Nostr notes by Jennifer Ouellette

Pompeii victim ID'd as a likely doctor. New X-rays and CT ...

2026-05-18T18:08:56Z

Pompeii victim ID'd as a likely doctor. New X-rays and CT scans showed small case with locking mechanism containing metal instruments. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/pompeii-victim-idd-as-a-likely-doctor/

Ig Nobels ceremony moves to Europe over security concerns. ...

2026-03-10T14:15:02Z

Ig Nobels ceremony moves to Europe over security concerns. “During the past year, it has become unsafe for our guests to visit the country. We cannot in good conscience ask the new winners, or the international journalists who cover the event, to travel to the US this year.” https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/ig-nobels-ceremony-moves-to-europe-over-security-concerns/

Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow. Veronika uses sticks to ...

2026-01-19T16:48:50Z

Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow. Veronika uses sticks to scratch herself, using different orientations and motions, an example of multi-purpose tool use. This suggests scientists may have underestimated cows' cognitive abilities. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/meet-veronika-the-tool-using-cow/

Rice weevil on a grain of rice wins 2025 Nikon Small World ...

2025-10-15T21:17:17Z

Rice weevil on a grain of rice wins 2025 Nikon Small World photomicrography contest. It's an annual reminder that science can be beautiful as well as informative. See the top 20 images. https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/meet-the-2025-nikon-photomicrography-winners/

MIT Backs Away From Paper Claiming Scientists Make More ...

2025-08-17T20:47:30Z

MIT Backs Away From Paper Claiming Scientists Make More Discoveries with AI. After a review process, MIT stated that it “has no confidence in the provenance, reliability or validity of the data and has no confidence in the veracity of the research contained in the paper.” https://gizmodo.com/mit-backs-away-from-paper-claiming-scientists-make-more-discoveries-with-ai-2000603790

Celebrating 50 years of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," ...

2025-08-16T19:30:04Z

Celebrating 50 years of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," which remains a significant cultural touchstone. Linus O'Brien (son of Rocky creator Richard O'Brien): "It's had a profound impact on our culture, especially on people who've felt different and marginalized." https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/08/celebrating-50-years-of-the-rocky-horror-picture-show/

LA’s delightfully quirky Museum of Jurassic Technology damaged ...

2025-07-22T15:18:43Z

LA’s delightfully quirky Museum of Jurassic Technology damaged by fire. The fire gutted the museum's gift shop and caused significant smoke damage to several exhibits. Donations to weather the damage welcome. https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/07/las-museum-of-jurassic-technology-damaged-by-fire/

RFK Jr.’s health department calls Nature “junk science,” ...

2025-07-02T11:20:37Z

RFK Jr.’s health department calls Nature “junk science,” cancels subscriptions. The move comes after RFK Jr. called top medical journals "corrupt." [Translation: Science, stop telling me things I don't want to be true!] https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/07/rfk-jr-s-health-department-calls-nature-junk-science-cancels-subscriptions/

New dating for White Sands footprints confirms controversial ...

2025-06-19T20:28:46Z

New dating for White Sands footprints confirms controversial theory. Results are consistent with two earlier studies dating the footprints to between 22,000 and 24,000 years ago. https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/study-confirms-white-sands-footprints-are-23000-years-old/

Why incels take the “Blackpill”—and why we should care. A ...

2025-05-30T19:27:06Z

Why incels take the “Blackpill”—and why we should care. A growing number of incels are NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training). That should concern us all. https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/05/why-incels-take-the-blackpill-and-why-we-should-care/

Monty Python and the Holy Grail turns 50. Ars staffers reflect ...

2025-04-29T12:17:51Z

Monty Python and the Holy Grail turns 50. Ars staffers reflect upon the things they love most about this masterpiece of absurdist comedy. https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/04/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-turns-50/

Stunning image shows the closest ever Einstein ring ...

