If you are breastfeeding your kid and your friend's kid is hungry, why not breastfeed them both? Jessica Anne Colletti of Pennsylvania does just that and it makes sense. Of course some people are freaked out about it for all sorts of reasons, but Colletti defends her decision on Mama Bean: Read the rest

An extraordinary scene took place on Saturday last at a small village within three miles of Middleton. A half-witted fellow named James Driscott had cruelly ill-used his donkey. Read the rest

Earlier this morning David posted a photo of a woman on Mars. We now know why she's there. Her 4-wheeled pareidoliaopede broke down and she is walking home. Read the rest

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A phone slams into an acoustic coupler on the desk. Screeching beeping sounds. Two people sitting side-by-side in front of a computer. Read the rest

Tiny Hamster (previous/tiki bar - also in book form) visited Walt Disney World, but not the same one you and I visit -- this one was replete with tiny cardboard replicas of churro stands (with pouchable mini-churros!) and Dole Whip stands and a tiny shoebox Haunted Mansion (!) (Thanks, Eli!)

Tummple! has been described as reverse Jenga. That seems pretty accurate. Both games share a similar wooden-block aesthetic, and in both games the object is to keep things from falling. Read the rest

Caitlin Flanagan has written the funniest and most incisive glimpse into what it's like for today's road hacks whose livelihoods depend on navigating the treacherous waters of the college comedy circuit. Read the rest

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is buying 80 million 4-inch black polyethylene balls to cover the surfaces of three Los Angeles reservoirs that serve 4 million residents. Read the rest

In the video below, we gain a peek inside the mind of Waller County Sheriff R. Glenn Smith, who runs the jail where Sandra Bland was found hanging from her cell in July. He is seen here asking United Methodist Church Rev. Hannah Adair Bonner, who is keeping a daily vigil at the jail, "Why don't you go back to the church of Satan that you run?" Read the rest

A dark, distant planet is slowly coming to life with a colorful ecosystem of flora and fauna. Will you tend it? Read the rest

National Geograph explores the magic and mystery. Read the rest

In 2005 Xeni wrote about this Ashleigh Nankivell's Helping Johnny Remember, a "fabulously creepy remix short, sliced and diced from an old public domain social guidance PSA and re-animated with AfterEffects." Read the rest

I don't expect a $200 grill to last a lifetime. But it has to cook meats and veggies evenly, with good temperature control. And I found a pretty affordable grill that does that reliably. Read the rest

Bioengineers are developing methods to grow new arms for monkeys using human progenitor cells that can become blood cells, vessels, and other tissue. Read the rest

The iPad Air 2 may be light as a feather, but it packs more power than tablets quadruple its size. It’s fast, it’s vividly clear, it’s the ticket to surfing, shopping, writing, reading, and beyond. Read the rest

It's called The End of All Things, and it's book six in the series (here's my review of book one); he's touring it all over the USA. Read the rest

To appear young, use Emoji. We already knew that haha and hehe are indicators of age, but according to Facebook, lol is oldest of them all, spoken mostly by the truly decrepit: people over 25.

Within hours of Google announcing Sundar Pichai as CEO and reconfiguring itself into Alphabet (AKA abc.xyz), the proliferation of amusing abc.[TLD] domains begins. Read the rest

A judge has refused to dismiss ZeniMax Media's claim that Oculus VR stole code and expertise from it when it hired famous coder John Carmack from its iD Software subsidiary. Read the rest

By kicking himself 134 times in the head in 60 seconds, Nepalese teen Puskar Nepal has booted the previous champion from the record books. Read the rest

Facebook's privacy settings remain mysterious and ever-changing. The idea is to lead users into a state of pervasive self-exposure that's fit for aggregation, without us realizing we've lost control. Wired's guide to raising your Facebook privacy shields will be good until at least this afternoon.

Only a deviant would talk about ... her wherever. Previously.

"From Maori tattoos to the golden age of Hollywood, from David Bowie to being considered a "disruptive force" in schools, black lipstick has been around much longer than Hot Topic and the Kardashian Krew."

