Afflictor: Thinking Prince Charles, trying to keep up with the younger generation of royalty, just opened his kilt and showed his dong to the people.
Queen Elizabeth II: Nothing I haven’t seen before.
- Even more proof that Donald Trump is a complete imbecile.
- Old Print Article: Woman convinced that a snake lives in her stomach. (1882)
- Classic Photography: Master L. Ron Hubbard and His Pupils in L.A. (1950)
- Featured Videos: Merv Griffin interviews Phil Spector (1965) and Roger Vadim and Jane Fonda (1967) + Jane Fonda calls for revolution in America (1970) + Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin analyze a picture of Jane Fonda (1972) + Anthony Burgess and Malcolm McDowell discuss the film version of A Clockwork Orange (1972) + Graphic 1 was a stylus produced by Bell Labs (1960s) + DARPA creates a robotic pack mule + Palestinian cabbie builds first electric vehicle + James Baldwin discussing race on Dick Cavett’s show + The Swumanoid is a swimming robot.
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: I really have little reason to laugh out loud + I ask questions, but not the right ones + I didn’t explicitly say I would have sex with you + I should probably try to get a bank loan one more time.
- Elon Musk, brilliant if difficult, wants to die on Mars.
- Musk wants his electric cars to surpass gas-fueled autos.
- Edward Payson Weston was the greatest pedestrian of the 1870s.
- Part of the Sahara may be transformed into rainforest.
- The future depends on AI, and China may be lagging behind.
- Epic sci-fi mega trends are largely being ignored by economists.
- Is college education a poor investment in contemporary America?
- A Reddit Ask Me Anything with a woman preparing for doomsday.
- The techno-ghost town to be built in New Mexico may never happen.
- Monkey intelligence improved by brain implants.
- The Apollo Space Program was unpopular in the 1960s.
- Elizabeth Quill explains how even networks network.
- Lawrence Weschler and Errol Morris discuss the meaning of photos.
- Pundits are tougher to prove wrong than chess players.
- Weeding may soon be done by bots instead of herbicides
- A brief history of attempts at political reform in Afghanistan.
- In the Middle Ages, some non-human animals were put on trial.
- Remembering outrageous baseball umpire Ron Luciano.
- UCSD researchers discover a way to print blood vessels.
- Haunted houses make a return in contemporary literature.
- A brief note from 1892 about a good beating.
- A brief note from 1894 about a mackerel.
- A brief note from 1895 about a grocery store.
- A brief note from 1895 about a camel ride.
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