U.S. cereal prices climb, boxes get thinner, and shoppers say oats beat the family-size racket

"It was 'on sale' for $5.99 regular price is $7.49. I'll learn to eat a different breakfast." | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 12 minutes ago

Samsung Galaxy S26 FE and Galaxy Tab S12 make an early appearance on the road to launch

Forget foldables: Evidence is already arriving for Samsung's next big launches | Continue reading


@androidauthority.com | 22 minutes ago

11 healthcare workers win wage theft judgments in Cleveland

"It's not like those paychecks automatically show up in their bank accounts." | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 24 minutes ago

Google is working on a new AI chip designed to make Gemini more efficient

Alphabet, Google's parent company, is reportedly working on a new chip designed to make its Gemini models run much more efficiently. | Continue reading


@techcrunch.com | 26 minutes ago

Interzone digital

(no, this isn't a blog post about Joy Division songs) Last time I wrote about Interzone, I was discussing issue #294, the first published under new management in a paperback-sized format ("JB6"). The format and presentation of the magazine was fantastic: it fit in a lot of my po … | Continue reading


@jmtd.net | 29 minutes ago

Back Home, 7/20/26

Left North Carolina early in the morning, made it back home to Ohio a little after 2pm, and along the way drove through just about every summer weather pattern short of an actual hurricane or tornado. One does forget how immensely large this country is, and also how lovely it is … | Continue reading


@whatever.scalzi.com | 34 minutes ago

First wild chanterelles went into a bag uncleaned, and foragers say a rinse and trim can save them

That advice also pushed back on the idea that you should "never wash mushrooms." | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 36 minutes ago

Muxarabi Residence Blends Timber Architecture with the Tropical Landscape of Trancoso

There are places that exert a kind of quiet magnetism, and Trancoso — the former fishing village on Bahia's southern coast, shaped by the Atlantic Forest and the historic Quadrado at its center — is one of… | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 40 minutes ago

Every Major Character Missing From the Avengers: Doomsday Trailer

If anyone sees Alan Cumming, tell him we miss him The post Every Major Character Missing From the Avengers: Doomsday Trailer appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 41 minutes ago

Excerpt from a longer (podcast) conversation with John...

Excerpt from a longer (podcast) conversation with John Waters about how he used to work at Mary Oliver’s bookstore in Provincetown. “They had this bookshop where you were allowed to be mean to the customers. It was really fun.” | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 47 minutes ago

Are bloggers the same as writers, journalists, under the Australian AI framework?

Last week the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese unveiled his government’s AI strategy. Part of the proposed framework includes a provision to ensure Australian writers, musicians, artists, and journalists, are paid in the event their work is used in the development of AI … | Continue reading


@disassociated.com | 47 minutes ago

Montana mobile home tenants ask county for help after 50% rent hike, silence from new owner

"We wanted our voices heard on this." | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 48 minutes ago

SpaceX in your index fund, explained

Index funds are touted as one of the safest ways to invest. Rather than picking and choosing individual stocks, index funds let you bet on the market as a whole. So what happens when a company like SpaceX - a giant gamble, and, in my opinion, terribly overpriced - is fast-tracked … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 48 minutes ago

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

This is my fourth book in the recent months with a strong taste of weirdness. It was clearly written this way so it’s a feature, not a bug. I read None of This Is True earlier and liked it very much. These books are told in a way that we have a central awful and … Continue readin … | Continue reading


@veselin.blog | 51 minutes ago

Earth’s Oceans Are Rapidly Losing Oxygen. It Could Destabilize the Planet

Human activity is draining oxygen from marine waters, and it's past time to take this crisis seriously. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 57 minutes ago

After years of waiting, 2,600 North Carolina residents settle PFAS lawsuit out of court

"I've always said I wanted to see it settled before I died." | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Detroit approves deal halving landlord's $460,000 blight fines if he rehabs 299 properties

