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A Reddit post in r/BestofRedditorUpdates shared the story of a 27-year-old woman who is dating her ex-fiancé’s brother, Ethan. The woman shared multiple updates about her complicated relationship and how people around her perceived it. The first update was shared on Sept. 21. In the first update, the woman shared that after she started dating
A TikTok user, Victoria Vega, who goes by @itsvictoriavega, is receiving thousands of reactions after sharing her account of a bad first date in New York City. She describes an encounter that was supposedly a high-status date, but there were some uncomfortable revelations and an unexpected request to smell her date’s hair. The video, which
TikToker argued most long-distance couples end up married in an April 23, 2026, TikTok with 1.6 million views and about 239,300 likes.
In November, voters in Washington, DC, and Denver will cast their ballots to decide whether their cities’ restaurants and grocery stores can continue to sell one of the world’s more controversial foods: foie gras.
As rents and homelessness climbed in San Diego over the last decade, leaders watched in frustration as affordable housing projects took months to get approved. The longer a project dragged on, the more expensive it became.
TikTok user @beccaxbloom shared a video explaining the art of being useless in a relationship. She explained how one person becomes selfless in a relationship and is always giving to the other person, thinking this will make the other person more attached, but the opposite happens. The video, posted on June 25, 2025, drew 14.2 million views as of publication.
To the average observer concerned with the future of American democracy, it might be easy to conclude that religion has been part of the problem — particularly over the last few years. Right-wing religious leaders, including the leading Southern Baptist televangelist Robert Jeffress, have endorsed “Christian nationalism”; other evangelical pastors and conservative Catholic intellectuals have been openly pondering if America should become more of a theocracy; Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who once called for an “
Women on Reddit are talking about the funny and, at times, heartwarming habits they have discovered after getting a boyfriend or husband, such as men keeping old clothes and their surprising love of cuddling. The discussion started when a user known as u/BigBrosy asked a question in the r/AskReddit group: “What are boys’ or men’s habits you discovered only after getting a boyfriend or a husband?”
Rebecca Howard’s paintings capture a wilder Britain in the making. There’s still time to catchher exhibition at Knepp, celebrating nine projects bringing nature back from the brink
A Reddit thread asking introverted men how they met partners drew about 1,200 upvotes and 562 comments, with a train ride and a bar cited.
I’ve been really pleased with how KDO comments are working lately — you folks have been lively, informative, fun, and pushing conversations beyond what I can individually manage. And the vibe of the threads are more closely matching the vibe of the community guidelines. All good! The one-size-fits-all-ness of social media has its advantages, but some are looking for quieter spaces and more orientation around community and shared sensibilities. Through the comments, KDO has been growing into one of those places.
TikTok content creator @iamjustdenzel posted a video that amassed more than 3.2 million views and 8,300 comments, describing why he believes his high level of awareness can become a source of depression at times. He said that because he’s so aware of the people, places, and events around him, nothing seems to get past him.
A man who goes by @delamomanny on TikTok shared a video discussing his dating mistakes. Instead of blaming everyone else, he realized he might be the problem. He believes people are often quick to blame their dates rather than reflect on their own behavior. Instead of playing the victim, he decided to take accountability for
A Reddit user who goes by u/Laura_Voss703 shared a story about turning her dislike of a classmate into motivation in the subreddit r/pettyrevenge. After meeting a girl at her new school whom she found insufferable, she became determined to outperform her in everything, including academics. The competition pushed her to study harder than she normally
On the Reddit community r/GirlDinnerDiaries, women can share stories about anything happening in their lives. The only requirement is that each post includes what they had for dinner that night. Recently, u/Proper-Ice1162 shared a story about a movie recommendation that had an unexpected outcome. Her dinner? Leftover buffalo wings. The post has received 16,000 upvotes
A TikToker named Pearl, also known as @justpearlna, recently discovered that her husband had been living a double life. She believed she was his only wife until a strange text message arrived on her birthday and turned her world upside down. Her video has received 75,200 views and 13,400 likes. Pearl explained that she received
A TikTok video posted by content creator @jorlala describes the strange and embarrassing moment she realized she had shown up for the wrong shift at work one morning. The video has received close to 35,000 views and approximately 25 comments. Jordan explained that, for the entire week, she thought she was scheduled to work a
There are always stories about difficult interactions with strangers, but positive interactions can be a bit more rare. That makes them even more special. TikTok user @whatsinthekoolaid recently took to the platform to talk about an encounter she had that has stayed with her. The post has 508,700 views and 2,766 comments. @whatsinthekoolaid, who goes
The company has not announced a pay-as-you-go API price for its most powerful model. Instead, Full is currently available through two Muse Code subscription tiers:
Prompting as Self-Portrait. “We need the blank page and the silence to go deeper into our thoughts and our understanding of ourselves and of the world.”
