Rudolph W. Giuliani, the once moderate former New York mayor who morphed into an angry spittle-flecked screamer, says he is joining Trump's legal team with the goal of getting Special… Read the rest of the article: Giuliani to join Trump's legal team

A copy of Action Comics #1 (1938), featuring the first appearance of Superman, is on the auction block. The current bid is $300k and Heritage Auctions says it could go… Read the rest of the article: Copy of Action Comics #1 could fetch $600k at auction

White evangelicals love Trump more than ever. From PRI: Trump's support among white evangelicals at this stage of his presidency is strikingly solid. While there are modest differences by gender,… Read the rest of the article: White evangelical support for Donald Trump at all-time high

Jeff Daniels was just finishing up answering Conan's question about Dumb and Dumber when Jim Carrey walked on stage to surprise him. Their genuine pleasure of meeting up again is… Read the rest of the article: Jim Carrey makes a surprise appearance during Conan's interview with Jeff Daniels

I have questions about this VR ice cream incident. First, where is this taking place? And second, was the ice cream vendor intentionally trying to kill the customer?

EPA head Scott Pruitt has gone on a multi-million dollar luxury item spending spree at taxpayers' expense. With his soundproof booth, bulletproof limousines, and chartered private jets, he seems to… Read the rest of the article: EPA head Scott Pruitt is being investigated by the House of Representatives, Senate, White House, Office of Management and Budget, Government Accountability Office, and EPA Inspector General

…I'm not sure! This October 1976 issue of Radio Models promises a "full-size Messerschmitt," too! [via Pulp Librarian]

The Raspberry Pi Zero is a tiny Linux computer. Ever since they were announced last year for $(removed), they have been hard to get. But if you are willing to… Read the rest of the article: Get a tiny Raspberry Pi Zero with adapters

Fraudster Martin Shkreli will serve his seven year term at a federal prison in New Jersey instead of the minimum security camp he'd been hoping for. His new home is… Read the rest of the article: Martin Shkreli's request for a minimum-security federal camp is denied — he's going to prison

Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said he would block a vote on legislation to stop Trump from firing Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Now that Trump has McConnell's blessing,… Read the rest of the article: Pittsburgh prepares for riots if Trump fires Mueller

Serenity Caldwell made a video about the iPad using her 2018 iPad and an Apple Pencil. Now I feel guilty for using my iPad mainly as a Netflix streamer. [via… Read the rest of the article: iPad review video made on a iPad

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni doesn't want people to use their mouths in ways he does not approve, so he trying to ban oral sex. This is the same gentleman who… Read the rest of the article: Ugandan president wants to outlaw oral sex because "the mouth is for eating"

I haven't read newspaper comics in years, and I was surprised that Nancy is still around. Yesterday's strip was about computational propaganda. I like the image of Sluggo as a… Read the rest of the article: Nancy comic tackles subject of bots

James Comey is on the road to promote his new book, A Higher Loyalty. Stephen Colbert interviewed him for a full half hour on the Late Show, where the two… Read the rest of the article: Stephen Colbert's interview with former FBI director James Comey

Flavio Lamenza, a user experience designer, collected 11 examples of malicious websites, apps, and other designs intended to deceive users. Here's one: It's gross that Apple allows these kinds of… Read the rest of the article: Examples of "dark design patterns" — aka, asshole designs

Someone is selling this super cute 1958 Nash Metropolitan that runs on batteries for $12,500. It has a range of 45-55 miles. There's no room in the trunk because of… Read the rest of the article: For sale: a 1958 Nash Metropolitan converted to an electric vehicle

Alt-right hero Alex Jones claims the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax perpetrated by the federal government to give it a reason to repeal the second amendment.

Cory gave me a pair of Native Jeffersons about five years ago, and ever since, I hardly wear any other kind. They're made of the same kind of rubber as… Read the rest of the article: Good price on my favorite shoes — Native Jeffersons

The EPA broke the law by installing a $43,000 soundproof phone booth for agency head Scott Pruitt. It's just the latest in Pruitt's series of flagrant wastes of taxpayer money… Read the rest of the article: EPA broke the law by installing a $43,000 soundproof phone booth for agency head Scott Pruitt

I have a lot of kitchen gadgets that I like and use (and almost every time I write about them, an Alton Brown devotee will explain why my opinion is… Read the rest of the article: The Crazy Russian Hacker tries out 8 kitchen gadgets