This is sure an interesting Friday, with Reddit and Facebook and now Amazon CEOs and founders speaking about Black Lives Matter and the protests surrounding the police killing of George… Read the rest of the article: Amazon's Jeff Bezos proclaims support for Black Lives Matter
Roger Stone was convicted of witness intimidation and lying to Congress.
Yes, we regret to inform you that Large Adult President Donald Trump said something stupid again on the Twitters.
"Black lives matter," said Mark Zuckerberg today.
• Founder to leave Reddit, saying resignation can be ‘act of leadership’ • Reddit promises to update content moderation policies to “explicitly address hate” within weeks Earlier today, we told… Read the rest of the article: Reddit to honor Ohanian's request to appoint Black director, and address anti-Black hate
This interview presents a conversation with Xeric Award-winning Canadian cartoonist Kevin Mutch about The Rough Pearl (Fantagraphics, 2020), his new graphic novel which addresses issues surrounding the intersection of class… Read the rest of the article: Talking The Rough Pearl with Xeric Award-winning Canadian cartoonist Kevin Mutch
We live in a disposable era. If you can’t fix a broken item with a wrap of duct tape, there’s a very strong likelihood that its next destination is the… Read the rest of the article: Sugru is the duct tape of the 21st century you can mold it to fix…well, almost anything
I live in a house with three other people, who have long hair. A lot of it ends up going down the bathroom sink and clogging the drain. I used… Read the rest of the article: Drain Weasel: a solution for hair-clogged sinks
A psychedelic pharmaceutical company is asking the FDA to allow it to run a commercial LSD trial to treat people with anxiety, reports Vice. MindMed's CEO is hopeful that his… Read the rest of the article: Psychedelic pharmaceutical company asks FDA for permission to conduct LSD therapy
Brandon E. McCormick says he brought a hunting bow and a large knife to a Salt Lake City protest because he wanted to protect the police. Instead of protecting cops,… Read the rest of the article: Man who aimed bow and arrow at Salt Lake City protesters charged with three felonies
This video for Elvis Costello's new song, No Flag, is like a blast from the 1980s, and yet it's also tailor made for 2020. From Rolling Stone: Although he recorded… Read the rest of the article: Video: It's as if Elvis Costello wrote this new song last week instead of four months ago
Why is it that, according to WHO, 80% of the population have mild or no symptoms from Covid-19, while another 15% are so severe they need oxygen, and the last… Read the rest of the article: Your chances of having severe Covid-19 might be linked to your blood type, study finds
From Hamilton, Ontario, it's The Vaudevillian, an old-timey ragtimey troupe! Below, a clip from last week with the band now as a duo. They say that "as well as performing… Read the rest of the article: Enjoy some old-timey, ragtimey music from The Vaudevillian
https://youtu.be/HSunooUTwKs University researchers from Hong Kong and China created an application called DeepFaceDrawing that "allows users with little training in drawing to produce high-quality images from rough or even incomplete… Read the rest of the article: Machine learning app turns face sketches into realististic photos
“I will use future gains on my Reddit stock to serve the black community, chiefly to curb racial hate”
“Hopefully George is looking down right now and saying this is a great thing that’s happening for our country.”
At least two of the three men charged this week with plotting violence at a Las Vegas anti-racism protest participated in “Boogaloo” groups on Facebook, an FBI criminal complaint says.
Director Stanley Kubrick wanted a transparent monolith for 2001: A Space Odyssey. He asked a UK plastics company to cast one from clear acrylic, but he didn't like the way… Read the rest of the article: Kubrick wanted a clear monolith for 2001: A Space Odyssey
Buffalo Bills quarterback Jake Fromm says he now regrets expressing his belief on social media that guns should be "very expensive so only elite white people can get them." He… Read the rest of the article: Buffalo Bills quarterback says he's sorry for saying "only elite white people" should have guns
https://youtu.be/iZxNvOAV8MY A man on a bike accosts a group of activists who are putting up flyers asking for justice for George Floyd. He grabs a young girl's arm and takes… Read the rest of the article: Watch: Man on bike attacks a group of activists, including a young girl
