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Celebrate November with these funny slumping pumpkin photos
Boing Boing,
After a long weekend of halloween festivities last month, I felt just like these slumping pumpkins. I feel their pain. I've never thought to save my pumpkin long enough to let it "slump", like these ones but the results are even more entertaining than a regular old jack-o-lantern. — Read the rest
Supreme Court rules Florida can't enforce drag ban for now
Florida will have to wait to enforce its ban on drag shows thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court, which stayed the state from implementing the law until its appeal against a lower court ruling is heard. Last month, a panel of the 11th U.S. — Read the rest
Fantastic "Dice Man" illustration and more carnival costumes from 1590
Yes, that's the 16th century, not a typo! I love this illustration of a man in a dice-covered suit from 1590. The illustration is from Schoenbartbuch (Nürenberg Carnival Book), which contains many other whimsical and wacky costumes from Nuremberg's Schembart Carnival. — Read the rest
SpaceX launches Starship for the second time, going farther than ever before
TechCrunch,
Watch Starship’s second integrated flight test → https://t.co/bJFjLCiTbK https://t.co/cahoRQ72lm — SpaceX (@SpaceX) November 18, 2023 SpaceX flew Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, for the second time today – and even though both the Super Heavy booster and the Starship upper stage had to be blown up in mid-air, it was still a huge […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
FBI: Miami cop stole cash and drugs during traffic stops
The FBI arrested Frenel Cenat, 40, on Thursday and charged the Miami police officer with stealing cash and drugs from people he stopped while on the job—and that's just the beginning of officer Cenat's problems. Counts include extortion, theft of government funds, attempted possession with intent to distribute cocaine. — Read the rest
SpaceX launches its giant new rocket but a pair of explosions ends the second test flight
Politico Picks,
The trouble cropped up as the ship’s engines were almost done firing to put it on an around-the-world path.
Milei echoes Trump with fraud claims that inject uncertainty into Argentina’s presidential runoff
Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei is the latest politician to follow the former president’s playbook.
The best movies to watch on Hulu right now, including The Hunger Games
AV Club,
Hulu, like all streaming services, adds and loses titles every month. If you see something that you want to stream, don’t assume that it will still be there two weeks or two months later when you get around to it. That show or film may hop over to another streaming service like Netflix or Amazon Prime for a few… Read more...