2025-02-10T10:09:06Z

Stunning image shows the closest ever Einstein ring https://www.newscientist.com/article/2467413-stunning-image-shows-the-closest-ever-einstein-ring/

Nazi demonstrators waving swastikas flee after fierce ...

2025-02-09T17:53:27Z

Nazi demonstrators waving swastikas flee after fierce confrontation by Cincinnati locals https://boingboing.net/2025/02/08/nazi-demonstrators-waving-swastikas-flee-after-fierce-confrontation-by-cincinnati-locals.html

Donald Trump And Elon Musk, Who Have Claimed To Be Restoring Free ...

2025-02-08T09:25:12Z

Donald Trump And Elon Musk, Who Have Claimed To Be Restoring Free Speech, Call For Media Figures To Be Fired https://deadline.com/2025/02/trump-musk-media-fired-1236281585/

Measles outbreak erupts in one of Texas’ least vaccinated ...

2025-02-08T09:09:53Z

Measles outbreak erupts in one of Texas’ least vaccinated counties https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/02/measles-outbreak-erupts-in-one-of-texas-least-vaccinated-counties/

I Work in the Office Carrying Out the Government Purge. Here’s ...

2025-02-07T11:16:25Z

I Work in the Office Carrying Out the Government Purge. Here’s What I Want You to Know. We’re as freaked out and angry as everyone else.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/opm-fork-musk-trump-federal-personnel-management-employee.html

Warner Brothers Is Mysteriously Dumping Obscure and Wonderful ...

2025-02-06T14:49:00Z

Warner Brothers Is Mysteriously Dumping Obscure and Wonderful Movies on YouTube for Free https://gizmodo.com/warner-brothers-is-mysteriously-dumping-obscure-and-wonderful-movies-on-youtube-for-free-2000559739

After More Than 20 Years, Katie Hargrave Lets Her Paintings Leave ...

2025-02-06T14:36:46Z

After More Than 20 Years, Katie Hargrave Lets Her Paintings Leave the Nest https://hyperallergic.com/988103/after-more-than-20-years-katie-hargrave-lets-her-paintings-leave-the-nest/

Ice Age hunter-gatherers may have had cheek piercings, even as ...

2025-02-05T14:51:26Z

Ice Age hunter-gatherers may have had cheek piercings, even as children https://www.popsci.com/science/ice-age-piercings/

Internet Archive played crucial role in tracking shady CDC data ...

2025-02-05T14:50:04Z

Internet Archive played crucial role in tracking shady CDC data removals https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/internet-archive-played-crucial-role-in-tracking-shady-cdc-data-removals/

Elon Musk’s Power Grab Is Lawless, Dangerous, and—Yes—a ...

2025-02-04T18:12:29Z

Elon Musk’s Power Grab Is Lawless, Dangerous, and—Yes—a Coup. What do we call it when the president is too lazy to gut the government himself, and gives away his power to a zealous and unaccountable friend? https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/elon-musk-power-grab-trump-coup.html

The Edwin Smith Papyrus Sheds Light on Ancient Egyptian Medicine ...

2025-02-04T15:56:17Z

The Edwin Smith Papyrus Sheds Light on Ancient Egyptian Medicine https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-edwin-smith-papyrus-sheds-light-on-ancient-egyptian-medicine

Trump’s FCC chair investigates NPR and PBS, urges Congress to ...

2025-01-31T13:47:21Z

Trump’s FCC chair investigates NPR and PBS, urges Congress to defund them https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/trumps-fcc-chair-investigates-npr-and-pbs-urges-congress-to-defund-them/

Corrupt U.S. Senator Bob Menendez off to prison for 11 years ...

2025-01-30T16:47:16Z

Corrupt U.S. Senator Bob Menendez off to prison for 11 years https://boingboing.net/2025/01/29/corrupt-u-s-senator-bob-menendez-off-to-prison-for-11-years.html

Purple is a mix of red (long) and blue (short) wavelengths. The ...

