After a suprise defeat, weeks of insinuation and an ostentatious second-move resignation, chess world champion Magnus Carlsen has put his cheating accusation against teen rival Hans Niemann in writing. In… Read the rest of the article: Chess champ Magnus Carlsen puts cheating accusation in writing
Stephen Cass upgraded his 40-year old Tandy Model 100 (previously at Boing Boing) without completely obliterating its innards: the new CPU is far faster than the original, but the old… Read the rest of the article: 1983 Tandy Model 100 upgraded with new CPU, keeps old display
On the left is King Charles III's royal cypher, to adorn all relevant things. On the right, the mark imagined for him by the production designers of 2006's Children of… Read the rest of the article: King Charles announces his logo (spoiler: it's not like the one in Children of Men)
K2, an 11-year-old dolphin, died this weekend at the dolphin "habitat" at The Mirage hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. It's the third dolphin death there this year, reports KYMA.… Read the rest of the article: Young dolphin dies at Vegas Strip's Mirage hotel, the third this year
As soon as I finished listening to this, I printed out a screenshot of the YouTube embed and slid it into the final volume of my Britannia Great Books of… Read the rest of the article: This remix of Neil Diamond's Sweet Caroline is the apotheosis of Western Culture
Shocking video shows a man, apparently being drafted into the Russia-Ukraine war, shooting his recruiting officer in Úst-Ilimsk in Irkutsk. Both are alive, according to the most recent reports, with… Read the rest of the article: Russian recruitment officer in intensive care after draftee shoots him
The Guardian reports that Buckingham Palace is demanding UK broadcasters remove clips of recent royal footage, including almost all their coverage of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral and memorial. The BBC,… Read the rest of the article: Royals demands UK news sites delete memorial footage, such as Charles's embarrassing behavior at the accession council
Artist Claire Hummel, working with Erik Wolpaw and Jay Pinkerton, created an alarmingly convincing set of logos and cover art for games that don't exist. These were easter eggs in… Read the rest of the article: Fake video games, real art
Axel C. Cox, 23, burned a cross in his own front yard and directed racist threats at black neighbors. He was last week indicted on charges of criminal interference with… Read the rest of the article: Mississippi racist surprised to get in trouble after burning cross on own lawn
Kitboga, an entertaining scambaiter who toys with fraudsters trying to bilk him out of money, claims a stunning new weapon at his disposal: a bespoke AI chatbot that's so convincing… Read the rest of the article: Counter-scam AI tricks fraudsters into disclosing their own bank information
Giorgia Melonia is to become Italy's first far right leader since the last one ended up swinging by his feet from a gas station canopy in the Piazzale Loreto. Though… Read the rest of the article: Far right wins Italian election for first time since World War II; next Prime Minister promises she isn't a fascist anymore
Reports of a military coup in China spread this weekend, claiming that top a PLA general had taken control and that president Xi Jinping was under house arrest. None of… Read the rest of the article: How fake news of a coup in China spread
Hazard Fraught is a cunningly-named independent site that tracks prices at Harbor Freight, home of $13.98 reciprocating saws and other inexpensive workshop delights. I chanced across it because the store… Read the rest of the article: Harbor Freight price tracker
After a lengthy investigation of his relationship with a 17-year-old girl, Republican congressman Matt Gaetz is unlikely to face charges after prosecutors decided the witnesses were not credible enough to… Read the rest of the article: No charges recommended for teen sex suspect Matt Gaetz
Infowars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones got to turn another courtroom into a bully pulpit and advertising platform yesterday. Jones was appearing in the Connecticut defamation case filed by eight of… Read the rest of the article: "I'm done saying sorry" says Alex Jones at his latest farcicial court appearance
Fraudsters stole $45.6bn in pandemic assistance, says the federal government, a "dramatic" increase in previous estimates that put the total at $16bn. This was not everyday Americans getting benefits inappropriately:… Read the rest of the article: Fraudsters stole $45.6 billion in pandemic assistance
In this outstanding collaboration, hundreds of animators joined forces to reanimate the first episode of the 1990s' show The Moomins. What is the Moomin reanimated project?It's a non-profit collaboration of… Read the rest of the article: Animators join forces to reanimate Moomins
Here Cool Again restores a large, handsome cheese slicer from 1905, the kind you'd find in a commercial environment—and now destined for a nice cheese bar or deli. The slicer… Read the rest of the article: Century-old commercial cheese slicer restored
Timothy Hale-Cusanelli was a naval contractor with security clearance. Timothy Hale-Cusanelli joined in the sacking of the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6. Timothy Hale-Cusanelli posed as his idol Adolf Hitler… Read the rest of the article: Hitler wannabe who rioted at Capitol jailed for four years
Florida's Manatee County School District confirmed Thursday that it had "removed" a teacher from class after a racist tirade went viral on Tik Tok. The video shows a teacher haranguing… Read the rest of the article: Teacher removed from Florida school after racist outburst goes viral
