The Rise of the Golden Idol sets the standard for point-and-click mysteries

incredible standalone sequel for fans of detective deduction games like Obra Dinn # | Continue reading


@polygon.com | 9 minutes ago

Here's what $50K will get you, on Kramer's Hypernaked track bike

Fifty thousand bucks is a lot of money for a motorcycle. Kramer, a boutique maker of race bikes, has tried to cram in as much as it can on two wheels – race-ready components, advanced electronics, and a titanium and carbon-fiber body. It’s got the works. Continue Reading Category … | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 11 minutes ago

'Cancer Alley' struggles for decades with controversial legislation impacting health of countless Americans: 'The law hasn't been able to take notice of that yet'

"People have always been saying, 'Hey, where there's pollution, there's cancer.'" 'Cancer Alley' struggles for decades with controversial legislation impacting health of countless Americans: 'The law hasn't been able to take notice of that yet' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 12 minutes ago

Pokémon TCG Pocket will let you trade cards starting early next year

The Pokemon Company Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket has been a big hit since its worldwide launch last month, and the team behind it has shared a brief roadmap of a couple updates to come — including the ability to trade cards with other people. “We are aiming to add a feature t … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 13 minutes ago

TIL: LiteCLI, Improved SQLite CLI

LiteCLI is a command line interface for SQLite with auto-completion and syntax highlighting. | Continue reading


@daniel.feldroy.com | 18 minutes ago

Declassified spy satellite images reveal 1,400-year-old battle site in Iraq that set off the Muslim conquest

Historical texts that mentioned details about the battle site helped researchers match the images to the lost town of al-Qadisiyyah. | Continue reading


@livescience.com | 25 minutes ago

Crypto Trolls Hijacked NYC’s Dog Mayor Competition

Crypto holders have discovered a way to ruin the most fun and innocent of local competitions. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 26 minutes ago

10 Things We Learned from Agatha All Along‘s Making of Documentary

Marvel's new "Assembled" episode reveals behind-the-scenes secrets about the witchy Disney+ series. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 26 minutes ago

Organizations file complaint against UN agency over ties to controversial task force: 'It is a dangerous distraction'

"UNEP is empowering global corporations to further the commodification of nature." Organizations file complaint against UN agency over ties to controversial task force: 'It is a dangerous distraction' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 27 minutes ago

When Pollution Brings Snow

Metals and minerals from industry can trigger snowfall over hundreds of miles. The post When Pollution Brings Snow appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 34 minutes ago

More Unorganised Thoughts about Bluesky

I got a lot of feedback from my last post which fell into two categories: either about the technical implementations or why someone is using Bluesky over other options. As soon as my sent my previous post Bluesky started having outages which has made looking into the feedback int … | Continue reading


@rknight.me | 36 minutes ago

Path to the well

Visit the post for more. | Continue reading


@veselin.blog | 39 minutes ago

The Spatula I Use Every Day Is 40% Off During Material's Black Friday Sale

Get a new item for your kitchen and give back a little while you’re at it! READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 47 minutes ago

Teenage Engineering’s new OP–XY makes me wish I had a bigger budget for music gear

The Teenage Engineering OP-XY feels like an upgraded version of the company’s six-year-old OP-Z. | Image: Teenage Engineering Teenage Engineering’s new OP-XY is a portable synthesizer and sequencer that looks similar to the company’s OP–1 Field. But functionally it’s instead a mo … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 51 minutes ago

New RAS Gene Discovery Unveils Hidden Pathway Driving Cancer Growth

These findings could pave the way for new treatment approaches for cancers driven by RAS mutations. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and their collaborators have uncovered a novel mechanism by which RAS genes—commonly mutated in cancers—can promote tumor gro … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 51 minutes ago

A cat and his portrait

Not sure who takes care of this buddy but he has a 3-room apartment and a portrait on the wall. | Continue reading


@veselin.blog | 56 minutes ago

Rivian & Volkswagen Throw Each Other A Lifeline

Volkswagen has added $800,000,000 to its joint venture with Rivian that hopes to make electric vehicles that actually work as intended. The post Rivian & Volkswagen Throw Each Other A Lifeline appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 57 minutes ago