2025-01-28T16:13:35Z

Purple is a mix of red (long) and blue (short) wavelengths.
The problem: Those colors are on opposite ends of the spectrum. To cope, the brain improvises. It takes the visible spectrum — usually a straight line — and bends it into a circle. This puts blue and red next to each other. https://www.snexplores.org/article/color-purple-exists-only-in-brain

Where Do You Put the Camera? Every Frame a Painting Presents ...

2025-01-24T15:09:07Z

Where Do You Put the Camera? Every Frame a Painting Presents Insights from Famous Directors https://www.openculture.com/2025/01/where-do-you-put-the-camera.html

Meteorologist Fired for Criticizing Elon Musk Over Nazi-Like ...

2025-01-23T16:16:40Z

Meteorologist Fired for Criticizing Elon Musk Over Nazi-Like Salute: Report https://gizmodo.com/meteorologist-fired-for-criticizing-elon-musk-over-nazi-like-salute-report-2000553885

Florida man eats diet of butter, cheese, beef; cholesterol oozes ...

2025-01-23T14:28:20Z

Florida man eats diet of butter, cheese, beef; cholesterol oozes from his body. https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/01/florida-man-eats-diet-of-butter-cheese-beef-cholesterol-oozes-from-his-body/

Mushrooms and Plants With Bionic Arms Play a Variety of Musical ...

2025-01-21T14:18:39Z

Mushrooms and Plants With Bionic Arms Play a Variety of Musical Instruments https://laughingsquid.com/mushrooms-play-musical-instruments/

Life is thriving in the subsurface depths of Earth ...

2025-01-20T17:37:21Z

Life is thriving in the subsurface depths of Earth https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/01/life-is-thriving-in-the-subsurface-depths-of-earth/

Watch Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting from Start to Finish: Every ...

2025-01-15T13:42:05Z

Watch Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting from Start to Finish: Every Episode from 31 Seasons in Chronological Order https://www.openculture.com/2025/01/watch-bob-ross-the-joy-of-painting-from-start-to-finish.html

Biden Awards Three Climate Experts Nation’s Highest Science ...

2025-01-06T22:05:51Z

Biden Awards Three Climate Experts Nation’s Highest Science Honor https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/biden-awards-three-climate-experts-nations-highest-science-honor/

Laurie Anderson’s Mind-Blowing Performance of C. P. Cavafy’s ...

2025-01-03T14:41:55Z

Laurie Anderson’s Mind-Blowing Performance of C. P. Cavafy’s Poems “Waiting for the Barbarians” https://www.openculture.com/2025/01/laurie-andersons-mind-blowing-performance-of-c-p-cavafys-poems-waiting-for-the-barbarians-ithaca.html

Happy Public Domain Day 2025! ...

2025-01-01T15:57:28Z

Happy Public Domain Day 2025! https://publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/01/public-domain-day-2025

The World’s Largest Natural Underground Musical Instrument Took ...

2024-12-29T13:50:41Z

The World’s Largest Natural Underground Musical Instrument Took Thousands of Years to Form https://laughingsquid.com/the-great-stalacpipe-organ/

IRS goes after gig workers instead of billionaire tax dodgers ...

2024-12-27T21:18:13Z

IRS goes after gig workers instead of billionaire tax dodgers https://boingboing.net/2024/12/27/irs-goes-after-gig-workers-instead-of-billionaire-tax-dodgers.html

Flu surges in Louisiana as health department barred from ...

2024-12-23T23:12:38Z

Flu surges in Louisiana as health department barred from promoting flu shots https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/12/flu-surges-in-louisiana-as-health-department-barred-from-promoting-flu-shots/

The Public Distrusts Scientists’ Morals, Not Their Science. ...

2024-12-18T14:37:20Z

The Public Distrusts Scientists’ Morals, Not Their Science. Reaction to a recent Pew survey on the public’s trust in science shows that the scientific community is not ready to address the real problem https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-public-distrusts-scientists-morals-not-their-science/

Companies issuing RTO mandates “lose their best talent”: ...

