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Where's The Beef?

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 05:00:24 GMT

quote [The lab-grown-meat revolution that wasn’t] Entry Comment: Make and eat lab meat, be kind and sweet

Revisiting Collaborative Projects Inc. (COLAB): Ephemera 1978–1985

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:31:16 GMT

quote [The art was in fact small, elitist, and already flooded with artists from the previous generation when Collaborative Projects Inc was born] Entry Comment: I am a collaborative art project

'Weird Al' Yankovic: Tiny Desk Concert

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 05:07:27 GMT

quote [For "Weird Al" Yankovic — pop parodist, comedy lifer, occasional movie and TV star, and improver of countless adolescences — coming up with a fresh set of songs for the Tiny Desk was never going to be an issue. The singer and should-be Rock and Roll Hall of Famer has a massive arsenal of parodies, pastiches and originals at his disposal. And the band he's brought to the Tiny Desk has grown from the lean, unplugged configuration that graced our stage in 2010 to a high-spirited and electrified crowd of players.] Entry Comment: I mean who needs a tiny desk? I rock a concert from an Ibis nest

Why Gen Z Is Learning to Paint Like 19th-Century Artists

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:07:49 GMT

quote [Paint groups are popping up in parks. Art schools are seeing a surge in applications. The rise of A.I. has people turning to more traditional art forms] Entry Comment: With the certain group of paint brushin' bitches consider priceless

How G.P.S. Changed the Way We Think

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:22:27 GMT

quote [A new book, “Little Blue Dot,” by Katherine Dunn, raises questions about the unintended consequences of knowing where we are.] Entry Comment: Send the pin, drop it in, GPS (yeah yeah)

Columbia House Is Shutting Down

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:14:42 GMT

quote [We, too, were shocked they still existed] Entry Comment: Thank god I had my mama and Colombia house

Crocodiles can't fly. Birds can. Scientists have finally figured out why

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:55:07 GMT

quote [The closest living relatives of crocodiles and alligators are, perhaps surprisingly, birds. Both are archosauriforms, a group of species that originated about 250 million years ago near the beginning of the Triassic period.] Entry Comment: I'm the flying crocodile

Put A Tag On It

Sun, 16 Aug 2026 08:59:55 GMT

quote [In the showdown between barcodes and manually placed price tags, the pricing gun should have lost. But states, unions, and consumer advocates kept it around.] Entry Comment: Goin' to Dollarama, play with pricing gun

9 Steam Games I Want to Spread

Sun, 16 Aug 2026 06:01:25 GMT

quote [Find games that suit you, too.] Entry Comment: This is using Steam only, so old/obscure games, apps or shareware gems like Everret Kaser's can't be included. It's a nice way to isolate the recommendation system though, and keep it's own top list. See also

Why You Can't Render Pokemon Cards in Blender

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:38:21 GMT

quote [...at least not accurately. This video is about Diffraction Grating...] Entry Comment: Well there goes a Saturday evening. My shoddy attempt.