Because we live on a divergent Hellworld timeline where everything is too comically absurd to be real except for the fact that it is, the BBC published an article about… Read the rest of the article: UK officials blame asthmatics for the carbon footprints of 180,000 cars
Well, no, probably not. Also the dialogue remains objectively terrible. But tumblr user swan2swan makes a fairly convincing argument that the actual plot of Star Wars Episode 1 is eerily reminiscent… Read the rest of the article: Did "The Phantom Menace" actually predict the rise of Jeff Bezos and Amazon?
For a while, I blamed myself. I had that noticed my paltry Bitcoin investment was doing well, so I threw some extra cash in, just to say what it would… Read the rest of the article: The mysterious correlation between avocado and Bitcoin prices
Boris Karloff and Vincent Price are perhaps the two most well-known horror movie actors in history. But that's not all they had in common—they were, apparently, both fans of homemade… Read the rest of the article: Vincent Price and Boris Karloff both used some weird ingredients in their homemade guacamole recipes
I ain't afraid of no fuckin' like an animal. If this wasn't on your Halloween playlist, then what were you even doing? Image via Pat Loika/Flickr
States' rights are one of the greatest impediments to reducing gun violence in the United States. This was something I noticed when I chronicled the journey of getting my gun… Read the rest of the article: Most "black market" guns in America are purchased legally across state lines
Guggenheim and MacArthur fellowship-winning philosopher Elizabeth Anderson recently spoke with Joe Humphreys at the Irish Times about America's toxic obsession with by-your-bootstraps individualism, and specifically how it relates to poverty.… Read the rest of the article: How America's hatred of poor people ties back to Puritan work ethic
"Do you want to fuck snowman? It doesn't have to be a snowman…" Apparently—if you're 20-year-old Cody Meadar of St. Petersburg, Florida—it could also be a stuffed toy unicorn. From… Read the rest of the article: Florida man tries to have sex with Olaf from "Frozen" and a stuffed unicorn in a Target
Henderson, Kentucky is a town of about 30,000 people in the western part of the state. It's not far from Evansville, Indiana, and it's one of the top three corn… Read the rest of the article: Kentucky lawmaker freaks over Day of the Dead zombies
Like a lot of people, I belong to a number of neighborhood-centric Facebook groups. While the general Jamaica Plain group is broadly fine, there's also a private, invite-only group for… Read the rest of the article: This-City's-Makin'-A-Comeback Bingo Card
Need some last-minute advice to make a costume so good, no one will recognize you? Check out these 5 tips to remain incognito this #Halloween with the help of our… Read the rest of the article: The CIA is offering…privacy advice? For trick-or-treaters? WTF?
Finally, someone's asking the important questions. As it’s Halloween, which baguette is the most scary? Give your reasoning pls pic.twitter.com/vQfuVx3HCW — Dave (@sheepfilms) October 24, 2019 61 percent of respondents… Read the rest of the article: Which of these Halloween baguettes is the scariest?
Stop, collaborate, and listen: Amazon's complicit in ICE's extraditions (plus other abuses of human rights enabled by that agency's authoritarian agenda) That's why hundreds of musicians—nearly 500, at the time… Read the rest of the article: What's cooler than being cool? Hundreds of musicians protesting ICE and Amazon
Toadette is definitely black bloc Antifa, straight-up.
Halloween, like many modern American holidays, is a kind of mashup of different cultural traditional traditions rooted in the autumnal harvest, and some kind of celebration or connection with the… Read the rest of the article: Examining the generational loss of ancient Halloween traditions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aglnN0Ot8SM Re-edit courtesy of Everything is Terrible, although I also found the original VHS source on Amazon which includes this delightful plot summary: Chadder Chipmunk wants to be the first… Read the rest of the article: I didn't know chipmunks could attend Space Mission Bible Camp!
Renowned sci-fi and fantasy publisher Tor just launched a new book imprint called Nightfire, focusing on new horror fiction. And to celebrate, they're giving away 35 free short horror stories… Read the rest of the article: Get 35 free audio books from Tor's new horror imprint
The "Straight Pride" Parade that was held in Boston in the end of August was just another example of thinly-veiled alt-right trolling. Unfortunately, it also worked. A hateful parade of… Read the rest of the article: Boston cops clocked 9,000 hours of overtime at the "Straight Pride" parade — and none of it with body cams
When he's not playing drums for bands like Motion City Soundtrack and Tiny Stills, Tony Thaxton hosts a number of wacky podcasts — including a series of weekly Star Wars comedy… Read the rest of the article: Cloud City Soundtrack is your new favorite Star Wars comedy pop-punk band
Back in 2011, I signed up for a Zappos account so I could buy pants for a wedding I was in. Then I returned them because they didn't fit. I… Read the rest of the article: Zappos Data Breach consolation might be the most egregious one yet
