- A limited-edition, Fabergé egg pendant, inspired by the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy, was (grossly) recovered after six days of closely watching the man accused of swallowing the jewelry in a New Zealand store.
- Scientists found that taking 2,000 IU of vitamin D3 daily slowed telomere shortening by the equivalent of about 3 years of biological aging over 4 years. – via Arnold’s Pump Club
- Fifteen Years
If you need a good gift for anyone over 80 years old, these hard candies are great. My grandmother loved them and I used to send her a tin every year on her birthday and Christmas.- We didn’t see it in the theater, but the 1986 comedy Ruthless People was on high rotation at our house for a while (from Blockbuster, once it was released on VHS). Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, and Bill Pullman had us in stitches and I still occasionally quote it. (Now you can rent it on Amazon.)
- An Indian boy, just 3 years old, became the youngest rated chess player in history.
- These Govee Permanent Outdoor Lights are awesome. They’re super easy to install and you can control them with an app on your phone and/or via Alexa, HomeKit, etc. (The cost has been fluctuating wildly for months now, by hundreds of dollars, and I wish you the best of luck in finding them listed at the absurdly low price we paid.)
- I can relate to this guy’s 2025 Parenting Wrapped. – via hiro.report
- My Kid’s Insane Christmas Wish List, Annotated – via my friend Lauren
- University of Florida Honors Program class teaches Gainesville‘s punk history – via my little sis
- This holiday season, consider giving the gift of independent journalism. – via @marisakabas
- ‘Tis the Season:
- The president’s Florida mortgages match his description of mortgage fraud. – via @charlesornstein
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged with Murder – via @elienyc- I Left the CDC 100 Days Ago. My Worst Fears About the Agency Are Coming True – via @brandyzadrozny
- Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO’s investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slop-ification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it. A Guide to Finding the Best Spotify Alternative – via @bcmerchant
- “If you’re a complete idiot life sure does have a lot of surprises for you.” – via @samthielman.com
- “All I want for Christmas is for the worst people in the world to experience some consequences.” – via @gracelp
- The National Park Service will offer free admission to U.S. residents on the president’s birthday next year, but is eliminating the benefit for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth.
Posts tagged “Octopussy”
One Awesome Year
In which I compare films released in 1983 and 1999