These interactive maps show how hard it is find abortion access in different states
I'm a big fan of The Pudding , which has produced some pretty incredible interactive data journalism over the last few years. But the p...Read More
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Showing posts with label Thom Dunn. Show all posts
Goldman-Sachs warns that AI could be a bad investment
Back in April 2023 , Goldman Sachs released an investment report titled, "Generative AI could raise global GDP by 7%." At the tim...Read More
Google's AI search summaries use 10x more energy than just doing a normal Google search
It seems like every company in the world right now is eager to push their large-language modeling algorithms as a brilliant innovation in t...Read More
Louisiana legalizes surgical castration for felons
Not to be outdone by forcing public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom , Louisiana governor Jeff Landry signed anot...Read More
Inside the weird world of competitive Microsoft Excel spreadsheeting
Over at The Verge , a recently published piece by writer David Pierce goes behind-the-scenes of the Excel Spreadsheet World Championships, ...Read More
Convicted PharmaBro Martin Shkreli sued for allegedly copying rare Wu-Tang album
Martin Shkreli, infamously known as "PharmaBro," was convicted of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy back in 2017 for ...Read More
Four Tops singer forced into straitjacket during a heart attack for claiming to be Four Tops singer
In April 2023, an elderly Black man came into the emergency room at Ascension Macomb-Oakland Hospital in Warren, Michigan with chest pains....Read More
Crustacean corruption scheme revealed in the wake of Red Lobster bankruptcy
On Sunday, May 19, 2024, the long-running seafood chain known as Red Lobster filed for bankruptcy . According to the filings, a primary cau...Read More
The hottest song of the summer is by a bunch of tweens from Cork
On June 15, the Republic of Ireland will celebrate Cruinniú na nÓg , a special day of free creative activities for young people. To mark...Read More
Famed antisemites Ye and Milo Yiannopoulos part ways over porn disagreements
In recent years, noted alt-right grifter Milo Yiannopoulos has been serving as Chief of Staff for Yeezy, the brand owned by Ye, also k...Read More
Wally the Emotional Support Alligator has gone missing
Wally is a 70-pound emotional support alligator who lives in Pennsylvania with a man named Joei Henney. Last year, Wally was famously ...Read More
Frank Turner tries to break the world record for most concerts performed in different cities in 24 hours
The first time I heard Frank Turner live was at the Space in Hamden, Connecticut, USA (a venue I literally helped to build) in 2008. Th...Read More
"Miss AI" is the first-ever beauty pageant for AI-generated women
Fanvue — a company that, as far as I can tell , is basically OnlyFans for AI-generated "content" — has just announced the cr...Read More
Watch these ducks strut their stuff in the annual Sydney Duck Fashion Show
No, it's not just another Bluey episode — apparently there is an Easter-themed duck fashion show held each year in Australia. Again: a...Read More
Fender's new Tom Delonge Strat is out of this world, in more ways than one
Noted UFOlogist Tom Delonge recently rejoined his teenage pop-punk band, Blink-182 , and to celebrate the occasion, Fender has released ...Read More
Spotify's new royalty payment update hurts indie musicians even more than before
When you're a small independent musician on Spotify, the "1,000-play mark" is sort of a coveted moment for every new song y...Read More
Bandcamp Union files Unfair Labor Practice violation against new ownership
Bandcamp United — a group of Bandcamp workers from various parts of the company who legally voted to unionize — has filed an Unfair Labo...Read More
Escape the stresses of life with this wearable human-sized Anxiety Turtle Pillow
VIDEO Don't you ever wish you could just bury your head inside of a giant armored shell fused to your spine, and block out all the...Read More
After 40 years, Marvel is finally reprinting Rom: Space Knight
40 years after its cancellation, Marvel Comics has just announced that it has regained the rights to Rom: Space Knight , and will reprin...Read More
Mother of Parkland shooting victim writes a new children's book about her child's murder
Patricia Oliver lost her son, 17-year-old Joaquin Oliver, in a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida...Read More
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