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Baby Nissan’s

from InsideHook Nissan’s Pike Factory Cars Were Retro Before Retro Was Cool Today, the four pint-sized cars, including the once-popular Pao and Figaro, are ideal gateways into classic car ownership BY BENJAMIN HUNTING In the late ‘90s, the American auto market began its long flirtation with retro-classic design led by models like the Chrysler PT Cruiser, […]

Stray Space Rock Surprises

from The Jerusalem Post Asteroid impacts Earth just two hours after it was discovered The asteroid, 2022 EB5, was small and burnt up in the atmosphere. However, more asteroids are coming, one flying by closer to the Earth than the Moon. By AARON REICH An asteroid struck the Earth over the weekend, just two hours after […]

The Roadkill App

from AP Road to table: Wyoming’s got a new app for claiming roadkill By MEAD GRUVER LANDER, Wyo. (AP) — The aroma of sizzling meat in melted butter wafts from a cast iron pan while Jaden Bales shows his favorite way to cook up the best steak cuts from a big game animal. The deep […]

CME Triple-threat

from The Daily Star ‘Strong’ solar storm to hit Earth on Monday may pose rare ‘triple threat’ from space People across the world may be able to see the Aurora, a light show that is often seen in high latitude areas, this is expected to be seen further towards the equator during the storm By […]

Metasex

from The U.S. Sun Sex in the metaverse will be ‘equally enjoyable’ as real life act, experts claim by Charlotte Edwards SEX in the metaverse could become as common and “equally enjoyable” as sex in real life, according to two experts. Daniel Golden, vice president of adult site DreamCam, and cam model Carly Evans spoke […]

Pacino On Michael

from The New York Times Al Pacino on ‘The Godfather’: ‘It’s Taken Me a Lifetime to Accept It and Move On’ Fifty years later, the actor looks back on his breakthrough role: how he was cast, why he skipped the Oscars and what it all means to him now. By Dave Itzkoff It’s hard to imagine […]

Duh

from Study Finds Listening to music really does chill people out, reduces anxiety TORONTO, Ontario — Listening to music really does chill people out, a new study reveals. A team from Ryerson University says treatments integrating music and auditory beat stimulation are particularly effective in reducing anxiety in some patients. Auditory beat stimulation (ABS) involves combinations […]

Funny Lemmy

Picasso No NFT

from Architectural Digest Picasso’s Family Is at Odds With His Work Turning Into NFTs More than 1,000 pieces of digital art are on the line By Jessica Cherner Last week, the artist—who died in 1973—was making headlines around the world with some unexpected news: His granddaughter Marina and her son Florian, a DJ and music producer, […]

Insert Scrotum Here

from WIRED Balldo The “world’s first ball-dildo” is less of an erotic toy,  more of a dadaist interrogation of the very concept of pleasure. by ERIC RAVENSCRAFT “WE DEFINITELY LIVE in the worst timeline, but I’m glad I get to see things like this,” my friend messaged me, along with a link to the Balldo. It took […]