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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    1:43 pm Fri, Oct 17, 2025
    No Kings Day is for patriots — red, blue, and purple Sign from the first No Kings Day in Santa Fe, New Mexico (Mark Frauenfelder)

    This weekend's No Kings protests will draw huge crowds of peaceful red-blooded patriots — Democrats and Republicans alike — who don't like the idea of fascism in America. The coastal… Read the rest of the article: No Kings Day is for patriots — red, blue, and purple

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    12:44 pm Sun, Oct 12, 2025
    Modern Time Machines finishes dream pop collaboration with "September" songwriter Allee Willis's in-home recording studio (Mark Frauenfelder)

    Carla and I met Ben Golomb at Allee Willis's former house, where he told us about "Ornamental," a song he wrote with the legendary songwriter shortly before her passing. We're… Read the rest of the article: Modern Time Machines finishes dream pop collaboration with "September" songwriter

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    5:04 pm Wed, Sep 24, 2025
    Company claims this vibrating knife makes cutting "easier" — but does it? Ultrasonic Chef's Knife from Seattle Ultrasonics

    A startup called Seattle Ultrasonics has introduced an ultrasonic chef's knife. You can't see the blade move, you can't hear it when it's on, and you can't feel any vibration… Read the rest of the article: Company claims this vibrating knife makes cutting "easier" — but does it?

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    1:25 pm Wed, Sep 17, 2025
    Company claims ownership of Moon's resources, sells helium for quantum computing refrigeration

    The Man Who Sold the Moon is a 1950 novella by Robert A. Heinlein. It's about a businessman, Delos D. Harriman, who is determined to be the first to travel… Read the rest of the article: Company claims ownership of Moon's resources, sells helium for quantum computing refrigeration

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    11:35 am Wed, Sep 17, 2025
    Desert crossing puzzle: the minimum fuel problem More Problematical Recreations, published by Litton Industries

    A puzzle from More Problematic Recreations, published by Litton Industries in the early 1960s: A truck, when fully loaded, can carry enough fuel to take it half-way across a barren… Read the rest of the article: Desert crossing puzzle: the minimum fuel problem

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    11:09 am Wed, Sep 17, 2025
    Escape routes: top options for leaving the U.S. in 2025 Siem Reap — Sala Kamreuk, Cambodia (Mark Frauenfelder)

    The United States' political and economic future is on shaky ground. A growing number of Americans are thinking about getting out. A recent Harris poll revealed that 52% of Americans… Read the rest of the article: Escape routes: top options for leaving the U.S. in 2025

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    4:01 pm Tue, Sep 16, 2025
    At 89, philosopher Bertrand Russell wrote a masterful response to a fascist leader seeking legitimacy

    In 1962, Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists, invited Nobel-winning philosopher Bertrand Russell to a debate. Mosley aimed to persuade Russell of fascism's merits. Russell, who… Read the rest of the article: At 89, philosopher Bertrand Russell wrote a masterful response to a fascist leader seeking legitimacy

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    10:46 am Mon, Sep 15, 2025
    Del Toro's "Frankenstein" gets lavish art book ahead of 2025 film release (see sample spreads)

    Insight Editions has announced The Art & Making of Frankenstein: Written & Directed by Guillermo del Toro, set for release on October 28, 2025. This official companion book to del… Read the rest of the article: Del Toro's "Frankenstein" gets lavish art book ahead of 2025 film release (see sample spreads)

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    10:24 am Mon, Sep 15, 2025
    Frazetta's iconic Conan painting shatters records with $13.5 million sale Photo: Mark Frauenfelder

    Frank Frazetta's iconic Man Ape painting of Conan the Barbarian sold for $13.5 million at Heritage Auctions last week. The 1966 oil painting, which appeared on the cover of a… Read the rest of the article: Frazetta's iconic Conan painting shatters records with $13.5 million sale

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    9:57 am Mon, Sep 15, 2025
    Simple guide to beating jet lag Sunset from the window of an airplane. (Kajdowy/shutterstock.com)

    Flying eastward, such as from the United States to Europe, produces more severe jet lag symptoms than traveling westward. "You are shortening your day and trying to go to bed… Read the rest of the article: Simple guide to beating jet lag