"We have been trying to address these properties for years." | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

The Space Force is now seeking to buy up to $30 billion in rocket launches

The Trump administration is asking the Space Force to do a lot. This will require more launches. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 1 hour ago

27-Year-Old Woman Dies After Getting ‘Anti-Aging’ Therapy at Bronx Wellness Clinic

The Bereshit Lifestyle Center's founder has been charged with reckless endangerment and unauthorized practice of a profession. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

A first-year gardener planted corn in 5-gallon buckets for privacy and got 16 ears

There is also a practical design angle to this setup: edible plants can do double duty. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Butcher Shop Conversion Reinvents a Former Butcher Shop as a Live-Work Space

Despite its modest name, Butcher Shop Conversion brings a playful presence to the street, engaging passers-by both during the day and at night. | Continue reading


@homeworlddesign.com | 1 hour ago

Coca-Cola’s New Global Identity Is Dangerously Close to the Most Toxic Brand in the World

"Love that they just leaned into the fact that soda is the new cigarettes..." | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

The bacteria behind gum disease may also harm your heart valves, early research suggests

A bacterium linked to gum disease may contribute to heart valve disease by setting off inflammation that can lead to calcium buildup. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 1 hour ago

Los Angeles sues landlord who bought an apartment building, 5 days later told tenants to leave

Karma may be calling for this landlord. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

An Unusual-Looking Raccoon Nicknamed Jimothy Is Winning Hearts Across the Internet for His Short, Round Body

Jimothy has become a local celebrity in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood and likely has a rare congenital spine condition | Continue reading


@smithsonianmag.com | 1 hour ago

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay is making a documentary about the...

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay is making a documentary about the 14th amendment, “spotlighting America’s long running and sometimes bloody battle with itself over who is a citizen and how much freedom they get”. | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 1 hour ago

Get Borderlands 3, Risk of Rain 2 and 13 other great PC games for $15

The aptly-named “2K Megahits 2026 Bundle” from Humble includes 15 Steam games for $15. It’s a smattering of the publisher 2K’s biggest games of the 2010s, including BioShock Infinite, Risk of Rain 2, Borderlands 3, and XCOM: Enemy Unknown. The bundle will be available until Augus … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 1 hour ago

The PlayStation replica ornament is an homage to a great, yet fragile console

You probably know the signature PlayStation boot sound. Did you know that it's technically a multi-part chime? There's the synthy section where "Sony Computer Entertainment" shows onscreen with a white background. You only get to the next screen with the echo-y chimes and the col … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 1 hour ago

Humanoid robot keeps fighting, even after his block was knocked off!

China's humanoid robots continue to improve their kung fu and have expanded into MMA cage fighting. The Ultimate Robot Knock-out Legend tournament is a showcase for EngineAI's humanoid robot, the T800. The model is seemingly unironically named after the Terminator model with the … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 1 hour ago

What’s Actually Going On in the ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Trailer?

The 'Doomsday' trailer throws a lot of characters but not a lot of concrete details at us. Here's how it all breaks down. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Illinois residents blast proposed $142 million water rate hike: 'I bathe twice a week now'

"Just because it's legal does not make it right." | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

This Robot Can Flap Its Wings and Swim

Being able to both fly and swim isn’t easy—but the FAAV does it The post This Robot Can Flap Its Wings and Swim appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 1 hour ago

Jimothy is the weird little raccoon we need in these dark times

Everyone in Seattle and beyond is obsessed with a raccoon with a spinal condition. Kiana Hall recorded a video of a ball-shaped creature with long legs, resembling a cryptid or alien, sprinting away from her as she asks, "What am I looking at???" — Read the rest The post Jimoth … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 1 hour ago

MacOS 27 Golden Gate Beta 4 Available to Download

For Mac users who are currently running MacOS 27 Golden Gate beta, Apple has released the 4th beta version of MacOS 27 developer beta. The latest beta build is available to download now through Software Update, as an IPSW file, or as the full installer. MacOS 27 Golden Gate has a … | Continue reading