Conan O’Brien, Tom Hanks and Jon Hamm made surprise appearances at the chaotic benefit show
A Reddit post shared to r/aitaweddings described a dispute between a bride and her mother-in-law over the wedding guest list. The 31-year-old bride-to-be explained that she and her fiancé, Andre, were paying for their entire wedding themselves and had already set a 90-person limit based on their venue and budget. Despite the couple having a
Getting pulled over can be stressful enough without accidentally making the situation even more complicated. A TikTok user who goes by @christiancooks99 recently shared a story about a traffic stop that took an unexpectedly embarrassing turn after he attempted to hand a police officer his registration. The TikTok has garnered 226,800 views and 180 comments.
Nearly 4M Records of Enslaved People in 20 Former British Colonies Now Searchable Online. “The Former British Colonies Enslavement Registers contains about 300,000 pages recording enslaved people across former British colonial dependencies…”
Why I Did Not Leave Nazi Germany in Time. “Many of us feared the shock of being uprooted and tried to avoid it if at all possible. But to understand this reaction…I say that nobody could possibly have foreseen the ‘final solution.’”
The Worst Way To Get To Space. I’d never heard the story of the manhole cover possibly propelled into orbit by a nuclear blast — it was estimated to be moving at ~42 miles/sec. “Some speculated it became the first manmade object to enter Earth’s orbit.”
A Reddit post on r/NoStupidQuestions sparked a discussion about museums and what happens when someone accidentally breaks an expensive object. The post, titled “If you accidentally break something insanely expensive in a museum (like a $10M vase), what actually happens to you legally and financially?” had drawn 254 comments as of publication. One commenter discussed
Cooking may start as a necessity and later develop into a hobby or simply a way to eat better. A recent conversation on the Reddit forum r/CasualConversation prompted people to discuss the first time they learned to cook for themselves. Their reasons ranged from moving out of the family home to discovering an unexpected passion for cooking.
A TikTok post shared by creator @lillys.healingera on April 7, 2026, shows a slideshow about moving on after a breakup. The post had drawn more than 464,000 views and about 39,900 likes at the time of publication.
I 100% love this video of every time someone says a percentage on Star Trek: The Next Generation. And the word “percent” has lost all of its meaning due to semantic satiation. (thx, caroline) Tags: language · Star Trek · TV · video
A Reddit post on r/CasualConversation called on people to be more careful when sharing personal details with apparently friendly strangers. In the comments, users discussed emotional intimacy and the risks of opening up too quickly. The poster, u/akki_kumar4, noted that a friendly tone doesn’t always mean a person is willing to listen to someone’s most intimate thoughts and experiences.
A TikTok video posted by creator @juminjuice on May 18, 2026, shows her offering men advice on late-night text messages. The video had about 30,300 views and 1,063 likes at the time of publication.
My friend Matt was recently here for a week in Tokyo and wrote up his experience and observations. “I don’t think humans were ever meant to experience that many eyes and faces at once, so it was a unique experience.”
Reddit users share the podcasts they binged from start to finish, including Ear Hustle, Double Love, Dirty John and other fan favorites.
In early October, Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican candidate for governor of Ohio, went for a classic “politician on the stump” move: He picked up a kid. Or at least he tried to. Ramaswamy fumbled the boy a bit, producing a clip that quickly went viral on social media.
A post on r/AskReddit by a user named u/Riccavd0 asked, “What is the highest-paying job that requires the least amount of skill or effort?” The idea of getting a well-paying job without spending years in school or working long hours appeals to many people. The discussion included jobs in real estate sales, overnight security and
TikToker @sydneywimes said returning to the U.S. after 10 months in Europe left her exhausted by talkative strangers.
Barring a catastrophic midterm polling miss, Democrats are on track to win a majority in the House of Representatives next month. Come the new Congress in January, that will mean a new House speaker — and if all goes to plan, that will be current House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
A TikTok creator, @emlegssssss, shared a video explaining her favorite part about dating. She spoke about the day when the other person suddenly starts to hate you. The video, shared on July 30, received 63,300 likes and 1,294 comments as of publication. The woman started the video by saying that her favorite part about dating,
A POV video of a dispute about how much to tip at a restaurant was uploaded by the TikTok account Floofy Doofyy on January 9. The video has people divided over whether customers should be expected to supplement workers’ wages or whether it is the employers’ responsibility. The video shows a woman reenacting a couple
In theory, getting a donor liver in the United States when you need one should be an extremely equitable process: The sickest patients with the greatest chance to benefit from a donated organ should jump to the front of the line regardless of their gender, race, or other factors.
Ten million people stand to benefit from a cooler and more biodiverse capital, say the organisers of an ambitious project to reconnect its wilder spaces
At the beginning of October, three consumers sued Starbucks (see complaint) alleging that many of the beverages sold by the company and advertised as “sugar-free” in fact contain substantial amounts of sugar. For example, their Caramel Protein Matcha is promoted as sugar-free: However, when more detail is presented, Starbucks changed the claim from “sugar-free” to “no added sugar” and disclosed that this size drink actually contains 16 grams of sugar which is four teaspoons. *MOUSE PRINT:
An r/AskReddit thread asking which popular films aged worst drew about 6,600 upvotes and 7,900 comments, including Gigi and The Good Earth.