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    12:37 pm Fri, Sep 12, 2025
    How much do you really know about the world? This daily quiz will tell you hmorena/shutterstock.com

    DataGuessr is a fun daily quiz that tests your knowledge of facts about demographics, climate, health, and equality. Today's quiz was a fun challenge: ranking countries by their share of… Read the rest of the article: How much do you really know about the world? This daily quiz will tell you

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    10:15 am Fri, Sep 12, 2025
    Artist makes "schizophrenia simulation videos" to show others what its like Feng Yu/shutterstock.com

    Xoramagical is an artist living with schizophrenia. His Instagram showcases his art and his videos that he makes to show people what it is like for him to live with… Read the rest of the article: Artist makes "schizophrenia simulation videos" to show others what its like

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    2:39 pm Thu, Sep 11, 2025
    This 18th century satirist mocked the absurdities of human behavior The Passions, by Tim Bobbin

    In 18th-century Lancashire, a poor schoolteacher named John Collier reinvented himself as "Tim Bobbin," a cartoonist whose illustrations mocked the absurdities of society. Collier died in 1786 with only £50.… Read the rest of the article: This 18th century satirist mocked the absurdities of human behavior

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    1:55 pm Thu, Sep 11, 2025
    Woman fined $25k for calling company's vegetables "poisonous" Singapore court orders woman to pay damages after claiming distributor sold

    A Singapore judge has ordered Ms Sophia Wu Chao Wen to pay S$25,000 (US$19,500) to a Taiwanese produce distributor for making disparaging comments about its vegetables, reports Channel News Asia.… Read the rest of the article: Woman fined $25k for calling company's vegetables "poisonous"

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    1:39 pm Thu, Sep 11, 2025
    DJ releases five mixtapes inspired by classic Planet of the Apes movies

    DJ Tenderloin just released five mixtapes themed around the original Planet of the Apes movie. The tapes include Planet of the Apes movie clips, dialogue, and vintage content like trailers… Read the rest of the article: DJ releases five mixtapes inspired by classic Planet of the Apes movies

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    1:15 pm Thu, Sep 11, 2025
    "If you were to recite a single page, dogs would drop dead" — a review of the most boring book in the world

    In 1978, Clive James reviewed the official biography of Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 to 1982) by the Institute of… Read the rest of the article: "If you were to recite a single page, dogs would drop dead" — a review of the most boring book in the world

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    9:10 am Thu, Sep 11, 2025
    44-year-old lived normal life with brain mostly replaced by fluid sac A preserved brain (Keni/shutterstock.com)

    The Whippet is a newsletter from McKinley Valentine of Melbourne, Australia. Each issue is a collection of marvelous miscellany. The most recent issue has a section about people who found… Read the rest of the article: 44-year-old lived normal life with brain mostly replaced by fluid sac

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    10:10 am Wed, Sep 10, 2025
    "All magic has a price" — Disney parks now cater to rich visitors with premium passes and perks Image: Disneyland; Konstantin Yolshin / Shutterstock.com

    "For most of the park's history, Disney was priced to welcome people across the income spectrum, embracing the motto 'Everyone is a V.I.P.,'" writes Daniel Currell in the New York… Read the rest of the article: "All magic has a price" — Disney parks now cater to rich visitors with premium passes and perks

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    9:38 am Wed, Sep 10, 2025
    "They will be treasured": Unusual paper clip collection finds new guardians Boing Boing/Midjourney

    The proprietors of Present & Correct, a wonderful stationery supply store in London, have acquired a remarkable paper clip collection. They said: David Walker has been collecting paper clips from… Read the rest of the article: "They will be treasured": Unusual paper clip collection finds new guardians

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  • Mark Frauenfelder
    8:24 am Wed, Sep 10, 2025
    Devo's "Jocko Homo" inspired by bizarre 1924 anti-evolution pamphlet Jocko-Homo (monkey man) the heaven-bound king of the zoo

    Devo released its first single in 1977. The A-side was "Mongoloid" and the B-side was "Jocko Homo." Today I learned the song was inspired by a 1924 anti-evolution pamphlet called… Read the rest of the article: Devo's "Jocko Homo" inspired by bizarre 1924 anti-evolution pamphlet

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