2024-12-17T21:56:08Z

Companies issuing RTO mandates “lose their best talent”: Study https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/companies-issuing-rto-mandates-lose-their-best-talent-study/

The True Story of St. Nicholas Is Way More Disgusting Than ...

2024-12-16T14:01:48Z

The True Story of St. Nicholas Is Way More Disgusting Than You’d Think. The tale includes local rivalries, violence, cursed sailors, and a whole lot of holy oil. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/12/christmas-2024-santa-claus-history-carols.html

Paleolithic deep-cave compound likely used for rituals. A boulder ...

2024-12-10T12:47:44Z

Paleolithic deep-cave compound likely used for rituals. A boulder engraved with a turtle, good acoustics, and torch lighting—what more do you need for a good time? https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/12/paleolithic-deep-cave-compound-likely-used-for-rituals/

Innie rebellion is brewing in trippy "Severance" S2 ...

2024-12-08T15:14:55Z

Innie rebellion is brewing in trippy "Severance" S2 trailer. "There'll be no honeymoon ending for you." https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2024/12/innie-rebellion-is-brewing-in-trippy-severance-s2-trailer/

A Cozy NASA Yule Log Video That Features a Rocket Engine Taking ...

2024-12-06T13:23:12Z

A Cozy NASA Yule Log Video That Features a Rocket Engine Taking Off Inside the Fireplace https://laughingsquid.com/nasa-rocket-yule-log/

‘Any military that turns away talent makes itself weaker’: ...

2024-12-06T13:19:14Z

‘Any military that turns away talent makes itself weaker’: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin defends women in combat as Pete Hegseth threatens to remove them https://www.themarysue.com/any-military-that-turns-away-talent-makes-itself-weaker-defense-secretary-lloyd-austin-defends-women-in-combat-as-pete-hegseth-threatens-to-remove-them/

The BBC Creates Step-by-Step Instructions for Knitting the Iconic ...

2024-12-05T13:43:12Z

The BBC Creates Step-by-Step Instructions for Knitting the Iconic Dr. Who Scarf: A Document from the Early 1980s https://www.openculture.com/2024/12/the-bbc-creates-step-by-step-instructions-for-knitting-the-iconic-dr-who-scarf.html

It was always rough to be a woman on Twitter. It’s even worse ...

2024-12-04T15:05:26Z

It was always rough to be a woman on Twitter. It’s even worse on X. "If you can’t even post about your greatest accomplishments without enduring heaps of harassment, what’s the point of a social network at all?" Indeed. https://www.vox.com/culture/389480/twitter-x-harassment-women

Ireland Rejected the Far Right. The Election Conspiracy Theories ...

2024-12-04T00:05:02Z

Ireland Rejected the Far Right. The Election Conspiracy Theories Have Already Begun. Ireland’s far-right candidates expected to succeed on a wave of anti-immigrant rhetoric, but the people rejected them wholesale. https://www.wired.com/story/ireland-far-right-election-conspiracy-theories/

Luminous Skies Star in the 2024 Northern Lights Photographer of ...

2024-12-03T15:36:05Z

Luminous Skies Star in the 2024 Northern Lights Photographer of the Year Contest https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/12/2024-northern-lights-photographer/

‘There will be consequences for failing to follow the law’: ...

2024-12-03T13:09:19Z

‘There will be consequences for failing to follow the law’: Texas governor threatens children’s hospital with immigration fearmongering https://www.themarysue.com/there-will-be-consequences-for-failing-to-follow-the-law-texas-governor-threatens-childrens-hospital-with-immigration-fearmongering/

People will share misinformation that sparks “moral outrage” ...

2024-12-03T13:03:31Z

People will share misinformation that sparks “moral outrage” https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/12/people-will-share-misinformation-that-sparks-moral-outrage/

World’s Greatest Masher Gets Retrospective of His Lifetime of ...

