Last minute geek

1. The FDA thinks an Xbox game can stop kids smoking
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... adulthood, One Leaves sets players in a cell with... Read all  ...

2. Wyld Stallyns speak from the Hollywood Bowl
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The world is about to get a lot more excellent. Watch this special announcement from your two favorite dudes! 8.21.20  ...

3. 'Cuphead' hits Nintendo Switch on April 18th
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The delightfully difficult game Cuphead is making its way to the Switch this Spring, Nintendo announced at GDC 2019 on Wednesday. The game will be ported with the same hand-drawn cell animation and jazzy ...

4. First, Angélique Kidjo paid tribute to Talking Heads; now she's honoring Celia Cruz, the Queen of Salsa
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... of legendary Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen, bassist Meshell Ndegeocello and Benin, Africa’s Ganbge Brass Band. On the Celia rendition, Kidjo infuses the sound of West Africa into the song popularized by ...

5. Sloth very clear on importance of chewing food slowly
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“Tell tha chef it's excellent.” Definitely thought this was just a looped clip, but hold on. Nope. This slow eating sloth is very serious about eating slowly. Tell tha chef it's excellent [via]  ...

6. Humans have a sixth sense for Earth's magnetic field
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... lingering mystery is how, exactly, our brains detect Earth’s magnetic field. According to the researchers, the brain wave patterns uncovered in this study may be explained by sensory cells containing a ...

7. Video of Coney Island rides from the 1930s and 1940s that would never fly today
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(VIDEO LINK) Michael Hearst, composer of the classic "Songs for Ice Cream Trucks" and author of the excellent Unusual Creatures, shares this delightful video of seemingly quite dangerous rides at Coney ...

8. Electronic Health Records: a murderous, publicly subsidized, $13B/year grift by way of shitty software
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... and the incompatibilities in rival practices' EHR tools were an excellent hedge against it, serving as a lock-in for patients). What's more, certified vendors were allowed to bind the healthcare providers ...

9. Beto O'Rourke was in the Cult of the Dead Cow and his t-files are still online
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... hacking group." In a characteristically excellent Reuters story excerpted from the book, Menn reveals for the first time that Democratic presidential nomination hopeful Beto O'Rourke was an early member ...

10. FCC wants to help identify the floor a 911 call is coming from
(English/engadget)

The Federal Communications Commission issued a new proposal today designed to help first responders better locate 911 callers. The proposed rules would require cellular providers to provide more detailed ...

11. USC says it will deny all students linked to admissions scandal (and has denied six already)
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... any aspect of his/her application, or that information about the applicant has been withheld, UCLA may take a number of disciplinary actions, up to and including cancellation of admission," a university ...

12. Excellent prank featuring a creepy porcelain doll
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From Drayton Valley, Alberta, Canada comes this devilish prank. A woman noticed that her sister was selling a porcelain doll through Facebook's marketplace so she secretly bought it and sneaked it back ...

13. Gimlet staff announce unionization plan following Spotify acquisition
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Gimlet Media, creator of such excellent podcasts as Crimetown, Reply All, and Science Vs, was recently acquired by Spotify for $230m; in the wake of the acquisition, the staff have announced a successful ...

14. Watch this voice actor's excellent prank on a scammer
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Well played, IRLrosie! Read the rest Read all

15. Trump's FCC relies on telcos to self-police anti-robocall measures and they're planning on gutting existing regs, so John Oliver is robocalling the whole FCC every 90 minutes
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... 2017 feature.) Under US law, political robocalls to landline telephones are allowed without prior consent from the recipient. Such calls to cell phones require the called party's prior express consent, ...

16. Google Allo addio: chiude dopo solo 2 anni
(Italiano/webnews)

Già lo scorso anno Google annunciò la decisione di cancellare Google Allo, e oggi, 12 marzo 2019, quel giorno è arrivato. The post Google Allo addio: chiude dopo solo 2 anni appeared first on Webnews. ...

17. Sleep is a brain-repair mechanism, new study proves
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... a fresh start before we are busy with wakefulness again.” From The Guardian: Appelbaum said that chromosomes are constantly changing shape to allow the cells’ natural repair mechanisms to mend DNA ...

18. Thyrm CellVault and CellVault XL waterproof attachable gear storage review
(English/the-gadgeteer)

... the most inopportune times. The Thyrm CellVault and CellVault XL offer a solution to carrying and keeping your batteries dry. After having my … Thyrm CellVault and CellVault XL waterproof attachable ...

19. Tucker Carlson concedes child rape is "unpopular" in passionate defense of child rape
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... from a bus stop and sexually assaulting that child. ... The rapist in this case has made a lifelong commitment to live and take care of the person so it is a little different.” Excellent reporting from ...

20. KSmoothDock - excellent KDE Plasma 5 desktop panel with parabolic zooming
(English/Linuxtoday)

KSmoothDock is a cool desktop panel with parabolic zooming effect for KDE Plasma 5. Read all

21. Cancellare account Twitter: come fare
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Twitter mette a disposizione alcune opzioni per cancellare l'account, ecco una guida passo passo. The post Cancellare account Twitter: come fare appeared first on Webnews. Read all  ...

22. The kings of artisanal cheese wear lab coats
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Forget France. In the 21st-century artisanal cheese world, all roads lead to the tiny town of Greensboro, Vermont, home to the Cellars at Jasper Hill. There, brothers Mateo and Andy Kehler craft some ...

23. Taco Bell employees beat up customer in street after complaint
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... Bryan Reese of Northern Liberties says employees followed him outside the restaurant in an unprovoked attack. Six people in Taco Bell uniforms can be seen in cellphone video beating up Reese and his girlfriend ...

24. GOP lawmaker driven mad by bill that would decriminalize children who take naked photos of themselves, delivers a frenzied rant about anal sex on legislature's floor
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... can still be charged under existing malicious distribution and harassment laws. Naturally, the bill has afforded an excellent opportunity for bad-faith, hysterical moralizing by far-right, sex-phobic ...

25. Ruminations on decades spent writing stories that run more than 1,000,000 words
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... otherwise excellent piece: for critics and reviewers, series can be really hard sledding. Read the rest Read all  ...