Pop Goes the Xenomorph: Awesome Alien Chestburster Jack-in-the-Box Build

Who needs a clown in a box when you can have a chestburster? Pop goes the Xenomorph! This fun build by artist Steven Richter takes a harmless Jack-in-the-Box and turns it into a nightmare straight out of the Alien franchise. And yes, the box works as intended: just turn the little crank and the Xenomorph […]

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This 1710 square feet Single Family home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. It is located at 9195 E Arnold Lake Rd, Harrison, MI.

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Seriously, don't ask "AI" anything you wouldn't ask a magic 8 ball. I'd say use your common sense but if you are asking ChatGPT for advice with the intent to listen, you don't have any...

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The Merriam-Webster word of the day for August 18 is ostentatious, as in "The band came from the capital of Texas, so they were quite ostentatious"

https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/ostentatious-2025-08-18?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

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Word of the Day: Ostentatious

Both ostentatious and the related noun ostentation can be traced to the Latin verb ostentāre, meaning 'to display,' and the idea of display persists in the English word’s current use: people and

Got a catch em all? Pass, I've had two and that's a full party. Their status effects are also way more brutal than the game let on, though I don't remember Pikachu sneezing in Ash's eyeball...

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Why is the least oppressed group in American history the most vocal and whiney about that fact? Live one day as a POC and/or LGBTQ+ person and we can talk.

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A handy new classification scheme for when you're not saying it's aliens, but it's aliens

https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09167?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

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The Loeb Scale: Astronomical Classification of Interstellar Objects

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to increase interstellar object (ISO) detections from a few over the past decade to potentially one per few months, demanding a systematic classification scheme. We present the Loeb Scale, formally the Interstellar Object Significance Scale (IOSS), a 0-10 classification system extending the proven Torino Scale framework, to address ISOs' unique anomalies, including potential technosignatures. The scale provides quantitative thresholds for natural phenomena (Levels 0-3) and graduated protocols for increasingly anomalous characteristics (Levels 4-7), with Levels 8-10 reserved for confirmed artificial origin. Each level specifies observable criteria and response protocols. We demonstrate the scale's application using 1I/'Oumuamua (Level 4), 2I/Borisov (Level 0), and 3I/ATLAS (Level 4) as test cases. The Loeb Scale provides the astronomical community with a standardized framework for consistent, evidence-based and dynamic evaluation while maintaining scientific rigor across the full spectrum of possibilities as we enter an era of routine ISO encounters.

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