"The first steam train test on October 7, 2019," writes Pavel Chilin, posting his own steam engine to YouTube. Choo choo! His channel has several other videos of his rusty… Read the rest of the article: Russian man making own steam train, and tracks, to enjoy in back yard
At Victoria Richards' Etsy store she sells stunning embroideries evoking the timeless pastoral landscapes of southern England. May favorites are the "aerial photographs" such as the one depicted here. Sadly,… Read the rest of the article: Embroidered aerial photography of English fields
A symphony in polyester sweaters and feathered mullets, now in splendid 4K. [via Input]
Abbey Winters, the wife of Chattooga County, Georgia's sole county commissioner, was arrested Friday and charged with battery after pouring a drink on a reporter. The reporter had apparently asked… Read the rest of the article: Beaming mugshot of politician's wife booked into jail after pouring drink on journalist
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to let Boise ban people from sleeping rough. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Boise would be violating the constitutional ban… Read the rest of the article: Supreme Court affirms homeless peoples' right to be on public property
Here's The New York Times's verdict on the 2010s: "The Decade Tech Lost Its Way." The individual stories–Deepfakes, self-driving cars, social media, fake news — aren't laden with opinion, and… Read the rest of the article: How tech rotted out
Joshua Topolsky's new techology news site, Input, just launched. The aim, in a crowded pack? To focus on the things that are neither speculative nor mass-market but which will shape… Read the rest of the article: Input, a new tech news site
Synth pioneer Gershon Kingsley is dead at 97. Kingsley was most famous for his 1969 song “Popcorn,” which was one of the first electronic singles to hit the airwaves. The… Read the rest of the article: Gershon Kingsley, 1922-2019
"Vandalism must be mild!" declares the pinned post at r/MildlyVandalised, my new favorite subreddit. It's dedicated to amusing examples of relatively insignificant destruction and decay, such as missing letters in… Read the rest of the article: Things that have been mildly vandalized
The Miami Herald reports that a high-ranking officer in the Monroe County Sheriff's department instructed another officer to act like a "white supremacist" and a "Neo-Nazi cop" when detaining a… Read the rest of the article: Top Florida Cop instructed officer to act like a "white supremacist" when engaging Black suspect
Taeha Types' Mechanical Keyboard Sounds: Recordings Of Bespoke And Customised Mechanical Keyboards is the album of the year. Roaring into life with the kinetic Apple M011A and the hard-rocking Chicory… Read the rest of the article: Whole album just the sound of classic mechanical keyboards being typed on
Each year, the White House issues a video of Melania Trump wandering around it revealing the Christmas decorations. The decorations are beautiful, cold and slightly weird, and in combination with… Read the rest of the article: The cinematic universe of Melania Trump christmas videos
One can buy, at considerable expense, a set of Imperial keycaps themed on Star Wars' galactic empire. Insert "you don't know the power of the Dark Side" joke here. DSA… Read the rest of the article: Star Wars Imperial keycaps
Styropyro plays with fire on his YouTube channel, and the latest video shows him playing with a ridiculously dangerous laser, intended for tattoo removal, that he bought on eBay. I… Read the rest of the article: You can buy million-watt tattoo-removal lasers on eBay, but don't
Unshort unshortens short links for you, revealing the true URL. This lets you visit a page without being tracked by the URL shortening service. There are add-ons for all major… Read the rest of the article: Link unshortener
The United Kingdom's general election is underway today, with voters headed to the polls across the nation. After years of single-issue deadlock and minority government, Conservative Party leader and lame-duck… Read the rest of the article: Britons and some Irish head to the polls
Christian Dior shot a spectacular ad (below), starring Charlize Theron, to market the new J'adore Absolu fragrance. Embedded above is Rowan Atkinson, of Blackadder and Mr Bean fame, deepfaked into… Read the rest of the article: Rowan Atkinson deepfaked into the J'adore ad
Paolo Pedercini compares every bee-themed game with an eye to their scientific accuracy. Bees, particularly honeybees, are often incorrectly characterized in videogames – as well as in other media. Sometimes… Read the rest of the article: Bee simulator games compared
In barely months, a 16 year-old Swedish activist has changed the record on climate change, drawing the attention of the world to a problem as it becomes critical–and the contemptuous… Read the rest of the article: Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time's Person of the Year
I'm not saying its aliens, and I figure it's for some mundane purpose such as trapping seafood, but I enjoyed watching this helicopter-shot video of mysterious beach circles near Isla… Read the rest of the article: What are these mysterious "beach circles"?
