I demand that the Discovery channel gives this ensemble of septuagenarian motorcycle outlaw cosplayers their own reality show. Look at the swell performance they gave for the Gratiot County Republican… Read the rest of the article: New GOP ad for Michigan governor targets the elder biker outlaw segment
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Mark Frauenfelder Heritage Auction's upcoming auction of Harlan Ellison's estate contains a wealth of memorabilia, including a photo of young Harlan flanked by Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner in full character costume.… Read the rest of the article: Harlan Ellison auction includes the world's most (in)famous "Star Trek" photo
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Mark Frauenfelder Researchers Pablo Burraco and Germán Orizaola went to Chernobyl in 2016 and found Eastern tree frogs with an "unusual black tint." This species is typically bright green. They learned that… Read the rest of the article: Frogs evolved black skin to adapt to radiation in Chernobyl
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Mark Frauenfelder Putting a dummy in front of an ATM to make other people needlessly wait in line isn't a very nice thing to do, but when these customers finally figure out… Read the rest of the article: Someone set a mannequin in front of an ATM to tease other customers waiting in line
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Mark Frauenfelder Some pet stores sell puppies on an installment plan with annual interest rates of 199%, making an already-expensive puppy ($5,000 or more) cost $20,000 in the long run. Some states… Read the rest of the article: States crack down on predatory 200% pet store loans
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Mark Frauenfelder In an interview with the excellent Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan, Alex Jones sarcastically screams that he personally killed the murdered children in the Sandy Hook massacre. He also admitted… Read the rest of the article: Andrew Callaghan interviews an even-more-unhinged-than-usual Alex Jones
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Mark Frauenfelder White noise is static, a blend of all audible frequencies. It's hissy and harsh. I prefer brown noise, which attenuates higher frequencies and increases lower frequencies, giving it a richer… Read the rest of the article: New York Times on the "cult of brown noise" aficionados
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Mark Frauenfelder Teenage Engineering, maker of the OP-1 portable synthesizer and the Pocket Operator synthesizers collaborated with Pentagram's Yuri Suzuki and Japanese company Gakken to seemingly rebrand Gakken's record cutter for making… Read the rest of the article: Adorable device from Teenage Engineering lets you cut your own vinyl record
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Mark Frauenfelder Millions of people in Florida are without power as a result of Hurricane Ian's devastation. This time-lapse of a surge in Fort Myers reveals the catastrophic power of the hurricane.
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Mark Frauenfelder Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a blunt message to Russian soldiers, most of whom don't want to fight fight in Ukraine: "If you wanna stay alive — RUN. If you… Read the rest of the article: Watch Zelenskyy's message to Russian draftees: "If you want to stay alive — RUN"
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Mark Frauenfelder No wonder Russian men are trying to sneak over to Georgia — these videos of a Russian military barracks reveal the squalor that draftees must endure before being sent off… Read the rest of the article: Secret video of barracks for Russian draftees: filthy, garbage-strewn, and overcrowded
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Mark Frauenfelder Cassie, a robot that looks disturbingly like a person without an upper body, ran 100 meters in 24.73 seconds at the Whyte Track and Field Center in Corvallis, Oregon yesterday,… Read the rest of the article: Watch a bipedal robot break the world record for the 100-meter dash
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Mark Frauenfelder It took me a while to figure out which person was wearing the high heels in this photo. I'm glad I'm not the only one who was confused.
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Mark Frauenfelder The announcers in this NFC championship football game didn't know whether to focus on the players on the field or the bizarre incident in the stands, where a man in… Read the rest of the article: Video: at 1978 pro football game, a spectator dressed as a snowman caught on fire
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Mark Frauenfelder Ohio's new abortion law was designed to please Republicans who want to force children to have their rapist's baby. The law counts fetuses as children and doesn't make an exception… Read the rest of the article: Ohio GOP officials denied abortions to at least two more raped children who got pregnant
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Mark Frauenfelder Here's EarthCam Live's webcam in Sand Cay, Florida. Hurricane Ian is arriving today with expected winds of 155 MPH. Update 9-28-2022 9:09am PT: The camera is down! Here's another live… Read the rest of the article: Watch this live webcam video of the approaching storm in Florida
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Mark Frauenfelder A couple in Brazil added a large amount of blue dye into the Queima Pé river to make a waterfall turn blue for their gender reveal party. After posting the… Read the rest of the article: Couple who turned a waterfall blue for their gender reveal party are under investigation for environmental damage
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Mark Frauenfelder My recurring college nightmare is when I realize in the middle of the semester that I'd signed up for a class that I'd forgotten about. That day, I have a… Read the rest of the article: Why do adults have anxiety dreams about school long after graduation?
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Mark Frauenfelder The majority of the food concessions at San Francisco International Airport were closed Monday as a thousand workers went on an indefinite strike over staffing numbers and wages, reports The… Read the rest of the article: San Francisco Airport shuts down food concession due to strike; other airports are next
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Mark Frauenfelder A film crew, making a documentary about Trump pardonee Roger Stone called A Storm Foretold, provided CNN with a pre-election video in which Stone can be heard saying, "Fuck the… Read the rest of the article: On day before election, Roger Stone said on video, "F*ck the voting, let's get right to the violence. Shoot to kill."