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Glastonbury 2025 photos
Photographer David Levene put a camera on a monopod and capured Glastonbury from a unique perspective.
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Coolness qualified
Science can now identify traits that make someone cool. A new study suggests that there are six specific traits that these people tend to have in common: Cool people are largely perceived to be extroverted, hedonistic, powerful, adventurous, open and autonomous.
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Acid tripping with ChatGPT
People are using AI to ‘sit’ with them while they trip on psychedelics. Peter—who asked to have his last name omitted from this story for privacy reasons—is far from alone. A growing number of people are using AI chatbots as “trip sitters”—a phrase that traditionally refers to a sober person tasked with monitoring someone who’s…
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Cassette players roll back into popularity
While I don’t think they ever truly went away, cassette players are making a comeback of sorts with a thriving underground and indie tape scene. Maxell is making a new one with bluetooth and USB-C.
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Lesser known but significant Revolutionary War figures
Mental Floss wrote about eight lesser known but significant Revolutionary War figures
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USA brain drain coming soon
The United States will soon begin losing scientific expertise as talent leaves the country for safer venues to do research.
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The Way of Code by Rick Rubin
I’m not sure if this is sincere or satire: The Way of Code by Rick Rubin, inspired by Lao Tzu. It contains 81 koans about programming, each accompanied by a AI generated gif. The artwork above was created by vibe coding, generated based on the themes of each chapter. You can add prompts to change…
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The DC pizza tracker
Domino’s has their fancy pizza tracker, allowing you to see where your order is in the process. In Washington D.C., pizzeria’s can track national security when the Pentagon orders large quantities of pizzas, especially outside of regular times. On Saturday, June 21, at 7:13 p.m. EST – shortly before President Donald Trump announced via Truth…
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Clued in
On a recent Jeopardy episode, a contestant knew the answer by virtue of being a distant relative.
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This band doesn’t exist
Velvet Sundown, a band with 350,000 monthly listeners, most likely doesn’t exist–a growing phenomenon enabled by AI. Though they’re not yet dominating the charts, disturbingly realistic AI songs are slowly but surely creeping into our headphones – and you may even be listening to them without realizing what you’re hearing. Smuggled into popular playlists and…