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"
A classic mystery, via Arpit Gupta on Twitter. No-one has any idea what happened to these men! Lots of falls, but the given cause of death for Alexander Subbotin is… Read the rest of the article: Wikipedia's page for "2022 Russian businessmen mystery deaths"
Pieper Lewis, a 15-year-old sex-trafficking victim, stabbed her rapist to death in 2020. Now 17, she's been ordered to pay $150,000 to the family of Zachary Brooks and sentenced to… Read the rest of the article: A 15-year-old girl killed a 37-year-old man who raped her. Now she must pay $150,000 to the family of her "victim"
Ken Starr, the lawyer who spent much of his career trying to bring down the Clintons, is dead at 76. His famous report on Bill Clinton blew up the then-president's… Read the rest of the article: Clinton investigator and Epstein lawyer Ken Starr dead at 76
Behold! First posted (and presumably crafted) by @GuillaumeTC. When I saw it, I could not help but hear the dialogue from a certain scene from Deadwood.
Meet Tom Persky, the "last man standing in the floppy disk business." His business, after decades of success as an industrial duplicator, "is now 90% selling blank floppy disks." He… Read the rest of the article: How the floppy disk scene's going in 2022
Stable Diffusion is the hot new AI art tool, not least because you can run it yourself. But this also adds the complexity of winding up colabs or VMs or… Read the rest of the article: Diffusion Bee: a simple app that sets up Stable Diffusion on recent Macs
Following an "emergency" measure, Montana is prohibiting changes to birth certificates. Health officials there described recorded sex as "immutable", even after gender-affirming surgery. The context: the courts and legislature there… Read the rest of the article: Montana bans trans people from changing birth certificates
Australian actor George Lazenby starred in one James Bond movie fifty years ago. Today, he was fired from a Music of James Bond tour after regaling his audience with remarks… Read the rest of the article: 60s Bond star George Lazenby fired from Bond music tour after telling story of "sexual conquest" that sounds a lot like rape
An officially-verified Twitter account operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection—a federal agency of the United States government—was shuttered today after it retweeted a Trump crony's rant about President Biden… Read the rest of the article: West Texas U.S. border patrol Twitter account to close after sharing far-right rant and homophobic remark
Kids at Jackson Junior High School in Amador County, California, were sat outside in record temperatures to punish them for making a mess in the school gym, reports ABC News:… Read the rest of the article: School punished kids for "mess" by sitting them outside in record heat
Lizzie Pugh, a black woman who scored a $10k win at Soaring Eagle Casino in Michigan, was turned away by Fifth Third Bank in Livonia, Michigan, when she tried to… Read the rest of the article: Lawsuit: Fifth Third Bank refused to cash a 71-year-old black woman's check
The high-class British bank Coutts (~£1m minimum balance) has told its customers to turn off phone updates. Despite its £690m annual revenue, its app breaks in the latest version of… Read the rest of the article: Posh British bank tells its posh customers to turn off phone updates
Just in case you were wondering. Only when Lilibet is defeated are more revealed.
Buzz Aldrin was already an old man when he socked moon landing denier Bart Sibrel, and he's still ready to beat your conspiracy-theorist ass today at 92.
Police responded to Boston Children's Hospital late Friday after another phoned-in terror threat, reports NBC News 10, the second in two weeks. The nature of the threat was undisclosed, but… Read the rest of the article: Another phoned-in terror threat sends police to Boston Children's Hospital
Brian Vollhardt, a now-former school principal in California, was (eventually) charged with misdemeanor child cruelty after shoving an 11-year-old boy with autism. Earlier this week the Fresno Unified School District… Read the rest of the article: Principal charged in assault on 11-year-old with autism
AMC is to screen a fresh telling of Anne Rice's Interview With The Vampire beginning October 2, and the trailer has dropped. Fans seem happy. A luxury apartment covering an… Read the rest of the article: Trailer for AMC's Interview With The Vampire
