Watch this immediately.@CBSThisMorning’s @tonydokoupil using an epic pie analogy to show how the plutes own everything. pic.twitter.com/p4AShY04rA — Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) January 31, 2020 I knew the ultra rich own… Read the rest of the article: Watch this shocking pumpkin pie analogy of how the United States' $98 trillion is divided between wealth brackets
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Mark Frauenfelder This suture practice kit, which lets you stitch rubber wounds, comes with training videos created by a board-certified surgeon. What a fun gift idea. You can buy them on Amazon.… Read the rest of the article: This suture practice kit would be a great birthday present
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Mark Frauenfelder What unreleased FSD Autopilot sees. Straight from Tesla Autopilot recruiting website. pic.twitter.com/EaI5DzKbYs — The Tesla Show (@TheTeslaShow) January 31, 2020 From The Tesla Show Twitter feed: "What unreleased FSD Autopilot… Read the rest of the article: Here's what full self driving autopilot "sees"
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Mark Frauenfelder It's important to learn as much as you can about trick spoons. Fortunately, here's a brand new article by Philip Treece, "Stressful and Startling Sugar Spoons," that will get you… Read the rest of the article: The history of bending spoon tricks
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Mark Frauenfelder u/TikiTC asked on r/askreddit: "What’s a little-known but obvious fact that will immediately make all of us feel stupid?" Many of the 20,000+ replies are funny, useful, and fascinating. Here… Read the rest of the article: An intriguing list of "little-known but obvious facts"
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Mark Frauenfelder The U.S. State Department is warning Americans not to go to China because of the risk of getting ill from the coronavirus, reports the New York Times. "The department set… Read the rest of the article: U.S. State Department issues "Do Not Travel" advisory for China
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Mark Frauenfelder In this student-made video, students at Richland High School in Richland, Washington were asked what they thought of their mascot, which is a mushroom cloud. The Richland Bombers were in… Read the rest of the article: Japanese exchange student shares thoughts on high school's mushroom cloud mascot
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Mark Frauenfelder I was able to inspect these K. Haring bubblers, rigs, water pipes, tasters, spoon pipes, glass trays, and catchalls up close and they are stunning, museum quality pieces. The prices… Read the rest of the article: Gorgeous Keith Haring glass collection
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Mark Frauenfelder The iconic Rotring 600 is on sale on Amazon today for [amazon_link asins='B00AZWYUA4' template='PriceLink' store='boingboing' marketplace='US' link_id='e5771308-7648-4c1d-8ee2-990acba525bc']. Unlike the 500 (which I also like) the 600 has an all-metal body,… Read the rest of the article: Beloved metal-body Rotring 600 mechanical pencil on sale
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Mark Frauenfelder In the game Speaking Simulator (Steam and Switch) you play a robot disguised as a human that tries to fit in the real world. Your job it to control its… Read the rest of the article: Speaking Simulator is a bizarre game where you use a gamepad to control a character's mouth
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Mark Frauenfelder https://youtu.be/1PPm5l3o2zw CBS's All Access streaming service costs $6 a month and it's the only (legit) way to watch the new series, Star Trek: Picard. But to give you a free… Read the rest of the article: Watch the first episode of Star Trek: Picard for free on YouTube
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Mark Frauenfelder Facebook issued a disappointed quarterly report, sending its stock price down by 8%, reports CNBC. In the report, "Facebook also warned of advertising headwinds related to privacy and regulatory changes… Read the rest of the article: Facebook stock plummets 8%, wiping out $50 billion in market value
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Mark Frauenfelder Former United States postal worker Jason Delacruz admitted he rented a public storage unit for $49 per month to store mail he couldn't deliver, reports CNN. He pleaded guilty to… Read the rest of the article: Postal worker rented storage unit to hide mail he felt "pressured" to deliver
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Mark Frauenfelder Now that Viagra is available over the counter in some parts of the world or is easily available online with or without a prescription, many young men without erectile dysfunction… Read the rest of the article: Vice documentary about how Viagra is being marketed to millennials
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Mark Frauenfelder Sara Morrison is a data privacy reporter for Vox's Recode. She recently wrote a story about how hackers drained her bank account of over $13,000. She says it happened because… Read the rest of the article: Recode's data privacy reporter shares story of how hackers stole $13,103.91 from her
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Mark Frauenfelder We have three cats. We bought this large heavy duty scratching post in December 2015 and all three cats used it countless times throughout the day. By February 2018 it… Read the rest of the article: Good deal on an excellent cat scratching post
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Mark Frauenfelder A 25-year-old Japanese woman was about to board a flight from Hong Kong to Saipan when a staff member of Hong Kong Express airlines said she would have to take… Read the rest of the article: Airline forced woman to take a pregnancy test before flying to US Territory [updated]
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Mark Frauenfelder Darcin is a pheromone found in the urine of male mice. It's used to mark territory and signal mating availability, and was named after the character Mr. Darcy who appears… Read the rest of the article: Sex pheromone named after a character in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" changes mice brains
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Mark Frauenfelder Who cares about the Tokyo Olympics, when a 60-foot walking RX-78-2 robot is going to be stomping around nearby Yokohama in October? It will have 24 degrees of motion and… Read the rest of the article: Coming soon to Japan: a 60-ft walking Gundam robot
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Mark Frauenfelder The Kremlin says Russian president Putin "has no view" on a proposal to change his title to "Supreme Leader," reports US News and World Report. The title is one of… Read the rest of the article: Putin has no opinion on proposal to be renamed "Supreme Leader"