The superficially magnanimous tone of Elon Musk's Twitter poll makes Russia's annexation of Ukraine's east seem almost reasonable. But users of the site are so far "voting" for Ukraine to… Read the rest of the article: Elon complains of "bot attack" as his pro-Russian Twitter poll heads Ukraine's way
Taste the Biscuit is an authentic legend in outsider music, enjoying surges of viral interest at the exact point each new social media platform is ready for it. After a… Read the rest of the article: "Taste the Biscuit" in retrospect
The bad news is that Ringo Starr is unwell. The good news is that whatever it is, it just affects his voice and the concern will be rescheduled. The Manchester… Read the rest of the article: Ringo Starr, 82, cancels concert after falling ill
Sony's PlayStation 5 game console has been jailbroken, meaning that users may soon be running their own software on it. Marco Cocomello: The most exciting part of the PS5 jailbreak… Read the rest of the article: PlayStation 5 jailbroken
Weeks after receiving an apology from the Oscars for the rude and threatening treatment she received at the 1973 awards show, Native American activist Sacheen Littlefeather is dead at 75.… Read the rest of the article: Sacheen Littlefeather, actress who declined Oscar on Marlon Brando's behalf, dead at 75
In this video, Robbi Jade Lew wins a hand against Garrett Adelstein, a self-described "math guy" who cannot believe it possible given the cards in play. He glares at her… Read the rest of the article: Poker bro accuses woman of cheating when she wins big hand
Two men at a Lake Erie Walleye fishing tournament [Facebook] were found to have cheated, reports the Toledo Blade. "We got weights in fish!" shouts an angry tournament official. "There… Read the rest of the article: Fishing cheats exposed, along with the lead weights they stuffed in their catches
The new branding adopted by Russia's Lego stores, abandoned by the company after Putin's invasion of Ukraine, have a new name: World of Cubes. The name reminds me of all… Read the rest of the article: Russia's former Lego stores rebrand as "World of Cubes"
Walmart and CVS stacked homeopathic products with scientifically-proven medicines, according to a lawsuit that claims this violated D.C.'s consumer protection laws, and a judge has decided the case can proceed.… Read the rest of the article: Judge says Walmart and CVS must face lawsuit for placing homeopathic nostrums with actual medicines
A mystery today in California golf course, where someone carved an 18-inch deep trench in the shape of a swastika above the letters "F JEW". Sacramento County Sheriff's Office are… Read the rest of the article: Sacramento police trying to figure out whether giant swastika-shaped trench dug in golf course with "F JEW" written by it was a hate crime
GhostlyStock generates images that look like stock photos or illustrations: "Freely-usable images summoned from beyond the aether. Energized by AI." The results are quite appalling and I look forward to… Read the rest of the article: AI image generator specializes in stock art
Liz Truss became Prime Minister of a nation of 68 million people by winning an internal Conservative party leadership election of 120,000 members. The Queen died hours after meeting her.… Read the rest of the article: Britain's new prime minister has a 15% approval rating
She faded away without illness or mishap, leaving only the dark space where rumors grow. The document states that the 96-year-old monarch died at 3.10pm on 8 September at Balmoral… Read the rest of the article: Queen Elizabeth's cause of death listed as "old age"
Stadia is done for, reports The Verge, and service will end January 18, 2023. Stadia vice president Phil Harrison, in a statement: "While Stadia's approach to streaming games for consumers… Read the rest of the article: Google to shut down Stadia, its streaming game service
Columbus County Sheriff Jody Greene won a disputed election by 34 votes, was improperly sworn in before the vote was certified, failed to meet the office's local residency requirements, and… Read the rest of the article: North Carolina sheriff's racist rant caught on tape: "I'm sick of these black bastards"
San Bernardino Sheriffs Department had an unusual reason for closing an Amber Alert this week: they shot dead the 15-year-old kidnapping victim when she ran toward them. Beyond this it… Read the rest of the article: Cops kill the 15-year-old kidnapping victim they were supposed to be rescuing
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's husband, Perry Greene, says that their marriage is "irretrievably broken" and is divorcing her. The Rome News-Tribune: "Marjorie has been my best friend for the… Read the rest of the article: Marjorie Taylor Greene's husband divorcing her
You can always play a sample, sure, but the real thing was physical. You felt it in your meat. And now the joy of having a clicking hard drive may… Read the rest of the article: HDD Clicker recreates classic sound of a hard disk rattling away
Rapper, record producer, and actor Artis Leon Ivey Jr., better known as Coolio, is dead at 59. TMZ's sources tell it a heart attack is the suspected cause of death,… Read the rest of the article: Coolio dead at 59
Because there isn't enough scandal in the chess world right now, grandmaster Ilya Smirin uttered sexist remarks while commentating the FIDE Womens' Grand Prix on Tuesday—among them an admission he… Read the rest of the article: Chess commentator fired after "chess is maybe not for women" remark
