Nicolas Maduro lost the 2024 election in Venezuela, kept his job with some comically obvious ballot-stuffing, but has now lost his plane to U.S. authorities, who nabbed it when it… Read the rest of the article: U.S. seizes Venezuela president Nicolas Maduro's plane

The United Kingdom today announced that it was suspending "some" arms exports to Israel, stating that it understood the weapons may be used to break international law. Reuters reports that… Read the rest of the article: Britain suspends "some" arms exports to Israel

The Goliath Power Saber is what every Star Wars fan has wanted for nearly 40 years—a lit-up, automatically extending and retracting light saber toy. Amazingly, Hasbro licensed the inventor's design… Read the rest of the article: Hasbro killed its own awesome auto-extending Star Wars light saber toy, but you can get it off-brand

Contrary to The Economist's volitional disinterest in its history, Germany's hard right territory is in fact charted. Why, here's an actual chart: Previously:• 'Who Goes Nazi?' This 1941 spot-the-fascist game… Read the rest of the article: The Economist: Hard Right election win in Germany takes it into "uncharted territory"

Ken Shirriff reminds us of Marilou Schultz' textile "Replica of a Chip," woven with traditional techniques and materials in 1994. Comparisons between native art and silicon dies go way back.… Read the rest of the article: Silicon dies, Navajo art

Twitter was ordered to appoint a legal agent by Brazilian authorities, a requirement for all foreign companies doing business there. It didn't and a judge there yesterday ordered local ISPs… Read the rest of the article: Brazilian court orders block on Twitter after it refuses to appoint a legal agent there

A retired teacher was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison after admitting that his angry voicemails to U.S. District Judge and Federalist Society member Wendy Berger amounted to… Read the rest of the article: 5 years in jail for gay teacher who sent threatening voicemails to judge who OK'd "Don't Say Gay" law

Exhibit A: Exhibit B: As pointed out on Twitter by MeidasTouch. Note for readers, fact checkers and Trained Journalists: Mr. Vance's laugh did not mechanically loop three times in the… Read the rest of the article: The mirth of JD Vance sounds like Jack Nicholson's Joker's laughing bag

A man in Sheffield, England, has been banned from touching unattended vehicles after attempting to break into one. The peculiar sentence came after Ricky Roberts, 36, was arrested on July… Read the rest of the article: Man banned from touching cars

In Harpers, Jasper Craven reports on "The Thin Purple Line"—the quickly-growing, heavily-armed and increasingly belligerent private security forces at work in America: "Americans' fear of crime is particularly disconnected from… Read the rest of the article: Private security in U.S. increasingly heavily-armed and belligerent

The CRKD Atom is an adorable keychain game controller, similar to the 8bitdo model we've covered a few times, but a few bucks cheaper and offered in a calamity of… Read the rest of the article: Adorable keychain game controllers

Lego recently ended one effort to use sustainable plastics to make bricks, but now reports success and a big contract to secure the supply chain. It will replace the oil… Read the rest of the article: Lego to make bricks from renewable plastic

Earlier this summer, Texas megachurch founder and Trump advisor Robert Morris stepped down after some 25 years when a minor he sexually abused—now a woman—went public with her story. His… Read the rest of the article: Attendance sinks at Robert Morris's Texas megachurch

Advantage Air makes smart air conditioning systems in Australia, a place with a very captive summer audience. The wall controller, which turns it on and off, is a lowest-conceivable tier… Read the rest of the article: Air conditioner company wanted $1679 to replace its Android-based on/off switch. An old tablet did the job.

Classic fantasy series Elfquest will soon be available in glorious, full color hardcover editions covering the entirety of the original 1978-1985 run. In discussing these new editions, the Pinis said… Read the rest of the article: New full-color hardcover Elfquest collection coming from Dark Horse Comics

Low Cost Mini PCs is an automatically-curated list of cheap, used Lenovo Tinies, Dell Micros and the like on eBay, presented in the perfectly functional format of Diskprices. Web brutalism!… Read the rest of the article: Site lists cheap used mini PCs on eBay

UPDATE: The image was a fake, as disclosed by its source. CSPAN did not add that caption; the Xitter user did. Speaking in Asheboro, North Carolina, Republican vice presidential candidate… Read the rest of the article: CSPAN caption savagely murders J.D. Vance (Update: fake)

Tom Girardi, 85, stole millions from his clients—some of whom were as famous as he. Already disbarred, Girardi was found guilty of embezzlement yesterday by jurors in California. After a… Read the rest of the article: Celebrity lawyer Tom Girardi stole millions from clients

Maker Skill Trees publishes RPG-style skill trees for all sorts of hobbies, crafts and disciplines: useful for motivating learners or satisfying the experienced. There's dozens of them at the repo… Read the rest of the article: Skills trees for makers

Robert Telles, 47, was Clark County public administrator until losing the 2022 Democratic Party primary. He blamed stories written about him by the Las Vegas Review-Journal's Jeff German. So he… Read the rest of the article: Nevada politician Robert Telles found guilty of murdering journalist