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I wasn't sure I'd enjoy an animated short featuring Bearded Sky Man controlling a flat Earth inhabited simultaneously by humans and dinosaurs. But Tales From The Multiverse was funnier than I expected.

From grocery stores populated by anthropomorphic insects to an extraterrestrial encounter, each of lito_leafart's gorgeous paper cut style leaves invites us into a standalone narrative. The artist's bio shares that the creation of these cute and meticulous scenes is the result of channeling their ADHD into something positive.

Countdown is a long-running UK gameshow featuring various alpha-numerical challenges. One round gives constestants 30 seconds to figure out the longest word from a series of random letters distributed between vowels and consonants. This result in annoyingly suggestive sets such as TINEYATPH, which seem to promise (but do not actually provide) full-length anagrams. The longest […]

Japanese firm SkyDrive released a video demonstration of their prototype flying car. It's an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle that operates similarly to an oversized quadcopter drone, although the SD-03 flying car has eight motors and propellers. According to SkyDrive, the SD-03 flew at an altitude of ten feet and stayed aloft for […]

At a kite festival in Taiwan yesterday, a 3-year-old girl was accidentally swooped high into the air caught in a huge kite's tail. She was flying for around 30 seconds before she fortunately was brought down to terra firma. From CNN: She was immediately rushed to the hospital with her mother and festival staffers, but […]

The acoustics at Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England's magical megalithic structure, were phenomenal, according to new archaeological research. According to research from the University of Salford's Acoustic Research Centre, the placement of the stones in the circle not only naturally amplified voices and music played there, but the sound would not have projected out far outside the […]

The New York Times's Kevin Roose says that Facebook has become "a completely parallel universe, in which Trump's response to Covid-19 has been fast and effective; in which these riots in Portland and other cities are the biggest news story in the world." He dived in to the data and was shocked by what he […]

2020 still has a few months, so the mashup of Karens and an impending zombie apocalypse does not feel out of the question. The metal music is a ::chef's kiss:: touch, too. The Karen mask is shaping up to be a top costume for Halloween this year, which is of course extra-ironic, because many Karens […]

"With a population of 328 million in the United States, it may require 2.13 million deaths to reach a 65 percent threshold of herd immunity, assuming the virus has a 1 percent fatality rate, according to an analysis by The Washington Post." Impeached President Donald Trump's new top medical adviser is leading the White House to adopt a "herd […]

That's an interesting take from a dead guy. A now-deleted tweet from Herman Cain's Twitter account says COVID-19 isn't as deadly as everyone thought it was. Herman Cain died of COVID-19. That's it. That's the blog post. [h/t Aaron Rupar]

Moscow police said on Monday they have begun a criminal investigation into the beating of opposition activist and political blogger Yegor Zhukov, longtime foe of the Kremlin. An image of Zhukov bloodied and beaten outside his home circulated on social media this weekend. Fellow Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny remains in a medically induced coma […]

A drone floating serenely off the Florida coast, checking out the beaches and towers, almost gets sliced and diced by a chopper racing by. "The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation of a near collision off the Hollywood coast," reports CBS Miami. The hotel you can see at the beginning of the clip is […]

Pepe the Frog emerged into this world as a happy-go-lucky amphibian whose life's purpose was to get high and eat pizza with friends in Matt Furie's Boy's Club comic. But that was before the internet got a hold of him. In a nightmare so insidious you know it started on a message board, Pepe was […]

Love or hate your current work from home setup, it never hurts to explore your options. To help, we've assembled nearly 20 attention-grabbing deals on some of the best mouse and keyboard offers around right now to upgrade your current situation. Mouses Wireless Optical Mouse – $12.99; originally $29 No one needs to be using […]

Do you feel safe in a movie theater these days? As theaters slowly begin reopening across the nation, many medical professionals are warning moviegoers that heading back to the cineplex today still presents a host of potential COVID-19 infection dangers. "It's just about the last thing I'd do right now," physician and epidemiologist Dr. Abdul […]

With virtually everyone watching their expenses right now, it's no surprise that our car insurance policies and those dreaded monthly rates are facing closer scrutiny than ever. With car insurance costs up twice the rate of inflation over the past decade, more than half of all drivers now say they're looking to either reduce coverage, […]

