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I have seen the face of death on a piece of toast
Some things from the past are best left to the past.
 • Séamus Bellamy
Upcycle your old smart speaker with a new brain
The world is absolutely filthy with Google Home Minis.
 • Séamus Bellamy
Thunderous applause: JD Vance edition
In fairness, audible indifference is still technically a reaction.
 • Jason Weisberger
Ted Turner’s secret newsroom lair looks like the saddest airport lounge ever
Proof that even in the 80s, immense wealth could not protect you from aggressive beige.
 • Jason Weisberger
19-year-old got 12 years for selling $5 of pot in 1975
I came across a September 1976 piece in High Times headlined “Missouri — 12 Years for 11 Grams.”
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Waymos perform ritual robot pilgrimage around suburban Atlanta cul-de-sac
One assumes this was either a routing glitch or the first step in selecting tribute.
 • Jason Weisberger
California declares war on the Kars4Kids earworm
The problem wasn’t that the money went somewhere; it was that the jingle strongly encouraged donors to imagine it going somewhere else.
 • Jason Weisberger
FBI director’s secret “VIP snorkel” at Pearl Harbor raises fascinating judgment questions
Nothing says “serious law enforcement leadership” like a secret VIP snorkel at Pearl Harbor
 • Jason Weisberger
A choral group’s Popeye cover is bringing back Saturday mornings
Watch the Harmony Town chorus sing the theme song from Popeye the Sailor. This lovely cover of the song is like a time machine to the past. This is the…
 • Popkin
What does it look like inside a scam call center?
Have you ever wondered where all those spam phone calls you get actually come from?
 • Jennifer Sandlin
Here’s a terrific search hack for the Internet Archive Book Images Flickr photo stream
Way back in 2014 we shared the news that the Internet Archive Book Images account was up and running on Flickr, thanks to the hard work of Kalev Leetaru…
 • Jennifer Sandlin
One dedicated modder is bringing multiplayer back to The Last Of Us
For as many times as The Last of Us has been remastered, remade, rereleased and remixed, it’s a shame that the series dropped its best idea so early.
 • Grant St. Clair
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