The US Consumer Product Safety Commission was founded in 1972 with the purpose of "protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of the… Read the rest of the article: US federal government agency issues a very important warning about the … Squirrel Realm?

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon have come up with this new IoT Assistant app (available for both iOS and Android) that will supposedly inform you about what Internet-connected smart devices are around you… Read the rest of the article: New app helps you identify IoT devices around you, tells you what data they collect

I was on Cape Cod this past weekend — specifically, the town of Eastham, which is way up by the wrist and fairly desolate in winter. What I didn't know… Read the rest of the article: One of the jurors who convicted Whitey Bulger started up a strange pen pal friendship with him

Back in 2017, the new EPA Director Scott Pruitt — a fantastically pampered shill for corporations whose income is proportional to the noxious effluvia they eject into our air, soil,… Read the rest of the article: Federal court rules that Scott Pruitt’s sham EPA can’t ban scientists from its scientific advisory board

Alexandra Kopytova accepted the proposal at the barrel of a gun. Or 16 guns, technically, which were attached to a fleet of T-72B3 Soviet Battle Tanks that her now-fiance, Lieutenant… Read the rest of the article: Russian soldier proposes with 16 tanks in the shape of a heart on Valentine's Day

One of the strangest contradictory sensations of the Trump era is the man's relationship towards and with the various U.S. intelligence agencies. In many cases, Trump's broad criticisms about the… Read the rest of the article: What it's like inside the CIA during Donald Trump's "Deep State" purge

In the early 1800s, agents working for Thomas Bruce of Scotland, the 7th Earl of Elgin, conveniently “removed” about half of the remaining marble statues from the Parthenon, as well… Read the rest of the article: After Brexit, Britain may finally lose its Marbles — specifically the ones they stole from Greece

Humans have been fermenting grain-flavored liquids into some simulacrum of beer for more than 10,000 years. And so it stands to reason that, over the next 10,000 years, we'll continue… Read the rest of the article: What would beer be like if it was brewed on a generation ship?

That's not actually Paul Stanley; it's Bobby Jensen playing the part of the Starchild in the Minneapolis-based classic rock tribute band Hairball in concert. But either way, it's still pretty badass… Read the rest of the article: The singer of a KISS cover band caught on fire in the middle of a show and kept playing

I have a lot of issues with the American obsession around political binaries. But it's hard to deny that it's an overwhelming force that maintains a maddening influence on our… Read the rest of the article: Both-side-ism comes for the FBI's abortion task force with exaggerated claims of "pro-choice violence"

Remember back in 2017, when the entire Right Wing Propaganda Machine suddenly decided that Antifa — literally just some loose affiliations of scrappy anarchists in black bloc attire — were… Read the rest of the article: A Civil War reenactor tried to frame Antifa by fabricating threats against his own Civil War reenactments

Just in time for Valentine's Day, NPR's All Songs Considered spoke with a bunch of celebrated songwriters such as Phoebe Bridgers and M. Ward and asked them about the love… Read the rest of the article: Celebrate Valentine's Day with this playlist of love songs that other songwriters wish they wrote

Lloyd Blankfein might sound like the name of a fictional banker villain, but he is in fact the real-life Senior Chairman  of Goldman Sachs. Prior to his current position, he… Read the rest of the article: Man who helped cause 2008 financial crash suddenly very concerned about the economy

Back in 1938, a local Florida cruise operator called Colonel Tooey — "Colonel" was in fact his first name, according to the New York Times — let loose about a… Read the rest of the article: Move over, Florida Man, and make room for feral Florida monkeys with herpes

Password Of The Day describes itself as a sort-of "Internet Treasure Hunt." Sign up for their list with your phone number, and they'll send you one text message every day… Read the rest of the article: Anyone can sign up for this "Password-of-the-Day" list that gives you free random login credentials

  NPR has a bizarrely fascinating new piece about Drew Miller, the owner and founder of Fortitude Ranch, which is essentially a timeshare opportunity for Doomsday Preppers. Unlike the Survival… Read the rest of the article: Doomsday Preppers are now selling timeshares, too

From CBS News: A national monument in Arizona, home to rare species and sacred Native American burial sites, is being blown up this week as part of construction for President… Read the rest of the article: The Trump administration is blowing up a religious burial site to make room for their stupid wall

The Department of Justice gives out grants to groups to help fight human trafficking. That's good! But this year, the DOJ decided to ignore the expected recipients, who both received… Read the rest of the article: Someone blew the whistle on Hookers for Jesus

Five years after the nuclear explosion at Chernobyl, scientists discovered a fungi known as Cryptococcus neoformans growing in the wreckage. Humans had known about this particular strain since the late… Read the rest of the article: There's a new radiation-eating fungus strand growing at Chernobyl

This was created by the Loose Meat comedy troupe for Everything is Terrible. I couldn't tell you why, or how, but I also can't look away. Image: Humor Blog /… Read the rest of the article: If "Saved By The Bell" was remade with actual people you went to high school with