Nurdles are lentil-sized pellets of plastics—polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, and so on—that are used to make everything from consumer goods to the containers we ship them in. They're an environmental terror, not least because they look like food to aquatic life. Some 230,000 tons of them are set afloat on the high seas every year. — Read the rest
Through his brilliant array of imaginative films, Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Studio Ghibli, has not only turned a couple of Western generations into anime fans but helped expand the visual language for millions of film fans. Recently, the accomplished director announced that he is getting set to work on his last film. — Read the rest
Four hours of the recent 2021 Game Awards boiled down to 8 minutes of new game reveals. Time saving!
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I just published a new guide over at Wirecutter that goes into exquisite detail about the best at-home karaoke machines. This involved a surprising amount of research just to figure out what the hell a modern karaoke machine actually entails:
— Read the restThe biggest challenge we faced with this guide was also the most basic part of it: What exactly is a "karaoke machine," anyway?