https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L6F24zXFuA ♫ Can you tell me how to get, how to get to a more equitable society where unconscious biases don't play such an overwhelming role in structural inequalities and… Read the rest of the article: Watch the full Sesame Street special on white privilege and racism
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 back to the… Read the rest of the article: Behold, Massospora! The Insect Pandemic That Turns Cicadas Into Uncontrollable Sex Addicts
Covid-19 takes no prisoners, and North Safari Sapporo in Japan’s northernmost prefecture is no exception. Scott Wilson reported for SoraNews 24 that mandatory shutdowns have forced the animal park to get… Read the rest of the article: Skin tight, with bite: lion-mauled jeans
On Twitter, top UK tea brand Yorkshire Tea told a racist to get lost. The racist said they would henceforth drink PG Tips instead. The account of PG Tips waded… Read the rest of the article: British Tea brands tell off Twitter racists
On Friday night, New York Police Commissioner Shea tweeted a photo of a bunch of bicycle repair gear and other commonly handy devices that had been confiscated from protestors, which… Read the rest of the article: In Portlandia, police confiscated chickpeas and White Claw
Coming this summer. ”Whoa. The wait is finally over, dudes!” 🎸⚡
On March 5, 1770, militarized law enforcement officers committed a heinous act of state-sponsored violence in front of the Old Boston State House, shooting and murdering an innocent black man… Read the rest of the article: Military police un-ironically re-stage the Boston Massacre during anti-police protests
The English language being short of words, Thomas Dimson created an AI-powered word generator. This word does not exist nephromatosis an infectious bacterial infection of the lymphatic system in primary… Read the rest of the article: AI-generated English words
Pure happiness.
“The greeting we get every time we come home!!!!”
Whether you’re dedicated to practicing with an instrument or just want to learn to play for the first time, diving into music can be daunting. One of the steepest learning… Read the rest of the article: This app puts a hi-tech spin on practicing with sheet music
The president is nuts.
• “New transit alerts show you when your trip is likely to be affected by COVID-19 restrictions” • “Safely avoid crowds on public transit” “In our latest release of Google… Read the rest of the article: Google Maps will show COVID-19 travel alerts, crowdedness predictions
In a letter to members of Congress, IBM says it will abandon the general-purpose facial recognition business, and that the company opposes the use of facial recognition for mass surveillance.
Sometimes the smartest person in the room isn’t necessarily the smartest person in the room. Oh sure, the world is full of experts or even geniuses who revolutionize whole industries… Read the rest of the article: Train your brain to solve problems & make better decisions with these courses
On Thursday night, punctuating the uprising against racial injustice, lightning struck the Washington Monument. A separate lightning strike near the White House that evening severely injured two soldiers from the… Read the rest of the article: Watch lightning hit the Washington Monument
Game engines aren’t just the lifeblood of the video game industry. They may soon be the lifeblood of Hollywood. Since emerging in the late ’90s, the Unreal game engine has… Read the rest of the article: Learn how to make your own games with the Unreal Engine for only $40
A decade ago, Santa Fe author and antiques dealer Forrest Fenn, 89, hid a treasure chest containing $1 million in gold, diamonds, rubies, and emeralds somewhere in the Rocky Mountains.… Read the rest of the article: Someone found the $1 million treasure chest in the Rocky Mountains
In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his iconic "Letter from the Birmingham Jail," a profoundly important message that King's adviser and friend Dr. Clarence B. Jones called a… Read the rest of the article: This is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "symphony of social justice"
I've said it before and I'll say it again — restoration videos are a balm these days — at least for me (and I assume other weirdos like me). There… Read the rest of the article: Restoring a 1965 "Flymo" hovering lawn mower
