Over at Substack, writer Cole Haddon (Psalms for the End of the World) digs into the strange relationship between hypermasculine 'Merican men and dressing up in drag. He touches briefly… Read the rest of the article: A brief history of drag in the military
Anthony Dover, 48, was recently convicted in Britain as a sex offender. His crime: creating more than 1,000 AI-generated images of child pornography, using the software known as Stable Diffusion.… Read the rest of the article: UK court bans convicted sex offender from using generative AI
Fanvue — a company that, as far as I can tell, is basically OnlyFans for AI-generated "content" — has just announced the creation of the World AI Creator Awards, the… Read the rest of the article: "Miss AI" is the first-ever beauty pageant for AI-generated women
9-year-old Cal Clifford had been begging his parents for years: "please get me a pet octopus, please!" Eventually, his parents acquiesced to his demands, and brought him a cute little… Read the rest of the article: 9-year-old boy discovers 50 reasons why you shouldn't have a pet octopus
Earlier this year, comics publisher Oni Press announced that it would be raising the legendary horror comics imprint EC Comics from the grave. EC Comics was perhaps best known for… Read the rest of the article: Brian Azzarello, Stephanie Phillips, and more to pen EC Comics' return from the grave
Variety reports that the writing staff for Sesame Street has unanimously voted to approve of a strike authorization if they cannot reach a satisfactory contract agreement by this Friday, April… Read the rest of the article: Sesame Street writers unanimously approve strike authorization
Blake Pfeil's abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast is an award-winning audio series that takes a stunningly immersive approach to the trend of urban exploration. Here's the blurb: abandoned: The All-American… Read the rest of the article: Listen to this eerily immersive audio tour of a real-life Bates Motel
Over the first weekend of 2024 Coachella Festival, BritPop stalwarts Blur made quite the lasting impression with their notably cranky performance. Frontman Damon Albarn (also of the Gorillaz) chastised the… Read the rest of the article: Vacuum cleaner covers "Song #2" by Blur
Acclaimed sci-fi author and commentator Annalee Newitz is currently promoting their upcoming non-fiction book Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind, which — as the title suggests —… Read the rest of the article: The Sinophobic history of brainwashing
TV manufacturing conglomerate TCL has just announced plans to release the first ever fully AI-generated TV movie special. It's called Next Stop Paris, because of course it is. Here's the… Read the rest of the article: Watch the trailer for the first fully AI-generated RomCom, coming soon from TV manufacturer TCL
For the last few months, I've been working on a fun new project—a kid-friendly music-themed fantasy adventure podcast called Musicland Stories. The first 12-episode season was written by Bob Proehl,… Read the rest of the article: Musicland Stories is a delightful music-themed fantasy adventure podcast for all ages
Mairlyn Smith, a cookbook author and self-proclaimed Queen of Fibre, recently took to TikTok to explain her and her husband's nightly ritual of fartwalking. Yes, fartwalking. "You fart when you… Read the rest of the article: Taking a "Fart Walk" after dinner can be good for your health
The latest project from the always-clever technology artist Nicole He (previously) is The Crush House, a thirst-person (sic) shooter video game that plunges into the shoes of a reality TV… Read the rest of the article: THE CRUSH HOUSE is a new thirst-person shooter where you shoot a trashy reality show
The Alabama website AL.com recently published one of those "heartwarming human interest"-style pieces that you see every now and then. But the topic of this particular story was a seven… Read the rest of the article: 7-year-old starts a lemonade stand to bury her mother
No, it's not just another Bluey episode — apparently there is an Easter-themed duck fashion show held each year in Australia. Again: a fashion show. For ducks. From Sad and… Read the rest of the article: Watch these ducks strut their stuff in the annual Sydney Duck Fashion Show
Comic book legend Rob Liefeld — a co-founder of Image Comics who created such iconic characters as Deadpool and Cable and Captain America with an absurdly huge chest — is… Read the rest of the article: Comic artist Rob Liefeld to publish new memoir
Did you know that you could ferment Mountain Dew? I'm not talking about that Mountain Dew hard seltzer you can buy at the liquor store (if that's a thing you… Read the rest of the article: Ferment Mountain Dew for a boozy homebrewed treat
I find your lack of WD-40 disturbing. But otherwise this cover of "The Imperial March" from Star Wars performed using nothing but a kazoo and a very squeaky door is… Read the rest of the article: The Imperial March performed entirely on a kazoo and a squeaky door
Before the Beastie Boys were rhymin' and stealin' on their major label debut, License to Ill, the group released an EP called Polly Wog Stew. The 8-song album was released… Read the rest of the article: The forgotten trans history of the first Beastie Boys record
Forbes Magazine just released its annual list of billionaires, of which there are currently 2,781 still alive across the world. And yes, that's a record — up 25 people from… Read the rest of the article: New study shows that literally every billionaire under 30 was born wealthy, also water wet
