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At a 2019 funeral a strap snapped, the casket violently fell to the ground, and Andrew Serrano's family got to see him one last time. Evidently, this horrifying experience left the family "distraught and hysterical." They are seeking a mere $5...

From Eight is Enough heartthrob Willie Aames to Laugh-In favorite Jo Anne Worley, this supercut combines the intro headshots of (almost, see below) every guest star that appeared on The Love Boat , which ran from 1977 to 1986. If you play it at double spe...

A slang survey by online language tutor platform Preply reports 50% of American use slang words without knowing their meaning, such as ghosted, salty, on point, extra, catfish, and thirst, which were ranked as some of the most popular slang words in use t...

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This twitter thread by vaccine scientist Professor Peter Hotez is a must read: Some leading causes of death in the State of Texas 5. Homicide: 1,653 4. Drug overdose deaths: 2,989 3. Firearm deaths: 3,583 2. Accidents: 10,763 1. Deaths from COVID19 vaccin...

Japanese musician and streetwear legend Hiroshi Fujiwara (Fragment Design) created this crystal Pokmon Pikachu for Baccarat. It's approximately 12" tall, weighs in at 18 pounds, and is a limited edition of 25 copies. You can have one on your desk ...

Longtime Something Awful forum administrator Fragmaster posted that site founder Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka has died. From a report: "I guess I should preface this by saying this isn't a joke especially since I'm posting for like the firs...

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This Sunday evening, November 14th, I'll be joining an audience for the first time in several years! I am really looking forward to seeing the latest edition of Pop-Up Magazine. Pop-Up Magazine is a live stage show where rather than write a few thousa...

Back in January, I posted someone's very short clip of SpongeBob rapping a bit of "Frycook's Paradise," thanks to the deep learning magic of the 15.ai text-to-speech tool. But that was almost a year ago and the technology, along with Spong...

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Google Earth Engine has created a vast trove of open source satellite imagery and augmented it with data-analysis software that makes it relatively easy for skilled outsiders to draw up their own interactive maps. From a report: More important, its team o...

Tech site The Verge has announced a new policy ending its use of unattributed PR ("on background") unless explicitly agreed to in advance. It also complains about the industry's public relations departments for their increasingly unethical eff...

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Skyrim's amazing run in the game charts hits the decade mark. " The popularity just didn't wane ," Bethesda's Todd Howard tells Keza MacDonald. Skyrim nevertheless became one of the most widely played games ever, a touchstone in the vi...

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Queen, a four-month-old Akita, was stolen from its human at gunpoint this week on a Brentwood, Maryland street. Police said the suspect pulled up to the woman while she was walking her dog at 4:30 p.m. in 4500 block of 37th Street. — Read the rest...

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Discord founder and CEO Jason Citron sought to reassure users Wednesday that the company doesn't have impending plans to shift its business toward NFTs. From a report: In a tweet earlier this week, Citron shared an image of crypto wallet MetaMask inte...

In a comically belated bid to raise the tone of its appalling comments sections, YouTube is removing dislike co unts. It's the latest move by a tech giant tweaking a feature, developed innocently years ago, that has evolved into a destructive force fo...

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Steve Albini recently spoke with MEL Magazine about a Twitter thread in which he talks about his edgelord past — and it's a pretty wonderful example of growth and self-reflection. Albini is something of a legend in rock music circles, having pro...

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My bandmates and I were recently joking that "being in the Foo Fighters" is basically the equivalent of having the best office job. They show up, clock in, maybe pull some office pranks on each other, and then they each go home and work on their r...

Santa Claus is coming to town quitting. Santa bookers (a real job, supposedly) are struggling to fill Christmas parties with Santas. Today's labor shortage, which greatly affects industries such as service and retail, has stretched all the way to the ...

Vogue reported on the lavish wedding of Ivy Getty, great-granddaughter of oil billionaire J. Paul Getty. The event, which took place in San Francisco, featured a performance by Earth Wind & Fire, a dance floor led by actress Anya Taylor-Joy, and a ceremon...

We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. The holiday season is almost officially upon us. That means it's time for gathering, it's time for joy, and ...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Phys.Org: A University of Arizona-led effort to reconstruct Earth's climate since the last ice age, about 24,000 years ago, highlights the main drivers of climate change and how far out of bounds human activity...

Love this low-cost remake by actors Natalie Morales and David Wain of the music video for Pat Benatar's 1983 hit, "Love is a Battlefield." Is that shiny bit in her Natalie's teeth... tinfoil?? And is that toilet paper around David's wa...

Richard Kyanka, better-known as Lowtax, died yesterday at 45. Kyanka was the founder and longtime operator of Something Awful , the sprawling web forum from which much web culture emerged. The news was announced there in a thread that quickly grew to hund...

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theodp writes: On Tuesday, Code.org announced that the new activities for kids in this year's Hour Of Code will include yet another Minecraft-themed tutorial from Code.org Diamond Supporter Microsoft, making it seven years in a row that the best-selli...

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nickwinlund77 shares a report from SciTechDaily: Since the first observation of merging black holes by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in 2015, astronomers have been repeatedly surprised by their large masses. Though they em...

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