2024-11-28T13:32:46Z

World’s Greatest Masher Gets Retrospective of His Lifetime of Inaccessible Work. The darling of a new class of crypto-billionaires, G’ptein has transformed holiday meals in the homes of the superwealthy around the world as the foremost sculptor in the medium of mashed potatoes, or “liberated tubers,” as he prefers to call them. (When you have money to burn, I guess this is "art"). https://hyperallergic.com/970600/worlds-greatest-masher-gets-retrospective-of-his-lifetime-of-inaccessible-work/

Yes, That Viral LinkedIn Post You Read Was Probably AI-Generated. ...

2024-11-26T19:24:42Z

Yes, That Viral LinkedIn Post You Read Was Probably AI-Generated. A new analysis estimates that over half of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn are AI-generated. AKA, Why I Almost Never User LinkedIn. https://www.wired.com/story/linkedin-ai-generated-influencers/

Scientists Scramble to Save Climate Data from Trump—Again ...

2024-11-23T14:57:56Z

Scientists Scramble to Save Climate Data from Trump—Again https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-scramble-to-save-climate-data-from-trump-again/

The Right Has a Bluesky Problem. "Liberals and the left do ...

2024-11-23T14:49:42Z

The Right Has a Bluesky Problem. "Liberals and the left do not need the right to be online in the way that the right needs liberals and the left. The nature of reactionary politics demands constant confrontations—literal reactions—to the left. “Triggering the libs” sounds like a joke, but it is often essential for segments of the right. The more liberals leave X, the less value it offers to the right, both in terms of cultural relevance and in opportunities for trolling." https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/11/twitter-exodus-bluesky-conservative/680783/

Study confirms Egyptians likely used hallucinogens in rituals ...

2024-11-18T21:50:14Z

Study confirms Egyptians likely used hallucinogens in rituals https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/11/study-confirms-egyptians-likely-used-hallucinogens-in-rituals/

To invent the wheel, did people first have to invent the spindle? ...

2024-11-18T21:39:32Z

To invent the wheel, did people first have to invent the spindle? Twelve-thousand years ago, people in a coastal village in the Levant used stone weights on their spindles to spin thread faster and more evenly—and, some archeologists are arguing, in the process they pioneered the basic mechanics that eventually made cart wheels possible. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/11/to-invent-the-wheel-did-people-first-have-to-invent-the-spindle/

What Victorian People Sounded Like: Hear Recordings of Florence ...

2024-11-15T14:03:02Z

What Victorian People Sounded Like: Hear Recordings of Florence Nightingale and Queen Victoria https://www.openculture.com/2024/11/what-victorian-people-sounded-like.html

Sure, I Voted for Someone Whose Policies Might Kill You, but ...

2024-11-13T18:20:08Z

Sure, I Voted for Someone Whose Policies Might Kill You, but Now’s the Time to Put Aside Our Differences https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sure-i-voted-for-someone-whose-policies-might-kill-you-but-nows-the-time-to-put-aside-our-differences

Watch the Original Nosferatu, the Classic German Expressionist ...

2024-11-11T13:06:12Z

Watch the Original Nosferatu, the Classic German Expressionist Vampire Film, Before the New Remake Arrives This December https://www.openculture.com/2024/11/watch-the-original-nosferatu-the-classic-german-expressionist-vampire-film.html

‘4 years of Republicans screaming voter fraud goes silent’: ...

2024-11-08T16:37:16Z

‘4 years of Republicans screaming voter fraud goes silent’: MAGA’s biggest lie has suddenly disappeared https://www.themarysue.com/4-years-of-republicans-screaming-voter-fraud-goes-silent-magas-biggest-lie-has-suddenly-disappeared/

Here’s Why a Second Death Star Won’t Be That Bad [SATIRE] ...

2024-11-07T13:28:03Z

Here’s Why a Second Death Star Won’t Be That Bad [SATIRE] https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/heres-why-a-second-death-star-wont-be-that-bad

Long before it orbited Earth, the Hubble Space Telescope starred ...

