Ryan Alden, a 39 year-old professional sack of filth/security technician, was charged with 28 felonies after getting caught by the cops doing some incredibly invasive, heinous shit. From Gizmodo: Nichols… Read the rest of the article: Life in prison plus 150 years for monster who secretly filmed kids in their bedrooms

Last year, Shanee Stopnitzky dropped her doctoral studies in marine biology for another soggy pursuit: submarines! Picking up a pair of used submarines (apparently they're not just for the Canadian… Read the rest of the article: DIY submarine? DIY submarines!

Mental health problems are a pain in the ass. One of the more obnoxious coping mechanisms I used to use to deal with depression and anxiety was shopping. Having nightmares… Read the rest of the article: It's possible to be paralyzed by choice

Joe Strummer was born on August 21, 1952 in Ankara, Turkey. The music he made in his 50 years on this rock changed damned near everything, speaking of rebellion, love… Read the rest of the article: How Joe Strummer got through this interview is anyone's guess

There are few things finer in life than plopping down on a hot summer day in your backyard, wobbly pop in hand, with a few friends and loved ones. Roasting… Read the rest of the article: Finding Pennywise the Clown in your backyard is serious business

I've been putting up with a heart murmur for a few decades now. It's never been a big deal. During my last physical, however, my doctor took a renewed interest… Read the rest of the article: Tuesday Tunes: High, Wide & Handsome — Loudon Wainwright III

I think it's fair to say at this point that the earth is rising up in self defense and will soon devour every last one of us.

Joey Santore's YouTube channel Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't has meat-and-potatoes approach to the wonders of the natural world: it's direct, informative and often funny as hell. Recently, while out… Read the rest of the article: Abandoned coyote pup gets the care it deserves

So that shindig that was being planned to capitalize upon the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock Music Festival? Not happening. I think that's fine: some moments deserve to be looked… Read the rest of the article: Listen in on all of the great performances from 1969's Woodstock music festival

You're not a successful nation state until you've got a flag airline, baby! Air Canada! British Airways! Hell yeah! That said, it appears that it is possible be a dramatically… Read the rest of the article: Fly the less-than-friendly skies with Air Koryo

Terrence Malick's makes haunting, sad, beautiful films. Also, they are weird. I swear, I've seen The Thin Red Line 50 times and I'm still not entirely sure what the hell… Read the rest of the article: Terrence Malick's latest film looks beautiful and sad, surprising absolutely no one

Ebola is now a treatable disease.

Sometimes, I play video games to get out of my head for an hour or two. A bit of gaming allows me to numb myself after a stressful day at… Read the rest of the article: Review: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: the Black Order is a fun, glitchy, gaming experience

I'm pretty sure that we can all agree that shit has been well out-of-hand in the United States of America for some time now. Children are being taken from their… Read the rest of the article: Amnesty International issues travel advisory for the United States of America

Some folks can sleep anywhere. Others, while traveling, need the comfort of a pillow brought with them from home in order get a bit of shut eye. For the privileged… Read the rest of the article: In space, no one can hear you dream

The 1980s were a pretty sweet time to be a lower-middle class kid in Ontario. Marineland (which I now know was a terrible place for the whales, dolphin and deer… Read the rest of the article: Tour of the Universe was the best ride this 1980s kid ever took

Damn near every region in the world has a well of traditional music that they're able to draw cultural water from. Some musical traditions are better known than others. Most… Read the rest of the article: The traditional music of the world would die without risk-takers like Martin Hayes

Good news, everyone! If you live in New York City and your personal information wasn't already compromised by the recent, massive hack of Capital One's customer database, there's still an… Read the rest of the article: An FDNY employee may have compromised the personal information of over 10,000 people

I like to take my Nintendo Switch with me when I travel for work—being able to game in my hotel room is lovely. You know what would be even better?… Read the rest of the article: This tiny Nintendo Switch TV dock looks amazing

Look, this is getting old. Just assume that everyone one is listening to you fart, copulate and sing in the shower, all the damn time. My former co-worker and professional… Read the rest of the article: Microsoft contractors are listening to your Skype conversations