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Today's Daily Song of the Day: Dinosaur Jr. - "Out There"

9 Mar 2026 6 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Somewhere in the middle of day long Lollapalooza ’93 extravaganza, buzzworthy indie rockers Dinosaur Jr. will play the main stage. Though heavily hyped in advance by some of my trendier acquaintances, there’s almost always a gaping void in rev...

Why are there so many and often stupid bills proposed?

8 Mar 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/aYxzrzZAek4f4VVt About the laws. Why are there so many and often stupid bills proposed? There are several reasons why absurd, stupid, or meaningless bills often appear. And this is not always re...

It would have been better if Stalin had attacked Germany first

8 Mar 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/aYxvTod5iDZ0-Uc- I often hear statements that it would have been better if Stalin had attacked Germany first and then there would have been much fewer victims. I think that those who say this ar...

From Sci-Fi Dreams to World-Changing Reality (And a Few Nightmares)

2 Mar 2026 6 minute read 3 comments Learn With Hatty

Hey everyone! Welcome back to Learn With Hatty. Lets start by imaging this for a second. It’s 1956, a handful of brainiacs huddle in a Dartmouth dorm room, casually declaring that machines will soon outthink humans at anything. Fast-forward 70 years,...

What The Tech?! Nylon

1 Mar 2026 5 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

One of the biggest benefits of modern chemistry has been the ability to identify and isolate new materials and products. This has helped to bring evolution to the forefront, as humanity has placed a greater value on synthetic fibres. While early clot...

Today's Daily Song of the Day: Rage Against The Machine - "Killing In The Name"

27 Feb 2026 12 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

As Billy Idol’s latest album lands with a relative whimper, my peers and I are beside ourselves salivating over the ’93 edition of Lollapalooza, and are unlikely to have paid Cyberpunk much attention anyway. Although if considering the matter a...

Museum of Money...and Fashion?

24 Feb 2026 3 minute read 0 comments mildandred

I saw a social media post about Museum of Money and was so impressed by the website designer's work that it prompted me to quip: "In #voidrockmusical the protagonist has a nightmare in the "Financial World". I must say that museumofmoney.com looks li...

Today's Daily Song of the Day: Billy Idol - "Shock To The System"

22 Feb 2026 9 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

  Former Siouxsie Sioux associate and would be Banshee Billy Idol’s Cyberpunk is released in June of ’93 to what are easily the most horrific reviews of his career. The album’s lasting legacy, however, will surely have nothing to do with...

The Dev Files - Unmasking Crypto´s darkest secrests, one scam at a time

20 Feb 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Pu5chk1n

Hi, I´m Pu5chk1n. Running under this, or similar variations of it, nickname since I first set foot into the internet.  I started messing with crypto around 2017, dipping into BTC mining and self custody, with the occasional step back during bear mark...

Today's Daily Song of the Day: Living Colour - "Glamour Boys"

18 Feb 2026 6 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Although never the biggest Living Colour fan, I nonetheless think they are skilled musicians. It’s just that their songwriting is generally not all that memorable. When rating a band, we tend to lump these two sentiments together, but they’re...