It used to be the fourth largest building in the world — now it’s a windowless underground pit.
If you sit in enterprise boardrooms today, the pressure weighing on CIOs comes down to two things: Velocity and ROI. Boards expect a mature agentic AI strategy and a definitive timeline for deploying autonomous systems that deliver measurable business impact. Read more
Unsinkable Sam was a black-and-white cat named Oscar who was purportedly lived through three shipwrecks in 1941.
Kouri Richins poisoned her husband Eric with a cocktail laced with fentanyl.
Jack McCall shot Wild Bill Hickok in the back of the head as he played poker in August 1876.
Hi readers! Shayla Love here, science journalist and longtime fan of Your Mileage May Vary. I’m honored to be subbing for Sigal Samuel while she’s out on parental leave. I’m diving into your questions as a way to help understand human nature and our choices through multiple lenses: philosophical, psychological, and beyond. Please send in any emotional, body/brain, sociological, perceptual, or other kind of life quandaries you might have.
Whenever I have dinner with friends, the conversation always ends up on one of three topics: how hard dating is, the hunt for affordable housing, or an update on everyone’s pets. The last on that list includes cute photos and veterinarian updates. I love hearing about my friends’ cats and dogs. But I also have to admit that I just don’t get it. I don’t have a pet. I never have. (We won’t discuss the ill
In multi-agent systems, agents can be individually correct and still produce a wrong result when they work together. One agent’s output becomes another agent’s context. Information can be lost or misinterpreted during a handoff, shared state can drift, and agents can get stuck in loops or deadlocks. When several agents rely on the same underlying model, they may even reinforce the same mistakes rather than catch them. Read more
Crossword Clues Where It’s Clear the Puzzle’s Creator Got Themselves into a Jam Letter-wise. Incl. “Could be found on the second to last line of an optometrist’s vision chart” and “The sound a cow might make when spanked”.
On his first day back in office in January 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order “restoring freedom of speech and ending federal censorship.” More than a year and a half later, his administration is instead busy using government power to go after speech it dislikes.
The Wisconsin gubernatorial race was one of the most closely watched Democratic primaries in the country this year, pitting a democratic socialist, state Rep. Francesca Hong, against Milwaukee Democrat David Crowley, who received the endorsement of the state’s sitting Democratic governor, Tony Evers.
A video shared by TikTok creator @maxwellvision describes a situation involving one of Maxwell’s friends, whom he said began counting a favor after initially telling him there were no strings attached. The video has received 1.7 million views and 1,192 comments. Maxwell explained that the incident began at a birthday dinner for one of their
A Reddit user who goes by u/Acrobatic-Jury-2426 shared the story of how her best friend appeared to schedule a formal conversation about ending their friendship on the subreddit r/girldinnerdiaries. The Reddit user said she became concerned when her best friend sent her an invitation for a 20-minute catch-up call. No one in their friend group
TikTok creator @chritiancooks99 posted a video describing his first-date experience with a woman he matched with on Hinge. He said she expected him to pay for her $120 pedicure before they even made it to their dinner reservation. The video has received 10.7 million views and more than 40,000 comments. Christian began by explaining that
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration is planning a public killing. What’s happening? On Thursday, the Pentagon announced that it would execute Nidal Hasan, a former Army major sentenced to death for a 2009 mass shooting on a military base, publicly and on livestream. The execution, if it happens, would be unprecedented: The last widely reported publ
A TikTok creator named Vanessa, who goes by @therealvanessa101, made a video discussing the type of friend people should avoid. She says these people appear nice on the surface but are quick to act nasty when no one is looking. Talking to others about someone like this can be difficult because this type of friend
Researchers studying remains from the royal cemetery of Umm el-Qaab in Abydos found that the pharaohs were buried alongside human sacrifices.
TikTok creator @jorlala shared a video describing an encounter she had with an angry customer who was frustrated that she wouldn’t let her into the café 30 minutes before opening. The video has received more than 943,000 views and 2,669 comments at the time of writing. Jordan began the video by explaining that she and
Unseen Places: Rediscovering the Art of Observation by Anna Kodé. Looking forward to this one…Kodé is one of my favorite journalists covering urban culture. “Observation…is not a passive act, but a powerful and radical way of connecting…”
Christy, who goes by @ucfalumcs on TikTok, discussed a study she saw about the number of young people currently dating. According to Christy, it’s not necessarily because they don’t want to date. Instead, they may lack the confidence that they’ll actually find someone. The video has garnered 36,700 likes and 5,315 comments at the time
This video from Practical Engineering was very illuminating to me, a naive person who thought there were only three types of electrical outlets used in the US — the two-prong, the three-prong, and the 240V — and not the real number, which is more than 35 types of electrical outlets! Oh and “two-prong”? Not that plug’s actual name! (via unsung) Tags: electricity · engineering · video
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Fans of the underrated 2005 family sports comedy ‘Kicking & Screaming’ mourn the loss of a legend
Japanese book rave. A club in Tokyo spread carpets on the dance floor, played ambient music, and invited daytime clubgoers to chill out and read. Would 100% frequent a bookstore/cafe that did this regularly.
