by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
In the July heat, it may have seemed strange to see a line out of the door of Korea House Restaurant on a Wednesday afternoon. The Austin Asian eatery was preparing to do “God’s work” feeding their community for free. On the first Wednesday of every month, the first...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Humanity is enjoying a bit of a devolution back to analog, and a perfect example of this comes from Vermont, where refurbished pay phones are connecting a community with poor cell signal. When was the last time you used a pay phone? For many working Americans the...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
A temporary tattoo that detects drugs in drinks could prevent spiking with roofies. The new sticker responds within one second to even low concentrations of the drug γ-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), according to scientists. When drinking in a social setting, downing a drink...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
A woman is counting her blessings that she was on the right road at the right time, after falling in love with a guy that she and her friend picked up hitchhiking. 27-year-old Maddy met Travis Becker while driving back from a night out with her friend in Byron Bay,...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
A much-loved parakeet has been found in Dorset, England after going missing from its London home more than 100 miles away. After having never left home before, the large green 7-year-old Alexandrine parakeet named Rambi took off on a Sunday when his cage was left open...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Iowa boy who was named by Guinness World Records as the world’s most premature baby has beat “impossible” odds to reach his first birthday. Born at just 21 weeks gestation – a staggering 133 days early – Nash Keen is now all giggles, said his parents Randall and...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
In the course of being a wonderful, kind-hearted neighbor, a California man inadvertently demonstrated the incredible reliability and longevity of his electric vehicle. And being that it’s a Ford Mustang Mach-E, which many derided as an abomination of the badge, it’s...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
A two-legged Chihuahua named Champ detected a potentially fatal heart attack before his owner even felt symptoms, saving his life in the process. 63-year-old Andrew Kuzyk says Champ’s unusual behavior—hugging his chest and whining —prompted lifesaving medical...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
A newly-declared species of 247 million-year-old Triassic reptile and its ridiculously large crest has left scientists scratching their heads. The crest is unlike anything seen before, and was neither made out of skin, as in the case of pterosaur crests, nor feathers,...
by magicartacivics@proton.me | Jul 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
A Hamburg copper smelter is showing that with a little innovation, it’s possible to heat the city’s water without heating up the climate. Aurubis produces 400,000 tons of pure copper every year, every ounce of which generates molecular heat that is channeled into a...
