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Spooky the OG. Spooky is originally an instrumental song performed by saxophonist Mike Sharpe (Shapiro), written by Shapiro and Harry Middlebrooks Jr, which first charted in 1967 hitting No. 57 on the US pop charts and No. 55 on the Canadian charts. Its best-known version was created by James Cobb and producer Buddy Buie for the group Classics IV when they added lyrics about...

In 17th century Mughal India a unique set of spectacles were crafted from an approximately 200 carat diamond. Named the Halqeh-e Nur, or Halo of Light, the now 25 carat lenses are flat and set in a frame that is set with multiple rose cut diamonds. Another set of spectacles, Astaneh-e ferdaws, meaning "Gate of Paradise", was made with slices of an emerald instead...

Because much of this book hinges on the idea that there is no urgent need to settle space, here we'll try to convince you that most of the pro-settlement arguments are wrong. Some of these arguments may be unfamiliar to you, but all of them have at least some powerful advocates in government, military, or business settings. Elon Musk is probably too busy wrecking...

Kylie Minogue announces "I am a typeface" in a 1997 song she made with producer Towa Tei. As this lyric suggests, the techno-pop track in question, "GBI (German Bold Italic)", is delivered from the perspective of a font. Minogue's breathy, almost robotic vocals bring the absurdist premise to life, reciting declarations of design compatibility over a minimalist reverb-drenched beat. from Whitney Mallett on When...

Live view of the eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu, from the northwest rim of the caldera, looking east [V1cam] [V2cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (east Halemaʻumaʻu crater) Episode 15 of Kīlauea eruption biggest yet with lava fountains more than 700 feet tall

"It seemed to have everything ... an Oscar-winning visionary at the helm, a hot young writer, astounding production design, a sex symbol who defined a decade and Harvey Keitel – not to mention Kirk Douglas' butt. So what went wrong?"

Genetic testing and analysis company 23andMe has entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy, with the intent of putting its corporate assets for sale - including its genetic library.In response to this, the California Attorney General's office has put out a consumer alert for the company's clients to request their data be deleted and samples destroyed; California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued a consumer alert to...

The best way I can express what happens subjectively when I try to project a shape onto an empty canvas is "halos of attention." I don't see anything, in any common sense of the word—there are no contours, no filling, no colors, or connected patterns in my field of view—but I know that certain parts of the canvas are more important than others at...

There could be billions more people on Earth than previously thought. The UN estimates there are about 8.2 billion people on Earth. However global population datasets miss a significant portion.TLDR: rural populations are often undercounted. Paraguay for example missed about 25% of its population. Other countries like Sudan are disrupted by war; or some have so many languages it's difficult to organize. Full study...

'Brainrot' AI on Instagram Is Monetizing the Most Fucked Up Things You Can Imagine (and Lots You Can't)The hottest use of AI right now? Dora the Explorer feet mukbang; Peppa the Pig Skibidi toilet explosion; Steph Curry and LeBron James Ahegao Drakedom threesome. [Content Warning for content linked from article] "Brainrot" and creepypasta AI-generated reels are currently some of the most popular metas, or...

The first great white shark carcass washed ashore in February 2017, in Gansbaai, a town about 35 miles southeast of False Bay. Over the next several months, four more were found, all with tears to their underbelly near their pectoral fins and none with livers.

Rocky to host Olympics rowing as expert promises crocs won't eat much. There are some concerns about holding the Olympic Rowing and Paralympic Rowing events in a river that is known to regularly have 4 metre [13 feet] Salt Water Crocodiles. Male Salt Water Crocodiles can grow up to a weight of 1000 kilograms to 1500 kilograms (2200 – 3300 pounds).

The Guardian: "Jamie has fallen under the spell of misogynistic influencers and suffered cyber-bullying for being an "incel". His parents admit that he would shut himself in his bedroom and be on his computer long into the night. They assumed he was safe but he was secretly being radicalised. His story highlights the corrosive impact of social media on impressionable minds and has resonated...

The Last Drops of Mexico City One of the world's largest and most populated cities may run out of drinking water in the near future. As Mexico's capital struggles to quench its thirst, scenes from the parched megalopolis show how water scarcity could one day impact cities around the globe.

Most mainstream sports, while awe-inspiring at the professional level, also tend to serve as fun and accessible pastimes for amateurs, even young children. Think soccer, tennis, basketball. Snooker declines to lend itself so readily to the amusement of dilettantes. The cultural status of the game stems therefore not from mass participation but from mass viewership. Bad snooker would be painful to watch; mediocre snooker...

Biologists discover new species of skink on north Queensland island The discovery of the Scawfell Island sunskink marks the second unique species to be unearthed on Scawfell Island near Mackay.

The queer people who are buying guns to prepare for Trump's America Since Donald Trump's reelection in November, nontraditional gun groups across the city and country have seen a flood of interest. The national Liberal Gun Club said it has received thousands of training requests since the election, more than in all of 2023. A spokesperson for the group estimated that roughly a quarter...

"For many on California's North Coast, Lear Asset Management's heavy-handed tactics in Idaho were no shock. For decades, CEO Paul Trouette has straddled the line between private security and hired gun, hired by logging companies to police forest protesters." The mercenaries who took on Northern California's hippies resurface by Matt LaFever in SFGate.

If one hit is a miracle, then two hits is a near impossibility. Two-hit artists sit in a weird space ... pop stars a remembered because they are very famous. One-hit wonders are remembered for the opposite. Their un-memorableness makes them great answers to bar trivia questions. Two-hit wonders are stuck in the middle. Some might be able to parlay those two hits into...

For more than 20 years, Turkey has experienced steady democratic backsliding under the rule of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, but the secular Republican People's Party (CHP) founded on the ideals of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk has remained fierce. Following the failed 2016 coup attempt that Erdoğan leveraged to push through a constitutional overhaul centralizing power, social democrat Ekrem İmamoğlu emerged as the opposition's brightest star, winning...

[Blurred Spaces] is proposed as part of the Embodied Ecologies project led by Wageningen University, which consists of a major collaborative investigation into how people perceive and feel exposure to toxic products, how human bodies interact with a multiplicity of these products on a daily basis, and how they try to minimise their effects.

Seattle has nine movable bridges: six road drawbridges (Ballard, Fremont, University, Montlake, First Ave South, South Park), one road swing bridge (Spokane Street Swing Bridge) and two train drawbridges. Seattle Times: Life in the tower: Who controls Seattle's drawbridges? (archive). Seattle DOT: How do the Fremont and Ballard Bridge Openings work in Seattle?Ballard Bridge: HistoryLink, Wikipedia. Opening. Drone view. Fremont Bridge: HistoryLink, Wikipedia. Opening....

Smoky mouse translocation program helps population grow in southern New South Wales (Australia). Ecologists say the smoky mouse is proving it can survive on its own in the state's south, where a repopulation effort for critically endangered rodent is currently underway. Three times larger than a house mouse, with a soft blue-grey fur and bright beady eyes, this rare and cryptic animal has been...