by Editor | Nov 14, 2023 | Culture Music Art, Weirdness
from The Atlantic SPHERE AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS My night in front of the world’s largest LED screen By Charlie Warzel The moment I first laid eyes on the Sphere, from a cramped window seat on approach over the Las Vegas Strip, my airplane precipitously plunged what...
by Editor | Nov 13, 2023 | Literary News
from The Epoch Times Incredibly Rare First English Astronomy Book, Published 467 Years Ago, Sells for Thousands By SWNS A 467-year-old astronomy book—which was the first ever to be written in English—has fetched 10,000 pounds (approx. $12,000) at auction. The...
by Editor | Nov 12, 2023 | Literary News, Weirdness
from InsideHook One of the Greatest Inventors of Our Time Disappeared. This New Book Explores Why. Douglas Brunt on writing “The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel” BY TOBIAS CARROLL Imagine the shock if an inventor and businessman who had the ears of countless world...
by Editor | Nov 11, 2023 | Weirdness
from The Wall Street Journal Is Anything Still True? On the Internet, No One Knows Anymore New tools can create fake videos and clone the voices of those closest to us. ‘This is how authoritarianism arises.’ By Christopher Mims MITCH BLUNT Creating and disseminating...
by Editor | Nov 10, 2023 | Weirdness
from VICE A Prehistoric Pyramid May Have Just Rewritten Human History, Scientists Claim The pyramid of Gunung Padang in Indonesia began construction in the deep past, a new study claims, and was built by an unknown ancient people. By Jordan Pearson The pyramids of...
