The Daily Show sent Jordan Klepper to watch Donald Trump's underwhelming birthday celebration. The whole thing seemed like a not-veiled message to Trump. Soldiers who march out of time and… Read the rest of the article: TDS's Klepper attends a very boring birthday parade (video)
Once again, convicted felon #47 blathers about forest cleanliness when asked about California wildfire relief. America's real estate fraud in chief regurgitates some logic he made up about sweeping California's… Read the rest of the article: "Clean the floor of your forest": Trump still fails to understand fire
Anthony Dean's "The Voided Man" series features extensive time dilation, AI, and the depiction of using a created currency to overthrow a tyrannical society. I'm only two books into this… Read the rest of the article: A Science Fiction story where someone found a use for bitcoin, sort of
Fascinating Horror shares the tragic stories of two individuals whose quest for the ultimate viral video went wrong. Bad ideas. One executed poorly, the other went as one should have… Read the rest of the article: Two people who made the ultimate mistake for YouTube fame (video)
Marshall Woodruff does not know if he'll recover sight in the eye he nearly lost to LAPD's breaking up of a peaceful "No Kings" protest last Saturday. I hope there… Read the rest of the article: LAPD's exuberant firing of rubber bullets may cost this man his sight (video)
May the Schwartz be with you. Not a trailer, but a long scroll full of trivia. I do enjoy seeing the Spaceballs marketing return. Spaceballs the popcorn bucket will be… Read the rest of the article: Mel Brooks finally gets around to making a Spaceballs sequel
This mostly seems like a cute way to showcase some Mando and Grogu father-son clips, but I think they are also marketing toys. Pedro Pascal's shirt is the best thing… Read the rest of the article: Pedro Pascal checks out Star Wars father's day toys (video)
Convicted felon #47 shared some deep thoughts on his diminutive social network. This missive on social media was intended, it appears, to reassure "great Farmers" and "people in the Hotel… Read the rest of the article: Trump's incoherent babble will certainly reassure "Our great Farmers"
Under odd-sounding circumstances, and rather than calmly visit the man at his home, knock on the door, and present a warrant, ICE decided to stage a dangerous gang-style abduction in… Read the rest of the article: Violent ICE theatrics terrorize LA's Boyle Heights
I have always thought everything about 1980s Flash Gordon was perfect. This video suggests otherwise. This video taught me a lot about Flash that I didn't know. Still a favorite… Read the rest of the article: Dino De Laurentiis' "Flash Gordon"remains one of the most fun movies of all time
This very agitated-looking LAPD officer seems unfit to be on duty. Beyond being hyper-vigilant and having obscured his identifying marks, this individual appears to be hunting for someone to shoot.… Read the rest of the article: LAPD officer declares he is shooting a protester because he feels like it
From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Seal Beach, California. They will protect their countries' brownshirts from singing and dancing citizenry. –situationally adapted. Starting around minute 43 in… Read the rest of the article: Theater to normalize a military presence in Los Angeles (video)
Having been cast out by convicted felon #47 and real estate fraud, Donald Trump, Elon Musk finds himself arguing with the troll under the bridge. No longer able to command… Read the rest of the article: Banished by Trump, Musk reduced to squabbling with Bannon
As a young Gen Xer, I expected to die in quicksand if acid rain or a nuclear war didn't kill me first. Oh, the good old days! I remember an… Read the rest of the article: Why we stopped talking about acid rain
From the earliest known illustration of T. Rex to today, the science, history, and logic behind depicting the beast is awesome. Starting with a very incomplete set of bones from… Read the rest of the article: How Tyranosaurus Rex illustrations have evolved (video)
Also failing to earn cool branding S, Pro, or Mini, and abandoning its revision number, this new macOS is differentiated by year. There will be no Sweet 16 for macOS—all… Read the rest of the article: MacOS Tahoe 26 is neither Ultra or Max
Adrian Tchaikovsky's Service Model is a fun and funny view of a Robotic valet's life after murdering its human. In the vein of Muderbot or Sea of Rust, Tchaikovsky examines… Read the rest of the article: If you like novels about the existential crisis of post-apocalytic consumer electronics, this one's for you
The skies are clear over Los Angeles, regardless of what Republicans want you to think. Los Angeles knows the difference between a peaceful protest and a riot. Over the many… Read the rest of the article: The Battle of Los Angeles: ICE raids, peaceful protests, and political theatrics
Science has discovered that pee is not sterile, and you ought not to drink it. This was a popular story in the Boy Scouts. If lost in the desert without… Read the rest of the article: "It is probably better not to drink your pee" (video)
A lawsuit filed last year against Denver's Purina pet food plant, alleging it smells terrible, was oddly dismissed and then refiled by new plaintiffs. There is no doubt the pet… Read the rest of the article: Denver residents renew legal battle over stinky Purina pet food plant
