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  • Crying to Your Favorite Sad Songs Is Good for You
    Crying is a great way to let out all your pent up emotions and, according to a new study, boost your mood considerably. All you need is a sad song that gets the tears flowing.Read more...
    - 12 Apr 17, 11:45pm -
  • How Negative Thinkers Can Train Themselves to Stop Being Grumps
    Positive thinking has a ton of benefits, from expanding your creativity to boosting your health, but if you’re prone to a more negative outlook, it can be hard to see the glass as half full. Here’s how you can retrain your brain to become a more…
    - 12 Apr 17, 11:00pm -
  • Are Video Games Keeping You Unemployed?
    Video games keep getting more complex and visually appealing, so it’s no wonder more people are drawn to them nowadays. But this new era of compelling digital entertainment could have a dark side for unemployed young men.Read more...
    - 12 Apr 17, 10:10pm -
  • The Grapevine Comedians Pay Tribute to Charlie Murphy | Deadspin The Browns Can’t Possibly Fuck This
    The Grapevine Comedians Pay Tribute to Charlie Murphy | Deadspin The Browns Can’t Possibly Fuck This Up...Right? | Jezebel Woman Charged for Having Sex With Dogs Claims She Didn’t Know It Was Illegal | Fusion Black Panther & The Crew Is What…
    - 12 Apr 17, 9:57pm -
  • Five Umami Bombs You Should Always Have Stocked In Your Kitchen
    “Umami,” also known as “the fifth taste,” is a flavor that is kind of hard to describe. It’s savory, but not salty, though it is usually accompanied by salt. It’s been described as “meaty,” “mushroom-y,” and “brothy,” but I pr…
    - 12 Apr 17, 9:00pm -
  • I'm Brad Smith, CEO of Intuit, and This Is How I Work
    Brad Smith knows karate. Not “business karate” or any overwrought metaphor about teamwork; he literally teaches karate. Or at least he used to before he became chairman and CEO of Intuit.Read more...
    - 12 Apr 17, 8:44pm -
  • How to Prevent iMessages From Accidentally Appearing On Other Devices
    If you own multiple Apple devices, you’ve probably signed into all of them with your Apple ID. You’ve also probably noticed that when you get a Facetime call your computer rings, or when you get an iMessage your iPad beeps. For most of us, this i…
    - 12 Apr 17, 6:13pm -
  • Microwaving Your Tea Boosts Its Antioxidants, But How Does It Taste?
    It’s been a rough news week, and it’s only Wednesday. Fortunately, though, today’s raging controversy is about tea. Is it okay to microwave it? Is it better to microwave it? Australian research says yes, while tea aficionados worldwide recoil i…
    - 12 Apr 17, 5:30pm -
  • These Are Your Favorite Home Theater Surge Protectors
    After some charged debate in this week’s nomination round, three models surged past the competition in our hunt for the best home theater surge protector. Check out the finalists below, and don’t forget to vote at the bottom of the post.Read more…
    - 12 Apr 17, 4:50pm -
  • Tape That Allen Wrench to the Bottom of Whatever It Came With
    There’s never an Allen wrench around when you need one, which is why they come with nearly every Ikea item. But years down the line, when you need to disassemble that TÄRENDÖ or even tighten a few bolts, it’s disappeared again.Read more...
    - 12 Apr 17, 4:00pm -

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  • Courts think they can stop Musk from ending democracy, how adorable is that?
    The folks in flowing robes who say complicated words and tap cute little wooden mallets to make a point think they can stop Elon Musk from deliberately breaking every federal agency's computer systems just because it's super illegal. Isn't that preci…
    - 3 hours ago 10 Feb 25, 12:34pm -
  • RIP Tom Robbins, author of "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues"
    Tom Robbins, the novelist who delighted readers with his psychedelic prose and counterculture wisdom, died February 9, 2025, at his home in La Conner, Washington. He was 92.Known for weaving philosophical musings with outlandish plots, Robbins wrote…
    - 4 hours ago 10 Feb 25, 11:52am -
  • Kristi Noem finally gets real: "You can't trust the government anymore" (video)
    Kristi Noem has never been more honest about how dishonest the MAGA party is. Either that or she just plumb forgot that she was the Department of Homeland Security's new secretary."We can't trust the government anymore," Noem told CNN's Dana Bash wh…
    - 4 hours ago 10 Feb 25, 11:38am -
  • Company gearing up to sell sunlight at night using orbiting mirrors
    A California startup wants to beam extra sunlight to Earth orbiting mirrors, but some are skeptical about whether the physics and economics add up.Reflect Orbital plans to launch 57 small satellites into polar orbit, each equipped with 33-foot mylar…
    - 4 hours ago 10 Feb 25, 11:35am -
  • ChatGPT isn't hallucinating — it's bullshitting
    If you're looking for a clear explanation of how ChatGPT works and its limitations, check out this short online course called "The Bullshit Machines," created by two professors at the University of Washington. It combines short essays and explanatory…
    - 5 hours ago 10 Feb 25, 10:52am -
  • Ed Sheeran busks on sidewalk in India — until angry cop shuts him down (video)
    Ed Sheeran surprised fans in Bangladore on Sunday with a pop-up sidewalk performance — but he didn't get very far before a displeased policeman pulled the plug, literally. (See video below, posted by NDTV.)Sheeran was in between shows when he took…
    - 5 hours ago 10 Feb 25, 10:19am -
  • Silicon Valley's DOGE project: The plan to replace democracy
    Trump is a blustering numbskull who has no idea what Elon Musk's DOGE project is really about, argues Mike Brock in his essay, "The Plot Against America, How a Dangerous Ideology Born From the Libertarian Movement Stands Ready to Seize America." —…
    - 5 hours ago 10 Feb 25, 10:11am -
  • Here's how to stretch your paycheck further while grocery-shopping—by joining Costco
    TL;DR: Join Costco as a Gold Star member for 1 year with this $65 offer—you'll even get a $20 Digital Costco Shop Card* to use on a future shopping trip. If your wallet is still reeling from the holidays—and you'd like to not overpay on eggs…
    - 6 hours ago 10 Feb 25, 9:42am -
  • Reuters made a little cozy game to explain cozy games

    - 1 day ago 9 Feb 25, 1:30pm -
  • Sail with ancient Polynesian navigators
    A recent trip to Hawaii piqued my curiosity ancient about Polynesian sailors. They didn't have written math or language, or western instruments like compasses or clocks. So how did they navigate across vast open oceans without "modern" technology?…
    - 1 day ago 9 Feb 25, 1:15pm -

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