Some years ago, I chanced upon an item that affords a reliable manner in which to weigh luggage at home before reaching the airport. This inexpensive handheld scale is a godsend… Read the rest of the article: Why I'll never forget to use this luggage scale again
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Mark Frauenfelder One evening in 2019 over a dozen Chicago police officers bashed down the door of the wrong house and found an innocent unclothed black woman standing inside. They immediately handcuffed… Read the rest of the article: Remember when Chicago cops handcuffed an innocent naked black woman? City will pay her $2.9 million
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Mark Frauenfelder The Chinese government is paying the consulting firm Vippi Media $300,000 to oversee a social media campaign to compensate prominent TikTokers, Twitch Streamers, and Instagram influencers for saying nice things… Read the rest of the article: China is paying U.S. social media influencers to promote Beijing Winter Olympics and "good China-US relations"
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Mark Frauenfelder Four years ago a porch pirate stole one of Mark Rober's packages. He's since devoted his life to getting revenge on porch pirates by making booby-trapped boxes filled with glitter… Read the rest of the article: Here's Mark Rober's Glitter Bomb Package 4.0
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Mark Frauenfelder I finally understand what the deal is with Andrew Clyde, the weird GOP Congressman from Georgia. As you might recall, Clyde compared the January 6 Capitol riot to "a normal… Read the rest of the article: Bizarro Congressman Andrew Clyde claims fentanyl seizure is proof that U.S. Customs and Border Protection is failing
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Mark Frauenfelder At today's January 6 Committee Meeting Rep. Liz Cheney read texts that Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Brian Kilmeade, and Donald Trump Jr. sent to Donald Trump's Chief of Staff Mark… Read the rest of the article: Liz Cheney reads texts sent by Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and Trump Jr. to Mark Meadows during Jan 6 begging Trump to call off riot
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Mark Frauenfelder A gentleman, brimming with confidence, drove his expensive car into a swollen river with the goal of reaching the other side. Unfortunately for him, he didn't make it across. Unfortunately… Read the rest of the article: Watch: Audi driver fails to ford a river and destroys a pedestrian bridge in the process
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Mark Frauenfelder Kudos to this person for warning cheapskates to back off. 3 Bar stools – $300 3 white and brushed silver adjustable height bar stools. Like new. $300 for all three.IMPORTANT.… Read the rest of the article: This Craigslist seller has zero-tolerance for chiselers
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Mark Frauenfelder Ten South Dakota teachers were led to the middle of an ice-covered hockey rink and challenged with scooping up $5,000 in dollar bills dumped on a rug to pay for… Read the rest of the article: In "demeaning" competition, teachers scramble to scoop up dollar bills for school supplies
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Mark Frauenfelder Eric Trump told a fawning crowd of devoted cultists at a ReAwaken America event that his dad won the 2020 presidential election, and that "we're gonna win again in 2024."… Read the rest of the article: Eric Trump falsely claims his father won the election in 2020, and "we're gonna win again in 2024."
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Mark Frauenfelder Robert Plant and Alison Krauss released Raising Sand 14 years ago to wide praise. They joined up again for a three-song set as part of NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series.… Read the rest of the article: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss team up for Tiny Desk concert
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Mark Frauenfelder This is the fourth and final post excerpting The Adventurer's Glossary, a word-nerd exploration of the theory and practice of all sorts of adventure by my old friend and frequent… Read the rest of the article: What is a "robinsonade?"
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Mark Frauenfelder This is the third of four posts excerpting The Adventurer's Glossary, a word-nerd exploration of the theory and practice of all sorts of adventure by my old friend and frequent… Read the rest of the article: What is a "Gilligan Hitch?"
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Mark Frauenfelder I awoke to find my head slumped on the shoulder of a shaggy bearded man wearing green shorts and a badly stained leather vest. He handed me a beer in… Read the rest of the article: The Playmobil Volkswagen T1 Camping Bus will take you on the trip of a lifetime
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Mark Frauenfelder This mind-warping time-lapse film has a trippy effect. Watch it full screen and marvel at the erupting cactus blossoms. The bio of the videographer, who goes by the handle EchinopsisFreak,… Read the rest of the article: Stunning psychedelic timelapse of blooming cactus flowers
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Mark Frauenfelder This shitty toilet paper dispenser in some Chinese restrooms won't let you have any paper until you watch a 30-second commercial. Then, you get only three squares. This thing is… Read the rest of the article: New toilet paper dispenser delivers 3 squares if you watch a 30-second commercial 💩
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Mark Frauenfelder Sad news: Michael Nesmith of The Monkees, who went on to have a successful career in music and film died today at 78 of natural causes. From Rolling Stone: His… Read the rest of the article: Michael Nesmith, Monkees singer-songwriter, RIP
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Mark Frauenfelder In 2013 James Howells of Newport, Wales mistakenly tossed his hard drive into the trash, and the next day his wife took it to the local landfill. Sometime later, he… Read the rest of the article: This guy's hard drive with $500 million in bitcoin is lost at a dump, and local officials won't let him retrieve it
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Mark Frauenfelder In 1959 researchers at Australia's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital injected a volunteer with curare, the same stuff that indigenous peoples in Central and South America put on blowgun darts to… Read the rest of the article: "Return to Life: An Experiment in Artificial Respiration" is a bizarre Australian film from 1959
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Mark Frauenfelder This is the second of four posts excerpting The Adventurer's Glossary, a word-nerd exploration of the theory and practice of all sorts of adventure by my old friend and frequent… Read the rest of the article: Do you know these adventurer's terms: charisma, chutzpah, clean one's clock, and (my favorite) clobberin' time?