James D. Watson, the brilliant but controversial American biologist whose 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA, the molecule of heredity, ushered in the age of genetics and provided the foundation for the biotechnology revolution of the late 20th century, has died at the age of 97.

This is awesome, China's Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter sent back images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Repurposed the camera designed to take photos of the bright surface of Mars. Even a gif showing it move across the sky! www.iflscience.com/chinese-spac...

Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath? Character isn't something you tell people about. It's something you live.

Hey, hey, this premiered tonight on Apple TV. My husband and a whole lotta friends of mine spent the last few years making it. It’s very good. You should check it out.

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Jim shares his spoiler-lite impressions, and why this collection felt like a return to one of his all-time favorite worlds. If you’ve ever wished The Stand kept going just a little longer, this episode is for you.

We need no more evidence that he's a dead-eyed, dead-hearted sociopath, but we can at least add this photo to the mountainous heap of it.

An animated STRANGER THINGS spin-off series is coming, following our favorite D&D party in the winter between Seasons 3 & 4.

To quote the great sage Warren Zevon: Enjoy every sandwich.

You’d think the scammers would learn by now not to email me with the “Famous Author Wants to Learn About Your Creative Journey” ploy. But no, they keep coming. Here is my email exchange with Fake Donna Tartt <[email protected]> leegoldberg.com/my-conversat...

Someone hire me to write a movie script about the sandwich trial titled 12 ANGRY INCHES

M. C. Escher, Dutch (1898-1972), Castrovalva, (Abruzzi), 1930, lithograph, on wove paper, edition of 50, image: 53.3 x 42.2 cm, sheet: 60.0 x 48.9 cm

The DNC didn't win last night; the fired-up Democratic voters did.

Important to remember!

The death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi rose to 117, after the storm carved a dangerous path through the center of the Philippines and caused catastrophic flooding.

Texas may have started it—but California's finishing it.

Newsom’s social media team is on a level we’ve never seen before

Nothing says “man of the people” like adding gold trim and a shiny sign outside the Oval Office. Somewhere, Marie Antoinette is whispering, “tone it down.”

Ukrainian drones now hitting Russia’s Volgograd oil refinery. #explodey

Seeing STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS is here alongside END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT warms the dead, bug-infested bird's nest that is my heart!

Sentence of the moment: www.techdirt.com/2025/11/03/6...

Louvre heist suspect is social media star and former museum security guard, reports say

I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not

Howard Jones still has it at 70! Front row at 80’s in the Sand, Cancun.

🟠crazy that Nicol Williamson is STILL the best Merlin we've ever had

Breaking News: At least three people were killed, with more fatalities expected, after a UPS cargo plane crashed in Louisville.

if Mamdani wins his first act should be limiting the amount of commercials during Law & Order reruns

Highly recommended: DARK WINDS -- three seasons on Netflix, based on Tony Hillerman's Jim Chee/Joe Leaphorn novels. I'm really glad they didn't update them to the 2020s but left the stories in their original era, more or less.

A day of huge mourning for the Far Right in the UK. Not only was the Huntingdon train stabbings not the terrorist/asylum seeker/immigrant atrocity they’d hoped and prayed for, here is the hero of the day:

They ought to bury him with a ring of garlic and a stake through the heart, just to be sure.

NEW: Jury selection begins in the trial of sandwich guy today. The prosecutors are accusing him of "throwing a meat sandwich" at "point-blank range." POINT-BLANK RANGE 💀 www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Kim Yong Nam: North Korea 'head of state' who served under three Kims dies

You don’t get to name your kid X Æ A-12 and then say “or whatever his name is” about anyone else.

Philippines typhoon kills at least three people and devastates island

“Speaker Johnson, many Americans are wondering why you’re unable to see or hear any developments in the news. Some are speculating that you were kicked in the head by a horse; others theorize that you’ve been huffing spray paint. Which is it?”

That feeling when you realize you were in the wrong Spirit Halloween (to be clear: the right one has a rampaging monkey on the loose).

The collective global obituary on Dick Cheney will be “we thought he was the worst it got. We were wrong.”

We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:

For my #BookReview this week I've finally got round to reading a novel that has been on my shelf for ages...it's A Head Full of Ghosts by @paultremblay.bsky.social (and I had a blast with it!). Here's my spoiler-free review 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8l0...

Elon Musk’s $1tn Tesla pay deal to be rejected by huge Norway wealth fund

With fava beans and a nice chianti...

it actually means you're an unfunny little worm of a man, hope this helps!

It is very clear the gutting of Teen Vogue is about silencing their excellent political coverage. Corporations want you uninformed and shut off from meaningful journalism. And they’re staggeringly successful at it so far.

this is very cool: Kodak quietly relisted Kodak Gold and Ultramax on its website and confirmed to me it is selling the films directly to photography stores again. this is a big deal because for the last decade, Kodak has not controlled distribution of its own film www.404media.co/kodak-quietl...

The Twisted Spine, NYC's first bookstore for horror and dark literature, suffered terrible water damage during last week's insane rainstorm and will have to close for repairs. I threw them some bucks to help them get through this difficult time. Please consider helping out if you can.

Did David Lynch direct episode 6 of season 3 of DARK WINDS? Because it feels like he did.