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Someone already pitched Bezos’ 10,000-year clock — in 1903
In the November 1903 issue of The Strand, a physician named David Watsu laid out a 150-foot pyramid for Hyde Park, faced in granite or terra-cotta, with…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
A piece of the Eiffel Tower’s original staircase is going to auction
An unidentified French businessman has been storing a 9-foot section of the Eiffel Tower’s original spiral staircase for more than four decades.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Why I’m avoiding Amazon’s Good Omens finale
A couple of years ago, serious allegations from the appropriately named podcast Master: The Allegations Against Neil Gaiman were backed up by Rolling…
 • Séamus Bellamy
Despite it all, Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens to get one more season
Terry Pratchett is one of my favorite writers ever.
 • Grant St. Clair
Catfishing is the Wikipedia guessing game I can’t stop playing
You may remember the Wikipedia gacha game we posted about a while back, which turns the Internet’s biggest database into a collectible card game in an…
 • Grant St. Clair
Adobe subscribers are now unpaid trainers for Firefly AI
The enshittification of Adobe Creative Suite may be complete.
 • Séamus Bellamy
Godzilla is heading to the Big Apple, and the teaser looks incredible
The first teaser trailer for Godzilla Minus Zero has been released, and everyone’s favorite Kaiju is heading to the Big Apple.
 • Gail P Sherman
LA police chase features car crash, car swap, freeway chaos, somehow keeps going
At this point, the only surprising part is that they didn’t try it twice.
 • Jason Weisberger
Disneyland’s Han Solo looks like Kyle MacLachlan wandered in from another franchise
It is a wonder Chewbacca hasn't ripped his arms off.
 • Jason Weisberger
Yoshi popcorn buckets are being repurposed in the funniest ways imaginable
These souvenir Yoshi popcorn buckets have all been repurposed in creative and funny ways.
 • Popkin
What happens when an artist draws faces on the rocks she finds?
Artist Aris Moore draws quiet, moody faces on stones, and each one uses the rock’s own texture, shape, and indentations as part of the face.
 • Popkin
The Strait of Hormuz won’t be a problem after Grandpa Pudding Brains renames it
The Orange Menace gave another clear demonstration of his mental prowess in an interview with softball-slinging Maria Bartiromo.
 • Jason Weisberger
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