their logos and font designs (like the one they did for… Read the rest of the article: A good way to spend time in lockdown: hand-lettering exercises
Richard Kadrey is a novelist and screenwriter living in San Francisco. His books include Sandman Slim, The Everything Box, Butcher Bird, and the forthcoming, Ballistic Kiss. Cool Tools asked him… Read the rest of the article: What's in author Richard Kadrey's bag?
Someone keeps writing "Steve & Lacy were here" on rocks in Death Valley National Park. Park rangers suspect "Steve" is a gentleman from Grand Forks, British Columbia and that Lacy… Read the rest of the article: Death Valley National Park rangers seeking rock-defacing vandal
This New York Times article has good information about which foods are still safe to eat past their expiration date. One takeaway is that dry food that doesn't have much… Read the rest of the article: Which expiration dates on food packaging should you pay attention to?