Chadwick Boseman, the star of Get on Up, Marshall, and Black Panther, is dead at 43 of colon cancer. Boseman died at his home in the Los Angeles area with his wife and family by his side, his publicist Nicki Fioravante told The Associated Press. Boseman was diagnosed with colon cancer four years ago, his […]

Great, another thing for worried parents to worry about in Fall, 2020. The pathogen that causes Legionnaire's Disease has been found in the water at some schools reopening after long Covid-19 lockdowns. "Legionella could lurk in the water supplies of school buildings, and some measures to keep people in schools safe from coronavirus may even […]

Blake Gray and Bryce Hall, two stars of social video app TikTok, have been charged with misdemeanors after they held two large Hollywood house parties in defiance of local health orders, says the Los Angeles city attorney. Couldn't happen to two bigger jerks. Mayor Eric Garcetti famously shut off their power to stop the partying. […]

U.S. Army General Mark Milley is the top U.S. general, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. On Friday, he told lawmakers he did not foresee America's military forces playing any role in the election process, or resolving any possible disputed outcome for the November presidential election. Trump has previously hinted that he would […]

"A worker in Gigafactory Nevada ended up turning down a $1 million incentive, working closely with the FBI, and thwarting a planned cybersecurity attack against the electric car maker." — Tesla blog post Billionaire entrepreneur and Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday disclosed details that prosecutors hadn't involving "a 27-year-old Russian, an insider at an […]

"This is increasingly sounding like a Black Mirror episode"—Elon Musk, introducing Neuralink. Elon Musk's brain-computer-interface venture today unveiled a prototype that involves a pig with a computer chip implanted inside their brain. The coin-sized device is implanted beneath the creature's skull. "It's like a Fitbit, but in your skull," says Musk, and it's implanted by […]

Street artist Banksy bought a boat that's currently patrolling the Mediterranean to rescue refugees. Named for French anarchist Louise Michel (1830-1905), the ship's mission is "to uphold maritime law and rescue anyone in peril without prejudice. We onboard the Louise Michel believe we are all individuals, nationality should not make a difference to what rights […]

In case you thought Big Data was only being used by major corporations to spot buying patterns or to figure out which color pashmina customers are most likely to purchase, then you're selling Big Data short. The impact of data analytics and the process of excavating key insights from vast mountains of raw data is […]

For all of the impact of Google and social media advertising, most brands still know the truth — over half of all website traffic is the result of real-life organic search. That means for every dollar a company pours into Facebook advertising, there's another, even more effective way to bring visitors to your website for […]

This is the least expensive Arduino-clone starter kit I've seen. It comes with an Arduino Uno clone, a solderless breadboard, resistors, LEDs, jumper wires, pushbuttons, and a lot more. If you need to learn how to use an Arduino, may I recommend my Skillshare video class? If you sign up here you can get 3 […]

I predict that someone will make a movie about a zombie outbreak that infects only Karens. This could be the trailer.

R. Sikoryak, able to perfectly mimic any other cartoonist, is the Will Elder of our time. His latest book is a word-for-word adaptation of the U.S. Constitution called Constitution Illustrated. Comics Beat interviewed home about his work and process: Sikoryak: I've often heard that comics should "show and not tell," and many comics that I love […]

Australian gemcutter Cliff shows how to make a Cleopatra's Eye, a challenging task for even a highly experienced artisan. They can be made with any color gem, but this yellow one certainly picks up the light. Via Cliff: "In this video watch me facet one of the world's most spectacular gems the "Cleopatra's Eye". The […]

If you ever want to feel like you're having bubble tea in a-ha's "Take on Me" video, head over to the 2D Café in Malaysia. YouTuber Wander Cazzy has the tour, right down to the cartoonish beverage containers. It's a real place, too. Check out their Instagram: YouTube / Wander Cazzy

Enola Holmes is a new Netflix film starring Stranger Things' Milly Bobbie Brown. Based on the book series by Nancy Springer, it tells the story of Sherlock Holmes' imagined younger sister, Enola, a teenage detective who brings out a more sensitive side of her famously sociopathic brother. And that's where the problem lies. The character […]

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Where is Allee Willis when we need her? I mean, who doesn't remember the 21st night of September?! YouTubers Tim and Fred Williams (and friend), apparently. They claim this is the first time they're hearing Earth, Wind & Fire's 1978 megahit "September." I'll roll with it but — come on — how is that even […]

