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Udo Kier, German Actor Who Appeared in ‘My Own Private Idaho,’ ‘Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein,’ Dies at 81

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:06:55 GMT

quote [Udo Kier, a German actor who collaborated with everyone from Andy Warhol to Lars von Trier to Madonna, died on Sunday morning. He was 81.] Entry Comment: Liegt ein Bild von Udo Kier

The Collateral Damage of Climate Migration

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 06:02:10 GMT

quote [As the planet warms, people are moving—bringing familiar fights to new battlegrounds.] Entry Comment: Causing new trends in migration policy

The Ukrainian Week

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 15:38:07 GMT

quote [] Entry Comment: A friend of mine works for this outlet which was iniated by the regime protests of 2004/2005 as a news source in Ukrainian language which was then not widely spoken. It has editions in English and French and is run by Ukrainian editors in various countries. For people living abroad and people looking for current country news through the eyes of it's people, it's a pretty good source, I guess.

Why Is TikTok Obsessed With a 50-Year-Old Shipwreck?

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 06:00:52 GMT

quote [The legend of the Edmund Fitzgerald lives on, thanks to Gordon Lightfoot’s immortal song and a fresh crop of memes.] Entry Comment: The ship was the pride of the American side

SEcret Santa: Early home-made gift?

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 17:19:37 GMT

quote [I might have read to much SCP while working as a Laboratory Auditor in my youth.] Entry Comment: If you are participating in this years SEcret Santa please have a look at your Messages for all shipping details. Also it is still November so if there are any late entrants please comment and message direct. If you are willing to join until we have more then 6 giftees then it is, gifts for everyone. If more join, will re-assess on 30th November and do a hat pull if needed. Last SEcret Santa post on the 30th November is DEADLINE TO JOIN

The Guard's Toe (floating point)

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 16:56:33 GMT

quote [a bug caused by a door in a game you may have heard of called "Half Life 2".] Entry Comment: More doors in games. In a very specific game. With a very specific bug.

Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 06:02:56 GMT

quote [Oregon gave homeless youths cash payments with no strings attached. Read how it helped.] Entry Comment: Haunting things like homelessness all the lonely people

Big Opinion, Big Budget

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 06:00:37 GMT

quote [The New York Times’ choice to publish a video op-ed by the CEO of Patreon points at why exec-produced video op-eds might be a bad idea.] Entry Comment: I don't qualify for patreon

C'était Paris en 1970

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 20:55:36 GMT

quote [Photographies numérisées du fonds C'était Paris en 1970] Entry Comment: Well, there's Paris and then there's Paris of course. Nice map, which is only the entrypoint for more old photographs, neatly categorized by quadrants, very much like an analog version of streetview.

What US Tech Did to Ireland

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 06:00:29 GMT

quote [The country is alarmingly reliant on Meta, Google and Apple.] Entry Comment: Oh, say can you see, to the great tech companies