2024-11-02T14:39:43Z

Long before it orbited Earth, the Hubble Space Telescope starred in a famous Superman comic https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-superman-helped-launch-the-hubble-space-telescope/

New Prime Number, 41 Million Digits Long, Breaks Math Records ...

2024-11-02T14:38:57Z

New Prime Number, 41 Million Digits Long, Breaks Math Records https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-prime-number-41-million-digits-long-breaks-math-records/

How the Influential Time-Travel Movie La Jetée Was Made (Almost) ...

2024-11-01T15:41:44Z

How the Influential Time-Travel Movie La Jetée Was Made (Almost) Entirely out of Still Photographs https://www.openculture.com/2024/11/how-the-influential-time-travel-movie-la-jetee-was-made-almost-entirely-out-of-still-photographs.html

Chimpanzees will never randomly type the complete works of ...

2024-10-31T17:57:25Z

Chimpanzees will never randomly type the complete works of Shakespeare. The infinite monkey theorem states that illiterate primates could write great literature with enough time, but the amount of time needed is much longer than the lifespan of the universe https://www.newscientist.com/article/2454221-chimpanzees-will-never-randomly-type-the-complete-works-of-shakespeare/

A candy engineer explains the science behind the Snickers bar ...

2024-10-29T15:58:35Z

A candy engineer explains the science behind the Snickers bar https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/10/the-science-behind-the-candy-bars-we-gorge-on-every-halloween/

The Hand: An Anti-Totalitarian Animation, Banned for Two Decades ...

2024-10-28T13:44:55Z

The Hand: An Anti-Totalitarian Animation, Banned for Two Decades https://www.openculture.com/2024/10/the-hand.html

MAGA thief stealing Harris-Walz signs is tracked down and busted ...

2024-10-22T21:18:43Z

MAGA thief stealing Harris-Walz signs is tracked down and busted thanks to Apple AirTag (video) https://boingboing.net/2024/10/22/maga-thief-stealing-harris-walz-signs-is-tracked-down-and-busted-thanks-to-apple-airtag-video.html

Texas Commissioners Court forces librarians to reclassify ...

2024-10-21T19:52:54Z

Texas Commissioners Court forces librarians to reclassify Wampanoag history book as ‘fiction.’ The book in question is a nonfiction history book by Linda Coombs titled Colonization and the Wampanoag Story. Coombs is an author and historian from the Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah. https://www.themarysue.com/texas-commissioners-court-forces-librarians-to-reclassify-wampanoag-history-book-as-fiction/

Take The Near Impossible Literacy Test Louisiana Used to Suppress ...

2024-10-21T13:56:36Z

Take The Near Impossible Literacy Test Louisiana Used to Suppress the Black Vote (1964) https://www.openculture.com/2024/10/take-the-near-impossible-literacy-test-louisiana-used-to-suppress-the-black-vote.html

23andMe CEO says she can 'land this plane' after the ...

2024-10-18T15:30:35Z

23andMe CEO says she can 'land this plane' after the entire board resigns https://qz.com/23-and-me-ceo-land-plane-1851676147

‘Grifters gotta grift‘: Russell Brand’s $250 snake oil – ...

2024-10-16T15:06:43Z

‘Grifters gotta grift‘: Russell Brand’s $250 snake oil – sorry, amulet – will totally shield you from logic, reason, and common sense https://www.themarysue.com/grifters-gotta-grift-russell-brands-250-snake-oil-sorry-amulet-will-totally-shield-you-from-logic-reason-and-common-sense/

How Marie Curie Helped a Generation of Women Break into Science ...

2024-10-15T16:19:56Z

How Marie Curie Helped a Generation of Women Break into Science https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-marie-curie-helped-a-generation-of-women-break-into-science/

Google begins "purge" of effective ad-blockers from ...

