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From Colossal: Maria Prymachenko (1908–1997) was a self-taught folk artist known for her renderings of life in the Ukrainian countryside. Her gouache and watercolor works are vibrant and imaginative, depicting symmetrical red poppies tucked in a small vase or fantastical bull-like animals sprouting two-headed snakes. Expressive and consistently advocating for peace, Prymachenko’s paintings are widely known throughout Ukraine and internationally: she received a gold medal at the Paris World Fair in 1937, when Pablo Picasso is said to have dubbed her “an artistic miracle.” Earlier this week, Russian attacks northwest of Kyiv destroyed the Ivankiv Historical and Local History Museum,...

In this clip, a man from Korea tries to explain bidets to an American woman who is clearly completely unfamiliar with the idea of cleaning an ass with water instead of smearing excrement around it with a wadded handful of paper. — Read the rest

I've just purchased the Microsoft Surface Pro 8 and Slim Pen 2. I'm putting out the artist review for the Slim Pen 2 first as the tablet review takes more time to create. The Microsoft Slim Pen 2 was released in late 2021 together with the Surface Pro 8 and Surface Laptop Studio. Below's the list of compatible devices that supports this pen at the time of this review: Surface Laptop Studio Surface Pro 3 to Pro 8 Surface Pro X Surface Duo, Duo 2 Surface Go, Surface Go 2, Surface Go 3 Surface Hub 2S Surface Laptop 1 to...

I’ve never seen a statistic on enlistments during WWII as to whether early inductees, upon reaching the one year anniversary of their recruitment, were allowed to return to civilian life on schedule as in Wolf Chases Pigs, or whether laws were altered to keep them in the service for the duration. For that matter, if leaving was permitted after a year, how many soldiers chose to do so, or did the vast majority of them feel pressured to sign up for another term? Whatever the situation, the war dragged on into its second year, with no visible letup in the...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, SPY.com may receive an affiliate commission. Gone are the days when if you wanted to be ready to take high-quality photos, you had to lug around a point-and-shoot camera or digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera in a cushioned camera bag. Now more than ever, our mobile devices are being designed with some of the most cutting-edge camera technology, delivering pictures that any entry- to mid-tier Nikon would have a tough time competing against. But that doesn’t mean we can’t beef up our phones’ image quality...