"Stay out of Malibu, Lebowski! Stay out of Malibu, deadbeat! Keep your ugly, goldbricking a$$ out of my beach community!" barked the fictional Malibu sheriff in The Big Lebowski. Twenty-seven… Read the rest of the article: Malibu goes full Lebowski: "Stay out of Malibu, deadbeat" becomes wildfire policy
The world's richest creep is now spending his time amplifying a boycott of Netflix, egging on anti-trans bigots who want queer stories erased from streaming. On Monday, Libs of TikTok—the… Read the rest of the article: Elon Musk encourages anti-trans bigots to target Netflix
A new California law caps HOA fines at $100 per violation and bans late fees and interest. Homeowners cheer, while boards lament their loss and warn of "weakened enforcement." Millions… Read the rest of the article: HOA boards fume as California limits fees to $100 per violation
If you want cold brew, which I do not, here is the foremost coffee expert on YouTube's "everything you need to know." Hoffman discusses the taste of cold brew and… Read the rest of the article: James Hoffman's guide to Cold Brew
The marketing campaign for the recently-announced twelfth edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary is a little… scary. While a dictionary technically can be considered a "large language model", albeit not… Read the rest of the article: Merriam-Webster "announces" new AI as a prank
Most people have an inkjet printer at home, and most of those people hate them. Manufacturers of inkjets (*cough* HP *cough*) have a habit of blocking the use of less expensive, third-party… Read the rest of the article: Open source printer aims to disrupt the inkjet printer ecosystem
This week, New York Review Comics has re-published a long out-of-print book on cartooning by Mort Walker, The Lexicon of Comicana. Mort Walker (1923-1918) was the creator of the daily… Read the rest of the article: Plewds and hites: A fake (or fake-ish) nomenclature of comics in The Lexicon of Comicana
Close your eyes and have someone near you click play on this video. Keep your eyes shut. Listen carefully and tell me what you hear. Ok, you can open your… Read the rest of the article: This cockatoo is a master of mimicking and can sound just like a spray bottle!
Oakland's housing crunch has spawned the "vigilante eviction." Meet ASAP Squatter Removal, the sword-toting outfit utilizing the "castle doctrine" and rapid move-ins to forcibly remove people desperate for housing. "The… Read the rest of the article: Oakland's sword-wielding "squatter remover" claims "castle doctrine" as cover
Convicted felon and liable for sexual assault, Donald Trump and his merry band of cronies didn't refuse to negotiate with Democrats over an insistence on providing undocumented people emergency health… Read the rest of the article: After disowning Project 2025 during the campaign, Trump gleefully using his shutdown to enact it
The Global Sumud Flotilla, a fleet of forty-five vessels carrying much-needed food and humanitarian supplies to Gaza, was stopped by Israeli armed forces. No aid made it through, and all… Read the rest of the article: Israel stops aid flotilla, forcibly detains hundreds of activists
A Ukrainian infantry brigade on the front lines at Kharkiv adopted a friendly stray ginger cat and named him Prapor, which means "flag." The soldiers of the renowned all-volunteer 13th… Read the rest of the article: Ukrainian soldiers rescue their beloved cat comrade Prapor from the front lines
In an interview on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" promoting his new reality show "On Brand," Jimmy Fallon said that his plan on "The Tonight Show" is to "keep my… Read the rest of the article: Jimmy Fallon will keep his "head down" in late night's war with Trump: "We hit both sides equally"
Yesterday, September 29, was National Coffee Day, a day to celebrate that exquisite, delicious, dark brown elixir. To mark the occasion, two awesome New Orleans companies have come together to create… Read the rest of the article: New Orleans' most delicious collab: French Truck Coffee meets Hubig's pies in a café au lait treat
TL;DR: This Mini 4G Dual SIM Smartphone can consolidate your work and personal numbers into a compact Android-based device for just $59.97 (reg. $119.99), making it perfect for travel or a starter phone… Read the rest of the article: Need two lines on one phone? Try this $60 mini dual SIM smartphone
Metal Gear Solid Delta this is not. With the venerable cyberpunk political thriller series Deus Ex dead in the water, one would think that even a crumb of content would… Read the rest of the article: Deus Ex remaster looks like a dystopian nightmare in all the wrong ways
Earlier today, the Anti-Defamation League, America's oldest organization dedicated to combating antisemitism, deleted its online Glossary of Extremism after complaints from MAGA figures angry at its inclusion of the far-right… Read the rest of the article: ADL deletes Glossary of Extremism to please MAGA, which then stabs it in the front
Jane Goodall, famed for more than 60 years of work studying chimpanzees, died today in Los Angeles. She was 91 years old. Goodall first headed to Tanzania's Gombe Stream National… Read the rest of the article: Primatologist Jane Goodall dead at 91
Renato Casaro, painter of dozens of famous movie posters, died in Treviso, Italy, on Monday. He was 89 years old. Casaro's striking works include those for A Fistful of Dollars,… Read the rest of the article: Movie poster legend Renato Casaro dead at 89
TL;DR: With this wine red Lavisha Cashmere-Blend Shawl, you'll feel like Taylor Swift in "All Too Well" (hopefully without the heartbreak) for just $19.97 (Reg. $50). The second summer ends and it starts… Read the rest of the article: Channel Taylor Swift with this "All Too Well" inspired red scarf
