For the past year, sculptor machinist Chris Bathgate has been designing a series of handheld, kinetic fidget toys, starting with a "slider" and then a top, a worry stone, a… Read the rest of the article: The Bathgate Ratchet, a clicky, machined fidget-toy that works like a socket wrench
Firebox's $36.69 Eleven candle-holder: insert one red candle, light, and wait for the blood to start dribbling from her nostril. Caution: telekinesis. (via Bonnie Burton)
Mari writes, "My daughter loves everything spooky–especially Disney's Haunted Mansion! She loves it so much she's memorized the song and likes to dress up as one of the cast members.… Read the rest of the article: Adorable 5-year-old sings the theme from the Haunted Mansion
Three researchers from Kyushu University have published a paper describing a means of reliably fooling AI-based image classifiers with a single well-placed pixel.
Whitefish Energy's had quite a week: last week the two-person company from Whitefish, Montana (hometown of Trump Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke) was awarded a $300M contract to help rebuild the… Read the rest of the article: Source tells WSJ that the FBI is investigating Whitefish Energy and its $300M Puerto Rico contract
Frank Wu writes, "US Congressional candidate (MA-8) Brianna Wu (previously) will be killing virtual Nazis today. Brianna will be doing a playthrough of the new video game Wolfenstein II, whose… Read the rest of the article: Brianna Wu will raise funds for her congressional bid by killing Nazis in a Wolfenstein II playthrough
Whitefish Energy is the 2-person Montana company from Trump Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's hometown of Whitefish, Montana that was awarded a $300M contract to help remediate Puerto Rico's shattered electrical… Read the rest of the article: The 2-person Montana company Whitefish Energy just lost its $300M contract to fix Puerto Rico's grid
I enjoyed Blade Runner 2049, though I would have enjoyed it more if it was at least an hour shorter; Jamie Zawinski did not enjoy it for many inarguable reasons,… Read the rest of the article: Long, funny list of the many flaws in Blade Runner 2049
A London man found a USB stick on a pavement in west London and (unwisely) plugged it into a computer, only to discover that it contained 76 folders with at… Read the rest of the article: Someone dropped a USB stick containing a bunch of sensitive security data about Heathrow
When New Yorker columnist/blowhard Andre Walker "Nobody goes to libraries anymore. Close the public ones and put the books in schools", librarians all over the net gave him what for,… Read the rest of the article: A viral "angriest librarian" explains why America needs libraries now more than ever
Katie Van Fleet has suffered 15 identity thefts since the Equifax breach and she believes the criminals who've targeted her are using information from the breach to open credit cards… Read the rest of the article: Woman blames 15 identity thefts on Equifax breach
Jeb Bush accused Democrats of winning black votes by promising "free stuff," and then Hillary Clinton accused Bernie Sanders of "promising free this and free that and free everything." But… Read the rest of the article: Universal health care is "free stuff" as in "freedom"
The spreadsheet contains 36 names: 2 Cabinet ministers identified as engaging in inappropriate behaviour towards women; 18 ministers who are said to have engaged in sexual misconduct; 12 MPs accused… Read the rest of the article: UK Tory aides are circulating a list of accused sexual predators and harassers in Parliament
In 2016, Teaforia raised $12,000,000 in venture capital to manufacture a $1,000 tea infuser that combined proprietary, DRM-encumbered tea pods with a "patent-pending microinfusion technology" and a timer to make… Read the rest of the article: RIP Teaforia, the $1000 IoT tea-infuser
Comptroller general of the French Army René Carmille "purposely delayed the process by mishandling the punch cards," changing the programming so that the religion field wouldn't be read from them;… Read the rest of the article: How the tech workers of WWII thwarted the Nazis with high-tech sabotage
Since 2006, Net Neutrality activists have been warning that a non-Neutral internet will be an invitation to ISPs to create "plans" where you have to choose which established services you… Read the rest of the article: Portuguese non-neutral ISP shows us what our Trumpian internet will look like
When the wind is blowing, the great plains could generate enough power to supply all of America, but storing and moving energy to supply those places where the wind isn't… Read the rest of the article: Promising energy storage technologies for our renewable future
The Youth Court of Pearl, Mississippi has been shut down and its judge, John Shirley (also a Republican Party activist) has been forced to resign after widespread disapproval of his… Read the rest of the article: Judge resigns and youth court shut down after baby is taken from mother over unpaid court fees
Yesterday, the Catalonian parliament declared independence from Spain; today, the central government in Madrid made good on its promise to impose direct rule on the region, firing the top tier… Read the rest of the article: Spanish central government fires Catalonian government officials, police chiefs
In "The Haribo Check," aired on German public broadcast ARD, a documentary team audits Haribo's supply chain and finds "modern day slaves" in Brazil working to harvest carnauba wax, a… Read the rest of the article: Haribo: sweetened with forced labor and abused animals