Joanna Gaines Is Bringing Back This Vintage 756-Year-Old Gem at Target

It’s practical and beautiful! READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 57 minutes ago

Linzixuan (Rhoda) Zhang wins 2024 Collegiate Inventors Competition

MIT graduate student earns top honors in Graduate and People’s Choice categories for her work on nutrient-stabilizing materials. | Continue reading


@news.mit.edu | 57 minutes ago

engineer, CTO, teacher, and pilot Ken Sipe

Hi, Spring-fans, JVM enjoyers, and cloud natives! Have I got a treat for you today! We're going to be talking to my longtime pal Ken Sipe. #groovy #java #kotlin #go #rust #spring #jvm | Continue reading


@bootifulpodcast.podbean.com | 57 minutes ago

Sill, trending links from your Bluesky and Mastodon network

like Nuzzel before Twitter bought it and shut it down # | Continue reading


@sill.social | 1 hour ago

The Violin. “A stack of hundred-year-old photos lead to the discovery of...

The Violin. “A stack of hundred-year-old photos lead to the discovery of a family treasure hiding in plain sight.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org → | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 1 hour ago

Grab a Package of Frozen Phyllo Dough for These Easy Snacks, Dinners, and Desserts

Phyllo dough has many applications, both sweet and savory. Use this collection of recipes to turn a box of the pastry into something delicious. | Continue reading


@seriouseats.com | 1 hour ago

Star Trek: Lower Decks‘ Final Season Lessons Are Facing Their Biggest Test

"Starbase 80?!" plays a long game, taking a gag from the season premiere and turning it into a pivotal moment for our learning heroes to tackle. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

JetBlack Victory $399 Smart Trainer In-Depth Review: The Best Option?

When the JetBlack Victory was announced this past summer, it sent waves through the smart trainer industry. In one shot, it pretty much knee-capped all of the existing sub-$1,000 trainers, if not most of those above it too. After all, … Read More Here → | Continue reading


@dcrainmaker.com | 1 hour ago

Fuel Cell Electric Aircraft Help To Drive The Green Hydrogen Market

Leading global aviation stakeholders are pursuing green hydrogen and fuel cells to decarbonize air travel and shipping, in the EU and elsewhere. The post Fuel Cell Electric Aircraft Help To Drive The Green Hydrogen Market appeared first on CleanTechnica. | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 1 hour ago

Woman who ignored warnings signs is dead

— Read the rest The post Woman who ignored warnings signs is dead appeared first on Boing Boing. | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 1 hour ago

Spotify removed the latest episode of my podcast Timetable because it used copyrighted music. True! The whole shtick of the episode was that the song Thunder Road is playing in the background while I talk. I regret nothing. | Continue reading


@manton.org | 1 hour ago

The Popular 1970s Saucepan You'll Use Every Single Day Is on Sale

It has a special feature that makes it stand apart. READ MORE... | Continue reading


@thekitchn.com | 1 hour ago

Quoting OpenAI, Google and Anthropic Are Struggling to Build More Advanced AI

Anthropic declined to comment, but referred Bloomberg News to a five-hour podcast featuring Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei that was released Monday. "People call them scaling laws. That's a misnomer," he said on the podcast. "They're not laws of the universe. They're empiri … | Continue reading


@simonwillison.net | 1 hour ago

Elon Musk Is Getting What He Wants

The Trump administration is hoping to kill the $7,500 tax credit for electric vehicle buyers, according to a Reuters report citing two anonymous sources within the Trump transition team. That aspiration isn’t totally unexpected — President-elect Donald Trump flirted with ending t … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 1 hour ago

Secret Level Trailer Reveals A-List Cast and Moving Imagery

Secret Level, the animated anthology series that brings us stories from fifteen video game franchises, has a new trailer out. This one not only gives us more glimpses from the upcoming fifteen episodes, but also reveals some of the A-list actors who lent their voices to the produ … | Continue reading


@reactormag.com | 1 hour ago

Gardener shares what happens when you 'neglect' herbs in your garden: 'This is amazing'

"Thank you for the insight!" Gardener shares what happens when you 'neglect' herbs in your garden: 'This is amazing' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

Jon Batiste hears Green Day for the first time and jams along on piano (video)

