Kanye West announced this weekend that he's running for president, winning the immediate endorsement of billionaire socialite Elon Musk. It turns out, however, that West has filed none of the… Read the rest of the article: Kanye not actually running for president yet
Spoken Word with Electronics is an audio series delivering to you a two side recording of unusual stories paired with vintage modular electronic sounds Hi, everyone – Welcome to back… Read the rest of the article: Sound Design: How to Make Your Home Into Eraserhead or 2001: A Space Odyssey
An absolute favorite piece of music to cranku-up while driving around in my Volkswagen Vanagon… for some unknown reason. Not nearly as good in other, less dopey and pokey cars.
As long as statues of historical figures (and what to do with them) is at the forefront of our cultural conversation, there's this from Smithsonian Magazine: The busts are all… Read the rest of the article: There are 43 giant stone Presidential heads crumbling in a field in Virginia
Thank the maker for this Nylabone pacifier and teething ring! View this post on Instagram Watch as the adorable @electra___cute chews. #puppy A post shared by Jason Weisberger (@jlw) on… Read the rest of the article: This teething ring is the only thing keeping my new puppy from eating a freshly renovated kitchen
A statue of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass in Rochester's Maplewood Park was vandalized on the anniversary of the "What to a slave is the Fourth of July?" speech that he… Read the rest of the article: The last time a Frederick Douglass statue was vandalized in Rochester, it was because of drunk college kids
Video editor Mike Dent posted this video to Twitter showing the LA skyline on July 4th, fireworks ablaze, to the tune of Vangelis' 1982 Blade Runner soundtrack. The footage was… Read the rest of the article: LA cityscape with fireworks goes full Blade Runner
https://youtu.be/BCf2abG9F3I Within an hour after a Martinez, California community came together to paint — with the city's permission — Black Lives Matter on the street, a hateful MAGA man (oops,… Read the rest of the article: Angry couple tries to paint over city-approved BLM mural, community fights back
I'm looking forward to playing Hideous Abomination [Kickstarter], because it combines two of my favorite things: games where you build something piece by piece out of cards or tiles, and… Read the rest of the article: Hideous Abomination, a tile-laying game where you never create the same monstrosity twice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK5sxfkAzzs Aerial America is an informative and relaxing look at each US state entirely via aerial footage. The series is gradually being posted to YouTube, and as of this writing… Read the rest of the article: 'Aerial America' series is now on YouTube
Oregon State Police said Monday that an officer who flashed the "OK" hand symbol at a far-right protestor did nothing wrong. The cop was filmed making the gesture as he… Read the rest of the article: Oregon cop "cleared" after flashing white power sign at right-wing demonstrators
Photography isn’t just about lighting and composition anymore, especially when you’re shooting with your smartphone. While a wealth of expertise can absolutely help you grab better images, sometimes it’s just… Read the rest of the article: These 10 accessories can instantly change your selfie or video streaming game
Today's serving of the Streisand Effect comes courtesy of American Girl, which hopes that no-one will see Adam the Creator's "Karen" parody of its dolls.
Mikey from Ants Canada woke up one day to his worst nightmare: his fire ants had escaped from their enclosure. Watch how he corrals all the escapees and manages to… Read the rest of the article: Watch this antkeeper deal with a major fire ant breach in his home
At this point, Pizza Hut had just begun franchising out from their original Wichita, Kansas location. But this commercial was created for that OG red roofed joint. Put put!
Samara Ginsberg performs Sylvester Levay's Airwolf theme tune — originally intended for orchestral presentation but now a synth classic — on eight cellos. Stringfellow would be so proud! Bonus: Ginsberg's… Read the rest of the article: Airwolf theme performed on eight cellos (with bonus Thundercats)
From New Scientist: As the caterpillar of the moth Uraba lugens grows, it sheds its exoskeleton – but rather than getting rid of the previous head section, it stays attached to its body… Read the rest of the article: This caterpillar wears its old molted heads as hats
Italian composer Ennio Morricone is dead at 91. Morricone acquired fame scoring Westerns but transcended genre to become one of the world's masters of the form. "His music was always… Read the rest of the article: Ennio Morricone, 1928-2020
Americanism has a weird obsession with vague notions of "law and order." At its core, there's nothing unique about a society whose existence depends on a collective respect for its… Read the rest of the article: The US Department of Justice was originally created to tackle white supremacy
Emily Roberts and her husband Ed from Snake Discovery always have well-shot and informative snake videos, like the most recent one of their garter snake giving birth, including a two-headed… Read the rest of the article: Owner discovers her snake gave birth to a two-headed baby
