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Watch Yeti, an adorable rescued leucistic opossum, happily slurping up food
Boing Boing,
Have you ever seen a leucistic opossum? If not, meet Yeti, a gorgeous all-white opossum who was rescued by the Second Chances Wildlife Center in Mount Washington, Kentucky, after she got hit by a car. She suffered neurological damage and has only one working eye. — Read the rest
Mark Ruffalo wanted to challenge audiences' perception of him as The Hulk with Poor Things
AV Club,
There are so many places one might recognize Mark Ruffalo from: as the adorable love interest from 13 Going On 30, the sperm donor from The Kids Are Alright, the journalist from Spotlight… the list goes on. But there is, of course, one inescapable, monumental recurring role that has been Ruffalo’s defining character… Read more...
Google's Super-Fast Fiber Internet With WiFi 7 Is Also Super Expensive
Gizmodo,
Just how fast do you need your home internet to be? More importantly, how much are you willing to fork over to Google each month to turn your home into a miniature data center? According to Google, the answer is an eye-gouging $250 a month plus fees for blistering 20-Gig speeds on a WiFi 7-enabled, plus-sized router. Read more...
A gorgeous and intricate model of Howl's Moving Castle made out of trash
Back in August 2021, Gareth Branwyn here at Boing Boing shared this video documenting the creation of a replica model of Howl's Moving Castle by crafter and miniature model maker Studson, of Studson Studios. The model, which is made mostly out of trash and found objects, is simply amazing. — Read the rest
Elon Musk's AI is too woke for its target audience
If you've had the misfortune of being on X (formerly Twitter) recently, I'm so sorry. But you've also probably seen lots of posts about Grok, Elon Musk's in-house AI chatbot currently only accessible to those forking over money to him on a monthly basis. — Read the rest
Cardi B Confirms Breakup With Haircut
Jezebel,
Late Sunday night, Cardi B dropped something of a truth bomb when she hopped on Instagram Live and casually informed her fans she’s “been single for a minute now,” though she didn’t specify when she and Offset, her long-term, on-and-off partner, separated. Proving time is a flat circle and men are fundamentally… Read more...
Google’s App Store Is an Illegal Monopoly, Says Jury in Epic Trial
Google lost its antitrust case against Epic Games on Monday night, where a San Francisco jury unanimously ruled the search giant maintains a monopoly with its Google Play app store. Read more...
Every famous last meal ranked
The last meal of the condemned is a tradition going back centuries, although it's now closely associated with the death penalty as we understand it in modern-day America. While the last requests of infamous inmates like Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy are now the stuff of folk legend, has anyone actually bothered to sit down and rate their final orders? — Read the rest