In 1781, Benjamin Franklin wrote a satirical essay on flatulence that’s known today as “Fart Proudly.”
Weball allows you to roll up websites into a Katamari ball. You can even roll up KDO. This is too much fun. See also Destroy Any Website.
In the weeks and months following Hamas’s brutal October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, and Israel’s devastating campaign in Gaza that followed, the world’s attention turned away from the West Bank.
It might be that this text-only quiz game from 1993 is the most challenging F1 video game of all time. Here are a couple of the 23 questions from Gerhard Berger’s Formula 1 Quiz:
A TikTok creator revealed that her date ended in less than two minutes, sparking mixed reactions about rejection and how the man handled it.
It can be hard to keep up with life, particularly when people around you have reached milestones that you haven’t. Whether it’s buying a house, getting married, having children or building a successful career, comparison can make it easy to overlook your own achievements. A TikTok creator, @jenniferlatch, is telling people in their 30s that
A Reddit thread drew about 5,200 upvotes and 4,700 comments, with drivers naming Colorado City, Gary, and an East Texas town as scary stops.
Bill McKibben: I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This. The human nervous system wasn’t designed for the polycrisis. “Among all the other dangers these developments represent, they’re simply wearing us out.”
A TikTok creator, @teaguzzles, shared a video explaining the reasonable boundaries one should set and enforce in a friendship or relationship. The video, posted Oct. 7, drew 1 million views at the time of publication. The woman began the video by giving an example of a conversation between two people in which one asked whether
A TikTok user, Hannah (@thrivingwithhannah), discussed gentle parenting and conventional schooling in a video she uploaded Aug. 17. She said that parents who ensure their children develop emotional intelligence and learn respectful communication might find that their kids have difficulties when they start school. The creator said such parents often worry because they have spent
We often talk about the impact journalism has on democracy and how we understand the world. But what about its impact on how we feel?
An r/AskReddit thread with about 1,700 upvotes and 1,200 comments drew replies naming Crunchyroll, America’s Test Kitchen, and Dropout.
A TikTok creator, @abefromanx, shared a video explaining what she has observed about couples in healthy, long-term relationships. The woman shared several observations on the subject. The video, posted May 31, drew 499,400 likes and 1,247 comments as of publication. The woman began the video by explaining that people she considers to be in healthy,
On Reddit’s r/TrueOffMyChest forum, a 24-year-old man shares his sadness at seeing his younger sister pursue her dream career with their parents’ support. He did not have that support when he was her age. The man explained that when he was 15, he had planned to go to culinary school and become a cook. However,
TikToker says that a customer asked why she looked mean after leaving a $2 tip on an $825 tab in a June 13, 2026, TikTok video.
This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
A 19-year-old university student made a post on the subreddit r/AITAH in which she said she had been living with her 23-year-old roommate, Sarah. She added that she was having difficulty balancing her roommate’s habit of sleeping during the day with her own studies and family responsibilities, which had led to a discussion on Reddit
A TikTok creator, @sabrina.zohar, shared a video outlining the three first-date questions everyone should ask, no matter what. The video, posted on May 31, had drawn 533,500 views, 36,600 likes and 211 comments at the time of publication. The video begins with Sabrina urging people to ask these three questions on their first date, no
An r/AskReddit thread asked what Gen Z does better than older generations and drew 35 upvotes and 57 comments online.
From cognitive function to reinforcing family bonds, the benefits of making time for good, whole foods in the morning are plentiful
Anthropic’s dashboard shows 6,157 findings reported to open-source maintainers and 516 patched. Its Cyber Mission routes frontier models to 11 OT providers.
A landmark moment for climate justice in Australia, Nobel prize winners revealed, and a promising drug for Parkinson’s, plus more good news
Giving agents more compute doesn’t always improve results. Meta’s new framework helps them decide how to spend their budgets on productive work.
H-JEPA learns representations of the world at different timescales, enabling AI systems to break complex goals into smaller, more manageable planning tasks.
Dan Goor, Joe Lo Truglio, Melissa Fumero, and Stephanie Beatriz had NYCC in both kinds of tears
Servers don’t have an easy job dealing with customers who dine out regularly. A TikToker named Caillie, or @caillie_101, went on a rant after a frustrating shift. Not only were the customers difficult, but she was also left to serve them alone after her co-worker called out. The video had 676,400 likes and 1,510 comments
Robert Wagner’s wife, actress Natalie Wood, drowned under mysterious circumstances in November 1981.
A TikTok video posted by @ciearratati, which has amassed close to 815,000 views and 3,364 comments, describes a woman’s preference for high-maintenance friendships. She explained that she believes real friendships are supposed to involve that level of closeness. Ciearra said her friends’ needs and concerns are never too much for her to handle, and she
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Archaeologists exploring Kvitingskjølen mountain recently came across dozens of prehistoric arrows dating as far back as 6,000 years.