— Read the rest The post Jon Batiste hears Green Day for the first time and jams along on piano (video) appeared first on Boing Boing. | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 1 hour ago

See How Modern Artists Obsessed With Death and Darkness Looked to Medieval Gothic Artworks for Inspiration

A new exhibition in Helsinki spotlights the Gothic themes and influences that connected works by renowned late 19th- and early 20th-century artists | Continue reading


@smithsonianmag.com | 1 hour ago

TikTok plugs Getty Images into its AI-generated ads and avatars

Image: The Verge TikTok will let advertisers pull in content from Getty Images when using the platform’s AI ad creation tool. With the integration, advertisers can use Getty’s licensed images and videos to make ads containing AI-generated content, including AI avatars that look l … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 1 hour ago

Bezos’ Big Rocket Finally Assembled After Years of Delays

Blue Origin shared a photo of New Glenn as the company prepares to debut its massive rocket. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Cheapskate Splurges (OT)

I'm generally a cheapskate, but this time I decided to splurge. I solved the M4 Mac Mini's dearth of USB-A ports by buying a Caldigit TS4. It's got 18 connections, including two card slots and three audio jacks. Eight effingteen.... Related Stories Fast Fast Fast Back in Business … | Continue reading


@feeds.feedblitz.com | 1 hour ago

Website Changes: Backend Updates and Removing Subscriptions

Looking at my notes over the past few years, fall seems to be the time of year I start planning changes to this website. Maybe it’s all those beautiful fall colors in the northern hemisphere that reminds me of changes and motivates me to update my website? Anyway, in my efforts t … | Continue reading


@lireo.com | 1 hour ago

Accidental Discovery Unveils Hidden Oceanic Heat Threatening Antarctic Ice Shelf Stability

Warming ocean waters are melting Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf at accelerating rates, highlighting a climate-driven trend with implications for global sea levels and climate modeling. New research unveils, for the first time, how warming ocean waters have intensified melting on a m … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 1 hour ago

Best Value for Money EVs — Midsize (D Segment)

This is the fourth of a five-part series of articles (you can check the others here: part one, part two and part three), where I look at the best affordable EVs in each size category. See the background for this series in the first two articles if you missed them. ... [continued] … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 1 hour ago

Meet Gnatalie, Los Angeles' new fossilized green dinosaur

— Read the rest The post Meet Gnatalie, Los Angeles' new fossilized green dinosaur appeared first on Boing Boing. | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 1 hour ago

See Staggering Photos of the World's Largest Coral, Newly Discovered by Scientists in the Pacific Ocean

The enormous organism is bigger than a blue whale and made up of millions of genetically identical, tiny animals called polyps | Continue reading


@smithsonianmag.com | 1 hour ago

Cornbread Dressing with Sausage and Apples

Delicious cornbread dressing recipe made with the addition of spicy Italian sausage and apples. Dressing always comes out the best when using homemade cornbread and packing it with your favorite flavors. This side dish will be a great addition to any holiday menu. I love this fun … | Continue reading


@willcookforsmiles.com | 1 hour ago

Had a (silent) spam call from Iran today, spoofing a Dutch country code prefix, which resolved to an Iranian number. A first for me. Had to look up the country code (98). | Continue reading


@zylstra.org | 1 hour ago

The Low-Tech Way To Make EV Charging Better

We’ve got a high-speed charging problem. Without readily available high-speed charging, people will never let go of their range anxiety fears and buy electric; but unless you have people in EVs willing to pay to charge their cars, there’s no reason to build the chargers. The Bide … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 1 hour ago

Strata: Layered Watercolor Gradients

You know me, I love a good gradient. These watercolors are from a series called Strata by Mikael Hallstrøm Eriksen, an artist who uses “repetitive and accumulative mark-making” in his work. The works in the Strata-series are inspired by geological and natural phenomena — sediment … | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 1 hour ago

You can save up to $270 on the Garmin Fenix 7S Pro and other Garmin watches

It’s hard to find a fitness watch that tracks as many workouts and metrics as the Fenix 7 Pro series. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Garmin makes some of the best traditional multisport fitness watches, and one of its top models still commands a spot on our list of … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 1 hour ago