she's hot, and has a great ass, but that was gross
Thursday, 15 January 2026

Americans by Name, Punished for Believing It

quote [ In a small Alaska town, American Samoans face prosecution for voting in the only country they?ve ever known. They live in a limbo, created by colonial expansion, that now confuses even public officials?and has made them a new target for policing voter fraud. ]

In da end, I hope you related to one of them Samoans, Aye
[SFW] [people] [+1 WTF]
[by ScoobySnacks@6:00amGMT] [0 comments]

Sunday, 11 January 2026

The real da Vinci code

quote [ Scholars on a quixotic quest to identify Leonardo da Vinci?s DNA achieve a milestone ]

Even Da Vinci couldn't paint you
[SFW] [people] [+1 Interesting]
[by ScoobySnacks@6:02amGMT] [0 comments]

Friday, 9 January 2026

The strange tale of Sigmund Freud?s begonia

quote [ How the gift of a plant helped Emma Freud finally get to know her great-grandfather ]

She wore scarlet begonias
[SFW] [people] [+1 Good]
[by ScoobySnacks@6:00amGMT] [0 comments]

Monday, 5 January 2026

Alain Bombard: The Biologist Who Shipwrecked Himself to Prove a Point

quote [ In the autumn of 1952, a small black rubber dinghy drifted out of the Canaries and into the immensity of the Atlantic Ocean. Its lone occupant was a doctor, Alain Bombard, a young French biologist determined to answer a deadly question. ]

You know, that's why I'm shipwrecked
[SFW] [people] [+4 Interesting]
[by ScoobySnacks@7:58amGMT] [2 comments]

Saturday, 3 January 2026

Conditional bribery

quote [ Our results show that people are conditionally corrupt: They offer bribes based on their partners? national backgrounds for whom they hold inaccurate corruption stereotypes. ]

That looked like something you might be interested in: people over-estimate the corruptness of nationalities they assume corrupt and vice-versa.

(thumb via free study PDF)
[SFW] [people] [+2]
[by Paracetamol@6:53pmGMT] [1 comment]

Thursday, 1 January 2026

The Dead Mall Society

quote [ Standing in the wreckage of these spaces unlocks a sensation people often crave, but can?t name. ]

Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains
[SFW] [people] [+2]
[by ScoobySnacks@9:04amGMT] [0 comments]

Thursday, 25 December 2025

Collecting The Carts

quote [ On bottle deposits, cheap local commercials, projectile-style turkeys, union-busting grocery stores, and the friend of mine who showed me the ropes. ]

Collecting bottles in a shopping cart
[SFW] [people] [+1 Interesting]
[by ScoobySnacks@6:53amGMT] [0 comments]

Tuesday, 23 December 2025

Charlie Mingus Fingers The Record Hi-Jackers In His War On Bootleggers, 1966

quote [ In the 1960s Charlie Mingus was taking control of his music via comic strip-style ads and a mail order business ]

Charlie Mingus, such nimble fingers
[SFW] [people] [+2]
[by ScoobySnacks@9:07amGMT] [1 comment]

Thursday, 18 December 2025

The strange fate of Flight 2069

quote [ Months before 9/11 a passenger seized control of a Boeing 747 and nearly crashed it into the Sahara. Everyone survived but no one quite recovered. How do you measure the cost of a disaster that didn't happen? ]

747 just left from gate eleven
[SFW] [people] [+2]
[by ScoobySnacks@6:00amGMT] [0 comments]

Tuesday, 9 December 2025

Harlow's still here

quote [ Fifty years ago, Harlow was the queen of Philadelphia nightlife, Jack Kelly?s girlfriend, and the city's most famous transgender woman. Today, she?s ready to tell her story. ]

Cats hanging down like in Philly
[SFW] [people] [+1 Informative]
[by ScoobySnacks@6:00amGMT] [0 comments]

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