The Atacama Desert is home to mountains of fast fashion garments, the final resting place for clothes made in the developing world, unwanted both by American consumers and customers of… Read the rest of the article: 30,000 tons of unwanted clothes head each year into Chile's fast fashion landfills
In this footage, you'll see a simplified but fully functional 3D version of Minecraft running on a 1MHz CPU running inside Minecraft, complete with a monochrome display. The output is… Read the rest of the article: Minecraft running on a computer running in Minecraft
The UK's daylong funeral services in the UK for Elizabeth II are being broadcast live by the BBC online (open to worldwide viewers). David Dimbleby: These are the final moments… Read the rest of the article: Queen Elizabeth II's final journey
Sundial Zone offers instructions on crafting a DIY sundial. You'll need a printer, a pair of scissors, a sheet of paper, your rough location, and an unoccluded main-sequence star. You… Read the rest of the article: How to make a sundial
Yeshiva University didn't want to officially recognize the students' LGBTQ+ club, claiming this would infringe its religious rights. But the U.S. Supreme Court, with Justices Kavanaugh and Roberts siding with… Read the rest of the article: The Supreme Court told Yeshiva University it had to allow students' LGBTQ+ club on campus, for now. So it just shut down all the clubs.
Within a few decades less than half of Americans may be Christian, reports Pew Research. Many scenarios are explored in the research, but even the most "unrealistically" slow disaffiliating projections… Read the rest of the article: Christianity continues decline in America
Ethereum's blockchain switched successfully this week from using proof of work to validate transactions to using proof of stake. The immediate results: a massive drop in its carbon footprint and… Read the rest of the article: What Ethereum's big "merge" means for energy efficiency
Jeremy David Hanson, 34, of California pleaded guilty to sending bomb threats to a dictionary. Hanson was upset about its definitions for "woman", "girl" and other things that are none… Read the rest of the article: Man who threatened Merriam-Webster over gender definitions pleads guilty
The resurgence of Satanic Panic is another red flag about the spread of irrational, hate-fueled nonsense on the right. But a small town's legal effort to silence a malicious conspiracy… Read the rest of the article: Dutch town Bodegraven-Reeuwijk sues Twitter to prevent spread of conspiracy theories claiming it was home to pedophile satanist cult
I marveled at this compilation of "Rare Raid Commercials," animated in days of yore for our forerunners heading in the great American wilderness (or their backyards.) [via Metafilter]
Arizona recently banned filming police within 8 feet, even on private property—a law notable both for its clear intent to help police get away with misconduct and its unconstitutionality. Already… Read the rest of the article: Arizona's ban on filming police may see a quick death
A skyscraper reported to be the offices of China Telecom went up in flames today, reports the BBC, with footage showing one side of tower consumed by fire and blanketed… Read the rest of the article: China skyscraper engulfed in flames
The Texas board of Pardons and Paroles has denied a request that George Floyd, the black man murdered by a police officer, be posthumously pardoned. The request concerns Floyd's 2004… Read the rest of the article: No posthumous pardon for George Floyd
We already knew that Rochester, N.Y. cop Charles LoTiempo angrily charged and arrested an EMT, Lekia Smith, after her ambulance door grazed the vehicle he'd left parked in an ambulance… Read the rest of the article: Cop who roughed up EMT had his bodycam audio muted, but unfortunately for him a colleague's was recording
A lecturer writing on a chalkboard gets an unpleasant surprise, and quickly remarks "Wow! Phew! I hope there is a video!" There is a video.
Testifying in congress, Tik Tok Chief Operating Offiders Vanessa Pappas did not reply directly to a pointed question from Sen. Rob Portman (R—Ohio): "Will TikTok commit to cutting off all… Read the rest of the article: Tik Tok executive refuses to say it will stop sending U.S. user data to China
Hans Neimann, a young player rocketing up the ratings, recently handed chess champion Magnus Carlsen a surprise defeat. Carlsen quit the tournament, posting a video of soccer manager José Mourinho… Read the rest of the article: Ass code: chess star accused of cheating with vibrating sex toy in anus
Benjamin Sago writes on a problem of distant youth: the almost invisible blue displayed by terminal emulators restricted to the classic RGB pallette of those ancient machines. A particularly lethal… Read the rest of the article: Why blue is nearly invisible on terminal emulators
Following his 30-year sentence for sex trafficking earlier this year, disgraced R&B star R. Kelly was today found guilty of child sexual abuse in his second federal trial. The artist,… Read the rest of the article: R. Kelly guilty on six counts of child sexual abuse in second trial this year
After Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz's defense team unexpectedly rested their case today, Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer rendered unto them a bollocking for the ages. "We're not playing chess," Scherer said,… Read the rest of the article: Parkland shooter judge slams his lawyers after they rest case early: "I've never experienced this level of unprofessionalism in my career"