2024-10-15T16:16:21Z

Google begins "purge" of effective ad-blockers from Chrome https://boingboing.net/2024/10/15/google-begins-purge-of-effective-ad-blockers-from-chrome.html

4500-Year-Old Fingerprints Show Ancient Potters in Syria were ...

2024-10-15T13:11:24Z

4500-Year-Old Fingerprints Show Ancient Potters in Syria were Child Laborers https://arkeonews.net/4500-year-old-fingerprints-show-ancient-potters-in-syria-were-child-laborers/

Man learns he’s being dumped via “dystopian” AI summary of ...

2024-10-10T19:41:25Z

Man learns he’s being dumped via “dystopian” AI summary of texts https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/man-learns-hes-being-dumped-via-dystopian-ai-summary-of-texts/

What if you can’t afford to flee a hurricane? ...

2024-10-10T19:41:11Z

What if you can’t afford to flee a hurricane? https://www.vox.com/climate/377365/hurricane-milton-helene-evacuation-cost-expensive

California's new $20 minimum wage for fast food workers ...

2024-10-10T19:39:12Z

California's new $20 minimum wage for fast food workers didn't cost jobs, study says https://qz.com/california-20-minimum-wage-fast-food-workers-1851670111

Donald Trump’s many, many lies about Hurricane Helene, debunked ...

2024-10-09T14:08:42Z

Donald Trump’s many, many lies about Hurricane Helene, debunked https://www.vox.com/politics/376982/trump-hurricane-helene-fema-lies-debunked

‘60 Minutes’ Says Donald Trump’s Campaign Gave “Shifting ...

2024-10-08T12:54:59Z

‘60 Minutes’ Says Donald Trump’s Campaign Gave “Shifting Explanations” For Backing Out Of Election Special https://deadline.com/2024/10/60-minutes-trump-kamala-harris-1236109618/

Modern-Day Magellan Discovers New Dining Options By Zooming In A ...

2024-10-07T17:40:25Z

Modern-Day Magellan Discovers New Dining Options By Zooming In A Little On Google Maps [SATIRE] https://theonion.com/modern-day-magellan-discovers-new-dining-options-by-zooming-in-a-little-on-google-maps/

More than 200 women charged with pregnancy crimes since Supreme ...

2024-10-07T16:08:53Z

More than 200 women charged with pregnancy crimes since Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade https://boingboing.net/2024/10/07/more-than-200-women-charged-with-pregnancy-crimes-since-supreme-court-struck-down-roe-v-wade.html

Tesla's Cybertrucks are still being insured by Geico, despite ...

2024-10-07T16:03:31Z

Tesla's Cybertrucks are still being insured by Geico, despite claims https://qz.com/tesla-cybertruck-geico-insurance-evs-elon-musk-1851666695

Utah book banners now want to make Little Free Libraries ...

2024-10-06T19:11:38Z

Utah book banners now want to make Little Free Libraries susceptible to criminal charges https://www.themarysue.com/utah-book-banners-now-want-to-make-little-free-libraries-susceptible-to-criminal-charges/

Truth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scams ...

2024-10-06T19:04:27Z

Truth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scams https://gizmodo.com/truth-social-users-are-losing-ridiculous-sums-of-money-to-scams-2000506604

Lab owner pleads guilty to faking COVID test results during ...

2024-10-02T13:01:39Z

Lab owner pleads guilty to faking COVID test results during pandemic https://arstechnica.com/?p=2053766

MAGA Christian school head convicted of torturing children ...

2024-09-30T13:13:35Z

MAGA Christian school head convicted of torturing children https://boingboing.net/2024/09/30/maga-christian-school-head-convicted-of-torturing-children.html

18 years for woman who hoped to destroy Baltimore power grid and ...

2024-09-27T18:36:04Z

18 years for woman who hoped to destroy Baltimore power grid and spark a race war https://arstechnica.com/?p=2052802

Dinosaurs may have run like emus by keeping one foot on the ...

