The Deep Dreams podcast uses the GPT-3 language transformer to generate semi-sensical spoken word stories to lull you to sleep. There are five episodes so far. The latest one uses… Read the rest of the article: Deep Dreams is an AI-generated podcast to help you sleep

Some would argue that the whole point of Lego is that the pieces are re-usable. Others might not care as long as the pieces can be used to make a… Read the rest of the article: Lego made some pieces that can't be pulled apart

The second person in the United States to test positive for the omicron variant had recently returned from an anime convention in New York with 53,000 other attendees. He has… Read the rest of the article: Second U.S. person with omicron was at an NYC anime convention with 53,000 people

I have found the Uni Kuru Toga to be a mechanical pencil of uncanny perfection. Its shell, carved from the tooth of a displacer beast and engraved with Reformed Mesopotamian sigils, holds a  delicate graphite scrivening rod. A hidden mechanism automatically rotates the lead every time you touch the… Read the rest of the article: This mechanical pencil sharpens itself

Brian Hsu (20) of Irvine, California was banned from American Airlines for allegedy assaulting a crew member, giving her a concussion and broken facial bones. Hsu, who was flying first… Read the rest of the article: Man accused of "one of the worst displays of unruly behavior we've ever witnessed" pleads not guilty to punching American Airlines attendant

Oops! A surgeon in Austria accidentally amputated the wrong leg of her octogenarian patient and now she's out $3,000. She blames the botched operation on "human error." From The Guardian:… Read the rest of the article: Surgeon fined $3,000 for amputating wrong leg

If you're behind on your bills, beware of any stranger attempting to "friend" you. It could be a debt collector taking advantage of new federal rules approved by the Consumer… Read the rest of the article: Debt collectors can now hound you on social media

[UPDATE: Decision reversed] Citing concerns over the new coronavirus variant, the government of Japan has instructed airlines to stop taking new reservations for international flights. So far the island nation… Read the rest of the article: Japan suspends international arrivals for remainder of 2021 [UPDATE: decision reversed

Trump doesn't believe in anything but enriching himself, so it's no surprise he will say anything if he thinks it will lead to more money or power. Here he is… Read the rest of the article: Before Trump became a theocratic fascist, he was "very pro-choice"

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the omicron variant of the coronavirus in the U.S. has been found in a person in California. From NBC News: The CDC issued a… Read the rest of the article: First US case of Omicron found in California

The fantastic band Wet Leg, hailing from Isle of Wight, appeared on NPR's Tiny Desk (Home) Concert today. Watch them perform "Chaise Longue," "Too Late Now," "Oh No," and "Wet… Read the rest of the article: Watch Wet Leg perform on the Tiny Desk Concert

Cops love using civil asset forfeiture laws to steal money from innocent people. They get to keep the money to buy fancy militarized armored vehicles and muscle cars with the… Read the rest of the article: Watch: Police rob combat vet's life savings on side of a highway

Police arrested a woman who ran out an exit door at Los Angeles Airport's Terminal 1 and tried to wave down a Southwest Flight. She was taken to a hospital… Read the rest of the article: Watch: Woman at LAX arrested for running onto the tarmac and waving down a plane

George Costanza is my favorite character on Seinfeld, so it was interesting to listen to his story about how Jason Alexander landed the role. He says he was so sure… Read the rest of the article: Watch Jason Alexander describe how he channeled Woody Allen to get his Seinfeld role as George Costanza

No more monkey business, at least not for CVS. In response to PeTA's lobbying efforts, 10,000 CVS drug stores have banned greeting cards "featuring great apes wearing costumes, displayed in… Read the rest of the article: CVS drugstores will no longer sell greeting cards with great apes on them

When a McKinney, Texas SWAT team caused $50,000 of damage to Vicki Baker's home, making it unlivable, the owner sued the city after it refused to compensate her for the… Read the rest of the article: SWAT team blows up innocent woman's house, city tries to stop her from suing for damages

Martin Martinez, a Black parking permit inspector, recorded a man and his mother interrogating him about what he was doing in an apartment parking lot. Martinez started recording the woman… Read the rest of the article: Mother and son attack Black parking permit inspector then call the cops on him

Russ Meyer's infamous 1970 sex and drugs exploitation movie, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, was recently uploaded in BluRay resolution to the Internet Archive. It's got great music by… Read the rest of the article: "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls," co-written by Roger Ebert, now available on Internet Archive

South Dakota Snow Queen Kristi Noem, who serves as governor of the state with 860,000 residents, used legal loopholes to block a voter-approved measure to legalize pot for medical and… Read the rest of the article: South Dakota governor blocks voter-approved cannabis legalization

Disney, terrified at the prospected of having the spigot of HK$ flowing into its coffers shut off, quietly omitted an episode of The Simpsons that criticized China's official denial of… Read the rest of the article: Disney bows to China leadership, omits Simpsons Tiananmen Square episode from streaming in Hong Kong