but nothing beats a good hand-illustrated manuscript, am I right? You know, by a monk who really knows his stuff.
but nothing beats a good hand-illustrated manuscript, am I right? You know, by a monk who really knows his stuff.
Two Texas men wanted to create an island of sex slaves, Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender and 17th century aristocrats used this device to mask their flatulence
Two Texas men wanted to create an island of sex slaves, Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender and 17th century aristocrats used this device to mask their flatulence
Do companies like Facebook know the harm their products create? In most cases, yes -- often in great detail. Do they care? Not enough to do anything mathewingram.com/work/2025/11...
Do companies like Facebook know the harm their products create? In most cases, yes -- often in great detail. Do they care? Not enough to do anything mathewingram.com/work/2025/11...
If you share a recipe for or photo of fried rice in China on November 25th, you may get a visit from the authorities. To understand why, you have to go back 75 years.
If you share a recipe for or photo of fried rice in China on November 25th, you may get a visit from the authorities. To understand why, you have to go back 75 years.
Just for fun I actually read the agreement before installing the 105-megabyte software update for my Epson printer, which (like many printers) is a gigantic piece of crap that rarely works properly. This is the best part: SECTIONS 19-23 OF THIS…
Just for fun I actually read the agreement before installing the 105-megabyte software update for my Epson printer, which (like many printers) is a gigantic piece of crap that rarely works properly. This is the best part: SECTIONS 19-23 OF THIS…
Coolidge, who had never eaten raccoon and had no appetite to try it, kept the racoon as a pet and named it Rebecca. For Christmas, an embroidered collar was made for Rebecca, inscribed "White House Raccoon". She enjoyed participating in…
Coolidge, who had never eaten raccoon and had no appetite to try it, kept the racoon as a pet and named it Rebecca. For Christmas, an embroidered collar was made for Rebecca, inscribed "White House Raccoon". She enjoyed participating in…
If you were one of the millions of children who grew up reading Goodnight Moon before bed, chances are its iconic green bedroom is permanently seared into your memory. Now, for the next four months, you have the opportunity to sleep in the…
If you were one of the millions of children who grew up reading Goodnight Moon before bed, chances are its iconic green bedroom is permanently seared into your memory. Now, for the next four months, you have the opportunity to sleep in the…
Brinlee Luster brushed off the exhaustion and stomach cramps as stress. She was finishing college, planning a wedding, and racing toward graduation. At first, the changes were easy to dismiss. A cold that wouldn't clear up. An unsettled,…
Brinlee Luster brushed off the exhaustion and stomach cramps as stress. She was finishing college, planning a wedding, and racing toward graduation. At first, the changes were easy to dismiss. A cold that wouldn't clear up. An unsettled,…
Olga Tsvyk got a job doing eyelash extensions, a skill she had picked up back home in Ukraine. In March 2016, a 40-something recent Russian immigrant named Viktoria Nasyrova walked into her salon. Nasyrova told Tsvyk that she was a masseuse and…
Olga Tsvyk got a job doing eyelash extensions, a skill she had picked up back home in Ukraine. In March 2016, a 40-something recent Russian immigrant named Viktoria Nasyrova walked into her salon. Nasyrova told Tsvyk that she was a masseuse and…
It's not surprising that the FTC's antitrust case against Meta was thrown out (again) -- it started out weak and it only got worse as the market for social media evolved
It's not surprising that the FTC's antitrust case against Meta was thrown out (again) -- it started out weak and it only got worse as the market for social media evolved
Rob Parsons and his wife Diane were listening to the radio and getting ready for Christmas on 23 December 1975 when they heard a knock at the door of their Cardiff home. The couple contemplated ignoring it – they’d already…
Rob Parsons and his wife Diane were listening to the radio and getting ready for Christmas on 23 December 1975 when they heard a knock at the door of their Cardiff home. The couple contemplated ignoring it – they’d already…
In today's When The Going Gets Weird, Ukraine jams Russian missiles with music, much of what we know about the Black Death is wrong and the tiny Czech town that invented the term "dollar"
In today's When The Going Gets Weird, Ukraine jams Russian missiles with music, much of what we know about the Black Death is wrong and the tiny Czech town that invented the term "dollar"
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro