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• Hugh Jackman, Sutton Foster Pictured Holding Hands
  ❝ Hugh and Deborra split after 27 years of marriage in September 2023, while Sutton filed for divorce from her husband of 10 years in October 2024.
  💬 I didn’t realize the “Sutton Foster” that Hugh’s banging was Sutton Foster from Bunheads. I’m surprised he didn’t take a shot at Lauren Graham first…
• “Maneater” screwworm that lays eggs in nostrils and open wounds headed towards Texas
  ❝ Texas warned of “maneater” screwworm that lays eggs in nostrils, eyes, mouth and open wounds
  💬 Well, that’s not horrifying at all.
• Llawgnychu! It’s ok to Cymru to Welsh fairy porn
  ❝ Crudely appropriated for the crudest purposes by American authors, the Welshness is wildly popular on Tik Tok.
• AI-generated Super Smash Bros. player is an unhinged trash talker
  ❝ If you’ve been around these parts for a minute, you likely know that one of my guilty pleasures is weird, unhinged Twitter accounts. The sheer level of commitment to the…
• Texas Cheerleader Accused of Poisoning Rival’s Show Goat in Shocking FFA Scandal
  ❝ A disturbing case of competition gone wrong has emerged from Cedar Park, Texas, where a high school cheerleader has been charged with felony animal cruelty…
  💬 If you know anything about hyper-competitive southern girls and FFA shit, then there’s nothing shocking about it.
• Exclusive: New Orleans’ planned new Bourbon Street barriers only crash-rated to 10 mph
  ❝ Documents reviewed by Reuters make clear that the system, which is expected to be in place by Super Bowl Sunday, will offer little protection against vehicle attacks at any significant speed.
• Mary Steenburgen Reveals Goofy Phrase Ted Danson Said to Her After Sex
  ❝ Mary Steenburgen says she thought her husband Ted Danson was a cool guy before they met … until he punctuated their first roll in the hay with a lame phrase.
• Aubrey Plaza’s Director Husband Jeff Baena Dead at 47
  ❝ Filmmaker Jeff Baena — best known for directing films like “Life After Beth” and “The Little Hours,” and the husband of Aubrey Plaza, has died … TMZ has learned.
  💬 When faced with a seemingly inexplicable suicide, we often ask, “Why would someone do that?” But when headlines about your death begin with your wife’s name, I think we have our first clue.
• Almost the entire US South is now being blocked by Pornhub
  ❝ Supreme Court ruling could end Pornhub blackout across US South.
• Massive mod is the best new Command & Conquer game in over a decade
  ❝ Combined Arms is a massive fan project built on the source code of the original Command & Conquer with enough content to be a new game in its own right.
• After China, Apple also removing VPN apps from App Store in India
  ❝ The Chinese government forced Apple to remove VPN apps from the App Store there way back in 2017, and the…
• Look out for hyper-personalized phishing attacks, powered by AI
  ❝ Phishing attacks are about to get a whole lot more convincing. A new report warns that scammers are now using…

• The world’s best pizza place is selling cans of water for $30
  ❝ It is a truth universally acknowledged that the best pizza in the world comes from New Haven, Connecticut. Yet even among that upper echelon of melty goodness, there is one…
• easyJet Flight Makes Emergency Landing Amid Unruly Passenger
  ❝ EasyJet flight diverts after teen disrupts onboard safety, sparking safety concerns and criticism over crisis handling.
• The huge stakes in a new Supreme Court case about pornography
  ❝ Texas asks the justices to abandon longstanding First Amendment protections for sexual speech.
• Things we learned about LLMs in 2024
  ❝ A lot has happened in the world of Large Language Models over the course of 2024. Here’s a review of things we figured out about the field in the past …
• The Creator of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Wants to Build a True Metaverse
  ❝ In 2017, Brendan Greene (aka “PlayerUnknown”) pioneered the Battle Royale genre of video games with PUBG. Now, he wants to pioneer something new. He wants to make a metaverse.
• Jocelyn Wildenstein, ‘Catwoman’ socialite known for her extreme cosmetic surgery, dies
  ❝ Jocelyn Wildenstein, the Swiss-born socialite famous for surgery-enhanced feline features, has died. Her partner Lloyd Klein told AFP she died of a pulmonary embolism in Paris.

• Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
  2024 was a mostly shitty year, following three shitty years. Hopefully 2025 is better for everyone, everywhere.
• Russian propaganda video shows Santa Claus blown out of the sky by Russian missiles
  ❝ A Russian propaganda video shows Santa Claus blown to bits by the Russian military as he flies over Russia bearing gifts — NATO weapons. From Kevin Rothrock: The Russian military…
• The US Treasury Department was hacked
  ❝ The US Treasury Department suffered a “major” security incident attributed to attackers in China, who remotely accessed workstations and unclassified documents.
• Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt reach divorce settlement, ending 8-year dispute
  ❝ Actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a divorce settlement after eight years, according to her lawyer, bringing an end to one of Hollywood’s most contentious and closely followed celebrity splits.
• The Largest Walmart in America
  ❝ The largest Walmart Supercenter in the United States, referred to affectionately as “Mallmart,” has served the residents of Albany, New York, since 1994.

• Obituary: Team17 co-founder Martyn Brown has passed away
  ❝ ‘Know that he went out on his own terms listening to his favourite music and surrounded by loved ones.’
• Jimmy Carter’s legacy: A disappointing presidency, a remarkable post-presidency, explained
  ❝ Jimmy Carter, the longest-lived president in US history, dies at 100.
• Freeway crash causes concern over Amazon packages and property damage, not people (video)
  ❝ Several lanes of traffic are closed, a light pole is bent, a truck is leaking fluids, and many Amazon packages will be late, but there is no mention of the people in a four-car pileup.
• Elon Musk punishes Laura Loomer and other MAGA loyalists who criticize him: “MAGA wars have begun”
  ❝ Elon Musk suspends Laura Loomer on X, punishes other MAGA loyalists who criticize him: “MAGA wars have begun”
• The quest to save the world’s largest CRT TV from destruction
  ❝ 440-pound 1980s behemoth rescued from an Osaka restaurant days before demolition.

• Olivia Hussey Dead at 73: Remembering One of the Best Final Girls
  ❝ Olivia Hussey Dead at 73: Remembering one of the best final girls, an actress who was equally at home in slashers as she was in classic romances.
• My favorite holiday tradition is the Weekend Update Christmas Joke Swap
  ❝ The best part of Saturday Night Live is always Weekend Update – and the best part of Weekend Update is always the Christmas Joke Swap.
• Sports broadcaster Greg Gumbel, 78, dies of cancer – ESPN
  ❝ Greg Gumbel, a veteran of CBS Sports who spent more than 50 years in sports broadcasting, has died of cancer at the age of 78.
• Christopher Nolan to adapt The Odyssey with appropriately epic cast
  ❝ Christopher Nolan’s next epic will be an adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey with a stacked cast that includes Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Zendaya and Charlize Theron
• R.I.P. Linda Lavin, Broadway star and TV’s Alice
  ❝ R.I.P. Linda Lavin, Broadway star and TV’s Alice

• Kotaku’s 15 Best Games Of 2024, Ranked
  ❝ This year has been one of the most challenging for the video game industry, so what games managed to stand out among all that turmoil?
• Jason Mamoa cast as Lobo
  ❝ After making a splash as the King of Atlantis, actor Jason Momoa is set to play alien bounty hunter Lobo in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.
• Honey’s deal-hunting browser extension is accused of ripping off customers and YouTubers
  ❝ YouTuber MegaLag says in a new video that deal-hunting browser extension Honey obscures the best coupons and replaces affiliate links with its own at checkout.

• ‘Nosferatu’: Lily-Rose Depp on Demonic Sexual Awakening as Her ‘Bible’
  ❝ ‘Nosferatu’ star Lily-Rose Depp read a book on demonic sexual awakening to prepare for the role in the Robert Eggers feature.
  💬 I still haven’t watched The Idol, but I’ll get around to it eventually… same thing with Nosferatu.
• Jesse Eisenberg’s still stinging from playing Lex Luthor
  💬 I barely remember he was in the DC movies… does that make it better or worse, Jesse?
• Bay Area squirrels are killing and decapitating en masse, study finds
  ❝ It was their post-kill behavior that proved especially unsettling, defying what may be expected of a species just beginning to hunt.
• Astonishing 32TB hard drive uses lasers to heat and cool platters
  ❝ Seagate is finally offering its largest-ever hard drive – a staggering 32TB in a single drive, made possible by laser tech
• Your AirTag’s Battery Will Last for Up to 10 Years With Elevation Lab’s New TimeCapsule Enclosure
  ❝ Elevation Lab today announced the launch of TimeCapsule, an innovative and simple solution for increasing the battery life of Apple’s AirTag.
  💬 This is a brilliant idea: you open up an AirTag and screw the “active” bit into this large-ish plastic case that also contains two big ol’ AA batteries, then snap the package shut… at that point, you drop it into your purse or luggage and don’t have to think about it again for a decade.

• ’90 Day Fiancé’ Star David Murphey Dead at 66
  ❝ ’90 Day Fiancé’ star David Murphey — who was best known for appearing on “90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days” — has died … this according to his family.
• Britain’s online safety rules come into force, and sites are already shutting down.
  ❝ Britain’s online safety act, forced through parliament despite all the usual warnings about hasty “think of the children” legislation, is now in force. The overwhelming compliance requirements are already causing…
• The creator of Ico and Shadow Of The Colossus is making a giant robot-piloting game
  ❝ Fumito Ueda is the august visionary behind ICO (small boy rescues small girl from evil castle), Shadow Of The Colossus …
• Hayley Atwell’s coming back for Avengers: Doomsday, too
  ❝ Hayley Atwell’s coming back for Avengers: Doomsday, too
• Campaign board games are shrinking, and it’s for the better
  ❝ The reality is we all have less time and space
• How ‘Babygirl,’ ‘The Substance’ Fight Society’s Standards for Women
  ❝ Female protagonists in films like ‘Babygirl,’ ‘The Substance’ and ‘The Room Next Door’ fight back against modern society’s standards for women
• 17 Reality Show Secrets Directly From Stars
  ❝ In Season 2 of Vanderpump Rules, Tom Schwartz and Katie Maloney’s fight in Mexico was very real, but Tom pouring beer over Katie’s head had to be recreated.
• Play The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy in your browser – Abandonware DOS
  ❝ Play The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy online directly in your browser, by Abandonware DOS
• Two mathematicians just solved a centuries-old prime number puzzle that experts thought impossible
  ❝ Two mathematicians have cracked a centuries-old puzzle about prime numbers using an approach that no one saw coming. Ben Green of Oxford University and Mehtaab Sawhney of Columbia University proved…
• Paula Abdul settles sexual assault lawsuit against Nigel Lythgoe
  ❝ Paula Abdul settles sexual assault lawsuit against Nigel Lythgoe
• Beloved Zelda-Like Okami Is Getting A Sequel 18-Years Later
  ❝ The Capcom cult-classic puzzle action game is coming back
• Federico Viticci on Apple Intelligence, With ChatGPT, as a Breakthrough Automation Tool
  ❝ Like Viticci, I remain largely skeptical and uncomfortable with AI for purposes of generating original new stuff — writing, imagery, whatever. But as an assistive agent, it’s quite remarkable today and improving at a fast clip.
• Frankie Muniz will be Malcolm In The Middle again in a limited revival
  ❝ Frankie Muniz will be Malcolm In The Middle again in a limited revival
• Best Budget GPUs in 2024 – IGN
  ❝ Graphics cards are expensive, so save some cash and go for one of the best budget graphics cards.
• Mouthwashing Review – IGN
  ❝ A horror game that paints an unsettling picture of who we can be in our worst moments.
• Jack Quaid’s feeling no pain in the gruesomely fun Novocaine trailer
  ❝ Jack Quaid’s feeling no pain in the gruesomely fun Novocaine trailer

• Indiana Jones And The Great Circle Tip: Leave Vatican City ASAP!
  ❝ Bethesda and Xbox’s latest big game has a lot to see, but you gotta leave the starting map
• Game-like ‘task scams’ stole more than $220 million in six months
  ❝ The FTC warns of a sharp rise in online job scams that convince victims to perform tasks for money but end up paying the scammers.
• Halsey to Write Dark Comedy ‘Bloodlust’ and Reunite with Ti West
  ❝ Halsey will write a dark comedy series called ‘Bloodlust’ for Amazon MGM Studios that will reunite her with ‘MaXXXine’ director Ti West.
• Chris Evans is returning to the MCU for Avengers: Doomsday
  ❝ Chris Evans is returning to the MCU for Avengers: Doomsday
• Explainer: Hawk Tuah Girl’s crypto token crashes, wiping out $500 million in 24 hours
  ❝ Hawk Tuah Girl Hailey Welch’s $HAWK shitcoin crashed and burned this week, vaporizing nearly half a billion dollars of investor money in what critics are calling a textbook pump-and-dump scheme.…

• George R. R. Martin Isn’t Sure He’ll Ever Finish The Winds of Winter, ‘but That’s Still a Priority’ – IGN
  ❝ George R. R. Martin has acknowledged the possibility that he might never finish The Winds of Winter, but says it’s “still a priority.”
• The Bear Star Jeremy Allen White Joins The Mandalorian & Grogu as Jabba the Hutt’s Son – Report – IGN
  ❝ Emmy-winning The Bear star Jeremy Allen White is reportedly joining Star Wars film The Mandalorian & Grogu, providing the voice of Jabba the Hutt’s son.
• GOP Lawmakers Are Already Trying to Overturn Missouri’s Right to Abortion
  ❝ Lawmakers have filed a raft of bills restricting abortion access and proposed raising the bar for future ballot initiatives.
• How marijuana legalization played itself
  ❝ Pricey, legal weed is great news — for the black market.
• Air Canada’s cheapest tickets on some routes will no longer include carry-on baggage
  ❝ Months after WestJet added a controversial ultrabasic ticket that didn’t allow travellers to bring a carry-on bag, Air Canada is following suit by stripping carry-on baggage from its cheapest tickets on some routes.

• Bill Lawrence is getting back into Scrubs
  ❝ A new iteration of the 2001 sitcom is officially in the works at ABC.
  💬 Well, not really. I’m not a purist who rejects Scrubs 2.0 —the one-season evolution of the show starring Kerry Bishé, Dave Franco, and a few hold-overs from the OG Scrubs— so I’m the theoretical target audience for this. But everything I’m reading suggests Lawrence won’t be running the show or in the writer’s room… they’re basically just rebooting the concept of a young doctor daydreaming his way trough his daily struggles. Which means it isn’t Scrubs in the same way that a random show about hospitals isn’t ER.
• The South Korean president’s stunning martial law decree, explained
  ❝ The National Assembly voted down the decree, but the political crisis isn’t over.
• What in the world is pink cocaine?
  ❝ It’s not cocaine, but it can be just about anything else — except a good idea.
• FBI suggests use of encrypted messaging apps while US faces huge cyberattack from China
  ❝ The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency say that Americans should use encrypted apps such as iMessage and FaceTime to be safe from foreign hackers.
• R.I.P. Debbie Nelson, Eminem’s mother and contentious lyrical muse
  ❝ R.I.P. Debbie Nelson, Eminem’s mother and contentious lyrical muse

• Sophie Rain Says OnlyFans Success Is Proof Virgins Can Make Money on Platform
  ❝ Sophie Rain says the $43 million she claims she grossed on OnlyFans is proof women and men don’t have to film themselves having sex to make money on the platform … ’cause she’s still a virgin.
• Data brokers may be banned from selling your social security number
  ❝ A new rule proposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would require data brokers to comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act, limiting how they can buy and sell your information.
• FTC Bans Location Data Company That Powers the Surveillance Ecosystem
  ❝ Venntel is a primary provider of location data to the government or other companies that sell to U.S. agencies. The FTC is banning Venntel from selling data related to health clinics, refugee shelters, and much more.
• Flexbar is a USB gadget for anyone missing the Touchbar
  ❝ Flexbar is a MacBook-style horizontal touchbar as a discrete USB gadget, perfect for anyone who wanted one on their PC or who miss their disappearance from Apple’s laptops. They’re 10…
• 27 Gross Things Couples Do
  ❝ “My husband and I weigh ourselves before and after we poop so we can compare who had the biggest poop…”

• R.I.P. Jim Abrahams, director of Airplane! and more
  ❝ Abrahams, who along with Jerry and David Zucker became the preeminent parodists of their generation, died at age 80.
  💬 Airplane and Top Secret are two of my favorite childhood movies… I’ve probably seen Airplane dozens of times. I even saw Airplane II in a theater, and while I’m pretty sure it was a substantial step down from the original, I left the building with a smile on my face.
• Supermassive black hole binary emits unexpected flares
  ❝ Their orbit periodically takes them through a cloud of gas, triggering flares.
• Man jumps out of moving roller coaster to save his life — and then gets yelled at by negligent ride operator
  ❝ Man jumps out of moving roller coaster to save his life — and then gets yelled at by negligent ride operator
• ‘The Great British Baking Show’ Needs a New Judge
  ❝ Early seasons of ‘The Great British Baking Show’ celebrated English tradition with familiar recipes. But as its contestants and challenges have grown more international and creative, the formulaic judging lags behind.
• Life is Strange: Double Exposure, As Told By Steam Reviews
  ❝ Life may be strange, but the reception to the latest story-driven game from Deck Nine Games is even stranger.
• Vintage digicams aren’t just a fad. They’re an artistic statement.
  ❝ In the age of AI images, some photographers are embracing the quirky flaws of vintage digital cameras.
• NBC Sports is Latest to Test NFL ‘Alt-Cast’ With EA Sports Madden Game
  ❝ NBC Sports will jump into the world of sports ‘alt-casts’ with a Madden NFL cast slated for Peacock in December
• Australia To Ban Under-16s From Social Media in World-First Law – IGN
  ❝ Australia will soon ban under-16s from social media after a world-first law was passed by the Australian Senate.
• Man suffers chemical burn that lasted months after squeezing limes
  ❝ The toxin is in more foods than you might think, including carrots, parsley, limes, and lemons.

• Studios Wanted to Recast Peter Dinklage in ‘The Station Agent’
  ❝ Bobby Cannavale explained how 2003 film ‘The Station Agent’ almost wasn’t made as studios wanted to recast lead actor Peter Dinklage.
  💬 One of the best movies of the 2000s… I need to watch it again, ASAP.
• TikTok will ban beauty filters by under 18s for mental health
  ❝ TikTok has announced that it is responding to new legislation in the UK and EU by introducing a ban on…
• Learn how to play the mouth trumpet—or have a good laugh failing
  ❝ Emma Nissen’s a singer/songwriter who plays a mean mouth trumpet—her mouth trumpet is so good, I swear it sounds like an actual trumpet
• Affiliate influencer sues competitor who also reviews junk in off-white minimalist bunker
  ❝ Both women stage their “clean girl” content in similarly pale, austere, sterile environments. Who was first? Does it even matter?
• Marvel star accidentally shares first look at MCU’s Galactus
  ❝ The Marvel Cinematic Universe is welcoming Galactus with a cool leaked design

• The Valley is taking in orphaned Vanderpump Rules SURvers
  ❝ The Valley is taking in orphaned Vanderpump Rules SURvers
• The 2K Launcher Is No More — You Can Now Launch 2K’s PC Games Directly in Steam – IGN
  ❝ 2K Games has pulled its launcher from all its PC games as part of a “complete sunset” of the software, which means PC gamers can now launch 2K games directly in Steam.
• Dwayne Johnson encourages fans to disrupt moviegoing experience for everyone else
  ❝ Dwayne Johnson encourages fans to disrupt moviegoing experience for everyone else
  💬 …says the dude who hasn’t had to sit next to some obnoxious, noisy asshole in a theater in at least 20 years.
• New Lana Del Rey album, The Right Person Will Stay, coming May 2025
  ❝ Lana Del Rey is leaving the swamp and returning to the studio with The Right Person Will Stay
• Bluesky filter lists from SkySentry
  ❝ As BlueSky grows, it’s helpful to have some filters. SkySentry has a fantastic collection of well-maintained block lists.
• What delusions can tell us about the cognitive nature of belief
  ❝ Delusions can sometimes turn into strongly held beliefs.
• What the Mesopotamians had for dinner
  ❝ In Ancient Babylonia, soups and stews reigned supreme. Food historians are now using taste-tests to recover their forgotten flavours.
• Would you live on a cruise ship for four years to escape the Trump presidency?
  ❝ If you have lots of money and the ability (and desire) to live on a cruise ship for four years…
• Surgeons remove 2.5-inch hairball from teen with rare Rapunzel syndrome
  ❝ The teen didn’t return for follow-up. Instead, she planned to see a hypnotherapist.
• Kids are getting ruder, teachers say. And new research backs that up
  ❝ Some teachers say kids are just plain ruder these days, with a sharp increase in interruptions and outbursts in the classroom. New research from Brock University backs up those observations.
• How gophers and fungi revived Mount St. Helens
  ❝ In 1980, after months of earthquakes and minor eruptions, Mount St. Helens erupted explosively, with thermal energy equivalent to 26 megatons
• The Strange Reason Nearly Every Film Ends by Saying It’s Fiction (You Guessed It: Rasputin!)
  ❝ Virtually every film in modern memory ends with some variation of the same disclaimer: “This is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons,…

• Judy Greer: Maggie Gyllenhaal Made ‘Quirky’ Lead Actresses Cool
  ❝ Judy Greer explained how Maggie Gyllenhaal in ‘Secretary’ made ‘quirky’ lead actresses part of the zeitgeist.
  💬 Judy, darling… c’mon. Maggie Gyllenhaal is quirky. You’re cute and funny and charming as fuck, and unless they really de-glammed you for the role, you’d have been way too hot for Secretary. In that role, you’d have intimidated Spader’s character so much he’d have never hired you in the first place. For selfish reasons, I’d love to have seen you try, of course… but that casting went exactly as it should.
• Emergent gravity may be a dead idea, but it’s not a bad one
  ❝ Gravity may not emerge, but some interesting ideas did.
• Battling Infectious Diseases in the 20th Century: The Impact of Vaccines
  ❝ The number of infected people, measured over 70-some years and across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, generally declined after vaccines were introduced.
  💬 It’s sobering to realize that if Fox News and the Wall Street Journal pulled themselves out of the MAGA nosedive, they could turn into legitimate heroes of the American Experiment.
• Chunky business-class all-in-one PC has built-in dot matrix printer
  ❝ Behold the Toshiba Jimucon SJ-9500, correctly identified as a retro-computing dream machine. 50 pounds of dot matrix printer and all-new PC.
• Real World: Boston star nominated to lead Department of Transportation
  ❝ Real World: Boston star nominated to lead Department of Transportation
  💬 Next up: Puck to head the Department of the Interior!
• Researcher reverse engineers iPhone’s Inactivity Reboot feature
  ❝ A recent report by 404 Media revealed that law enforcement agents have been concerned about iPhones automatically rebooting themselves…

• Clint Eastwood’s Box-Office History Prove ‘Juror #2’ Worth
  ❝ Clint Eastwood’s box office history proves that Juror #2 was worthy of a theatrical release and Warner Bros. should have given him one.
  💬 When you see the inflation-adjusted numbers of Eastwood’s studio output over the last seventy years, it’s kind of astonishing. He’s a low-key titan of the film industry, taking Woody Allen-sized budgets and semi-regularly turning them into modest blockbusters. And just as an aside: Unforgiven is in my top 10 movies of all time.
• Windows 365 Link is a $349 mini PC that streams Windows from the cloud
  ❝ Microsoft has created a Windows 365 Link device that’s designed for cloud PCs. It’s a mini PC that connects to a more powerful cloud PC.
• Arthur Frommer, whose travel guidebooks encouraged unique experiences, dead at 95
  ❝ Arthur Frommer, whose Europe on 5 Dollars a Day guidebooks revolutionized leisure travel by convincing average Americans to take budget vacations abroad, has died. He was 95.
• Kaitlyn Dever is a pseudoscience scammer in Apple Cider Vinegar first look
  ❝ Kaitlyn Dever is a pseudoscience scammer in Apple Cider Vinegar first look
• Dog-sitter films explicit OnlyFans content in client homes, raising privacy concerns
  ❝ A Nova Scotia woman says she was shocked to discover her bathroom floor and swimming pool were the background of explicit videos posted by her dog-sitter on an adults-only website.
  💬 I’ll consider this news when she starts fucking her canine clients. Until then, here’s a thought… quit lurking around OF and maybe you won’t see shit you don’t want to see.

• Flush Toilet Finder | jRustonApps
  ❝ Flush Toilet Finder is the quickest, simplest way of finding a public bathroom or restroom.
  💬 Fuck Yelp… this is the hyper-local, user-generated recommendation database we need. We all need a personal George Costanza, directing us to the best toilet in our cities.
• Trust in scientists hasn’t recovered from COVID. Some humility could help.
  ❝ Intellectual humility could win back much-needed trust in science…
• Max tries its hand at procedural in first teaser for medical drama The Pitt
  ❝ Max tries its hand at procedural in first teaser for medical drama The Pitt
  💬 Such is my sentimental love for the first half of ER’s run that I will absolutely give this show a chance. And even if it starts off weak, the show’s structural conceit —all 15 episodes are set during a single hospital shift— is novel enough to keep me hanging around for a bit beyond the pilot.
• Former comedian Russell Brand ended up selling “magical amulets” for “EMF protection”
  ❝ I’ve watched with fascination and disgust as Russell Brand has transformed over the years from actor, to spiritual guru and conspirituality grifter (which includes hawking cryptocurrency), to—immediately following rape allegations—right-wing Jesus loving Christian MAGA darling…
  💬 The frustrating thing about Brand is that he’s legitimately talented and smart. Most MAGA figures are knuckle-dragging know- and do-nothings, but Russell can produce everything from the filthiest comedy to melodious recitations of Shakespeare without batting an eye. Which almost makes his turn worse, because it’s so clearly cynical and defensive… he’s hiding among the dipshits and morons to protect himself from the repercussions of a couple decades of substance-addled sex-addiction. And it’s working.
• DNA shows Pompeii’s dead aren’t who we thought they were
  ❝ Integrating genetic data with historic and archaeological data can enrich or correct popular narratives.

