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Thursday, 28 March 2024

Comedians Line Up to Help RFK Jr.’s Misinformation Campaign

quote [ The presidential candidate’s radical message is reaching millions thanks to the comedy podcasters who have become his biggest boosters. ]

And all you ever get is misinformation
[SFW] [politics] [+1 WTF]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:02amGMT] [0 comments]

Wednesday, 27 March 2024

How Invasive Moths Improved 19th-Century Astronomical Illustrations

quote [ After accidentally introducing invasive moths to North America, amateur entomologist Étienne Léopold Trouvelot turned his eyes to the skies and changed science. ]

I'm just a moth in the light
[SFW] [history] [+1 Interesting]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:05amGMT] [0 comments]

Tuesday, 26 March 2024

Thai Fortune-Telling Manuscript, Before 1844

quote [ Illustrations from a 1844 Thai manuscript for owned by Paul Revere's daughter1844" ]

I done got into some fortune telling
[SFW] [history] [+1 Good]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:01amGMT] [0 comments]

Monday, 25 March 2024

Songs About Superman

quote [ Why was alternative rock inundated with hit songs about Superman throughout the 1990s and early 2000s? Consider the monoculture. ]

They call me Superman, I'm here to rescue you
[SFW] [music] [+3 Underrated]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:11amGMT] [1 comment]

Sunday, 24 March 2024

Kitten Season Is a 'Natural Disaster' That's Only Getting Worse

quote [ The trend is bad news for animal shelters and wildlife alike. ]

Stray cat in the alley
[SFW] [environment & nature] [+3]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:00amGMT] [0 comments]

Saturday, 23 March 2024

Silicon Valley tried to mass produce fancy marshmallows. It got messy, fast.

quote [ Inside the incredible rise and insane fall of a premium snack startup ]

Marshmallows for toasting
[SFW] [food & drink] [+3 Interesting]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:00amGMT] [1 comment]

Friday, 22 March 2024

Little Boney: James Gillray and Napoleon’s Fragile Masculinity

quote [ Of all the caricatures of Napoleon Bonaparte, representations of the French emperor as a miniscule megalomaniac continue to haunt the historical imagination to an unparalleled degree. Peter W. Walker searches for the origins of “Little Boney” in the early 19th-century caricatures of James Gillray, the English illustrator who took Napoleon down a peg by diminishing his reputation and scale to the point of absurdity. ]

Ole Napoleon Bonaparte he was a mighty man
[SFW] [history] [+1 Original]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:00amGMT] [0 comments]

Thursday, 21 March 2024

The urban legend that won't die on this deadly Bay Area highway

quote [ The 7-mile stretch of Niles Canyon Road was in utter darkness as Daniel Meseke raced down state Route 84. It was 1979, and the 19-year-old had just wrapped up a grueling 12-hour shift at his mechanic job in Union City. By now, it was 3 a.m. and Meseke began to cruise at 60 mph — about twice the speed limit — in his yellow ’77 Toyota Celica. ]

Ultimately ending up in the Bay Area

[SFW] [history] [+3 Interesting]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:05amGMT] [1 comment]

Wednesday, 20 March 2024

Plastics Contain Thousands More Chemicals Than Thought, and Most Are Unregulated, Report Finds

quote [ A new database catalogs 16,000 chemicals found in plastics and identifies more than 4,200 that are potentially hazardous to human health and the environment ]

Plastic passion is a hard to handle
[SFW] [environment & nature] [+1 Informative]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:00amGMT] [0 comments]

Tuesday, 19 March 2024

The Osoaviakhim-1 Disaster

quote [ Between 1930 and 1932, Swiss scientist Auguste Piccard made more than two dozen trips to the upper atmosphere using a balloon of his design. ]

Who's enthuse for hot air ballooning
[SFW] [history] [+1 WTF]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:01amGMT] [0 comments]

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