I first learned of Philadelphia Printworks because of a sweatshirt they designed for the Brooklyn Museum's showing of Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963–1983,… Read the rest of the article: Fantastic social justice hoodies and t-shirts featuring black activists and leaders
"Rubik Mona Lisa" (2005) by legendary French street artist Invader, is expected to sell for around $166,000 at a forthcoming auction. Made from more than 300 Rubik's Cubes, it's the… Read the rest of the article: Invader's "Rubik Mona Lisa," made from hundreds of Rubik's Cubes, expected to get $166,000 at auction
It's almost as if the mirrors aren't even real! The act appeared on Nippon TV's Masquerade entertainment contest. (r/videos)
In Cincinnati, Harves Gardner, 32, was arrested after allegedly calling police 25 times asking for help finding his lost hoodie. From Cincinnati.com: "When police arrived (the) defendant only wanted rides… Read the rest of the article: Gentleman arrested for calling police to help find his missing hoodie… 25 times
Over at The Startup on Medium, David Laws, semiconductor curator at the wonderful Computer History Museum, has prepared a fascinating guide to Silicon Valley's "high-tech heritage trail exploring places that… Read the rest of the article: A guide to Silicon Valley's High-Tech Heritage Trail
This is the Tubmarine, a wood-burning hot tub. According to the company, the tub takes less than two hours to heat up and comfortably seats four adults. It's built from… Read the rest of the article: This wood-fired hot tub is $20,000
Where there's a will… It took just 8 days for China to build a large new hospital in Wuhan specifically to care for coronavirus patients. Another one is under construction.… Read the rest of the article: Incredible time lapse video of coronavirus hospital that China built in just 10 days
Designer Morten Halvorsen created Shake, a typeface of letters written by someone with a tremor caused by Parkinson's disease. The handwriting is that of Halvorsen's mother. "My mother was diagnosed… Read the rest of the article: Shake: a typeface of letters written by someone with Parkinson's disease
Researchers identified a phytocannabinoid in Cannabis sativa that they say could be 30 times more powerful than THC, at least in their lab results. The scientists from Italy's University of… Read the rest of the article: This newly discovered cannabis compound is possibly 30 times more powerful than THC
Last week, Bradenton, Florida brewery Motorworks Brewing made headlines with their idea to put local animal shelter dogs' photos on their beer cans to help with pet adoption. Monica Mathis… Read the rest of the article: Woman spots her dog, lost in Idaho, on a Florida brewery's "adoptable dogs" beer can
After the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV, President Donald Trump tweeted his congratulations to the team who, er, "represented the Great State of… Read the rest of the article: Trump congratulated Superbowl winners Kansas City Chiefs who "represented the Great State of Kansas"
A few years back, my brother Rick Pescovitz came up with Under The Weather Pods, single-person pop-up shelters. You may have caught Rick on Shark Tank (video below). Rick was… Read the rest of the article: Personal tents for airplane passengers to avoid coronavirus
In 1982, Susan "Sulu" Dubow recorded "Ode to Spock," her terrific musical response to the Vulcan's death in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Dubow will be familiar to… Read the rest of the article: Enjoy this Star Trek fan's delightful "Ode to Spock" recorded after the Vulcan's film death in 1982
Cotton Branch Farm Animal Sanctuary in Leesville, South Carolina is seeking volunteers to cuddle pigs and, eventually, adopt the animals as pets. The organizations rescued more than 200 pigs from… Read the rest of the article: Volunteers needed to cuddle pigs
IEEE Spectrum's David Schneider participates in Quaker meetings where there are many elderly people who, even though they are wearing hearing aids, have a hard time catching comments from others… Read the rest of the article: DIY method for transmitting audio in large spaces directly to people's hearing aids
Since at least 2016, this crocodile in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia has been swimming around with a tire stuck around its neck. There have been several failed attempts by the Central… Read the rest of the article: Reward offered to anyone who can remove the tire around this poor crocodile's neck
Carnage-Boy asks: "What if Sam Mendes' latest badass movie was set in Bikini Bottom instead of Pas-de-Calais?" Here's the original trailer:
First discovered in 1700 by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, the microscopic spheres in this video are Volvox, a genus of chlorophyte green algae. If you enjoy this video, its creator Shigeru… Read the rest of the article: Incredible microscope video of an otherworldly green algae colony
"I was in Havana in 1961 during the Bay of Pigs invasion fighting on both sides," said the great Leonard Cohen in 1965 before reading this fantastic satirical poem he… Read the rest of the article: Watch Leonard Cohen read "The Only Tourist in Havana Turns His Thoughts Homeward" (1965)
As part of the Nepal government's new tourism campaign, officials commissioned more than 100 huge yeti statues designed by Ang Tsherin Sherpa to be painted by various artists and placed… Read the rest of the article: Does this yeti, Nepal's official tourist mascot, actually look like a yeti?
