Here's some of the weird stuff you can buy on Etsy, the Brooklyn company that just had a $3+ billion IPO – Business Insider

Etsy, the online marketplace that specializes in crafts and other artistic items, went public Thursday morning with an opening price valuing it over $3.7 billion.  One critique of the company leading up to its IPO was that as the site tried to scale, it was losing its unique selection of items that weren’t mass-produced. We checked out […]

Interview: Westside Cowboy – bigtakeover.com

Shop our Big Takeover store for back issues, t-shirts & CDs Shop our Big Takeover store for back issues, t-shirts & CDsFollow The Big TakeoverPhoto by Charlie Barclay HarrisWestside Cowboy are a decidedly young, and unmistakably British, band, and they’ve proven themselves worthy of the hype that’s followed the quartet since their formation in 2023. […]

Mislabelled fake fur could lead to total ban – The Guardian

Outlawing all use of fur in fashion and furnishing should be an option, say MPsMinisters should consider an all-out ban on fur because consumers have been tricked into buying animal fur labelled as fake, a cross-party group of MPs says today.A report from the environment select committee calls for the government to launch a public […]

Macy's becomes biggest US retailer to end fur sales – The Guardian

Humane Society applauds move as department store joins companies, cities and states rejecting real fur clothingMacy’s has announced it will end the sale of fur across its stores, notching a major win for animal rights activists.The US retailer joins a growing number of brands, cities and states turning away from the use of products made […]

Meat shredding 'claws' fun, monstrously effective – Erie Times-News

What: Bear Paws meat shredding clawsWhere: www.thegrommet.com, www.amazon.com and places that sell grilling equipmentCost: $12.95I’ve been eyeing these — and similar brands of them (somebody didn’t get their patent in time) — for years. But my kitchen-maven brother frowns upon what he calls “single-use” kitchen tools: gadgets you only use for one thing clogging up […]

‘Passionate about wildlife:’ Taxidermist who recreated Milwaukee’s gorilla Samson reflects on career – wuwm.com

Many Milwaukeeans are familiar with Samson, the beloved gorilla who died in 1981 at the Milwaukee County Zoo.Wildlife artist and world champion taxidermist, Wendy Christensen, made the popular recreation of Samson that’s on display at the Milwaukee Public Museum.In 1982, Christensen started working at the Milwaukee Public Museum at 19 years old and became the […]

Tassie tiger pelt bought for $5 at garage sale – Australian Geographic

A celebration of how alien yet relatable so many of the creatures that live among us can be.All the essential information you need about Australia’s unique flora and fauna.The weird and wonderful natural phenomena of our natural world – explained.Glimpse worlds beyond our own with AG’s esteemed space expert and living legend, Fred Watson.Be surprised […]