Two men standing on the roof of a building are pulling up an air conditioner attached to tow lengths of rope. When one of the plastic straps around the air… Read the rest of the article: A valiant attempt to save an air conditioner

I recently came across photos of some pinball machines that looked like playable pieces of art and I was so impressed by their strangeness and beauty that I contacted the… Read the rest of the article: Check out Tanner Petch's weird homebrew pinball machines

What if Mick Jagger ran a moving company? This video will show you his moves. [via The Browser ]

Hasbro's "Little miss no-name" doll was modeled after the orphan waifs painted by Margaret Keane. She had unkempt hair, rags for clothes, and a permanent tear. "Little miss no-name is… Read the rest of the article: Watch: 1965 TV ad for creepy kids' doll: Little Miss No-Name

What is a Nepalese "tourist trap" restaurant? YouTuber Karl Rock, who makes travel videos about South Asia, created this guide to help you tell the difference between a good Nepalese… Read the rest of the article: How to avoid tourist trap restaurants in Nepal

Michael Feeney says: "(mac)OStalgia is exploring my 2021 work-from-home routine from a nostalgic perspective. How would have the same workflow look like with the tools of today and the limitations… Read the rest of the article: Here's what modern apps would look like on a 1990s Mac

Please refer to my dispatch from Monday before reading the following. I had a few hours to kill before my flight back to the United States, so I decided to… Read the rest of the article: I bought a Day-Glo running vest to command the respect I deserve

Vyvianna M. Quinonez (28) pleaded guilty to a felony charge of interfering with a flight crew member on a Southwest flight from Sacramento to San Diego. On May 23rd, as… Read the rest of the article: Woman who knocked out flight attendant's teeth pleads guilty

Cristina Cawthorn is divorcing her husband Madison, a notorious pathological liar, racist insurrectionist, and alleged sex pest after having been married for just 8 months. Cawthorn, who likens women to… Read the rest of the article: Earthen vessel is divorcing Madison Cawthorn after 8 months of marriage

A couple of weeks ago, Ernie Smith, author of the excellent Tedium newsletter, received an alarming email from someone in Russia named Maya Mishina. "The email was worded as if… Read the rest of the article: Princeton study tricked small websites into thinking they could be sued by a Russian organization

The Energy Vault seems like a good idea. It's a "gravity battery," a crane that uses excess energy produced by wind turbines to stack large blocks of concrete. During times… Read the rest of the article: This video debunks the much-hyped Energy Vault

TikToker Desiree Baker was surprised to discover that her Airbnb had a window looking directly into a restaurant. Fortunately, there's a curtain on her side so diners can't peer in.… Read the rest of the article: Watch: Woman learns her Airbnb has a window connected to a restaurant

Jordan Klepper of The Daily Show went to anti-vaxxer rallies to learn what self-appointed armchair epidemiologists have to say about Covid vaccines. Here are some highlights: "I haven't seen that… Read the rest of the article: Watch: the brain-breaking stupidity of anti-vaxxers at rallies

As you'll recall in my dispatch from Friday, Stanislav and I enjoyed a nice meal with a husband and wife in the city of Płock. Once we had finished our… Read the rest of the article: The 64GB microSD card netted me a small fortune

QAnoners pride themselves on being independent thinkers who know the real truth. And the latest version of the QTruth is that drinking "industrial disinfectant mixed into a chemical cocktail" is a… Read the rest of the article: QAnoners are drinking bleach from a communal bowl

Weird Andrew Clyde is the Georgia congressman who thinks the January 6 terrorists who tried to execute Mike Pence are "normal tourists" and refused to shake hands with D.C. police… Read the rest of the article: Bizarro congressman Andrew Clyde claims spreading COVID-19 is "freedom"

Conservative show host Jesse Kelly was invited on Tucker Carlson to share his opinion on the U.S. military. Kelly is unhappy with the fact that the military has women and… Read the rest of the article: Tucker Carlson guest: "We don't need a military that's women- or gay-friendly," we need "Type -A men who want to sit on a throne of Chinese skulls"

Apple AirTags are tiny wireless tracking devices that you can attach to things so you can find them if you lose them. Last Friday, Jeana Jeana, a cosplayer and Dance… Read the rest of the article: Woman describes experience of being tracked with an Apple AirTag

Earlier this week, I wrote about my trouble with an airline that shall remain nameless, regarding my overweight baggage. My experience with the crew during my flight to Warsaw was equally… Read the rest of the article: I used a Snuggle-Pedic Full Body Pillow in my Warsaw hotel and it was a godsend

United Nations diplomats are legally allowed to ignore parking tickets. Some diplomats pay the fines, others don't. In his article "What parking tickets teach us about corruption," Tim Harford cites… Read the rest of the article: Which countries' diplomats pay parking tickets and which don't?