Russian intelligence services threatened to harm the families of Wagner leaders before Yevgeny Prigozhin called off his advance on Moscow, according to UK security sources.
A sea otter launched into the national spotlight after social media images circulated of her aggressively wresting surfboards away from surfers off the coast of Santa Cruz, California is building a fan club as she continues to evade capture.
I was working as a stockboy in a supermarket and when we had to fill the milk cooler people would bust open a 12 pack of milk cartons and put them in one by one....
Christmas in the Stars: Star Wars Christmas Album is a record album produced in 1980 by RSO Records. It features recordings of Star Wars-themed Christmas songs and stories about a droid factory where the robots make toys year-round for "S. Claus". Much of the album is sung and narrated by British actor Anthony Daniels, reprising...
Alan Arkin, an Oscar-winning actor for “Little Miss Sunshine” with a body of work that spans seven decades of stage and screen acting, died June 29 at his home in Carlsbad, Calif, Varie…
Focused on a quartet of mismatched characters forced to live together by circumstance, "Red Dwarf" is a situation comedy in its purest form. The thing that sets it apart is that said situation is somewhere in the middle of deep space, three million years in the future on a dilapidated, city-sized spaceship Red Dwarf, arguably...
Ford Motor Co. has filed for a patent on technology that could remotely shut down your radio or air conditioning, lock you out of your vehicle, or prompt it to ceaselessly beep if you miss car payments. Ford said it has no plans to use the technology, contained in just one of the many patents filed by the auto-making giant....
In the desolate Martian frontier of Victoriaville, a brave community of settlers faces relentless threats from mercenary bandits working for a powerful Earth...
TIL that millennial dads are spending 3 times as much times with their kids than their fathers spent with them. Back in 1982, 43% of fathers admitted they'd never changed a diaper. Today, that number is down to about 3%. (www.mother.ly)
TIL city of Palm springs California would routinely burn down Black family homes to make room for shopping center redevelopments (www.bbc.com)
The state of California is considering giving the descendants of slaves $1.2m each.
TIL that a parrot named Willie alerted its owner, Megan Howard, when a toddler began to choke. Willie began screaming "mama, baby" while flapping its wings as the child turned blue, saving the girls life. (www.telegraph.co.uk)
TIL During the 2000's, Google, Apple, Adobe, Intel, and several other mega corporations had a mutual agreement not to hire each other's employees in order to keep salaries low. This led to a 400 mil class action lawsuit. (www.npr.org)
The suit alleged Google, Apple Intel and Adobe agreed not to recruit each others employees in order to drive down wages.
TIL Fungi in Chernobyl appear to be feeding off gamma radiation and are growing towards the reactor core. (thebiologist.rsb.org.uk)
Russian agents’ threat to family made Prigozhin call off Moscow advance (news.yahoo.com)
Russian intelligence services threatened to harm the families of Wagner leaders before Yevgeny Prigozhin called off his advance on Moscow, according to UK security sources.
"It's the content, stupid" - some #chaoticgood ways to encourage people to get off of Reddit and onto Kbin
Jotting some quick notes I've observed so far from running /m/scifi for a couple of weeks and getting to 3K subscribers:...
TIL Canadian researchers watched 'The Dr. Oz Show' and found that nearly 40% of the medical advice is not evidence-based, and 15% goes directly against evidence. (www.reliasmedia.com)
TIL that rapper Redman outed MTV Cribs as completely fake and revealed that MTV would routinely rent out mansions to make guests appear wealthier than they were. (hiphophero.com)
The sea otter harassing surfers off the California coast eludes capture as her fan club grows (apnews.com)
A sea otter launched into the national spotlight after social media images circulated of her aggressively wresting surfboards away from surfers off the coast of Santa Cruz, California is building a fan club as she continues to evade capture.
Sistah Scifi is behind those book vending machines in Oakland and Seattle (www.usatoday.com)
Located primarily in cyberspace, Sistah Scifi is among the first Black-owned bookstores focused on science fiction and fantasy in the country.
Bill Gates said, "I will always choose a lazy person to do a difficult job because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it." What's a real-life example of this?
I was working as a stockboy in a supermarket and when we had to fill the milk cooler people would bust open a 12 pack of milk cartons and put them in one by one....
TIL that producers of the 1980 STAR WARS Christmas music album replaced the lead singer for the track "R2-D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas" with the 17 y/o kid who was sweeping floors at the studio, and he nailed it. His name was Jon Bon Jovi. (en.wikipedia.org)
Christmas in the Stars: Star Wars Christmas Album is a record album produced in 1980 by RSO Records. It features recordings of Star Wars-themed Christmas songs and stories about a droid factory where the robots make toys year-round for "S. Claus". Much of the album is sung and narrated by British actor Anthony Daniels, reprising...
Alan Arkin, Oscar Winner for ‘Little Miss Sunshine,’ Dies at 89 (variety.com)
Alan Arkin, an Oscar-winning actor for “Little Miss Sunshine” with a body of work that spans seven decades of stage and screen acting, died June 29 at his home in Carlsbad, Calif, Varie…
TIL that in 1916 there was a proposed Amendment to the US Constitution that would put all acts of war to a national vote, and anyone voting yes would have to register as a volunteer for service in the United States Army. (www.huffpost.com)
TIL Carrie Fisher delivered a cow tongue inside a Tiffany box to a predatory producer who had assaulted her friend. She said, "The next delivery will be something of yours in a much smaller box!" (www.bbc.com)
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Red Dwarf: 10 ways the Brit sci-fi sitcom proved it was as smart as Star Trek (www.msn.com)
Focused on a quartet of mismatched characters forced to live together by circumstance, "Red Dwarf" is a situation comedy in its purest form. The thing that sets it apart is that said situation is somewhere in the middle of deep space, three million years in the future on a dilapidated, city-sized spaceship Red Dwarf, arguably...
There Would Be No 'Star Wars' Without This Wild French Comic From the '60s (www.thrillist.com)
In 1969, a French comic book took readers to the stars. Eight years later, Star Wars took everyone else on the same ride....
Fans of Chloë Grace Moretz sci-fi series distraught as Amazon cancels series despite ordering second season (news.yahoo.com)
Amazon has cancelled its original series The Peripheral despite renewing the show for a second season back in February....
We just hit 1K members in a week!
/m/scifi just passed 1,000 members in seven days. Welcome to everyone - hope you enjoy your stay!...
Most employees say their well-being has worsened or stayed the same (www.nbcnewyork.com)
“This shows that executives are disconnected from the reality of the workforce,” said Dan Schawbel, the managing partner of Workplace Intelligence.
Just discovered @NewScientist - a geeky webcomic - enjoying it so far. What other scifi or science-based comics are you into (I mean, other than the Far Side)? (media.kbin.social)
TIL that Ford filed a patent over technology that could remotely disable a car radio or air conditioner, lock someone out of a vehicle, or cause a car to constantly beep, if a car payment is missed. (fortune.com)
Ford Motor Co. has filed for a patent on technology that could remotely shut down your radio or air conditioning, lock you out of your vehicle, or prompt it to ceaselessly beep if you miss car payments. Ford said it has no plans to use the technology, contained in just one of the many patents filed by the auto-making giant....
I was asked to post this here - 'The Battle of Victoria Crater - Part One - by Jackson Allen' is one of my scifi audiobooks - hope you enjoy it! :) (www.youtube.com)
In the desolate Martian frontier of Victoriaville, a brave community of settlers faces relentless threats from mercenary bandits working for a powerful Earth...