• Sexual Scene At Sabrina Carpenter’s Show Stirs Debates
  ❝ “She has such a young fan base and to traumatize them like that is so sad.”
  💬 Screw every single one of these haters in the orifice of their choice. I’m hardly a fan of Carpenter’s music, but get over yourselves, you entitled, whining little bitchlets… all the pop and rock music ever made had —and always will have— a young fan base, and who gives a flying, flipping, fantastical fuck? Tipper Gore would love you neo-Puritanical freaks, and that ain’t a compliment.
• What you actually got from those comic book ads
  ❝ X-Ray Specs? Amazing fighting techniques? Magic tricks? A monkey? These videos show off what actually arrived when you ordered something from a comic ad.
  💬 As a former kid who spent untold hours staring with wide-eyed curiosity at those ads, I appreciate that someone finally answered all of my unspoken questions.
• Tripping on magic mushrooms to treat anorexia nervosa
  ❝ In another promising study on the medical use of psilocybin, the hallucinogen in magic mushrooms, researchers have shown that psychedelic therapy can help with treatment-resistant eating disorders.
• Site collects “Title Drops”—when someone says the name of the film, in the film
  ❝ The analysis plowed through 73,921 movies released in the last 80 years. Scouring the data for matches was not as easy as you might assume.
• Want to make a website look like Windows 98? You’ll be needing 98.css
  ❝ If you would like to make a website look and feel exactly like Microsoft Windows 98—and whyever not?—you could do far worse than to use Jordan Scales’ 98.css. It’s not…
• 23 Wild Porn Sex Acts That Don’t Work
  ❝ “Stopping and changing positions every three minutes is a good experience.”
  💬 Porn is indeed a bad example of good sex. But the people crying the loudest about porn being a bad example are the kind of people no one would ever want to have sex with. Unclutch your pearls, you tedious vanilla dumbasses.

• REVIEW: The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic by Alan Moore & Co.
  ❝ The relationship between the world and our consciousness, between the mind and our bodies, has been speculated about since the dawn of consciousness itself and the beginnings of a philosophy that could problematize that relationship. It’s a tricky thing to thread the needle between the world and the world of the mind without getting lost in how exactly one necessitates the other. However, it is exactly these issues that Alan Moore, Steve Moore and their gallery of artistic collaborators are attempting to work through
  💬 I’ll definitely be getting this, in one format or another. I don’t share Moore’s political perspective, and I’m not even close to being all-in on his overall view of magic. But on a certain fundamental level —the connection between art, language, and mysticism— I find him highly persuasive.
• The True Story of “Kid Nation,” the Wildest Reality TV Show Ever Made – Esquire
  ❝ 40 KIDS, NO PARENTS, A GHOST TOWN. WHAT COULD GO WRONG? The weird true story of Kid Nation, the Bush-era reality-TV experiment that dropped a bunch of children in the desert—then let the cameras roll. Years later, all of a sudden, the Internet got obsessed. THE WHEELS ON the bus went round and round and round and round, driving in circles though the desert outside Santa Fe. It was April 1, 2007…
  💬 Wait. People are just now remembering that Kid Nation was a thing? It was simply a mildly diverting reality TV experiment, not some shocking event lost to time. We’re not talking about an artifact from 1807 here… it was 17 years ago, not pre-history.
• ‘Croissant’ App for Cross-Posting on Threads, Bluesky, and Mastodon Coming to Mac and iPad
  ❝ Over the past few weeks, millions of people have signed up for Threads and Bluesky. With those platforms and Mastodon, there are now three prominent…
• Missouri teacher arrested for having sex with students in her home and car
  ❝ A Missouri substitute teacher was arrested on Tuesday for having sex with students at her home and in her car. Carissa Smith faces 19 charges after she allegedly paid some…
• If you can’t trust the voice of David Attenborough, what can you trust?
  ❝ The world’s best-loved naturalist has had his voice cloned – and misused – by AI. Soon, we won’t believe anything we hear unless we are in the same room as the speaker, writes Zoe Williams
  💬 Depressingly, this isn’t one of those “what if?” things… it’s coming, it’s going to happen, and there will be no true positive outcomes. Best case scenario, all the theoretical benefits of AI dramatically outweigh the damage done by generative pseudo-intelligences.

