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Before the heatwave , I thought the worst part of living in France was no Diet Coke , only Coke Zero.  Diet Coke, specifically, is one of humankind’s most perfect technologies, because unlike all my other vices, it provides a disproportionately high level of pleasure with virtually no drawbacks or consequences.  According to Newton’s third law of motion, forces come in pairs; every action has an equal and opposite reaction. According to Sir Isaac Newton, there’s no such thing as a free lunch. According to my psychiatrist, the reason I’ve been having horrific night terrors is because of the beta-blockers I’ve been taking. They are remarkably effective at tempering the physical symptoms of my anxiety during waking hours. I am finally able to withstand minor inconveniences without experiencing the cortisol spike of someone being hunted for sport, the only drawback being that I wake up to the sound of my own screaming several times a week, damp, in a puddle of m...

Wednesday has a way of forcing the issue. You’re too far in to pretend things aren’t moving, stargazer, and the sky is firmly in agreement — Saturn opposing Venus is two days from exact, and the pressure on relationships, desires, and what you actually want is at full strength. Jupiter’s conjunction with Mercury closes today: whatever you’ve been building toward saying, this morning is the last call before that reach drops. Moon squared Mercury early, putting friction on the words; tonight Sun squares the Moon and pulls feeling and forward drive apart. The week is asking everyone to stop circling and decide something. Most of you already know what it is. Read your horoscope for the week , and see what the stars have in store for your sign today.  Aries: March 21 – April 19 The fog that’s been sitting on your drive all week is lifting — Mars square Venus wraps up today and the push-pull between what you want and how you’ve b...

The Beatles had a very casual attitude about sex, by their own admission. And, as it turns out, there were plenty of occasions where the different members witnessed each other getting down and dirty. Paul McCartney, for example, recalled how he’d once walked in on John Lennon and saw “a little bottom bobbing up and down with a girl underneath him.” McCartney went on to say, “It was perfectly normal. You’d go, ‘Oh…sorry,’ and back out the room.” But that’s nothing compared to what happened the night George Harrison lost his virginity. As Harrison explained in 2000’s The Beatles Anthology , sex wasn’t easy to come by for them in England during the late 1950s. “The girls would all wear brassieres and corsets, which seemed like reinforced steel,” Harrison remembered . That all changed in the ‘60s, when he and the rest of the band were invited to play in Hamburg, Germany. The Rest of the Beatles Were There When George Harrison Lost His Virginity While in town, the quartet—...

As meme culture grew throughout the 2000s, many songs became internet memes and viral trends. Some classics became memes as well, including Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give Up” and Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams”. These three songs from the 2000s became memes as well, taking on new life and changing the way we think about them forever. “teenage dirtbag” by wheatus Released in June 2000, this song actually has a much darker meaning than initially thought. Its lyrics were inspired by a 1984 satanic murder in lead singer-songwriter Brendan B. Brown’s hometown on Long Island, New York. In 2022, TikTok users began using the song to post photo collages of their awkward or rebellious teenage years. Subsequently, Wheatus’ biggest hit is forever a part of internet meme history , breathing new life into the track. “photograph” by nickelback Nickelback’s 2005 track “Photograph” was one of...

All 14 The Duskbloods character classes have reportedly leaked early online. The upcoming FromSoftware multiplayer game appears to feature a lineup of truly disturbing characters for players to choose from. The Duskbloods Characters Reportedly Leaked by Dataminers Screenshot: FromSoftware We are now only a few days away from The Duskbloods network test on August 21, and the game has reportedly just suffered a major leak. According to a post on FamiBoards, dataminers were able to uncover new information about the Switch 2 multiplayer game after files were pushed to its servers ahead of the beta. According to the leak, The Duskbloods will have 14 playable characters and classes . If the information is accurate, we also have a description of each character. And, well, they are pretty interesting to say the least! For your convenience, here is the full list of leaked The Duskbloods character classes reportedly uncovered by dataminers: All 14 Leaked The Duskbloods ...

The sky isn’t done going deep yet. Moon in Scorpio isn’t letting up, stargazer, and today it really means business — squaring Pluto overnight to bring buried things closer to the surface, squaring Jupiter this afternoon to make the emotional weight feel bigger than expected. Take seriously what surfaced last night; it didn’t arrive without a reason. Saturn opposing Venus is building pressure in relationships and desires all week, asking harder questions about what you actually want and who you want it with. The long view holds: Saturn trine Jupiter is a steady hand on the wheel, and the ground beneath all of it is solid. Today is for going inward. Read your horoscope for the week , and see what the stars have in store for your sign today.  Aries: March 21 – April 19 Something settled while you were sleeping — Moon trine Mars overnight has a way of doing that, delivering a knowing you didn’t have when you went to bed. Yesterday the driv...