Someone calling himself the FTBA (Freedom to Breathe Agency) has issued a "Face Mask Exempt Card" that appears to have been issued by the federal government for people protected by… Read the rest of the article: The "Freedom to Breathe Agency"

The New York Times has a good animated infographic the "traced the hidden spread of the epidemic to explain why the United States failed to stop it. At every crucial… Read the rest of the article: New York Times shows how the virus won

Unilever, the $143.8 billion vampire squid of toiletries and snacks, is promising to remove the word "fair" from the name of its skin-whitening cream "Fair and Lovely". It will also… Read the rest of the article: Skin whitening cream to be made less racist by changing its name

The prediction market PredictIt is selling Biden bets for 59 cents. If Biden wins, you get a dollar. If he loses, you get nothing. A Trump bet costs 42 cents.… Read the rest of the article: Betting market favors a Biden win

CEC Entertainment, owners of Chuck E. Cheese and Peter Piper Pizza, has filed for bankruptcy. The company reported $29 million in losses for 2019. From Reuters: Chuck E. Cheese’s bid… Read the rest of the article: Chuck E. Cheese has filed for bankrupty

Pakistan has 860 pilots working for Pakistan International Airlines and other carriers. Turns out, 30% of those people aren't actually qualified to fly and their licenses aren't legit. "They don't… Read the rest of the article: Nearly 1 in 3 pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses

On Tuesday, just before Palm Beach County's board of commissioners voted to mandate masks in public spaces, the people had the opportunity to speak their minds. One of the citizens:… Read the rest of the article: "They want to throw God's wonderful breathing system out": Comments from Florida anti-maskers

In 2018, Taipei resident Chen San-yuan, 72, had attached 15 smartphones to his bicycle so he could play numerous games of Pokemon Go at once. Dubbed the "Pokémon Go grandpa,”… Read the rest of the article: "Pokémon Go grandpa" has 64 smartphones attached to his bicycle

The mid-19th century was the heyday for séances, mediums, and psychics. In Boston, a chemist and silver engraver named William H. Mumler saw an opportunity to mix the hot new… Read the rest of the article: The chemist who made big bucks hoaxing ghost photos

Four years ago, Carly Fiorina was Ted Cruz's running mate in the 2016 GOP primaries. This time around, however, the Republican businesswoman is voting for Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate.… Read the rest of the article: Former GOP Presidential candidate Carly Fiorina endorses Joe Biden

The CO2 Coalition is a non-profit climate denial organization with deep pockets supported by the Mercers, the Kochs, and other conservative fossil fuel financial interests. Despite the demonstrable unreality of… Read the rest of the article: Facebook's new Fact-Checking policies have carved out an exemption for climate deniers

U.S. Representaive Devin Nunes (R-Tulare) has lost his legal battle to unmask a fictional cow on Twitter. Though the case made news of Nunes' narcissism, it was months before a… Read the rest of the article: Devin Nunes loses legal battle with fictional cow

We may not have Hollywood blockbusters back yet and the fall television season may be on hold until 2021, but somebody forgot to tell video game makers that COVID-19 was… Read the rest of the article: If you’ve had dreams of crafting your own video game, this training can make that dream a reality

Three members of the Wilmington Police Department in North Carolina were fired after a supervisor reviewing dashcam footage noticed them eagerly discussing the prospect of race war: "We are just… Read the rest of the article: North Carolina cop: "We are just going to go out and start slaughtering them f—— n——"

The city of Lopburi om Thailand has allegedly been overrun by gangs of wild macaques, resulting in several "no-go zones" for humans. As one resident told The Guardian: "We live… Read the rest of the article: Macaques have colonized a city in Thailand and converted a movie theatre into a cemetery

The Royal Academy of Arts gave the Internet permission to improve that recent botched art restoration in Spain. Behold some of their truly inspired re-works: Done! pic.twitter.com/jatBqqM3vv — Ghost of… Read the rest of the article: Internet fixes botched art restoration with glorious results

Mary W. Jackson was one of the black women mathematicians at NASA whose contributions to the space race were made in a segregated and sexist environment and left unsung until… Read the rest of the article: NASA renames DC headquarters after Mary W. Jackson

The critters at the Atlanta Botanical Garden look oddly … metallic? From the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Their newly developed SlothBot is built to study animals, plants and… Read the rest of the article: The Slothbot is a slow-moving, energy-efficient observation robot that's also an adorable sloth

Note-taking is more than just cribbing information so it’s easier to study for a test later. Notes are taken by active learners engaging with the information. In fact, the act… Read the rest of the article: Notebag appeals to note takers who hate getting distracted

Back in March, when we were all being asked to stay in our homes for God knows how long, you probably thought about a whole host of tasks you’d love… Read the rest of the article: This speed reading and memory training bundle will help you hotwire your brain for max efficiency