This Samsonite Luggage Set at an All-Time Low Price Makes Travel Easier and More Affordable This Black Friday

Tackle your holiday travel with nearly 50% off this 2-Piece Samsonite luggage set. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 31 minutes ago

Rafael Nadal has officially retired from professional tennis. One of the greatest...

Rafael Nadal has officially retired from professional tennis. One of the greatest to ever do it. “I’m not tired of playing tennis but my body doesn’t want to play anymore and you have to accept that.” 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org → | Continue reading


@kottke.org | 34 minutes ago

A new way to describe the Fediverse and its opposition to Big Tech

I may have finally found a compelling, accessible way to describe the Fediverse - and make it appealing to people not familiar with it. | Continue reading


@blog.elenarossini.com | 35 minutes ago

The Village Voice in the 1960s/70s and blogging in the early 2000s

I read this interesting review by Vivian Gornick of a book about the Village Voice. Vivian Gornick is almost 90 years old! This reminds me of our discussion, What’s the best novel ever written by an 85-year-old?, where I wrote: … Continue reading → | Continue reading


@statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu | 36 minutes ago

Apple has an upsell polishing cloth?

Josh found out that you may need the $20USD polishing cloth for your nano texture display because the one included with his computer that he ordered with the nano texture doesn’t work on the computer it came with. This is baffling to me. If Apple has a proper cloth for the displa … | Continue reading


@curtismchale.ca | 41 minutes ago

Tom’s of Maine Toothpaste Has a Bacteria Problem, FDA Says

Brushing your teeth with bacteria just isn't the ideal formula for dental health. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 42 minutes ago

This Portable Pizza Oven Is At A Record Low Price, Looks Like Santa Claus Is Getting a Head Start This Year

This pizza oven is a professional-grade appliance that you can easily take with you anywhere. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 42 minutes ago

Gran Turismo 7 November 2024 Update Adds Five New Cars

Another month, another round of new cars being added to Gran Turismo 7. It’s not a massive Spec III update or something that can match last November’s update. But the good news is, it’s a relatively bountiful amount of new cars, about twice the usual with six new cars added for N … | Continue reading


@gamermatters.com | 43 minutes ago

Saudi Arabia sows seeds for massive desert stadium

The incredible rate of construction in Saudi Arabia shows no sign of slowing with yet another ambitious project announced. This time it's a massive sports stadium, which will be one of the world's largest once complete, and is designed to resemble a seed germinating in the desert … | Continue reading


@newatlas.com | 43 minutes ago

TORNA IL MERCATO DEI VINI DEI VIGNAIOLI INDIPENDENTI FIVI

L'articolo TORNA IL MERCATO DEI VINI DEI VIGNAIOLI INDIPENDENTI FIVI proviene da BolognaFiere Group. | Continue reading


@bolognafiere.it | 44 minutes ago

Vincent van Gogh's Brilliant Blue 'Irises' Were Originally Purple, New Research Reveals

An exhibition at the Getty Center shows that the painting's pigment faded over many years, creating the hue that art lovers are familiar with today | Continue reading


@smithsonianmag.com | 46 minutes ago

Dave Winer, OG blogger, podcaster, developed first apps in many categories. Old enough to know better. It's even worse than it appears. | Continue reading


@scripting.com | 46 minutes ago

When a package blocks your door from opening

LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! The way this package was placed outside this person's door is mildly infuriating. The package is blocking the door handle from turning all the way downwards, preventing the person inside from being able to open the door … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 48 minutes ago

A 100 Year Old Clothes Dryer That Attaches to a Wall and Fans Out Like an Umbrella

Remnants of Our Past shared footage of a very clever clothes dryer from 100 years ago with retractable arms that fan out like an umbrella. | Continue reading


@laughingsquid.com | 49 minutes ago

The Ghosts of Tough Guys Don’t Dance

I have always heard Tough Guys Don’t Dance (both the 1984 novel by Norman Mailer and the 1987 film adaptation of the same name, screenwritten and directed by Mailer) described as a “noir,” which leads me to call into question NOT the designation of either of those works as noir, … | Continue reading


@crimereads.com | 50 minutes ago

Tiny Streets

Kudos to the people in the pre-car age for building places like Sintra, with its tiny streets and bright colors. Modern architects cannot build that. “But where are they going to keep the cars?” | Continue reading


