Octavia: Part Eleven

This is the eleventh part of a fiction serial, in 820 words. When he saw her being shown to the small private dining room by the greeter, Toby almost gasped. Could this be the same girl he had flirted with in the bar at the Houses of Parliament? He had been married twice, had no … | Continue reading


@beetleypete.com | 8 minutes ago

SonicNeuron revela novo álbum de trilha sonora para a iminente série brasileira “Confissões de Lívia”

É um novo estilo para o SonicNeuron e Chelby criaram um tipo particular de universo nessas faixas, um que soa pessoal e compartilhado ao mesmo tempo através de bravura, confiança quieta e que esbanja romance. | Continue reading


@lessthan1000followers.com | 14 minutes ago

Angine de Poitrine Performs Dissonant Math Rock While Dressed in Polka Dots With Oversized Heads

Angine de Poitrine played a KEXP show of dissonant math music while dressed in polka dot costumes with oversized papier-mâché heads. subscribe to the Laughing Squid Newsletter The post Angine de Poitrine Performs Dissonant Math Rock While Dressed in Polka Dots With Oversized Head … | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 15 minutes ago

A Poor Man’s Golden Dome

Ukraine races to defend its skies with laser beams and cheap drones. | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 18 minutes ago

Jeffrey Epstein’s digital cleanup crew

In between hobnobbing with royalty and world leaders and abusing children and young women, Jeffrey Epstein appears to have been googling himself regularly. Across several batches of documents related to the convicted sex offender made public, we see Epstein shoot off emails to as … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 18 minutes ago

“You’d also maybe be surprised how many X thinkbois hate on the media publicly but don’t behave the same in private” – reporter Jason Del Rey on going Indie with The Aisle, who inspires him, and why he failed to pay enough attention the the ChatGPT launch

I think Peter Kafka originally intro’ed me to Jason Del Rey, bunch of NY/NJ guys hanging out. I’m thankful for that connection because Jason and I have spent a lot of time in the years since talking about tech, family, and basketball. So felt appropriate in the months since he we … | Continue reading


@hunterwalk.com | 30 minutes ago

PROOF OF LIFE: Scarborough's hunting the bigots again!

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2026Tapper to Arizona: We managed to make it through the full first hour of today's Morning Joe. For that reason, we got to see the videotape of the deeply sane Chloe Kim.Kim, who was born in Torrance, California, is a two-time Olympic gold medalist. For tha … | Continue reading


@dailyhowler.blogspot.com | 31 minutes ago

Elon Musk sparks backlash with concerning project near residential neighborhood: 'Noxious'

"Imagine the outcry." Elon Musk sparks backlash with concerning project near residential neighborhood: 'Noxious' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 33 minutes ago

Science shows curiosity is at the heart of great dates—and lasting love

In 2015, the New York Times ran a “Modern Love” column that might have made it into your inbox. The title, “To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This,” apparently tapped into some of our collective anxieties and quickly went viral. In the essay, writer Mandy Len Catron tells the story … | Continue reading


@bigthink.com | 33 minutes ago

Antihero

All Fight. No Flight. Shiny penny-size blood drops on the white tile floor of the East Los Angeles bodega reflect back the sterile fluorescent lights above. In the immediate wake of the violence, the bodega is deserted, aside from the clerk who clutches his chest with one hand an … | Continue reading


@crimereads.com | 37 minutes ago

This vintage-looking camera has been updated for shooting the stars

Just over a year after OM System launched its vintage-styled OM-3 Micro Four Thirds mirrorless camera, the company has announced a new version with a handful of upgrades catering to astrophotography. The new OM-3 Astro will be available starting in March 2026 for $2,499.99, which … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 40 minutes ago

This Football-Shaped Creature Was an Early Terrestrial Plant-Eater

The newly discovered specimen shows how early herbivory evolved The post This Football-Shaped Creature Was an Early Terrestrial Plant-Eater appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 44 minutes ago

Confessions of a Former Alt-Right Extremist

Years before Richard Hanania became known as a respected political commentator, he was active in extremist corners of the internet, where he voiced hateful views he now disavows. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 47 minutes ago

Masked Thieves Steal Statue of British Boxer Teddy Baldock From a London Park, Leaving Only His Boots Behind

Baldock, a former bantamweight world champion, was the only British boxer to win a world title in the 1920s. The statue had been in Langdon Park since 2014 | Continue reading


@smithsonianmag.com | 50 minutes ago

Citi Puts a Multi-Trillion-Dollar Price Tag on the Quantum Cybersecurity Threat

Insider Brief A single quantum-enabled cyberattack on a major U.S. bank could trigger trillions of dollars in economic damage, according to a new study by the Citi Institute, reframing quantum computing from a distant research concern into an immediate financial stability risk. I … | Continue reading


