YouTube mom who gave parenting advice, Ruby Franke, pleads guilty in child abuse caseA Utah mother of six who gave parenting advice on YouTube pleaded guilty Monday to child abuse charges and will go to prison for trying to convince her two youngest children they were evil, possessed and needed to be punished to repent....See More »
Today I learned The guy who wrote the song Christmas Wrapping, Chris Butler, owns and lives in Jeffrey Dahmer's childhood home.
Today I learnedIn French, ChatGPT is pronounced in a way that sounds like "chat j'ai pété," which means "cat I farted."
Geography question How many Americans do you think believe that Hawaii is just off the coast of Texas?
Christmas on the Moon But of all the sad Yuletides of my life, the one I spent guarding $100,000 worth of explosives on the surface of the moon tops the list. https://longreads.com/2023/12/06/christmas-holidays-alone-not-home/
What will enter public domain in 2024? https://publicdomainreview.org/features/entering-the-public-domain/2024/
The official name for the current geological era on Earth is apparentlythe Assholocene. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2023-in-review/what-to-call-our-chaotic-era
52 things I learned in 2023"The US Defence Department earns $100m/year operating slot machines used by soldiers on their bases." https://medium.com/magnetic/52-things-i-learned-in-2023-a3bbb9f9323d
So, while paying the bills this weekendI opened something from Spectrum, which I'd usually just throw away because we don't use Spectrum but we get spam from them all the time. This one, though, said it was a bill. Like, an actual "give us money" bill. They were charging me $150. Wha da...See More »
Why is it thatthe Chinese restaurant in my neighborhood is the only Chinese restaurant in the United States closed on Thanksgiving? Do traditions not matter any more?