Fred Segal Gone

from Deadline Fred Segal Dies: Iconic Retailer Who Defined L.A. Fashion Was 87 By Bruce Haring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlLQO2FJokI Fred Segal, who was a fashion icon in Los Angeles for more than 60 years, has died because of complications from a stroke, his...

Etna Anew

from Associated Press Mt Etna’s latest eruptions awe even those who study volcanos ROME (AP) — Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, has awed even seasoned volcanologists in recent days with spectacular spurts of lava lighting up the Sicilian sky each night. The...

Frankly, I sort of like my balls.

from The Daily Beast Inside the World of Backstreet Castrators, Cutters and Eunuch-Makers The Daily Beast reports from the hidden world of backstreet castrations, where people desperate to have genitalia altered or removed undergo risky, illicit operations. by Mark...

Mad Madlib

from The New Yorker The Obsessive Beat-Making of Madlib The producer’s new album, “Sound Ancestors,” a collaboration with Four Tet, distills his eclectic, globe-trotting approach to sampling. By Hua Hsu Illustration by Saddo Madlib has always seemed more concerned...

Space Court

from GMA Network Dubai creates ‘space court’ for out-of-this-world disputes DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai announced Monday the creation of a “space court” to settle commercial disputes, as the UAE—which is also sending a probe to Mars—builds its...