@thequantuminsider.com | 51 minutes ago

Prayer Circles Are In Full Effect For These Three New Shonen Jump Manga To Not Get The Axe

Alien Headbutt, Kinato's Magic, and Under Doctor are promising new supernatural shonen manga worth getting excited about | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 53 minutes ago

The Etymology of Cake

I have a strong interest in sweets and cakes of all kinds, though I’m rarely impressed. Sweetbreads are often either too sweet, or not sweet enough, too fat, or too dry. It’s always a joy to discover a previously unseen cake, even if, often, the experience ends up being a disappo … | Continue reading


@babakfakhamzadeh.com | 56 minutes ago

North Korean hackers targeted crypto exec with fake Zoom meeting, ClickFix scam

The scam involved a ClickFix attack where hackers install malware on a device by having the victim try to resolve fictitious technical issues. | Continue reading


@therecord.media | 1 hour ago

We Got Thrilling Variety at this 15 Percent Pledge Party

Honoring Tina Knowles. The post We Got Thrilling Variety at this 15 Percent Pledge Party first appeared on Go Fug Yourself. | Continue reading


@gofugyourself.com | 1 hour ago

Could David Tennant Return to the MCU?

Plus, new 'Highlander' reboot set pictures reveal Dave Bautista's Kurgan. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

The Impulse Collection by Maarten De Ceulaer Plays With Light’s Mechanics

Modular Lighting Instruments and Belgian designer Maarten De Ceulaer collaborate on Impulse Lighting, wall fixtures grounded in physics. | Continue reading


@design-milk.com | 1 hour ago

No invitation necessary: when the solicitor general weighs in unsolicited

For decades, the U.S. solicitor general’s most familiar role at the certiorari stage has been reactive rather than proactive: When the Supreme Court wants the federal government’s views on a […] The post No invitation necessary: when the solicitor general weighs in unsolicited ap … | Continue reading


@scotusblog.com | 1 hour ago

Suggested Reads for Heart-Eyed Romance Fans and Chocolate-Hungry Gollums

However you feel about Valentine's Day, we can all use some extra whimsy this month! The post Suggested Reads for Heart-Eyed Romance Fans and Chocolate-Hungry Gollums appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 1 hour ago

Romeo is a Dead Man is bizarre, bloody, and exactly what makes Grasshopper special

A postmodern surrealist tale of geopolitics. An otaku's hellbent journey to become the top-ranked assassin. A high school cheerleader who kills zombies with a chainsaw and pompoms, with a story co-written by James Gunn. Every project under the Grasshopper Manufacture umbrella sou … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 1 hour ago

Gardener shares stunning before-and-after photos of yard transformation: 'The difference a couple of years makes'

"You should be very proud." Gardener shares stunning before-and-after photos of yard transformation: 'The difference a couple of years makes' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Testing Menstrual Blood for HPV Might Provide a Less Invasive Way to Screen for Cervical Cancer, a New Study Suggests

While the method shows promise, some experts say that other self-collection devices are more readily available | Continue reading


@smithsonianmag.com | 1 hour ago

Why Tennyson Feels So Modern

He was the ultimate Victorian poet. But his interest in psychology—and madness—anticipated another age. | Continue reading


@theatlantic.com | 1 hour ago

Glass-walled tiny house leaves just a little to the imagination

We get a kick out of seeing glass houses, but most of them aren't exactly practical. However, this recently completed project offers a glass house that actually looks like somewhere it would be really pleasant to spend time in.Continue ReadingCategory: Tiny Houses, OutdoorsTags: … | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 1 hour ago

Snowball in Hell: Endangerment Finding Endangered

Our institutional understanding of climate science is feeling a little like a snowball in Hell right now. Oligarchs readying massive environmental rug-pull that will reverberate for ages. Wall Street Journal: The Trump administration is planning this week to repeal the Obama-era … | Continue reading


@thinc.blog | 1 hour ago

Chinese crypto scammer sentenced in absentia to 20 years after fleeing US

The Department of Justice said it will “work with our law enforcement partners around the world to ensure that Li is returned to the United States to serve his full sentence." | Continue reading


@therecord.media | 1 hour ago

Autodesk is suing Google over the name of its Flow AI videomaker

Autodesk, a company known for its suite of 3D design software, is suing Google over claims that it infringed on its "Flow" trademark, as reported earlier by Reuters. The lawsuit, filed in a California court last week, alleges that the name of Google's AI video generator, Flow, wi … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 1 hour ago

SonicNeuron unveils beautiful soundtrack album for upcoming Brazilian series “Confissões de Lívia” – Lívia’s Confessions

It's a new style for SonicNeuron that relies on romanticism and organic textures, weaving passion and love in a bilingual album sung in both English and Portuguese. | Continue reading