In 1996, the Blondin family drove all around the US, blogging about it all before “blog” was even a word. “We were doing something that had no name and no manual, and we were doing it over a dial-up modem while living in a motorhome.”
A woman on TikTok who goes by the username @itswhooba made a video about a time she had a major falling out with a close friend. Both she and her friend had acted poorly, but Whooba says she was mature enough to admit when she was wrong and give her friend grace while she was
A system that centralizes those guidelines, identifies deviations and allows employees to correct the results could make AI generation more practical for campaigns requiring large numbers of creative assets.
A TikTok video posted by @whatsthatmeen received a little over 152,000 views and 226 comments, describing a Sunday morning encounter with a married couple she served. She said she tried her best to make the occasion memorable since it was the husband’s birthday. But despite being pleasant from the start, the couple and their friend
Agustín Ferrando Trenchi became a little obsessed with the moon as a kid. As an adult, he’s taken tons of photos and hundreds of hours of footage of the moon. After seeing an airplane fly close to the moon while he filmed, Trenchi began a quest to capture a plane flying across the face of the moon.
The videos are astonishing. In one scene, a senior Chinese woman appears lost in the wilderness of dementia, unable to answer basic questions; in the next, she seems to be lucidly chatting and shucking beans for dinner. By all appearances, years of cognitive decline had been rapidly reversed after the patient underwent an experimental new surgery.
A TikToker named Brittany, @brittanyybowen, shared her belief that men are intimidated by financially independent women. She believes that when women make their own money, men know they cannot control them, which she claims scares some of them off. The video has 249,700 views and 2,703 comments, sparking a discussion in the comments section. In
Abolish Frat Culture. “This is going to be uncomfortable for anyone with a kid in a fraternity to hear: If your son finds himself in a group that would send a ‘free pussy’ text, it’s too late. The group is the disease, the text is the symptom.”
Any Human Ever randomly picks an average person from some point in human history and tells you about what their life was like. Mine was a woman born in 1547: “Of all the sounds of her life, the loudest were thunder and the church bells.”
Those findings suggest unresolved gaps in the systems enterprises rely on to judge agent reliability.
A 26-year-old TikToker says he’s done with people who mock his love for Star Wars, Lego and other “childish” interests.
Mamdani’s “Richard Scarry Socialism” Can Make City Life Simple Again. “It is an astonishing indictment of our times that the cities of our picture books can seem like a radical utopia.”
A TikTok creator is urging people to reconsider the everyday rules they observe at home, especially those that make life more difficult than necessary. The video, captioned “5 things I stopped doing to make life easier,” features creator @makeiteasieractually, who outlines five changes she made when she realized that certain habits were causing unnecessary difficulty
A host says Airbnb and Evolve added a 50 percent surcharge to a 90-day stay, drawing 34 upvotes and 94 comments in the thread.
A TikTok creator, @hanmaexx, shared a video talking about five things she thinks are actually worth the money. The video, shared on July 17, drew 138,900 likes and 277 comments as of publication. The first product, according to her, was Crocs Miami flip-flops. She said that they were waterproof and that once you wear them,
Late in his life, the prominent English mathematician and philosopher Bertrand Russell was subject to an attempt in the early 1960s by Oswald Mosley to provoke him into a debate about the merits of fascism. Before WWII, Mosley had founded the British Union of Fascists.
At a wedding, a toddler unexpectedly became a star when she made a perfectly timed sound at the moment the guests were being asked if anyone had an objection to the marriage. The scene was recorded and uploaded by Jessie Banks (@jessiebanks26) on Sept. 29. The video, which has the overlay “When your 1-year-old objects
The Global Rise of Electoral Dictatorships. Is the U.S. Next? “Electoral dictators — who identify as presidents and prime ministers — hold uncompetitive and unfair elections after aggressively suppressing political opponents.”
An r/AskReddit thread asking what one person ruined for everyone else drew about 4,300 upvotes and 3,200 comments.
A bride-to-be took to Reddit to share her frustration over a decision her maid of honor made regarding her bachelorette trip, which was not welcomed by all of her other bridesmaids. This left the bride-to-be in a difficult position, as she was being ignored by her maid of honor after she did not take her
While Google supplies its own Gemini models, the agent can already use Anthropic’s Claude models, with support for additional proprietary and open-weight AI models planned.
Jonathan Hale was ready to lay down his paint rollers. Hale, a law student turned viral road safety advocate, had run into legal trouble for painting his own DIY crosswalks across some of Los Angeles’s most dangerous intersections. In a meeting with LA Mayor Karen Bass earlier this year, he told her that if the city could commit to making its own streets safer for pedestrians, then he would stop his own vigilante activism.
They have fun names like Feel Free, Smurphs, and Hazy Tabz. They come in colorful packages and in gummy form. They’re widely available at gas stations, corner stores, and smoke shops across the country.
A short (too short?) video from Little White Lies on designer Saul Bass and his influence on the art of movie title design. They also did videos on Pablo Ferro and Kyle Cooper.
