There's always been an unresolvable tension between artistry and fame. Very few people find fame to be what they had hoped. It comes with a lot of strings attached. It's like a drug — once you've had it, you spend the rest of your life chasing more. — Read the rest

I lived in NYC for a few years at the end of the 8'0s and so so so much has changed since then. (There wasn't even a Starbucks in Manhattan yet!) But one thing that hasn't changed — garbage. Towering piles of garbage bags, put out at the curb for collection. — Read the rest

Twitter recently imposed blue checkmarks, previously assigned only to people paying to use the site, on all users meeting a certain threshold of paid followers. And soon users assigned blue checkmarks will no longer be able to hide them.

The blue checkmark, originally a form of verification and implicit status, was turned into a paid feature after Elon Musk's takeover of the site. — Read the rest

A Florida nurse who allegedly poisoned two cats and a pregnant dog faces three counts of felony animal cruelty and one of depositing poison in a public area. Polk County Sheriff's Office announced Thursday that they arrested Tamesha Knighten, 51, after the three pets were killed. — Read the rest

In 2020, David linked to a site that promised to automatically self-destruct if ever it went 24 hours without someone adding a message to its guestbook. The creator, FemmeAndroid, posted last week that the time had come [twitter.com].

"Well, the website is down. — Read the rest

Hannah Giles replaced James O'Keefe as boss of Project Veritas—the conservative group famed for its manipulated recordings of liberals, media personnel and government workers—after it fired him for misusing its funds on vanity projects and abusing staff. But she is already stepping down, citing illegal goings-on. — Read the rest

TouronsofYellowstone shares that yet another tourist failed to regard the warning signs as meaningful and got the up close and personal experience they were looking for with one of the park's many wild animals. Bison are huge. I was intimidated sitting inside my camper van, stopped, and waiting for them to clear their road so we could continue without incident. — Read the rest

An American Airlines passenger was kicked off a recent flight for allegedly arguing with other passengers, but she made it clear her behavior was warranted since she's a special influencer while everyone else is a "bum."

The social media climber can be seen on video telling people to "shut the fuck up" while she gathers her belongings. — Read the rest

A quarter-century after Netflix transformed the video rental market, its spinoff rental company DVD.com is sending out its final discs to subscribers on September 29. And if you have any DVDs still to be returned, fuck it, says the company, you can just keep them. — Read the rest

James O'Keefe, the right-wing provocateur recently fired from his own organization, is now under investigation by authorities in New York. It wouldn't be his first tangle with the law–his famously deceptive methods already earned him one fraud conviction–and his alleged misuse of Project Veritas's funds have put him back under the axe. — Read the rest

HP wants you to print things through its cloud service, wherein you pay a subscription fee for ink and your usage is routed through its servers. To encourage you to do this, it covers the USB port on one model with a sticker with a No Smoking-style "No USB" logo on it–lest you simply plug in your printer and start printing things with it before you've endured the hard sell via network setup. — Read the rest

One of the emergent viral memes worming it's way into video stream suggestions across the internet is the "By Balenciaga" series that has rapidly evolved over the past 2 months to from it's own aesthetic that intentionally dips into the uncanny valley while reimagining Pop Culture icons from the past. — Read the rest

What is this sorcery? This video shows that if you rub your fingers on a freshly cut clove of garlic, you can then gently pick up a raw egg yolk. I'm not entirely sure how this will prove useful in your life, but there you have it. — Read the rest

A customer's plot to discredit a Bay Area boba tea was foiled by surveillance footage. Watch as the Boba tea saboteur's sneaky tactics are exposed in this video. At around the 2-minute mark of the video, the seated gentleman in the lower left corner reaches into his pants pocket and sets what looks like a piece of lint on the table. — Read the rest

In 2018, Jesse Singal wrote a controversial cover story in The Atlantic, "When a Child Says She's Trans." Focused on teens who de-transitioned, it appealed to skeptics and critics of gender-affirming care, but offered little acknowledgement to the majority of young transfolk who are happy to have affirmed their genders. — Read the rest

Wyoming's Republican governor signed a law late Friday night banning the abortion pill and allowing a complete ban on abortion to become law without his signature.

The pills are already banned in 13 states with blanket bans on all forms of abortion, and 15 states already have limited access to abortion pills.

The latest editions of Roald Dahl's childrens' books are edited to remove mean-spirited words like "fat", to update cultural references today's youngsters might not understand, and to trim sexist asides. It's not going over well with anyone, by the looks of it. — Read the rest

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Everybody wants an iPhone, but the reality is not everyone wants to pay the price for an iPhone. — Read the rest

Even though they've always been somewhat niche, comics are no stranger to celebrity guest appearances. In the 70s, Spider-Man and Saturday Night Live's Not Ready for Prime Time Players joined forces on the pages of Marvel Team-Up. 

And let's not forget Don Rickel's rather inexplicable appearance, which strangely takes place in the middle of Jack Kirby's Fourth World saga, in the pages of Superman's Pal: Jimmy Olsen. — Read the rest

For the second time, a massive and mysterious rubber duck has turned up in Maine's Belfast Harbor. This time though, high winds freed the duck from its moorings. The duck, emblazoned with the words "Greater Joy," floated about 20 miles away to the coast of Blue Hill, Maine and is still enjoying its freedom. — Read the rest