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This website uses AI to generate faces of people who don't exist
Mashable - Johnny Lieu
With the help of artificial intelligence, you can manipulate video of public figures to say whatever you like — or now, create images of people's faces that don't even exist. You can see this in action
Culture
How These Tiny House Hunters Legends Transformed Their Burned-Down Shack
slate.com - Marissa Martinelli
And why they’re done with tiny living.
Apple
Apple Display 2019: Everything you need to know
Digital Trends - Tyler Lacoma
We haven’t seen a true Apple display for a while. Specifically, since mid-2016, when Apple discontinued its 27-inch Thunderbolt Display. Now it looks …
Men's Health
The New Thinking on Depression
Men's Journal - by Julia Savacool
Inflammation in the body is linked with a host of ills: cancer, heart disease, obesity, autoimmune disorders, digestive diseases, to name some of the …
Lifehacks
Disabled People Are Entitled to a Free Lifetime Pass to National Parks
Lifehacker - Emily Price
If you or your child has a permanent disability you may be entitled to a free, lifetime pass to visit the National Parks and Federal Recreational …
Drinking
Hendrick's Introduces The Exotic Orbium, The First Quininated Gin In The World
Forbes - Claudia Alarcón
One of my favorite discoveries at the 2019 San Antonio Cocktail Conference was Orbium, the first new expression of Hendrick’s Gin. Created by award-winning master distiller Lesley Gracie and previously
U.S. Politics
A Florida boy was arrested after refusing to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in class
Vox - German Lopez
The 11-year-old’s arrest is an example of the school-to-prison pipeline in action. An 11-year-old boy in Florida was arrested after he refused to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in class and allegedly
Books
What Is Good in Man Is Love: An Interview with Elias Khoury
lareviewofbooks.org - Tom Zoellner interviews Elias Khoury
ELIAS KHOURY MIGHT BE the Lebanese version of what James Michener is to the United States, or Carlos Fuentes is to Mexico — a big-hitting novelist who …
Why I read poetry, and why this exists
wordpress.com
I think it was Robert Frost who said, “A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.” And then I would …
Why All Poems Are Political
electricliterature.com
Poetry is the only utterly free space for language that I’m aware of, and that is what makes it indispensable to me, and also what makes writing it …
Lifestyle (Canada)
‘Keats is dead...’: How young women are changing the rules of poetry
The Guardian - Donna Ferguson
Charly Cox is explaining why she thinks her poetry is so popular with young women. “It’s a really difficult age to articulate how you’re feeling,” she says. “We’re all so stressed out. We’re so confused,
Art
‘Audacity Is the Only Ticket’: How Winston Churchill, an Amateur Artist, Treated Painting as a Battlefield
artnet.com - David Cannadine
Politics , During the summer of 1915, Churchill’s spirits were at their lowest ebb in the aftermath of the disastrous troop landings in the Dardanelles …
Nature Photography
Snuggling with baby penguins and other perks of being a wildlife photographer
Mother Nature Network - Starre Vartan
Sue Flood's new book on emperor penguins is the culmination of 9 years of work. If you appreciate wild animals, you've probably already seen …
Indigenous Knowledge
An uneasy alliance: Indigenous Traditional Knowledge enriches western science
theconversation.com - George Nicholas
An article I published last year in The Conversation and republished in Smithsonian Magazine about Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and western science …
Remote Working
Survey says 75% of remote workers like it so much they want to do it forever
Ladders - Sheila McClear
Almost half of remote workers fess up to working from their beds for an average of 11 hours a week, and napping 9 hours during the work week. Remote …
Science
A Whale’s Afterlife
The New Yorker - Jeffrey Marlow
On the day before Thanksgiving, 2011, Greg Rouse, a trim marine biologist in his fifties, was tidying his lab at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, in La Jolla, California. Rouse studies the worms
San Francisco, CA
Payless is closing all its US stores
Vox - Gaby Del Valle
It’s unclear whether the retailer will file for bankruptcy. Payless ShoeSource is closing all its US stores — 2,100 across the country and in Puerto Rico — and potentially filing for bankruptcy. The company
Technology
China province to ban homework on apps for sake of pupils' eyesight
USA TODAY Money
BEIJING (AP) — An eastern Chinese province plans to ban teachers from assigning homework to be completed on cellphone apps as part of efforts to preserve students' eyesight. Zhejiang province issued a
Technology
Elon Musk-backed machine created, deemed too dangerous for the world
Fox News - Nick Whigham
A group of scientists backed by Elon Musk have designed a predictive text machine that is so eerily good its creators are worried about releasing it to the world. Designed by OpenAI, a non-profit artificial
Science
Mysterious 'witches marks' discovered in ancient cave
Fox News - Chris Ciaccia
The oldest cave art in England was created during the last Ice Age, when our ancient ancestors drew images of birds, mammals and other creatures to describe the world around them. Now, newly discovered
Burger King
Burger King Just Settled a Customer's Lawsuit For Exactly $9,026.16 and It's Totally Brilliant. Here's Why |
Inc Magazine - By Bill Murphy Jr.
You might have seen this story when it first happened, and the man involved filed a lawsuit. He'd gotten himself locked in the bathroom of a Burger King in Oregon for an hour. Apparently, it wasn't the
Insects
What happens to the natural world if all the insects disappear?
The Conversation UK - Stuart Reynolds
There are an awful lot of insects. It’s hard to say exactly how many because 80% haven’t yet been described by taxonomists, but there are probably …
Science
Australia is planting a billion trees to fight climate change
futurism.com - Jon Christian
Tree Guy The Australian government is gearing up to plant a billion new trees, as part of a vast campaign aimed to meet the climate targets set by the …
Income Tax
Amazon Paid $0 In Federal Income Taxes Last Year [Infographic]
Forbes - Niall McCarthy
Despite doubling its profits, Amazon has paid zero dollars in federal taxes for the second successive year. A recent report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy has raised huge questions
Dental Care
Is there a reason toothpaste has to be in a box?
Mother Nature Network - Noel Kirkpatrick
Buying toothpaste can raise all sorts of questions. Which brand? Do I want whitening? Are my teeth sensitive? Is plaque still a thing? A question you …
Science
The Neurological Reason the Fear of Regret Manipulate Us So Easily
Inverse
Why do we stick with the status quo even if our intuition says we shouldn’t? By Eyal Winter, The Conversationon February 18, 2019 How many times have …
U.S. Politics
A majority of Americans in every state but Vermont would fail a U.S. citizenship test
Axios
A majority of Americans in every state except Vermont would fail a test based on the questions in the U.S. citizenship test, according to a survey by …
Weird
Japanese Artist Gets Barbecue Fans All Fired Up With Skull-Shaped Charcoal
odditycentral.com - By Spooky
If you’re looking to give your backyard barbecue a macabre touch, these charcoal skulls created by Japanese artist Sekisadamu are sure to do the …
Technology
Man discovers working 30-year-old Apple IIe in parents' attic
TechSpot - Rob Thubron
What just happened? A lot of readers might hold on to their old computers, though most of them are unlikely to work after spending decades gathering …

