Category Archives: Pop Culture

Science!

Posted on December 12, 2022 by tengrain

Allegedly, Lawrence Livermore Lab has cracked the code for nuclear fusion, per the Axios morning email thingie: Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is expected to announce a major step forward in fusion energy tomorrow. Why it matters: Decades of effort have … Continue reading →

Posted in climate crisis, Global Climate Crisis, Nuclear Energy, Pop Culture, Science | 12 Comments

Harry Styles Wants The Yutes of Today To Vote!

Posted on November 4, 2022 by tengrain

I know we are all bravely facing the outcome on Tuesday and while some of us are more worried than others, all good Scissorheads should take comfort in this story: Harry Styles Registers Nearly 55,000 Voters in Partnership With HeadCount … Continue reading →

Posted in 2022 Pie Fight, Get Out The Vote, Pop Culture, The Yutes of Today, voting | 4 Comments

And you mugs thought I would be a bad influence on Seattle?

Posted on September 29, 2022 by tengrain

Axios’ Seattle edition tells us that since I moved to here, Seattle is swearing less. “Seattle nice” strikes again. Driving the news: A new survey of 30 cities finds that Seattle is one of the places where residents swear the … Continue reading →

Posted in Axios, cry babies, Pop Culture | 8 Comments

One Lump of Stupid or Two?

Posted on August 5, 2022 by tengrain

This finally came to my attention: Ben Shapiro has opinions about… Ben Shapiro complains: "These are the standards in our society. Using the word 'spaz' in a song – totally bad, horrible, remove it, offensive. Having full-scale songs for children … Continue reading →

Posted in Ben Shapiro, music, Pop Culture | 9 Comments

Isn’t this how Star Wars begins?

Posted on May 17, 2022 by tengrain

On my bike ride this morning, saw a delivery robot lost in the woods pic.twitter.com/ygiH4Gyrl3 — Matthew McCormack (@historymatt) May 15, 2022

Posted in Pop Culture, snark | 3 Comments

Another Eff’ed Film From D’Vorce D’Spousa

Posted on May 12, 2022 by tengrain

Guys, did you know that D’vorce D’spousa—documentarian fabulist, convicted election fraud felon (pardoned by Hair Füror), fired Y’all Qaeda business school dean, serial adulterer, and would-be bigamist and self-proclaimed political prisoner of the Kenyan Usurper has a new movie out? … Continue reading →

Posted in D’vorce D’spousa, Pop Culture, Talentless Hacks | 3 Comments

Great Tattoos, Cont.

Posted on May 6, 2022 by tengrain

What do you think of my Klingon Bird of Prey tattoo? pic.twitter.com/jF5uuEDlBe — Georgia Knight (@Hadrians_Gate) May 5, 2022 Trekkie nerds are ROTFLTAO. It is pretty good.

Posted in Never Laid Again, Pop Culture | 12 Comments

Bad Signs, Cont.

Posted on April 4, 2022 by tengrain

Man, that slap entered the culture FAST!

Posted in Bad Signs, Pop Culture | 5 Comments

RIP, Stephen Wilhite

Posted on March 24, 2022 by tengrain

The Verge reports that the man who invented the GIF has died: Stephen Wilhite, one of the lead inventors of the GIF, died last week from COVID at the age of 74, according to his wife, Kathaleen, who spoke to … Continue reading →

Posted in Dead Celebrities, Pop Culture | 15 Comments

Where’s My Precious?

Posted on February 11, 2022 by tengrain

OK, fellow nerds, Vanity Fair has the inside scoop on The Rings of Power.

Posted in Pop Culture | 6 Comments