Keep America Great is one of Trump's key slogans in the 2020 presidential race, appearing on its merch and media. But his campaign failed to secure keepamericagreat.com, the corresponding domain name. Joe Biden bought it instead, and it now features a list of Trump's broken promises Donald Trump promised to be the greatest jobs president […]

I recently had the laundry moved from the basement to the second floor of our house. We had a small extra room the exact width of a set of machines, with a disused (but seemingly sound) drainpipe conveniently placed in the side wall. What luck! The general work of running water and 240v was accomplished […]

“Hollywood Collapses!” screams the ‘National Enquirer’ cover. "No money! No movies! No jobs!”

"A man arrives at an unknown home with an unknown agenda." As seemingly inconsequential moments keep adding up, this suspenseful piece written and directed by Robert Broadhurst feels all too timely. The title is a reference to the Ambrose Bierce story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," which was the basis for the French film […]

Airplane Mode is a new game that simulates the exciting experience of a long plane flight in economy class. From your seat, you can watch the jet taxi and take off, enjoy snacks and meal service, dig around in your personal item carrier, play sudoko, read a book, fiddle with lights and air, or watch […]

Lake Charles in Louisiana voted only two weeks ago to keep a slaver monument installed on courthouse property. Hurricane Laura had other plans, toppling it like a domino. The Calcasieu Parish Police Jury voted 10-4 Aug. 13 to let the South's Defenders Monument remain on the grounds of a courthouse in Lake Charles. … Twitter […]

Animation legend Joe Ruby is dead at 87, reports the BBC. Ruby co-created Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, among many other classic titles, and with Ken Spears founded the Ruby-Spears animation studio in 1977. Both were Hanna-Barbera veterans who saw its dominance of U.S. TV animation as an opportunity to compete. And that they did. "He […]

Babies will grow up. They have to grow up. As adults, we all know they have to grow up. Yet, there isn't a parent alive who hasn't wished their tiny, cooing infant couldn't remain that small and precious for eternity, trapped in time. While that isn't how time, biology or the universe work, the Babyprints […]

Web design apps come with a lot of preconceived notions these days. While once there was an assumption that only hardcore codeheads could figure out how to string enough HTML and CSS together to craft a working website, web building tools have changed the game completely. Now, the ease of many drag-and-drop web editors has […]

I needed a bluetooth amp that'd drive a set of 100W per channel outdoor speakers my father gave me. This Fosi Audio amp is doing a great job! Sometime in the mid-1990s, my father shoved an unopened box of KLH 100W outdoor speakers into a dark, scary corner of his garage. A few weeks ago, […]

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I'm typically pretty skeptical of insurance as an industry, though I begrudgingly understand that it does have its purpose. But I found this Wired article on pandemic insurance to be utterly fascinating. Focusing on the work of Nathan Wolfe, who began his career as a virologist before shifting to ways of using data to offset […]

Tired: a plague of locusts Wired: a legion of cybernetically-enhanced locusts trained by the US military to sniff bombs That's the new goal, according to Stars & Stripes magazine: Navy-funded researchers have discovered that a locust's sensitive "horns" can distinguish between the scents of TNT and other explosives — a development that one day could […]

Under the headline, "Six ways to keep sex-mad spiders out of your home as their mating season begins," UK tabloid Daily Star warns: Spider mating season is back, which means sex-crazed critters are preparing to invade British homes looking for a partner. The creepy crawlies can have a colossal leg span of 10cm – and they're looking to […]

Does this mean there's a Butthole Edit of The Batman as well?

Stare into the black circle in this video to get a lesson in chromatic adaptation from scientist Andrew Steele. This is definitely my favourite optical illusion—it's mind-bendingly effective but infuriatingly ephemeral, vanishing as soon as you try to look straight at it—and a fantastic illustration of how our eyes and brain together conspire so […]

From The Indianapolis Star: Eight elementary school teachers who were shot with airsoft guns "execution style" during an active shooter training drill last year are suing the sheriff's department that conducted the training. The controversial training drill, conducted at Meadowlawn Elementary School in Northern Indiana last year, became national news after teachers reported being left bruised, bloodied and traumatized. […]