@lessthan1000followers.com | 1 hour ago

José Donoso’s ‘The Obscene Bird of Night’

Larry Rohter at the NYRB: At the time of its initial publication in Spanish, José Donoso’s extravagantly grotesque novel The Obscene Bird of Night seemed to lend itself to a primarily political interpretation. It was 1970, and his native Chile was in the throes of the election ca … | Continue reading


@3quarksdaily.com | 1 hour ago

Alphabet selling very rare 100-year bonds to help fund AI investment

Alphabet becomes first tech company to issue 100-year bonds in nearly three decades. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 1 hour ago

Hundreds of Grass People Attend a Wedding

[“Yeah, we had about 70,000 people show up. Plus the tens of millions watching at home, of course.”] If you watched Super Bowl LX on Sunday, you saw a downright boring football game. But if you watched Bad Bunny’s halftime show, you saw an impressive and intricate spectacle. Usin … | Continue reading


@onefoottsunami.com | 1 hour ago

Quick Tip: Excise old email recipients…on iOS

The other day a Slack pal wondered aloud if there was a way to remove a previous recipient from a family member’s iPhone. The address wasn’t in their contacts, but it kept showing up in the autocomplete for the recipient line.… | Continue reading


@sixcolors.com | 1 hour ago

A web application to rate and celebrate the best signs for the 25 de Abril parades

There are amazing and very creative signs people design for the annual commemorations of the 25th of April, in Portugal. I embarked on building a web application that would not only celebrate this boundless creativity, but also shine a light on a critical date in Portuguese histo … | Continue reading


@fredrocha.net | 1 hour ago

How to fix railway ticketing in the EU

We know there is a problem with rail ticketing in the EU - anyone who has ever tried to book trains cross-border has encountered the issues. If you can find the trains you want, you often cannot get prices for the tickets. And even if you can get prices, you | Continue reading


@jonworth.eu | 1 hour ago

The Villain in This New Thriller Is Nihilism

Best-selling author Gregg Hurwitz reveals how the ‘psychopathic algorithms’ warping young men inform his latest book. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 hour ago

Art Garfunkel Performs a Verse of ‘Scarborough Fair’ From a New York City Rooftop

Art Garfunkel sat on a NYC rooftop in 2022 and sang a verse of "Scarborough Fair" with Tab Laven accompanying him on guitar. subscribe to the Laughing Squid Newsletter The post Art Garfunkel Performs a Verse of ‘Scarborough Fair’ From a New York City Rooftop was originally publis … | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 1 hour ago

Sophos acquires Arco Cyber to assist CISO-less organizations

Sophos has acquired Arco Cyber. The addition of the British security company is intended to bring AI-powered governance capabilities to organizations lacking security leadership. The deal should help MSPs and MSSPs deliver “CISO-level guidance” at scale. This could be a potential … | Continue reading


@techzine.eu | 1 hour ago

Reactive Java with Project Reactor

Table of Contents Reactive Streams: The Contract Behind ReactorProject Reactor Core ConceptsBackpressure: The Hard Part Reactive Does Not Mean FasterMongoDB Reactive Driver: Architecture OverviewIntegrating MongoDB Reactive Driver with Project ReactorPerformance Considerations wi … | Continue reading


@foojay.io | 1 hour ago

Scientists Say We Might Have 33 Senses. Here’s the Breakdown

Think you have just five senses? The true number could be much higher. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Passerby shares photo of frustrating discovery on local sidewalk: 'There were so many of them'

"Solved! Thank you everyone." Passerby shares photo of frustrating discovery on local sidewalk: 'There were so many of them' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

An interim docket with long-term effects

Last week, the Supreme Court issued a one-sentence order that cleared the way for California to use a new congressional map intended to add five Democratic seats in the U.S. […] The post An interim docket with long-term effects appeared first on SCOTUSblog. | Continue reading


@scotusblog.com | 1 hour ago

200 Electric Trucks Can Be Charged At One Depot In A Day?

When I worked at an energy efficiency organization, a manager once said, “There are metrics and there are meaningful metrics.” Some measuring yields numbers that may not be useful or applied productively. Lately while writing about electric vehicle chargers, one metric that stood … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 1 hour ago

Control has topped 5 million sales and attracted 20 million players

Meanwhile, multiplayer shooter FBC: Firebreak is limping along with player counts 'stable but low.' | Continue reading


@gamedeveloper.com | 1 hour ago

Germany warns of state-linked phishing campaign targeting journalists, government officials

In a joint advisory issued late last week, Germany’s domestic intelligence agency (BfV) and federal cybersecurity office (BSI) said attackers are attempting to gain access to private messaging accounts in order to monitor confidential communications and potentially compromise bro … | Continue reading


@therecord.media | 1 hour ago