Prince Andrew, who plays the Duke of York in the long-running alternate reality game called Buckingham Palace, has been stripped of all military affiliations and royal patronages. A curt statement… Read the rest of the article: Prince Andrew stripped of all military titles

The following ran in my newsletter, The Magnet. Anyone who's ever read a comic book from the 20th century has seen a Johnson Smith advertisement touting joy buzzers, rubber masks,… Read the rest of the article: The Johnson Smith Novelty catalog offered 600 jam-packed pages of vintage weirdness

In 1969 a Japanese illustrator and an editor came to New York to report on American youth culture, and they happened on a copy of The Whole Earth Catalog. Neither… Read the rest of the article: How The Whole Earth Catalog influenced Japanese magazine design

A bit of bothersome political expediency for British Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, who made a nice little show of apologizing for throwing maskless drinking parties while at… Read the rest of the article: Watch: Boris Johnson pretends to apologize for being a hypocrite

This excellent Victorinox paring knife has a 3.25-inch blade and no serrations, so you can sharpen it to split atoms if you wish. The black plastic handle is comfortable and… Read the rest of the article: Good deal on the sharp Victorinox Swiss Army paring knife

What can you do about stage fright? The first thing to do is watch this 1969 movie about managing stage fright. It starts with a groovy light jazz soundtrack, the… Read the rest of the article: This 1969 film about overcoming stage fright is filled with useful information

WaifuLabs uses GANs (generative adversarial networks) to create millions of anime portraits, which can be used as avatars or game characters. They made this video and blog post that explains… Read the rest of the article: This video explains how AI creates its anime characters

Robert Reichel picked apart Wordle's source code and found all the words in its database and which words will be used in future games. Now he can win Wordle on… Read the rest of the article: This guy reversed engineer Wordle so he knows the answer to tomorrow's puzzle

NPR's Steve Inskeep interviewed Trump yesterday, presenting him with a long list of facts that made it clear the Trump is lying about the results of the 2020 election, which… Read the rest of the article: A delusional Trump hangs up during NPR interview when questioned about his election lies

The Insurrection Index website tracks all the known people who broke into the Capitol on January 6 with the intention of tear-gassing, handcuffing, kidnapping, and executing members of Congress and… Read the rest of the article: The Insurrection Index keeps tabs on everyone who tried to overthrow the election on January 6

Beware of currency exchange offices, especially in tourist areas. The folks at Honest Guide went to Florence Italy and spoke to people who exchanged U.S. dollars for euros and got… Read the rest of the article: Watch people get scammed in Italy

Many celebrities, including Jennifer Lopez, Dua Lipa, and Ariana Grande, have been sued for posting photos of themselves taken by paparazzi. In short, explains LegalEagle in this interesting video about… Read the rest of the article: Why celebrities get sued for posting paparazzi photos of themselves

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation forecasts that "more than 50 percent of the population in the region will be infected with Omicron in the next six to eight… Read the rest of the article: Half of Europe will be infected with Omicron in 6-8 weeks, says Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Many U.S. states forbid predatory finance companies from charging bogus monthly "inactivity fees," but prepaid debit card company Netspend makes sure to gouge customers in states that don't have adequate… Read the rest of the article: NetSpend bleeds kid's birthday cash card with predatory monthly "inactivity fees"

Locked public restrooms are an easy-to-spot sign that a municipality is suffering from an underinvestment in public infrastructure. If a city doesn't maintain public restrooms it's likely that other essential… Read the rest of the article: Locked public restrooms are the ultimate sign of urban decay

Parts of Brazil have been experiencing extreme flooding this winter. A bridge in Macarani collapsed in December, and two people fell into th river. Both survived. A Reddit commentor said:… Read the rest of the article: A bridge in Brazil collapses in a flood, both victims survived

This pianist at a Disney part rips through songs at ultra-high speed, seemingly without effort.

This long-but-thrilling first-person tale of revenge kept me up for over an hour in the middle of the night. Just when you think the story couldn't get any better, it… Read the rest of the article: Read: Reddit's revenge story of the year

Bog Saget, who played Danny Tanner on the 1990s sitcom Full House, died today in Orland, Florida at the age of 65. The Orange County Sheriff tweeted that "Detectives found… Read the rest of the article: Full House star Bob Saget (1956-2022)

Please refer to the dispatch from January 6, 2022 before reading the following. "Do you have an extra pair of shoes with laces?" I asked. "No." "This is ridiculous," I said.… Read the rest of the article: The Philips One by Sonicare Battery Toothbrush comes in six pleasing hues