@osxdaily.com | 1 hour ago

William Shatner's metal band is playing Riot Fest

Riot Fest has packed its lineup for 2026, with the Pixies, the Sex Pistols (sans Johnny Rotten), Patti Smith, and… William Shatner? The 95-year-old actor/space tourist/horse semen owner/singer and his heavy metal band the *uckers — the asterisk appears to actually be part of the … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 1 hour ago

Humans Were Stocking Mountain Lakes With Fish 7,000 Years Ago, Archaeologists Say

The 7,000-year-old fish traps represent the first known evidence that humans were responsible for an unlikely population of brown trout in the mountains. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Flock Safety kills acoustic system designed to detect 'human distress'

"Community consultation" is one of the reasons automated license plate reader (ALPR) company Flock Safety cited in its decision to drop voice-oriented tech from a gunshot detection system. | Continue reading


@therecord.media | 1 hour ago

'This stuff is the devil': Gardeners say bindweed can run 20 feet deep, keep coming back

"If you use a lot of salt you are effectively poisoning the soil." | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

Looking to Get Into Golden Age mysteries?

Friends! There is nothing—nothing—like a Golden Age mystery! They are the best ways to spend an afternoon, a weekend, a summer vacation…. Golden Age mysteries are in right now, which is fantastic for me and the hoards of other enthusiastic fans. You might be looking to start one, … | Continue reading


@crimereads.com | 2 hours ago

Federal Judge Says Not So Fast to Paramount’s Takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery

“The Court is persuaded that it can presume the proposed merger is likely to violate antitrust laws,” wrote Judge Martínez-Olguín. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 hours ago

A Man With Paralysis Has Regained Feeling and Movement in His Hands After an Experimental Brain Implant

After months of training, the patient can now move his arms and hands and feel the sensation of touch | Continue reading


@smithsonianmag.com | 2 hours ago

Courage: Small Town Mayor Addresses Extreme Storms and Flooding

Titusville, Florida is the county seat of Brevard County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 48,789.It’s located  between Orlando and the Kennedy Space Center. Mayor Andrew Connors took to YouTube to explain it was time to do something a … | Continue reading


@thinc.blog | 2 hours ago

New Women's Pro Baseball League Teams Are Named for These Pioneering American Women, Giving Female Players Another League of Their Own

The Firebells, Heights, Queens and Hunters—of San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and Boston—were inspired by an honorary firefighter, a civil rights activist, a first basewoman and a physician | Continue reading


@smithsonianmag.com | 2 hours ago

Use Gemini AI to send messages from someone else’s locked phone

There’s a new Android phone hack that lets anyone with your phone send messages as you from the lock screen — without tapping in your PIN number. Why? Gemini! You grab someone’s phone, press the power button — now the Gemini button — and try to send a message: [Register] Selectin … | Continue reading


@pivot-to-ai.com | 2 hours ago

Hundreds at troubled New Orleans East complex win $3 million after hazardous conditions lawsuit

Before renovations, the complex had windows covered with boards. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 2 hours ago

Anime Finally Caught On To The Restorative Power Of Kirby Kissing His Homies For The Plot

Anime and intimacy have had an indulgent history, but I Want To Love You Till Your Dying Day comes up with a pretty cute justification for healing smooches | Continue reading


@aftermath.site | 2 hours ago

On Japan’s visible evidence of care . “American...

On Japan’s visible evidence of care. “American service providers, private and public, increasingly run like ghost ships. Japanese technology and design seemed in greater service to humans, their journeys, and enterprises.” | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 2 hours ago

Masters of the Universe Gets Second Chance on Streaming Later This Week

He-Man, he streaming The post Masters of the Universe Gets Second Chance on Streaming Later This Week appeared first on Reactor. | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 2 hours ago