Behold the pig's foot pillow [Amazon], an easily-cleaned item of home furnishing sure to impress visitors. Printed with an image of juicy, glistening meat, it comes in five sizes, from… Read the rest of the article: Giant, glistening pig's foot pillow

Just a few days ago, UK tabloid The Daily Mail was caught fabricating a photograph of a famous athlete breaking coronavirus lockdown rules. It has a history of crude photoshop… Read the rest of the article: Daily Mail fakes own historical front pages

Selfie 2 Waifu takes photos of people and draws an anime-style portrait. The results are outstanding. In this example, a completely normal-looking person is transformed into a ridiculous cartoon character.… Read the rest of the article: AI turns mugshots into anime portraits

Matt M. McKnight pulled over on Washington State Route 240 to film this amazing yet menacing "tumbleweed tornado". OMG TUMBLEWEED TORNADO! 🌪 Saw this approaching and pulled over along WA-240… Read the rest of the article: Tumbleweed tornado

Cops and store owners in Illinois are asking people to "tip" coronavirus masks — remove them or pull them aside briefly — so cops and store cameras can see people's… Read the rest of the article: Do not "tip your mask" unless you want to get the rona

At The New York Times, Sheera Frenkel and Davey Alba report that Trump's remarks about hydrochloroquine, injecting disinfectant and light therapy have made a sham of Facebook, Twitter and other… Read the rest of the article: Social media platforms back off misinformation crackdown after Trump touts quack cures

Here's Shuki Levy's theme from Inspector Gadget performed on an 8-pack of cellos by Samara Ginsberg. The gadget theme is a variation of the melody from Edvard Grieg's In the… Read the rest of the article: Inspector Gadget theme performed on 8 cellos

In this segment from last year, CBS News reported on Jose Rodriguez, a tow truck operator arrested and charged with a felony while legally reposessing an NYPD detective's car. The… Read the rest of the article: New York cop had tow truck driver arrested for legally repossessing his car

3.8m workers signed on for the first time last week, bringing America's unemployed headcount to 30m. The number of new filers was down from 4.4m last week, a slow dropoff… Read the rest of the article: Unemployment passes 30m with last week's 3.8m new filers

Jordan Mechner created Prince of Persia, a classic game noted for its perfect design, precise controls and wonderful rotoscoped animation. Mechner's open-ness about his creative process, from source code to… Read the rest of the article: Hardcover edition of The Making of Prince of Persia

Trolls: World Tour is a new animated kids' movie from Universal Studios. Despite the theaters being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the film has somehow made more than $100m… Read the rest of the article: AMC Theaters bans Universal films after it boasts Trolls: World Tour made $100m on TV

In this 360-degree VR video, you can experience the wonder and joy of a classic nuclear explosion up-close: the Ivy Mike test, introducing the world to the destructive power of… Read the rest of the article: Experience a classic nuclear weapons test up-close in VR

Andy Beshear, the governer of Kentucky, apologized yesterday to Tupac Shakur, a resident of the state he had falsely suggested was a “bad apple” benefits claimant. Beshear assumed Shakur's name… Read the rest of the article: Kentucky governor apologizes to Tupac Shakur

A simple but ingenious invention from Japan has rona written all over it, but they should leave them there permanently. Also, add them to the doors of every public toilet… Read the rest of the article: Simple footplate lets shoppers open fridges without touching them

NASA published this animation showing a little black hole (150m solar masses) whirling around a large black hole (18bn solar masses), punching through its accretion disc like an energetic puppy… Read the rest of the article: Little black hole orbits large black hole

The U.S. now has 1 million patients who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, with many more unreported or undetected people infected.

On a visit to the Mayo clinic today, Vice President Mike Pence was made aware of its policy that visitors wear masks—a policy in place since April 13 as a… Read the rest of the article: Vice President Pence refuses to wear mask for Mayo Clinic visit, despite it asking him to

Hillary Clinton, who lost the 2016 presedential election to Donald Trump, today endorsed Joe Biden, his Democratic rival this time around. “I am thrilled to be part of your campaign… Read the rest of the article: Hillary Clinton endorses Joe Biden

In this NSFW performance, everyone knows something. It was 2014, but quite timely. Below, a more complete rendition. Cued by the YouTube title, I thought the song was "everyone knows… Read the rest of the article: What everybody knows

There aren't any official numbers to prove it, but Ipley Cross is often hailed among England's most dangerous intersections, or "crossroads" as that land of knife-wielding spongiform hobbits calls it.… Read the rest of the article: Welcome to Ipley Cross, Britain's creepiest intersection