Wired's Brian Barrett reports on how the company became worth less to stockholders than the cash in its own pocket: "a smartphone market that simply doesn’t have room for more than a handful of players, one in which being different no longer counts for much."

If you've played Tom McHenry's Horse Master, share this cool piece of art with all your pals. If you have not played Horse Master I berate and entreat you. Read the rest

VPRO backlight looks at the current state of androids in Japan, including an interesting segment on geminoids, or robot twins made in the likeness of a human counterpart: Read the rest

ACPAD is a touch-activated MIDI controller that can be overlaid on an acoustic guitar face, allowing a range of effects and rhythms while playing. Read the rest

There's about $60 trillion in public government debt worldwide, and the folks at Visual Capitalist created a chart to show proportions and debt-to-GDP ratio in one handy image. Read the rest

Felicia Day's memoir You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) starts off as a cute, snarky story about how a quirky upbringing turned Day into a nerd superhero; by the end, it's become an illuminating, frank look at the commercial realities, injustices and insecurities that everyone trying to earn a living online must confront. Read the rest

Subterrarium, or as I like to think of it "Ms. Driller's Soda Saga", is a really fresh, challenging puzzle game about a girl with a soda-powered jet pack, growing flowers underground. Read the rest

China, Russia, and the United Sates are developing new weapons to wage war in space. It starts by knocking out satellites using missiles, lasers, microwave interference, or spacecraft that "could simply approach a satellite and spray paint over its optics, or manually snap off its communications antennas, or destabilize its orbit," writes Lee Billings in Scientific American. Read the rest

He'll be a "referendum candidate": if elected, he'll immediately pass campaign-finance reform, then resign. Read the rest

In honor of his new film, STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON, Ice Cube revisits the titular song by reacting to the lyric interpretations of Rap Genius.[YouTube, thanks Joe Sabia!]

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Seems the Stones bounced 100 paychecks to the stage hands who worked their Buffalo, N.Y. show.Read the rest

The most recent guest on the Cool Tools Show (hosted by Kevin Kelly and me) is Ziya Tong, host and producer of the television program Daily Planet, Canada's daily science show, which airs on Discovery Canada. Before that, Ziya was host and field producer for Wired Science, produced in conjunction with Wired Magazine and NOVA ScienceNOW on PBS. She is on the board of WWF Canada and the founder of Black Sheep. She's a fan of the CocoJack coconut opening tool, which you can read about below. Read the rest

Google, the core search business that started it all, will have a new CEO: Sundar Pichai. Read the rest

Toothbrushes might seem like a good idea for scrubbing small areas, but they are not angled properly for the job and they wear out fast. The OXO good grips deep clean brush set ($6 on Amazon) has two brushes and a wiper blade designed for cleaning tile grout and other hard to reach areas.

Who is the best Donald Trump impersonator? Donald Trump, of course. But how about amongst people who aren't actually Donald Trump? Read the rest

Dr. Justin Lehmiller reports on Foot Orgasm Syndrome (FOS), in which people experience orgasms originating in their feet. Read the rest

When I was a teen, I really wanted to like Greek mythology, but the complexity of the pantheon and some of the absurdities of the stories lost me rather than sucked me in. Read the rest

The forest is a dangerous, thorny place in Feist, where you play as a silent, furry character rustling its way through trees, mountains, and crumbling caves during the perpetual golden hour of sunset. Read the rest

Maybe they should have just released this one instead. Trailer above; full film below.For the strange and sordid story of director Oley Sassone's unreleased movie, executive produced by Roger Corman, check out the article "Fantastic Faux! Read the rest

Chris Hadfield, astronaut, author, and musician, will release the first album partially recorded in space. Read the rest

Cornell computer scientist Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil analyzed messages sent between players of strategy game Diplomacy to tease out early signs of future betrayal. A computer algorithm then predicted betrayal correctly 57 percent of the time, which is way better than the players themselves did. Read the rest