CDs are somehow cool again, which means we have reached the part of the streaming era where everyone misses "owning" music. This video sets up vinyl, CD, and lossless streaming… Read the rest of the article: CDs are back because streaming made music feel disposable

Everyone knows how to ride a bike. Nobody completely knows why the bike is helping. The old explanation was that bicycles stay upright because of spinning wheels acting like gyroscopes.… Read the rest of the article: The humble bicycle is still hiding a physics mystery

For forty years, one sailor knew the North Atlantic by color, smell, light, weather, and the animals that surfaced around him. Then, in 1907, he wrote that the sea had… Read the rest of the article: In 1907, a sailor watched the North Atlantic mysteriously change color forever

"I don't care if it's a trans, gender confused person, if it's a muslim, if it's whoever else that's standing in front of you that's spitting on you, cussing at… Read the rest of the article: Erika Kirk rallies her "happy warriors" against trans people, Muslims, and "whoever else"

No one was a threat, but the cameras were evidence. A viral video appears to show masked ICE agents slamming an already restrained young man's face into rocks, then pointing… Read the rest of the article: Masked ICE agents slam an already restrained man into rocks, then threaten the cameras

Guerrilla artists Secret Handshake have installed a giant gold participation trophy for Trump on the National Mall, hoping that if the president receives enough shiny objects, he may stop trying… Read the rest of the article: Giant participation trophy appears on the National Mall for Trump's Iran War "effort"

Los Angeles police are ending their three-year agreement with Flock Safety after privacy and civil liberties concerns, which is what happens when "neighborhood safety camera" starts sounding a lot like… Read the rest of the article: Los Angeles police pause Flock's surveillance of everyday life

Nine months into a ceasefire, Israel now controls nearly 70% of Gaza, up from 50% before the "ceasefire," because apparently the "cease" part was more of a branding exercise. NPR… Read the rest of the article: Gaza's ceasefire has somehow expanded Israel's control to nearly 70%

In 1929, a Moscow newspaper editor discovered that one of his reporters never wrote anything down because his brain was apparently already doing the recording. That is where the popular… Read the rest of the article: Photographic memory is not real, but this guy's brain came close enough to scare everyone

SAG-AFTRA president Sean Astin testified before Congress about nonconsensual AI replicas, warning that deepfakes are not just an actor problem but a reality problem. In his testimony, Astin said AI… Read the rest of the article: Sean Astin tells Congress AI should not get to steal your face

Folarin Balogun is eligible to play for the United States because he was born in Brooklyn, which is awkward for Republicans currently trying to make "born in America" mean "terms… Read the rest of the article: Mike Johnson likes birthright citizenship when it scores goals

Psyllium husk has been rebranded by the internet as "nature's Ozempic," which is unfair to nature, Ozempic, and this extremely beige powder that mostly wants you to drink more water.… Read the rest of the article: Psyllium husk is not nature's Ozempic, but it is a pretty good source of fiber

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo spent 35 years in the United States, raised three sons, built houses, built his own home, and was shot by ICE before work. His son Ronaldo said… Read the rest of the article: ICE killed a Houston father, then called him the aggressor

The Kennedy Center's argument was basically that removing Trump's name might hurt fundraising, because apparently donors were lining up to support the arts only after seeing the words "Donald J.… Read the rest of the article: Court rejects Trump's claim that The Kennedy Center needs his name to survive

I mean, you could put a window in the wall? United Airlines tried to argue that a "window seat" does not necessarily include a window, which is the kind of… Read the rest of the article: United argued that a window seat is just a seat near a wall

Grandpa Pudding Brains' White House has opened 25 "Freedom Fuel" gas stations around Philadelphia, selling gas below the national average, because socialism becomes freedom when you slap a flag decal… Read the rest of the article: Trump's answer to high gas prices is socialism with patriotic branding

I have been sucked into Cabin in the Woods, a YouTube channel that presents Bigfoot videos with the tone and pacing of a serious documentary series, while frequently veering into… Read the rest of the article: This Bigfoot YouTube channel is entertaining woo in documentary drag

Solvej Balle's incredible story of a woman trapped in time continues in Book II of On the Calculation of Volume. Book I introduces us to Tara Selter, an antiquarian bookseller… Read the rest of the article: I just finished "On the Calculation of Volume II"

The Orange Menace described roadside bombs as "a bomb that goes on when you're driving your little around," which is not how English, bombs, cars, or presidents are supposed to… Read the rest of the article: Grandpa Pudding Brains explains roadside bombs in nightmare toddler English

Most mountain documentaries build toward the summit. This one builds toward the last few meters climbers refuse to touch, out of respect for Mount Kangchenjunga, the third-tallest peak on Earth.… Read the rest of the article: The mountain where climbers stop short of the summit on purpose