2024-09-26T14:33:19Z

Dinosaurs may have run like emus by keeping one foot on the ground https://www.newscientist.com/article/2449446-dinosaurs-may-have-run-like-emus-by-keeping-one-foot-on-the-ground/

The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and ...

2024-09-26T13:21:26Z

The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online https://www.openculture.com/2024/09/the-medieval-masterpiece-the-book-of-kells-is-now-digitized-and-available-online.html

People of Dune, You Will No Longer Have to Think About Water When ...

2024-09-23T20:59:17Z

People of Dune, You Will No Longer Have to Think About Water When I Am Elected. [SATIRE] "I can confirm that if you are really, really thirsty, you will be able to get access to water. Think of it as a powerful exception to “who gets water and who doesn’t get water,” as long as you are literally about to die of thirst. And maybe not even then." https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/people-of-dune-you-will-no-longer-have-to-think-about-water-when-i-am-elected

Meet the New Autocrats Who Dismantle Democracies from Within. The ...

2024-09-23T18:12:27Z

Meet the New Autocrats Who Dismantle Democracies from Within. The new interconnected breed of autocrats gains and retains power by deception, globally undermining democracies through their own institutions https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/meet-the-new-autocrats-who-dismantle-democracies-from-within/

Moo Deng, the Pygmy Hippo from Thailand, Is Getting Too Famous ...

2024-09-17T12:51:45Z

Moo Deng, the Pygmy Hippo from Thailand, Is Getting Too Famous for Her Own Good https://gizmodo.com/moo-deng-the-pygmy-hippo-from-thailand-is-getting-too-famous-for-her-own-good-2000499306

Nassau County forced to admit children’s picture book pulled ...

2024-09-16T19:40:32Z

Nassau County forced to admit children’s picture book pulled from schools was not ‘obscene’ in lawsuit settlement https://www.themarysue.com/nassau-county-forced-to-admit-childrens-picture-book-pulled-from-schools-was-not-obscene-in-lawsuit-settlement/

Old Easter Island genomes show no sign of a population collapse ...

2024-09-12T21:08:03Z

Old Easter Island genomes show no sign of a population collapse https://arstechnica.com/?p=2049119

How Audrey Hepburn Risked Death to Help the Dutch Resistance in ...

2024-09-12T21:06:06Z

How Audrey Hepburn Risked Death to Help the Dutch Resistance in World War II https://www.openculture.com/2024/09/how-audrey-hepburn-risked-death-to-help-the-dutch-resistance-in-world-war-ii.html

AI chatbots might be better at swaying conspiracy theorists than ...

2024-09-12T18:53:21Z

AI chatbots might be better at swaying conspiracy theorists than humans, study finds. Co-author Gordon Pennycook: "The work overturns a lot of how we thought about conspiracies." https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/09/study-conversations-with-ai-chatbots-can-reduce-belief-in-conspiracy-theories/

The Big Map of Who Lived When Shows Which Cultural Figures Walked ...

2024-09-09T12:16:00Z

The Big Map of Who Lived When Shows Which Cultural Figures Walked the Earth at the Same Time: From 1200 to Present https://www.openculture.com/2024/09/the-big-map-of-who-lived-when-shows-which-cultural-figures-walked-the-earth.html

Learn How Astronauts Take Photos from NASA In-Flight Engineer ...

2024-09-06T20:03:07Z

Learn How Astronauts Take Photos from NASA In-Flight Engineer Matthew Dominick https://www.scientificamerican.com/video/learn-how-astronauts-take-photos-from-nasa-in-flight-engineer-matthew/

Study: Playing Dungeons & Dragons helps autistic players in ...

2024-09-05T23:04:30Z

Study: Playing Dungeons & Dragons helps autistic players in social interactions, self-identity. "I can make a character quite different from how I interact with people in real life." https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/09/study-playing-dungeons-dragons-helps-autistic-players-in-social-interactions/