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The Rise of the Ray-Ban Meta Creep

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 05:00:41 GMT

quote [Between pickup artists and juvenile pranksters, the wearable device is becoming associated with pests of all kinds.] Entry Comment: Ray-Bans got the whole world shaded

Siberian River Reversal by Nuclear Explosions

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 05:52:26 GMT

quote [High in the Ural Mountains, in the south-eastern corner of the Komi Republic, the Pechora River rises. It descends from the slopes, flows briefly south, then bends and turns north. The river then continues more or less in the northerly direction for some 1,800 km until it empties into the Arctic ocean.] Entry Comment: n all of the major Siberian river basins

Hundreds of hungry mosquitoes, a student volunteer and a mesh suit helped us figure out how these deadly insects reach their targets

Sun, 22 Mar 2026 05:00:37 GMT

quote [Analyzing 20 million recorded mosquito flight paths revealed the mathematical rules behind how these tiny predators move and zero in on their human targets.] Entry Comment: Sometimes, I like to get bit by mosquitoes

American Diner Gothic

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 14:56:11 GMT

quote [Mallgoth aesthetics become Walmart defaults] Entry Comment: The article reads a bit disrespectful in my opinion. The democratization of what-was-once-a-subculture is well described though. [Edit:] has a second part here that you can – well you can circumvent the paywall in reader mode, as usual.

Fear and Fragility: The Glass Delusion and Its History

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 05:00:35 GMT

quote [In early modern Europe, around the time when lenses began to bring the world (and heavens) into newfound focus, patients started appearing in medical records with a particular ailment: a firm belief that they were made of glass. Tamara Sanderson investigates the source and manifestation of this delusion, and finds a psychological idiom that once carried the weight of what could otherwise not be said.] Entry Comment: They call it glass delusion

Treelogy by Tortue

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:48:31 GMT

quote [Grow, Balance, Adapt. A strategy game where you're a tree.] Entry Comment: Interesting take on growing roots and branches like a puzzle – thumb is water/solar log. this is an older game but the dev just announced it's not dead – just in time for spring.

Chuck Norris, prolific action star and martial arts champion, dies aged 86

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:26:56 GMT

quote [Actor and martial artist who rose to fame after starring in Bruce Lee’s The Way of the Dragon also became a TV fixture with Walker, Texas Ranger] Entry Comment: Apparently several dozen ninja's were seen entering were seen entering the residence prior to his passing ... none were seen to leave.

The Graveyard That Made Me Kiss a Frog

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 05:00:52 GMT

quote [A surreal field in rural Wisconsin holds hundreds of giant fiberglass molds—an accidental archive of roadside Americana where art, industry, and imagination collide.] Entry Comment: Kiss that frog, lady kiss that frog

Women are being abandoned by their partners on hiking trails. What’s behind ‘alpine divorce’?

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 05:00:29 GMT

quote [As stories of men leaving their dates in ‘sketchy situations’ go viral, experts say these incidents could stem from big egos and poor communication] Entry Comment: Above alpine peaks

Singing Teachers for Honeyeaters

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 05:00:32 GMT

quote [Scientists have saved the song of a critically endangered Australian bird by recruiting wild males to tutor zoo-born babies.] Entry Comment: Honeyeater, where are you?