The guide aims to help UK communities prepare for emergencies, with advice on everything from power cuts to supporting vulnerable neighbours
A traveler who posts on TikTok under the name @travelingwithadam has complained about the service he received at a restaurant in Spain. The video prompted commenters to discuss what customers should expect when dining out in Europe. In the July 17 video, the creator said that living in Europe has taught him that “your time
An r/AskReddit thread drew about 2,300 comments as users named canceled series they would bring back, including The Orville and Firefly.
Welcome to The Midterms, Actually. Every week I’ll be writing about two things: one big idea or trend I see forming across the 2026 primaries, and one thing I’m hearing from a voice on the ground. You can sign up here to get it in your inbox every week. Let’s get into it.
A question that appeared in the r/AskReddit forum about the traits that a young person might need to succeed in the future has sparked extensive debate. One of the most popular answers focused on the way such people cope with failure: they don’t let disappointments define them, but they also don’t become complacent when they
From Orwell to Agatha Christie, operatives used Western literature to challenge Soviet censorship and spread anti-communist ideas across the Eastern Bloc.
A couple of TikTok creators, @sophienotjacob, shared a video in which the man pranked his girlfriend while they were shopping at a mart. The woman appeared embarrassed by the prank. The video, posted on October 7, drew 397,900 views as of publication.
A TikTok posted by the creator @_evemmore on August 12, 2026, shows her defending American tipping culture. The video drew over 737,500 views and about 97,300 likes at the time of publication.
Just wanted to dip in here to say that Amazon is running another one of their sales for Prime members, which can be a great opportunity to upgrade some tech items at lower prices, especially with the price increases we’ve seen recently. Just a couple of quick things:
Work drama is never fun, especially when it is at your expense. A TikTok user with the handle @jezacat took to the platform recently to talk about the drama that surrounded her at work. The video has 94,500 likes and 845 comments. @jezacat, who goes by Jezabel, tells the story of how an anonymous complaint
“Margaret Hamilton, who led the 100-person team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo missions, guiding Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to a safe landing on the moon, died Sept. 30 in Cambridge, Mass. She was 90.”
A TikTok content creator, @thelifeofauds, posted a video detailing an insufferable date she went on that lasted just 35 minutes. The video amassed 3.9 million views and more than 5,300 comments as of publication. She said the moment she realized her date had lied about his height, she already had her mind made up. While
DeAndre Brown, who goes by @imdrebrown on TikTok, recently made a video about the boundaries he keeps in the workplace. As a Gen Z employee, he refuses to overwork because he has set hours, and he expects his bosses to respect that. The video received 1.2 million likes and 3,928 comments, with other people sharing
Marriage is not always everything somebody thinks it will be right after the wedding. Sometimes things can get worse, or one person can realize that their partner may never have truly cared for them. A TikTok user, @scrambled.megs3, details the latter in a video recently posted to the platform. The video has 357,200 views and
Archaeologists exploring the waters off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast discovered a 1,900-year-old ring emblazoned with an image of the Lighthouse of Alexandria.
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. Jewish communities in Israel and around the world are currently marking the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks that killed 1,200 people and triggered the war in Gaza. Memorials for the victims of the attacks have been held at homes,
Where in the world are typefaces being designed? The US, Germany, and France…but also the UK, Netherlands, and Indonesia.
Laika is the stop-motion animation studio that made Coraline & Kubo and the Two Strings. Their newest film, Wildwood, looks pretty incredible; have a look at the trailer.
André called Hanks “not well” following a disastrous appearance on ‘The Eric André Show’ in 2023
Anthropic calls Haiku its fastest model at standard speeds, while acknowledging that Opus in Fast Mode runs faster. It does not supply a tokens-per-second figure in the materials reviewed for this article.
The city of Boulder, Colorado, is seeking redress from the harms it says Big Oil caused to its community. After oral arguments, it's an open question how the Roberts court will rule.
Trump's gimmicky checks are hitting mailboxes. The letters they come with are brazen disinformation.
Victims of the lawless public-transit system deserve transparency.
Does remembering the date of October 7 make it easier to name?
Three years after October 7, Gaza lies devastated, Israeli attitudes have hardened, and the movement claiming to champion Palestinians still refuses to reckon with Hamas's role in the catastrophe.
In 2005, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory calculated that the water stored by China’s huge Three Gorges Dam is enough to increase the length of a day by 0.06 microseconds and move the North pole by 0.8 inches. (A 9.1 earthquake had a bigger impact.)
Ishi emerged from the wilderness 50 years after settlers slaughtered most of his people.
Los Angeles. L.A. Desert city. Winner of water wars, destroyer of the Owens Valley. The Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula will soon offer Dune fans the opportunity to stick their hands into a box full of unbearable pain, and I don't mean watching Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya act. — Read the rest The post Will you survive the Gom Jabbar? Los Angeles gets a real-life Arrakis, waiver included appeared first on Boing Boing.
