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'How hard could it be?': Kelowna candidate with viral signs gets elected

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:00:06 GMT

quote [Brady Rogers' campaign slogans included 'Just trying to pay my rent' and 'I barely want to do this'] Entry Comment: Kelowna nights hit different-wild

Feeding the Revolution

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 05:00:08 GMT

quote [The burrito’s history as a symbol of resistance] Entry Comment: only stopped for a few burritos

Name Shame

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 05:00:37 GMT

quote [Why some people fail to live up to their names, and whether or not that’s actually a problem, or simply just a latent form of irony.] Entry Comment: your name in this game

Labs Suck

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:47:26 GMT

quote [instead of governing inventions through the redistribution of credit, clout, legitimacy and authority, labs also suck the life out of ideas they’re trying to harvest.] Entry Comment: Loong ramblings from 2 authors in the accessibilty space but somehow very relatable. Thumb is a posh Portugese sewing machine factory from the 1920s via New Old Stock.

Deskilling the body

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:10:22 GMT

quote [We are, moment by moment, doing less sensing, navigating, remembering, walking, choosing, and attending] Entry Comment: Regression progression deskilling our mind

Comics Accuse Hot AI Fakes of Stealing Their Jokes Word for Word to Push OnlyFans Pages

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 05:00:06 GMT

quote [Stand-up comics are calling out accounts that have sexy female "comics" plagiarizing their jokes: "AI stole my joke and my outfit."] Entry Comment: You steal the joke, remix the scene

The Ancient Underground Aqueducts of Siena

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:00:09 GMT

quote [Underneath the narrow streets, churches, and palaces of the Italian city of Siena lies a sprawling network of underground aqueducts that supplied water to the Tuscan city for centuries, enabling it to flourish despite a chronic lack of nearby rivers and streams.] Entry Comment: Mi corazón te celebra ay mi Siena

Legendary level designer Richard 'Levelord' Gray has died

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:51:13 GMT

quote [Richard Gray, better known to gamers of a certain age as Levelord, has died. Gray's death was reported on social media by Apogee Entertainment, who paid tribute to his "legendary work on Duke Nukem 3D" and the lasting legacy he left behind.] Entry Comment: You're not supposed to be here - Levelord

How Tree Rings Challenged the Myth of American Wilderness

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 05:00:06 GMT

quote [By studying fire scars in ancient wood, many scientists have become convinced that Indigenous people transformed North America long before Christopher Columbus arrived.] Entry Comment: Limitless in the American wilderness

“Men with Queer Nerves”: The Jumping Frenchmen of Maine

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 05:00:07 GMT

quote [In the late nineteenth century, visitors to Maine observed something strange: French-Canadian lumberjacks who, at the slightest stimulus, seemed to jump, strike out with their limbs, or mimic languages they could not speak. Ross Bullen introduces us to these so-called “Jumping Frenchmen” and to their greatest investigator, George M. Beard, who saw a link in their behavior between religious frenzy and neurasthenia.] Entry Comment: Like I really be a lumberjack