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A Bob Ross painting of a mountain summit is being...

A Bob Ross painting of a mountain summit is being auctioned off soon . “Sale proceeds will benefit Ball State University. Ball State University owns WIPB, the PBS station where Bob Ross filmed thirty seasons of The Joy of Painting.” $50-70K esitmate.

Cobrah & Grimes – “Sign From God”

It has been more than six years since Grimes released Miss Anthropocene , and let me tell you, those six years have been eventful . Grimes has lately been planting seeds for Psy Opera a new album that supposedly will not feature any generative AI. At Coachella earlier this

Brandon Flowers – “Plans”

He's gone country! Killers frontman Brandon Flowers revealed this week that he went to Nashville and tapped into the country music tradition for his new solo album Thrasher . To my colleague Tom Breihan, the music in the album trailer sounded like a Killers song with more pedal

Swiss glaciers have exhausted their snow reserves

From June 29 onward, Switzerland's glaciers will have exhausted their snow reserves. Every liter of meltwater now causes them to lose mass—this is Glacier Loss Day. Between the extreme years of 2003 and 2022 alone, 200 square kilometers of ice—an area almost as large as the

Of course Meta thinks gambling is the future

Meta is, by and large, a company built on other companies' ideas. It has almost perfected the strategy: wait for a new platform or social mechanic to take off, then either buy or clone it, put it next to Meta's unmatched user base and advertising engine, and watch the money

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