Mushrooms are fascinating. Yeah, we've all seen Fantastic Fungi and loved it, and some of us have taken a deeper dive with Merlin Sheldrake's Entangled Life. Some of us have… Read the rest of the article: Mushrooming made easy. Really easy

I didn't lose any loved ones to Covid, but live music was a Covid-era casualty that messed me up bad.  A "slow reopening" was cold comfort; I hate outdoor music… Read the rest of the article: Carsie Blanton is making live music great again

Snowmen! Puppies! Disco Balls! And tunes, lots of tunes. If you only watch one holiday-y thing this year, let it be this. I first heard the voice of Zara Bode… Read the rest of the article: Christmas with a Z: Zara Bode KO's COVID with a Holiday Special All Her Own

Don't tell your cardiologist, but the first ingredient of the chocolate chunk Monster Cookie recipe created by Tavel Bristol-Joseph (one of Food and Wine Best New Chefs of 2020) is… Read the rest of the article: These Monster Cookies require a pound of butter. And yes, it's worth it.

Since 2018, Japan has been replacing its manhole covers with Pokémon designs, in an effort to boost local tourism throughout its lesser-frequented locales. Casey Baseel reports for SoraNews 24, that… Read the rest of the article: Pokémon manhole covers debut in Tokyo

I had a friend who was so obsessed with Ikea's Swedish meatballs that he bought them frozen, in bulk, from the IKEA Food Market, and kept a bomb shelter ration's… Read the rest of the article: Make IKEA's iconic meatballs at home

And this: today's photo dispatch from a friend-of-a-friend in Phnom Penh. So maybe Covid-19 did not, in fact, originate in a Wuhan wet market as widely reported. Nonetheless, it takes courage… Read the rest of the article: What definitely not to name your seafood restaurant during a global pandemic

If you're a music aficionado with an appreciation of the arcane for whom the forgotten tunes of the 1910s and '20s are just as compelling as anything you might stream… Read the rest of the article: And now, for some Yiddisha Vaudeville

Is blockchain currency too intangible and complicated for you? Does Facebook Pay feel too In-Zuckerberg-We-Trust? Does your couch potato lifestyle prevent you from going on a Sweatcoin shopping spree? Could… Read the rest of the article: When the US dollar is worth nothing, will Utah lead the way to a new American currency?

Speak the names of 1970s & early-'80s women rock icons such as Patty Smith, Debbie Harry, or Joan Jett, and you'll undoubtedly receive a nod of recognition. Say Suzi Quatro,… Read the rest of the article: Why Suzi Quatro is one of the coolest American rock stars you probably don't know much about

Brattleboro, Vermont has initiated an innovative project leveraging CARES Act funding to keep local restaurants in business, while at the same time supporting local farmers and feeding members of the… Read the rest of the article: Keep restaurants in business, support farmers, and feed those economically hit by Covid? Yes, it's possible!

Memo: Wash your hands, and your sex toys. The New York Health department has issued a "harm reduction strategy" document encouraging city residents to eschew in-person hookups and opt instead… Read the rest of the article: Covid-19 is making New York kinky again

Covid-19 takes no prisoners, and North Safari Sapporo in Japan's northernmost prefecture is no exception. Scott Wilson reported for SoraNews 24 that mandatory shutdowns have forced the animal park to get… Read the rest of the article: Skin tight, with bite: lion-mauled jeans

Alissa Skelton reports in the Omaha World Herald that a Nebraska woman, Sylvia Driskell, 66, who claims to be "an ambassador for God and his son, Jesus Christ," has filed… Read the rest of the article: Nebraska woman is suing every gay person in America

Bout ready to just give up pic.twitter.com/PKxykWu2nn — Peter R. Quinones (@PeterRQuinones) May 24, 2020 Covid-19 physical distancing has sparked a new trend among Catholics with a sense of humor:… Read the rest of the article: Catholics have more fun: baptism by squirt gun

We've all been spending a lot more time in the kitchen over the past couple of months, some of us more successfully than others. But if you're feeling ambitious, aren't… Read the rest of the article: Homemade sourdough is so April. Try your hand at home-cured meat!

For much of the first half of the 20th century, another mysterious virus was freaking people the hell out, and no one understood what it was or how it spread.… Read the rest of the article: Jayne Mansfield: Viral Warrior

As coronavirus cases soar past 4,700 in the Czech Republic, the Eastern European nation's nude sunbathers are being targeted by authorities for neglecting to cover up their mouths. "Citizens can be… Read the rest of the article: No pants, no problem. But cover your face.

New Jersey, Connecticut, and Kansas are among the states whose unempoyment systems are being overwhelmed with new claims, and the systems run on old computer language that stopped being taught… Read the rest of the article: States need programmers who know old COBOL language to process a surge in unemployement claims

Until N95's are available for everyone who needs them, you gotta do what you gotta do. @tifffanycuh has collected some the of the best (note: "best" as it's used here… Read the rest of the article: Face Mask Anarchy: When life gives you lemons, improvise.