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readme.txt : an experiment to assess whether AI can parse the drastic downfall of the United States and pen near-term speculative fiction th...

Via fellow internet peripatetic and caretaker Messy Nessy Chic , we directed towards an archive of antique blueprints for perfume bottles ...

Mindful of the adage that one should never make fun of a person’s pronunciation because they may have only seen it written beforehand and a...

The namesake neologism from the British artist Charli XCX’ phenomenal studio album (which lived a life of its own over the summer ) and ent...

Via Weird Universe , which astutely demonstrates that despite advances in technology there’s little new under the sun with this 1964 print...

Via Messy Nessy Chic’s peripatetic findings and although originally staged as a hoax ( Aprilscherz from the photo archives of the Süddeu...

accepting payment in magic beans : professional scammer who bilked people and companies out of hundreds of thousands by posing as a German ...

Though mostly used in the figurative sense, the term bonfire of the vanities is sourced back to an actual auto-da-fé of thousands of artic...

The above compound also known as Red Dye Number 4 (E number, European standard, E125 —that’s a strange tale too) was banned for use in all f...

Rotten and selfish to the core—not to mention our ocean alpha-predators being a personal target of America’s impeached, superspreader idiot...

Having made forays into nearly all aspects of design, Weird Universe brings us the account of how a Brazilian cosmetics company approached ...

Via TMN , we discover to our delight that lip-sync’ing stand-up comedian John Mulaney routines whilst applying cosmetics has become a trend...

Nearly spanning the whole history of photography with the first coin-op unit being installed in Hamburg in 1890, photo booths carry ethnogr...

reaction faces : Tadas Maksimovas creates a twelve-barrelled sling shot to pelt people with likes and hearts line item : the humble receip...

The Atlantic showcases the latest episode of Gastropod which explores the hidden history behind the prized spice saffron. Attaining the r...

Reacquainted with the often praised through imitation or pigeon-holed as dated detritus of the 1980s (such are the wages, I think, of establ...

Inspired by the diversity of toadstools and mushrooms we came across recently on our walk in the woods, I was drawn to a special exhibit at...

The UK government made a laudable decision last week, in favour of the environment, mostly unnoticed and quite unilaterally (which kind of m...

As possibly one of the biggest hoaxes to come out of France since arguably the Priory of Sion (and notable for being a contemporary phenome...

From the ever brilliant Nag on the Lake comes news that MAC cosmetics will be honouring the five decades that have passed since the debut...