Yep. Playboy. In Braille. This photo comes from a series by Taryn Simon, who has for years now finagled her way into “secret sites” — and has taken pictures of things that no one is supposed to see. (In the case of this issue of Playboy, that’s literally true! Rimshot!) You can see the TED [...]

Or at least a Jedi poseur: according to the Guardian, Daniel Jones claims he was subjected to religious discrimination at his local Tesco (British grocery store chain). Jones’ religion? Jedi. And that’s fine. Believe whatever you want. But it sounds like, even in a brand-new religion, local worship practices start to deviate from the source. [...]

GeekDad posted today about three “monsters”: three recently discovered members of the animal kingdom that range from the cool to the terrifying to the gorge-inducing. In that order: Cool: The Spanish ribbed newt. This little darlings have a gobsmacking defense mechanism: they can invert their ribs, aiming the pointy ends outward to perforate the palette [...]

A week or so ago I Facebook’d about regretting not having sold my soul to corporate America in my 20s, so that I could shoot myself into space now, like that Cirque de Soleil dude. Well, the regrets just keep piling up: according to a post on Wired, an auction to be held at the [...]