• Scientific American editor-in-chief out after posting anti-MAGA rant
  ❝ The next editor-in-chief of Scientific American would be well-advised to make sure their criticisms of MAGA supporters aren’t too spicy
  💬 Firing her was for the best. Unless someone is planning to put 40% of the population into reeducation camps, then engaging with them is the only way to right the ship of rationality on the rough seas of modern life. Like it or not, we’re stuck with these backward, blinkered fucks for a generation or three, and we can only save Us by first saving Them. As much as I sympathize with the urge to smack ‘em, we don’t need the editor of our respected publications driving them deeper into the cocoon of their own toxic stupidity. It’s time for the grown-ups to take charge.
• Why Pharrell Williams’ Lego biopic doesn’t reference Blurred Lines
  ❝ Williams was fined $5m in a plagiarism lawsuit, but a film about his life doesn’t touch on the issue.
• Sophie Turner in Talks to Play Lara Croft in ‘Tomb Raider’ Series
  ❝ Sophie Turner is in talks to play video game character Lara Croft in a new live-action ‘Tomb Raider’ series from Phoebe Waller-Bridge at Amazon MGM.
  💬 I didn’t like Angelina’s version, so Sophie’s couldn’t possibly be worse. And I will give Phoebe Waller-Bridge all the chances she needs to make it work.
• In Memoriam: Thomas E. Kurtz, 1928–2024
  ❝ CHM remembers the remarkable career and contributions of 2023 Fellow Thomas E. Kurtz, who passed away on November 12, 2024.
  💬 He was the co-creator of the BASIC programming language, one of the single most influential things to ever enter my life.
• FYI: People Don’t Like When You Abbreviate Texts
  ❝ It’s bc they indicate lack of effort.
  💬 Duh.

• The Onion Just Bought Infowars, Alex Jones’s Right-Wing Disinformation Site – Rolling Stone
  ❝ The satirical newspaper acquired the conspiracy theorist’s company after a judge ordered his assets be auctions off
  💬 Hopefully the sale actually goes through… I suspect Jones’ lawyers are going to make it as difficult as possible.
• In newly-uncovered phone call Charles Manson admitted to murders in Mexico years before the L.A. killing spree
  ❝ Charles Manson apparently murdered people in Mexico years before he moved to California, cultivated his “family,” and masterminded a horrible Hollywood killing spree in 1969.
• “Your body, my choice”: The misogynist MAGA attack, explained
  ❝ Rape threats and other sexist posts are going viral after the election. It’s part of a pattern.
  💬 That pattern is called “I’m a confused, aggrieved, petulant man-boy whose innate inadequacies have so emasculated me that I’m left lashing out at anything and anyone who reminds me just how deeply pathetic I am.”
• Ultimate guide on how to use an external SSD as a working drive on macOS Sequoia
  ❝ It is easily possible to double the cost of a new M4 Mac mini by buying Apple storage — but if you know what you’re doing, you can buy external drives, and save hundreds of dollars by working off those. Here’s how.
• What’s behind the global political divide between young men and women?
  ❝ Trump’s victory in the US shone a light on the growing political polarisation between young male and female voters happening all over the world
  💬 Remember what I just said about confused, aggrieved, petulant man-boys? Yeah… that.
• Human head discovered by beach worker raking sand in Florida
  ❝ A worker made a gruesome discovery while raking a South Florida beach yesterday: a human head was floating along the shoreline.
• Two Worcestershire women jailed for role in global monkey torture network
  ❝ Holly LeGresley, 37, and Adriana Orme, 56 uploaded content of monkeys being tortured to online chat groups
  💬 This… I mean.. what?! That’s… that’s a thing? That’s a thing that people pay money to see? Human beings never fail to shock the shit out of me. And monkeys, apparently.

• Xbox Boss Says No ‘Red Line’ With Exclusives, Including Even Halo
  ❝ Phil Spencer says the future of Xbox and its games includes more platforms
  💬 It’s not that Microsoft doesn’t make good consoles… the OG Xbox was better than the PS2, and the Xbox 360 was just as good as the PS3. But to the extent that it understands the games themselves, Microsoft only seems to “get” PC gaming… it has little-to-no corporate taste when it comes to console games. So when their hardware is underwhelming —the Xbox One— or too late to market —the Xbox Series X— they have little to keep them afloat.
  • Guy Who Taunted Nintendo About Streaming Pirated Switch Games Before Release Now Faces $7.5 Million Lawsuit
    ❝ He streamed Mario & Luigi: Brothership and other games using emulators ahead of release