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Formula One Cars Are Fast. Like Super Fast.
As an aid to his travel planning, Kevin Kelly has compiled a...
As an aid to his travel planning, Kevin Kelly has compiled a meta-calendar of Asian festivals.
A group of researchers tracked down the original photo used in the...
A group of researchers tracked down the original photo used in the final scene of The Shining. “It was a real photo from the 1920s, and Nicholson’s face had been superimposed over someone. But whose face was it?”
Yawns
If you’re like most people, you probably started yawning as soon as you read the title of this post and saw the video’s thumbnail. And then yawned like two or three times watching it. That’s because a) yawning is contagious, and b) that video is chock-a-block with clips of people and animals yawning.
Yawning is so weird. It’s even a strange word. Yaaaaawwwwwnnnn. And like I mentioned, it’s contagious. In fact, it’s so contagious that even reading or overhearing someone talking about yawning can cause you to yawn. Why the hell do we do this weird thing? Perhaps to cool our brains.
(via the kid should see this)
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Today’s weather report styled like The Weather Channel in the 90s: WeatherStar...
Today’s weather report styled like The Weather Channel in the 90s: WeatherStar 4000+.
You Sure You’re In The Mood For Another Wes Anderson Film With...
Decisions and opportunity in America are no longer cheap. “Life is an...
A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again
Your beginning-of-summer PSA: Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning. “There is very little...
Your beginning-of-summer PSA: Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning. “There is very little splashing, no waving, and no yelling or calls for help of any kind.” So here’s what to look for…
Want to use your phone less? Try Forest. “Whenever you want to...
Want to use your phone less? Try Forest. “Whenever you want to stay focused, plant a [virtual] tree. Your tree will grow while you focus on your work. Leaving the app halfway will cause your tree to die.”
The Fear of Never Landing is a new album from ambient music...
New Music Video for Talking Heads’ Psycho Killer (feat. Saoirse Ronan)
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the band, Talking Heads have released a new music video for their iconic 1997 single, Psycho Killer. The video stars Saoirse Ronan and was directed by Mike Mills.
Tags: music · Saoirse Ronan · Talking Heads · video
They are doing a Spaceballs 2. (“They” includes Mel Brooks and Rick...
A new study from MIT’s Media Lab (not yet peer-reviewed & small...
A new study from MIT’s Media Lab (not yet peer-reviewed & small sample size): ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills.
The [NYC] Subway Is Not Scary. “It’s fine and safe. It’s full...
What Is Juneteenth and Why Does It Matter?
Just dropped yesterday: Lane 8’s Summer 2025 Mixtape. Got this on right...
Just dropped yesterday: Lane 8’s Summer 2025 Mixtape. Got this on right now trying to coax the ol’ brainpan back into work mode.
When In Rome
Bernini’s Ratto di Proserpina
This Is Your Captain Speaking…
Hey, folks. I just wanted to let you know that I’m going to be away from the site for a couple of weeks for a family vacation. No guest editor or anything…just going off the air for a much needed rest. Wishing everyone well and I will see you in mid-June.
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The latest issue of Jodi Ettenberg’s The Curious About Everything newsletter is...
Astronomers discover strange new celestial object in our Milky Way galaxy. “It...
King of the Hill is returning after 15 years. “Hank and Peggy...
Taylor Swift has bought back the rights to her first six albums....
Teaser trailer for Wake Up Dead Man, the third in the Knives...
David Lynch’s estate auction, including cameras, clothes, books, memorabilia, megaphones, scripts, vinyl,...
Beautiful Drone Footage of an Alaskan Salmon Migration
If you can stop gawping at Alaska’s gorgeous scenery long enough, you can witness drone footage of a whole lot of salmon migrating upstream from Lake Iliamna1 to spawn. (via digg)
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Lake Iliamna is home to the supposed Iliamna Lake Monster, a beast “10-30 feet in length with a square-like head that is used to place blunt force unto things such as small boats”. Where’s the drone footage of that?!↩
[This is a vintage post originally from Apr 2016.]
Tags: Alaska · timeless posts · video
I like this song (Lifelike’s So Electric) and I like this video...
I like this song (Lifelike’s So Electric) and I like this video (footage of Olivia Newton John in the movie Xanadu set to Lifelike’s So Electric).
Two interesting things about the rock paper scissors game: 1. scissors were...
Two interesting things about the rock paper scissors game: 1. scissors were actually invented before paper, and 2. an early Japanese variant was frog slug snake (frog beats slug, slug beats snake, snake beats frog).