Having repeatedly tried to call his Florida dinner club "The Winter White House," Dementia Don has found a new grift: turning part of his private golf club into a new Presidential retreat à la Camp David without the gravitas or tradition. — Read the rest The post
Tempe police released a video showing Eryn Bonner failing to obey the cops. Sadly, for Tempe's finest, the video also shows what they did about it. One of their officers shoves the 21-year-old ASU student to the ground, tackles her against a police bicycle and then punches her in face. —
It's taken 37 years for Nintendo's humble Game Boy to hit puberty, but the hour has finally come. What's even cooler than a video game console you can carry around in your pocket? One the size of an actual person that runs on game cartridges a family of four could eat dinner on, of course. — Read the rest The post Game Boy becomes Game Man with giant-sized version appeared first on Boing Boing.
To go along with my recent post about control rooms, here’s the Control Panels group on Flickr, containing almost 3000 photos of control interfaces for all kinds of things. You’ll see some of the same photos as in the Control Rooms group, but when you get past the first couple of pages, there’s more variety: fiddly knobs, entire walls of nearly identical switches, dials, inscrutable gauges, soda machine interfaces, bump it and you might die buttons, computers with switches, Swinging Fingers (!!), and many more
Will ‘Saturday Night Live’ satirize comedy’s most expressive robber baron?
The Coach Empire 40 has become the perfect everyday bag for Black men this fall. Read more
Defending a war only he wanted, Donald Trump offered Los Angeles and San Diego up as sacrificial lambs to Iran. Scoffing, Iran has no interest in civilian targets. The war has cost the United States over 80 aircraft, and at least 8 US bases have been hit. — Read the rest The post After hitting U.S. bases, Iran's LEGO propagandists tell Trump: "bases, not bedrooms" appeared first on Boing Boing.
As the Trump administration reshaped the political landscape, Ava DuVernay found her film evolving right along with it! Let's get into it. Read more
An engagement accompanied by the Southern California standard, a mariachi band, was interrupted by an angry woman declaring, "This isn't Mexico!" Technically, the bitter bigot is correct. Mexico ceded California in the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Culturally, she's pretty far off tho. — Read the rest The post "This isn't Mexico!" yells woma
Béla Kiss killed at least 23 women between 1903 and 1914.
Three Alabama college students now face federal charges after allegedly making threats against Trump on social media before his Mobile rally. Read more
Reddit users shared chilling true stories about workplace deaths, unexplained deaths and a terrifying diving disaster.
The story behind Raven-Symoné’s now-controversial persona begins with a childhood shaped by fame, pressure and a complicated relationship with her parents. Read more
Several New Jersey Democratic lawmakers celebrated a Biden-appointed judge’s decision to release an illegal immigrant accused of brutally beating a woman from federal immigration detention.U.S. District Court Judge Jamel Semper ordered the release of Martin Soto, who walked out of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Tuesday night.
When the government stalls clean energy initiatives, Black communities have the most to lose. Read more
Sometimes, it’s just seemingly small habits that make up workplace etiquette. But a TikTok creator @cloudsjoo thinks that some of these can cause office communication to become unnecessarily stressful if done even slightly the wrong way too often. The video posted on March 31 had the creator listing what she referred to as her “corporate
After moving to end penny production, lawmakers are urging the Trump administration to make nickels cheaper to produce, with each five-cent coin costing taxpayers 13 cents to make.Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI), the House Republican Conference chairwoman, defended the proposal in comments published Wednesday by Fox News Digital. Her bipartisan Common Cents Act addresses both penny production and the nickel’s composition. Both chambers have passed legislation, but it has yet to receive President Donald Trump’s signature, according to the outlet.
The Job Trail, a web game about making it through 52 weeks as a laid-off creative worker. Based on The Oregon Trail. My first try: “You have died of burnout. Week 13. 51 applications, 1 ghosting.”
Josh Lieb has been a comedy writer/producer for some of the best comedy on television: The Daily Show with John Stewart, The Simpsons, NewsRadio, etc. He's been writing funny and interesting children's books recently, and his latest is a Choose Your Own Adventure picture book that's that's more comedy than adventure. — Read the rest The post A new picture book makes kids its boss appeared first on Boing Boing.
I mean, fair play, if the Hollywood machine can turn games like Minecraft and Call of Duty into movies, nothing is off limits. If you've never played Embark's twin titans The Finals and ARC Raiders, the former is an immensely stylish capture-the-flag shooter with some of the best m
TL;DR: Get 1TB of Koofr cloud storage for $129.99 (MSRP $810) during Deal Days with code KOOFR through October 11. It's a lifetime plan, so you pay once instead of adding another recurring cloud storage bill. Cloud storage usually comes with a monthly or annual bill that keeps coming back. —
TikToker staged an honest date with an unseen man in a May 4, 2026, TikTok that drew about 1.7 million views and about 280,000 likes.
