“Who knows what other childhood curiosities are quietly growing into world-changing ideas right now in bedrooms, backyards and notebooks across the globe? The next big breakthrough might not come from a high-tech lab. It might come from a 10-year-old who just can’t stop wondering about butterflies”💖

We need to spend the next 10 years apologizing to civil servants. No wonder Michael Lewis has written 3 books about them, they're amazing.

maybe it's not woke to say so but these bog people from the northern barbarian mists simply should not be depicting a civilized race like the greeks

Going to make everyone mad by calling baseball "Australian-rules cricket."

“While I understand people’s concern, I’ve simply been on a routine visit to the next world,” said the seven-term Republican

AI: Myth Vs. Fact https://theonion.com/ai-myth-vs-fact/

what a time to be alive!

‘Hunt For Gollum’ Director Andy Serkis Defends Film’s All–Andy Serkis Cast https://theonion.com/hunt-for-gollum-director-andy-serkis-defends-films-all-andy-serkis-cast/

a few good Jessica’s

I have a good friend, film puppeteer William Todd-Jones, who was one of the people who "played" Jessica Rabbit on the film set. This gave the human actors a Jessica to respond to, subsequently replaced by the animated character. My friend is a small burly Welshman. So yes, anyone can be Jessica.

Genuinely believe that one of the reason transphobes are attacking trans youth so cruelly is because it terrifies them that this generation of trans youth are so much more likely to be accepted and loved by their friends and family than earlier generations. For people my age, bullying was the norm

just learned that the reason they gave him sunglasses is because geckos started nesting in his eye sockets

as best i can tell adobe does not currently publish an android app where you can open a white canvas and draw a line on it with your finger i think this was the last one

When Jevons died, he had a room FILLED WITH PAPER because he thought the world was going to run out of paper, so he hoarded all the paper he could find so he could keep writing, even after the expected great paper shortage.

yes the Odyssey is getting 5* reviews but does it have one of the UK's top 50 museum cafés and free parking? your move, Matt Damon

they. don't. have. the. dudes. "with all the power at his disposal" his self selected goon squad has been unable to pacify one medium US city at a time while the ARNG has demonstrated their goals are: - per diem - T32 bennies - stave off boredom - 8 million other things - avoid cops crossfire

The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe.social

I know folks are shitting (pun intended) on RFK and DOGE for this outbreak, and that's fair, but I also want to give credit to the nameless bureaucrats who are hanging in there and solved the kind of complex public health puzzle that would have been unsolvable for much of human history. Thank you

Yep. As a small farmer & big believer in conservation: lots of "farm conservation easements" are, unfortunately, scams that kneecap agriculture. Not help it. It's the same hustle as farm subsidies. "Let's throw free money at landowners. So they don't have to treat farming like a real job."

In Alexandre Dumas' 1846 novel THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, the titular Count "hacks" the telegraph system, a novel technology at the time, as part of his plan to avenge himself against the Baron Denglars. Thus, THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO is canonically a progenitor of cyberpunk. In this essay I will

How doth a cyclops wacche *The Odyssey*? Eyemax

we gotta dig a bunch of folks in thick glasses out of graves

This is under appreciated SpaceX has existed for 25 years now

“If you’re listening, Sen. McConnell, please—we’ve had enough,” said a spokesperson for 340 million Americans across the country

What To Know About Cyclosporiasis https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-cyclosporiasis/

New map projection just dropped

Mom’s Remembrance Of Sam Neill Takes Lewd Turn https://theonion.com/moms-remembrance-of-sam-neill-takes-lewd-turn/

This is the overriding issue with developing an alt-media ecosystem that competes directly with the far-right. Far-right alt-media goes after liberals and Democrats, and left-wing alt-media generally... goes after liberals and Dems. That's where the clicks are, and it's a problem.

Female Supreme Court Justices Formally Request Protection From Brett Kavanaugh https://theonion.com/female-supreme-court-justices-formally-request-protection-from-brett-kavanaugh/

I'M DYING OVER HERE 💀💀💀 THE CAT GOT AI SCAM EMAIL 🐈 Aeschylus, our orange tabby, got an obviously AI email about selling more copies of the Oresteia on A**zon

lolll

Riot Police Excitedly Crouch Behind Armored Vehicle Like Group Of 3-Year-Olds About To Perform Ballet https://theonion.com/riot-police-excitedly-crouch-behind-armored-vehicle-like-group-of-3-year-olds-about-to-perform-ballet/

it's the biggest technological revolution of our lifetimes and you almost never hear about it (because it threatens to bankrupt many of the fossil fuel interests who currently run our society)

Dow and other petrochemical firms complained about a rule that might keep their workers from dying when falling off of ladders. The rule then got deleted by OSHA. Big business talks, Trump walks. Our partners at @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social have more. prospect.org/2026/07/16/o...

movie on the 1381 Peasants Revolt #medievalsky? LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Please blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development

Hot take: if you don’t want to see the Andy Serkis Lord of the Rings movie because of Serkis’ rancid vibes; the animated LOTR: War of the Rohhirrim movie that nobody saw was actually good and textually about how women’s contributions to history are often erased to venerate men.

my friend told me about the letters between herman melville and nathaniel hawthorne and i haven’t stopped thinking about it www.melville.org/letter7.htm#...

This skeleton key for this sentiment is that the idealized Small Farmer - or for that matter Coal Miner or Factory Worker - is not contrasted with their boss, but rather with the emasculation of the office worker under the thumb of the dread HR Lady. Sing along, everyone, you know the words!

Saladin in 1189:

The joke that is also true 💀 For better or for worse, established food chains caused enough outbreaks in the '90s to put the fear of God in 'em.

Rubio Vows To Dismantle International Criminal Court https://theonion.com/rubio-vows-to-dismantle-international-criminal-court/

Study Finds Gen Z Telepaths Lack Attention Span To Read Even Single Mind https://theonion.com/study-finds-gen-z-telepaths-lack-attention-span-to-read-even-single-mind/

Solar power provided a quarter of the European Union’s electricity for the first time in June 2026 Solar generated a record 52TWh of electricity during the month, accounting for 25% of EU power generation. www.energylivenews.com/2026/07/14/s...

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