Fine, the Monarchy Is Good (Just This One Time)

As the world starts looking to Glasgow for the United Nations climate talks happening later this month, the British royals are saying what we’re all thinking. Namely, billionaires need to stop obsessing about space tourism, and world leaders need to get off their ass and come to the talks.

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Star Trek: Lower Deck's Mike McMahan Breaks Down Season 2's Themes and That Epic Finale

Another season of Star Trek: Lower Decks has come to an end, but this time, the show has evolved into a whole new level of trials and tribulations for the crew of the Cerritos. To look back on season two and unpack some of those twists from the finale, io9 chatted with showrunner Mike McMahan to uncover what to expect…

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New Zealand Lays Off Its Official City Wizard After 23 Years of Loyal Service

Since 1998, UK-born Ian Brackenbury has been paid a solid $16,000 NZD (roughly 11,300 USD) per year to be the official wizard for the city of Christchurch in New Zealand. Now after slightly more than two decades on the city’s payroll, authorities are officially cutting ties with Brackenbury in an attempt to modernize…

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Tiny Gas Explosions Create the Raised Dots on This Electronic Braille Display

Creating dynamic Braille displays that can quickly change their pattern of dots isn’t a new idea, but the existing solutions are often big boxes with complex mechanisms used to raise and lower an array of rounded pins. Researchers from Cornell University are working on an explosive new approach that could produce…

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A New Look Inside the Latest Thrawn Book Reintroduces a Very Familiar Chiss

Timothy Zahn’s two Thrawn trilogies have done a lot to casually re-integrate elements of his highly influential work in the Expanded Universe back into Star Wars’ contemporary canon, especially when it comes to the inner workings of the Chiss Ascendancy. But after books of teasing, the author is putting the spotlight…

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30 Photos Of ‘Squid Game’ Star HoYeon Jung’s Style Evolution

Long before she made her acting debut, the breakout star rose to fame as a runway model.

The 20 Funniest Tweets From Women This Week

“That’s my emotional support months long opened Google chrome tab”

The Funniest Tweets From Parents This Week

“Why did they call it a diaper blowout and not a s**tuation.”

Animal Crossing: New Horizons free and paid DLC add a ton of new content next month

As promised, today Nintendo debuted a new Direct centered entirely around Animal Crossing: New Horizons. In it, Nintendo revealed that Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting a boatload of new content through both an upcoming free update and paid DLC. It seems like a lot is coming to Animal Crossing: New Horizons next month, but unfortunately, today’s Direct had some … Continue reading

Xbox Series X mini fridge price and pre-order release date revealed

A surprisingly decent proposal appeared this year as Microsoft revealed the Xbox Series X refrigerator. At first, this entire situation seemed like an out-of-season April Fools’ Joke back in October of 2020, as a sort of giveaway deal with Snoop Dogg. Then it appeared chilling Dwayne Johnson’s energy drink. Then it started to get… real. If you’re looking at the … Continue reading