A chef’s tribute to the women farmers who sustain Africa’s food, culture, and future. Read more
Byron Donalds needs Black voters to help him make history – but they aren't exactly sold. Read more
Do you remember the video of Shani Louk, aged 22, her body mutilated and broken, being driven through Gaza as crowds of Palestinians cheered and celebrated and spat on her? That’s what October 7 was about: evil people doing evil things in the name of an evil ideology. And every day since has been about
A TikTok creator, @jakedylan___, shared a video talking about his work-from-home setup. The man reveals that he does everything from grocery shopping to a yoga class while his shift is on. This video, posted Oct. 1, had drawn 240,900 views. The video begins with the man saying that his company had allowed them to work
You would think they had just won the lottery, welcomed their firstborn son, or watched their team hoist the World Cup, the way these animals cheered on this day, three years ago. This was Gaza three years ago on October 7. Palestinians were kissing the floor with joy as Hamas paraded dead Jews through the
Bodycam footage released on Tuesday showed a 6-year-old perpetrator swearing at teachers and police officers after shooting Richneck Elementary School teacher Abby Zwerner in Newport News, Virginia, in 2023.
Halloween isn’t for another few weeks, but people are already looking back over some of the major pop culture events of 2026 for costume ideas. A TikTok creator, Leia, who goes by @leia_ku, has a list of very specific suggestions featuring celebrities, movies, sports moments, and even a pair of bushes as possible Halloween costumes!
A group of Arabs from the Middle East and North Africa were deeply disturbed after viewing 47-minutes of Hamas’s October 7 atrocities during a screening at the Israeli consulate in Boston, Massachusetts. “I was shocked — I couldn’t breathe,” Fatema Al Harbi from Bahrain told The Daily Wire. “I cried most of it.” The group
A Democrat Senate candidate campaigning heavily on his Christian faith once said he was confused about what to do when young children identify as transgender. Largely silent on the issue of transgenderism on the campaign trail, Kansas Democrat Senate candidate Adam Hamilton’s past comments unearthed by The Daily Wire shed light on how he handled the issue as a pastor.
BBC Earth is returning to the ocean. 25 years after the first installment, the legendary naturalist, presenter, and centenarian David Attenborough narrates Blue Planet III. This first look video, backed by a song Hans Zimmer & Jade Thirwall, is teeming with stunning footage of sea life of all sorts.
With jazzy beats, syncopated movements and serious swag, the 'Confuse the Enemy' challenge is one that the rhythmically challenged can't seem to get. Read more
The FBI arrested an 18-year-old Somali man Tuesday who allegedly pledged his allegiance to ISIS and plotted a mass-casualty attack at Minnesota’s Mall of America later this month. Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud was arrested Tuesday at a public park after he allegedly tried to pay off an undercover FBI agent $600 to acquire an AK-47 rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition to carry out the attack. Mohamud is charged with one count of receiving a firearm and ammunition knowing or having reason to believe they would be used to commit a felony or f
A student asked whether yelling profanity at a mother over her study-abroad reaction was wrong in an October 7, 2026, thread.
This article was written by Gus Wilson and published on Sport & State, a new media company founded by Clay Travis that is built around sports, culture, original voices, and live conversation.* * * * *President Donald Trump is continuing to embrace his role as Sports Fan in Chief with his appearance in Texas on Wednesday.
A professor at Pennsylvania’s Haverford College has been arrested for cyberstalking after he allegedly used anonymous X accounts to repeatedly harass and intimidate an unnamed colleague.The federal indictment, unsealed on October 6, stated that Guangtian Ha, a religious studies professor whose focus is Islam in China, had often called for the complete extermination of the Jewish people — and had directed his actions toward one particular colleague personally,
My organization files shareholder resolutions. Yet I support the recently proposed Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules that will limit shareholder resolutions. The SEC’s current shareholder resolution process favors left-wing proposals that increase consumer costs, destroy shareholder value, and give undue leverage to asset managers and proxy advisors who have become political activists. Limiting or
118 Things to Do Instead of Doomscrolling. Including “put together a puzzle”, “go for a bike ride”, “hold a plank for as long as you can — even if it’s only a second”, and “make your own limoncello”.
A frustrated woman shared her side of the story and ranted about her mother-in-law’s behavior that has left her troubled. According to her, her mother-in-law shared passive-aggressive posts on Facebook. The post was shared Oct. 10 under the r/inlaws subreddit, and it drew 182 comments. The woman shared an AI-generated comic image story made by
With Israel marking three years since the October 7 massacre, Defense Minister Israel Katz said Monday that approximately 4,000 of the 6,000 terrorists who invaded Israel during the Hamas-led assault have been killed.Katz said Israel would continue pursuing the remaining perpetrators, including those who carried out the massacre as well as those who helped plan it.“Prime Minister Netanyahu and I ordered the IDF to pursue and eliminate them all — from the top brass to the rank and file,” Katz said.
After spending the better part of a year posting fashion videos on the streets of Lagos, Nigerian model Rachel Ojuromi has just made her runway debut with Chanel. Read more
Reuters marked the third anniversary of Hamas’ October 7 massacre by posting footage of battered buildings and areas of Gaza.The global news agency shared a video Wednesday showing Gaza City flattened by Israel’s military campaign. The war was Israel’s response to the bloodiest day for Jews since the Holocaust.
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