@veselin.blog | 53 minutes ago

"Big Jim and the White Boy" is a fascinating re-telling of Huck Finn

LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! I still vividly remember reading Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in my American Studies English class junior year of high school. Not because of the book itself, but because of what happened on the first … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 55 minutes ago

How the "Death of Superman" comics explain the modern Democratic Party

There are plenty of pundits and thinkpieces making the rounds right now, desperately reaching for any angle they can offer to explain why the recent electoral failures of the Democratic Party. But there's only one that's actually worth your time: the new season of Collective Acti … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 56 minutes ago

27 musicians try to interpret "Hit 'Em," a baffling song from a stranger's dream

LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Back in July 2024, essayist and electronic musician Drew Daniel had a dream about a song—a super crunched out jam in 5/4 time at 212 beats per minute. It was the kind of song that defined a whole new genre, called "Hit ' … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 58 minutes ago

Tom the Dancing Bug: Super-Fun-Pak Comix, feat. Two Wolves, Captain Power-Man, How to Draw Doug, & More!

YOU CAN give the gift of Tom the Dancing Bug this holiday season! Volumes of The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug book collection are available for purchase, including THE TOM THE DANCING BUG HOLIDAY SIX-PAK: For a limited two-week long Black Friday, you can buy all six books at a sp … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 1 hour ago

The Bissell Little Green Carpet Cleaner Is Now at Its Lowest Price, Even Lower Than Last Year’s Black Friday

A 34% price drop on this ultra-popular carpet, car, and upholstery cleaner means more green stays in your pocket. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

We may have already killed life on Mars

LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Curiosity killed the cat. But the Curiosity rover killed the Martians. Okay well technically is probably one of the Viking landers. At least, that's a new theory presented by Dirk Schulze-Makuch, an astrobiologist at the … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 1 hour ago

Ancient Egyptians Mixed Psychedelics, Bodily Fluids, and Alcohol for Rituals, Scientists Confirm

The ingredient list featured items ranging from human breast milk to sesame seeds and grapes. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

AI scams at the conference of American police chiefs

LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! The International Association of Chiefs of Police—which is exactly what it sounds like—held its annual conference last month in Boston, bringing together leaders of some 18,000 police departments to talk shop and gawk at … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 1 hour ago

Morning Joe Disables Comments, Faces Online Outrage After Friendly Meeting With Trump

MSNBC viewers felt betrayed by the supposedly "anti-Trump" conservatives. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

BAYOUS: Blue observers, we must heal ourselves!

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2024 The disorder is also in Us: This morning, Ed Luce takes his place on the pile. There he is, in the Financial Times, beating up on a famous madman and on the horse he rode out on. His column begins as shown: Trump’s demolition of the US state It is tim … | Continue reading


@dailyhowler.blogspot.com | 1 hour ago

I’ll read it too

Manuel Moreale helps remove a new blogger's fear of having no readers by committing to be the first. Count me in too. | Continue reading


@cdevroe.com | 1 hour ago

💧 Where We Go From Here (2024)

[] Try and leave this world a little better than you found it, and when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate, you have not wasted your time but have done your best. —Robert Baden-Powell One Foot Tsunami has always been a labor of love. Since 2009, … | Continue reading


@onefoottsunami.com | 1 hour ago

FromSoftware parent company confirms Sony’s acquisition interest

Elden Ring. | Image: FromSoftware Reports that Sony was in talks to acquire Kadokawa, the Japanese media conglomerate that owns Elden Ring developer FromSoftware, have been confirmed. Kadokawa has released a short statement acknowledging Sony’s intention but stating that no decis … | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 1 hour ago

Bomb Cyclone Slams Washington

Current conditions: The northern Plains states could experience blizzard conditions this evening • A brush fire disrupted traffic in Upper Manhattan yesterday • It is about 60 degrees Fahrenheit and very windy in the Italian village of Ollolai, which is offering cheap houses to A … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 1 hour ago

Amazon Isn’t Finished With The AirTags, It Is Selling Out Its Inventory at a Record Low Price

A single AirTag now costs only $19. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

How the Modern History of Russia Is Explained by the Lives of Its Criminals

When I arrived in the city of Perm in the Ural region in 1994, I went to live in a students’ hostel. It was certainly not for the first time in my life. I had lived in undergraduate rooms at the University of Bologna, where the main activities were staying up all night, smoking a … | Continue reading