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This website uses AI to generate faces of people who don't exist

How These Tiny House Hunters Legends Transformed Their Burned-Down Shack

Apple Display 2019: Everything you need to know

The New Thinking on Depression

Disabled People Are Entitled to a Free Lifetime Pass to National Parks

Hendrick's Introduces The Exotic Orbium, The First Quininated Gin In The World

A Florida boy was arrested after refusing to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in class

What Is Good in Man Is Love: An Interview with Elias Khoury

Why I read poetry, and why this exists

Why All Poems Are Political

‘Keats is dead...’: How young women are changing the rules of poetry

‘Audacity Is the Only Ticket’: How Winston Churchill, an Amateur Artist, Treated Painting as a Battlefield

Snuggling with baby penguins and other perks of being a wildlife photographer

An uneasy alliance: Indigenous Traditional Knowledge enriches western science

Survey says 75% of remote workers like it so much they want to do it forever

A Whale’s Afterlife

Payless is closing all its US stores

China province to ban homework on apps for sake of pupils' eyesight

Elon Musk-backed machine created, deemed too dangerous for the world

Mysterious 'witches marks' discovered in ancient cave

Burger King Just Settled a Customer's Lawsuit For Exactly $9,026.16 and It's Totally Brilliant. Here's Why |

What happens to the natural world if all the insects disappear?

Australia is planting a billion trees to fight climate change

Amazon Paid $0 In Federal Income Taxes Last Year [Infographic]

Is there a reason toothpaste has to be in a box?

The Neurological Reason the Fear of Regret Manipulate Us So Easily

A majority of Americans in every state but Vermont would fail a U.S. citizenship test

Japanese Artist Gets Barbecue Fans All Fired Up With Skull-Shaped Charcoal

Man discovers working 30-year-old Apple IIe in parents' attic