Nine Inch Nails released two new albums today, Ghosts V: Together and Ghosts VI: Locusts. They are follow-ups to 2008 Ghosts I-IV. [via Christian Eede at The Quietus] TWO DIFFERENT… Read the rest of the article: Nine Inch Nails releases surprise new records
In an unscheduled break from Covid, here's a corvid ruining a cat's day.
More than a thousand people have died in the U.S. from Covid-19, with at least 70,000 testing positive for the virus. Johns Hopkins University currently records 1,031 fatalities, up from… Read the rest of the article: US Coronavirus death toll passes 1,000
The Cheesecake Factory, with more than 200 restaurants across the U.S. and more than $2bn in annual revenues, today warned its landlords they will not be getting rent in April.… Read the rest of the article: Cheesecake Factory tells landlords it won't be paying rent in April
The handsome and timely "Go Away" Doormat [Amazon] is made of coconut fibers and described as "environmentally" friendly if not particularly friendly in other respects. As death's hand knocks louder,… Read the rest of the article: "Go Away" doormat
Some strategies for combatting the spread of coronavirus probably wouldn't go down to well in America. Such as banging on people's doors and threatening them if their phone goes dark… Read the rest of the article: Taiwan lockdown: cops visited, threatened man whose phone ran out of batteries
If they're sunbathing in March on Shepherd's Bush Green, reason is a questionable faculty to appeal to. But I do like seeing cops ask nicely, as opposed to "you have… Read the rest of the article: London cops disperse parkful of sunbathers: "It's not a holiday, it's a lockdown!"
Prince Charles, 71, is displaying "mild symptoms" after testing positive for Covid-19, the fast-spreading novel coronavirus that has killed nearly 20,000 people and has the world on lockdown. Charles and… Read the rest of the article: Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus
This is the creation of avant-garde fashion designer Arnold Putra, claimed to be made with an ethically-sourced human child spine and alligator tongue leather. Unfortunately, it's been memory holed since… Read the rest of the article: Bag made with "ethically sourced" human child's spine
The second beep indicates a problem with the video card — make sure it's seated properly, then reboop the system.
*Sophisticated cat looks over newspaper into the middle distance* "I should buy several kilograms of bismuth." In this video, the artwork of The Bismuth Smith is presented for your amazement.
Shaetlan (or Shetlandic) is a dialect of Scots (not Scottish Gaelic). The Scots language is closely related to English, and Shaetlan is spoken in the Shetland isles between Scotland and… Read the rest of the article: Woman speaking Shaetlan
French artist Albert Uderzo, co-creator of legendary comic book characters Asterix and Obelix with writer René Goscinny, died at home ‘from a heart attack unrelated to the coronavirus.’ He was… Read the rest of the article: Asterix co-creator Albert Uderzo dead at 92
International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound announced today that the summer games in Japan will be postponed until at least 2021, citing the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “On the basis of… Read the rest of the article: Dick Pound: Olympics will be postponed
Erik McClure spotted some 90s-vintage chiptunes swiped in an album being sold in all the usual places. Given new names and false attribution, it's evidently a plagiarized effort to make… Read the rest of the article: Chiptunes plagiarized
The correct procedure is to have two of these open and playing simultaneously, offset from one another but equally loud, both completely lost in a vast ocean of tabs, while… Read the rest of the article: Pink Fluffy Unicorns Dancing on Rainbows forever
Remember the Senators who cashed out after private briefings held before the market collapse began? Similar games are afoot in conservative media: before Fox News called coronavirus a hoax and… Read the rest of the article: Fox News scrambled to contain coronavirus as hosts ranted about "hoax"
Welcome to Okeechobee, Florida. In a meeting of the city fathers and mothers, commissioner Bryant Culpepper suggested you can prevent and cure coronavirus by blasting your sinuses with hot air:… Read the rest of the article: Florida city commissioner proposes cure for coronavirus: "hold a blow dryer in front of your face, and inhale"
In this footage, city commissioners in Lake Worth Beach, Florida, bicker over ad-hoc rules and hurdles that, as if by magic, make it virtually impossible to take emergency measures such… Read the rest of the article: Florida city commission meeting goes awry
Kenny Rogers is dead at 81. The famed country singer was one of the best-selling music artists of all time, developing his signature song The Gambler into an enduring media… Read the rest of the article: Kenny Rogers, 1938–2020
