Monthly Archives: May, 2019

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Treat Your Mother Subreddit Right

Let's pay tribute to the Mom For A Minute Subreddit, which provides a virtual Reddit mom for you when your own maternal relationship is unresolved.

Dear Ralph Baer, Thanks, Signed, All The Video Gamers

Ralph Baer invented home video games from his workshop in Manchester, New Hampshire - and now the city is honoring this gaming pioneer with a "Baer Square," complete with a statue, in a city park.

The Spy Whale Who Loved Me

The story of the whale wearing a GoPro that might be some kind of Russian surveillance agent is pretty wild, but it's not even close to the first time governments have turned to animals for surveillance purposes.

Gator Pulled From Yoga Pants

Ah yes, the old "gator down the yoga pants" trick

The Biggest Binge-Watch Ever

The new film “Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project" tells the story of a Philadelphia librarian and activist who spent decades recording every TV program she possibly could.

Change The (English) Channel

The commemoration ceremony for the Channel Tunnel was a diplomatic coup but an engineer's nightmare: they had to run a train carrying Queen Elizabeth II and a train with French President Francois Mitterand toward each other... on the same track.

Windshield Hit By A Turtle

To repeat: his windshield was hit by a TURTLE.

Here In My Hollywood Car Exhibit, I Feel Safest Of All

The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles is about to open a new exhibit called “Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy." If you’ve ever wanted to get close to the coolest rides the big screen ever shared with us - like, say, the DeLorean in "Back to the Future" - this is your chance.

2 Dope Pirate Queens

The Louisiana Pirate Festival is getting underway in Lake Charles, which is as good a reason as any to talk about two of the most remarkable stories in pirate history.

The Ballad of Heckboy

Swearing is not for everyone, of course, but it does have one really big backer: science.