@crimereads.com | 1 hour ago

Hannah Martian on the Road from Baseball Broadcaster to Thriller Author

When I tell folks I have two degrees in sport management and an adult thriller coming out soon, I know the question I’m going to get before it’s even posed: How do those go together? During the summer of 2021, my two lifelong loves met up in Casper, Wyoming. I was 21 and had neve … | Continue reading


@crimereads.com | 1 hour ago

The slender-billed curlew is extinct

LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! After almost 30 years without a substantiated sighting, researchers have concluded that the slender-billed curlew is extinct. It is the first mainland European bird to go extinct in the last 500 years. — Read the rest Th … | Continue reading


@boingboing.net | 1 hour ago

NFL, celebrity boxing, and hot dogs: Netflix’s push into live TV

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images for Netflix © 2024 Netflix is following up the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul fight with NFL games and WWE’s Monday Night Raw. Continue reading… | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 1 hour ago

XPENG Hopes To Sell 10,000 Van+Quadcopters ($276,000) A Year

XPENG has gone a slightly different route with its electric aircraft than others inching into this space. It has developed a 2-person quadcopter drone that fits inside of a 6-wheeled electric van. It makes me think of the Transformers, even though it’s not really that. You can wa … | Continue reading


@cleantechnica.com | 1 hour ago

The EcoFlow Delta 2 Is Currently 60% Off on Amazon, But a Large Portion Of The Stock Has Already Been Claimed

This flash sale on Amazon could end within a few hours. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Cigarette Smoke Disrupts Microbiota, Amplifies Flu Severity

Cigarette smoke has been found to worsen influenza A infections by disrupting the natural balance of throat microbiota, suggesting a significant link between smoking and respiratory disease severity. Cigarette smoke exposure is associated with many different respiratory diseases. … | Continue reading


@scitechdaily.com | 1 hour ago

David Harbour Teases Sentry’s Role In Thunderbolts

Plus, Tawny Newsome discusses the progress on her untitled Star Trek comedy series. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 hour ago

Long Seen as Omens, Comets Do Tell Us Something About Ourselves

In April of 1066, a streak of cool fire appeared in the heavens. The comet, called a “bearded star” back then, had appeared before. There are mentions of it around the world dating as far back as the fifth century B.C. It’s now called Halley’s Comet, for the 18th-century scientis … | Continue reading


@atlasobscura.com | 1 hour ago

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is a glorious and beautiful pain in the ass

Image: GSC Game World GSC Game World’s long-awaited survival epic delivers the ultimate stalker fantasy — if you can look beyond the plethora of glitches. Continue reading… | Continue reading


@theverge.com | 1 hour ago

Police spend 40% of their time on paperwork. Can AI help?

Axon's AI innovations promise to free officers from desks, but not without questions of ethics. CEO Rick Smith addresses concerns and community trust: | Continue reading


@freethink.com | 1 hour ago

The West needs more water. This Nobel winner may have the answer.

Paul Migrom has an Emmy, a Nobel, and a successful company. There’s one more big problem on the to-do list. | Continue reading


@freethink.com | 1 hour ago

Keep It Simple, Keep It Safe

Much like land wars in Asia and dealing with your in-laws, ordering a cake is all about keeping certain information to yourself. You don't leak state secrets, you don't say you hated last Sunday's casserole, and you never, EVER, tell a baker what size to write the 75: BIG MISTAKE … | Continue reading


@cakewrecks.com | 1 hour ago

Toyota is pouring half a billion dollars into its air taxi startup — see the incredible vehicle that has the company so pumped up

"Flying with us might feel more like getting into an SUV than boarding a plane." Toyota is pouring half a billion dollars into its air taxi startup — see the incredible vehicle that has the company so pumped up first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading


@thecooldown.com | 1 hour ago

The Hero Who Convinced His Fellow Ornithologists of the Obvious: Stop Shooting Birds and Watch Them Instead

Too late to save the ivory-billed woodpecker, Arthur Allen changed science forever with his seemingly simple idea | Continue reading


@smithsonianmag.com | 1 hour ago

How Mistletoe Became a Christmas Kissing Tradition

The thorny origins of the yuletide canoodling ritual | Continue reading


@smithsonianmag.com | 1 hour ago

Futago Park in Inzai, Japan

Despite its name, Futago Park in Inzai City isn't much of a park. It was designed to be a rest stop for cyclists riding along Lake Imba. There's not much to see, except for a pair of elephant statues and a public restroom. Both, however, happen to be noteworthy for different reas … | Continue reading


@atlasobscura.com | 1 hour ago