This sign, simply saying "Tom McCleod Slept Here," appears on Interest 5 near Bakersfield in California. There are no buildings nearby, and no people to ask about it. It's been there since at least 2009, when it was capt...
https://www.neatorama.com/2021/10/02/Who-is-Tom-McCleod-and-Why-the-Sign/Embed from Getty ImagesWhen the British came to America, the explorers paved the way, and settlers came afterward, but the categories were blurred for a while. The earliest settlers were almost all men looking for adve...
https://www.neatorama.com/2021/10/02/The-Women-Imported-to-America-for-Wives-and-Alcohol/New Scientist (paywall) reports that the US Navy has acquired a patent for a handheld device called AHAD. This invention has a long-range microphone that picks up people's speech and plays it back at a slight ti...
https://www.neatorama.com/2021/10/02/US-Navy-Develops-Weapon-That-Gets-People-to-Shut-Up/This mask design is now going viral and Sora News 24 is on the case. It combines the modern pandemic aesthetic of covering one's face while providing eye protection from bright lights. The shiny mirror exterior looks fut...
https://www.neatorama.com/2021/10/02/Full-Face-Sunglasses-Are-the-New-Look-This-Season/Occasionally we run across a story in which the government lists someone as dead when they are not. It's a nightmare for an individual who is suddenly thrust into a battle with a massive bureaucracy. And it happens more...
https://www.neatorama.com/2021/10/02/The-Nightmare-of-Finding-Yourself-Legally-Dead/
