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Monday August 4, 2025. 08:26 PM
Convicted felon and real estate fraud Donald Trump's screaming response that everything Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) says is a lie only confirms her validity. Trump took to screaming as Senator Warren explained exactly why his firing of  Bureau of Labor Statistics...
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TDS' Jordan Klepper takes a look back at years of MAGA interviews regarding Epstein and Trump's relationship. 'Biden sniffs kids.' These people are not sane, but they vote. Over time, I think I've gone from finding MAGAs funny to frustrating to fear-inducing. — Read the...
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Google released a 30-second Pixel 10 ad today that mocks Apple's year-long delay in delivering promised AI improvements to Siri on iPhone 16 devices. The ad suggests users could 'just change your phone' if they purchased a device for a feature that's been 'coming soon for a...
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The latest version of Amazon's Kindle firmware, 5.18.4, includes two new features, but will block you from jailbreaking the device. Amazon has just updated its 11th and 12th generation Kindle e-readers with firmware version 5.18.4. The change logs simply state that this...
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Major cloud storage providers maintain unclear policies about deleting user data after subscription cancellations, Wired reports, with deletion timelines ranging from six months to indefinite preservation. Apple reserves the right to delete iCloud backups after 180 days of...
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Animal shelters across Southern California are being overcrowded. In Santa Monica, fees are being waived for folks able to adopt. The Santa Monica Animal Shelter has exceeded its capacity amid a wave of animal surrenders and stray intakes, prompting city officials to waive ...
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Nine out of ten people who believe they're allergic to penicillin actually aren't, and this widespread misunderstanding has serious healthcare implications. Research shows that while 10-20% of Americans report a penicillin allergy, fewer than 1% truly have one, according to...
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If Tesla is sure this mere $29ish billion plan will incentivize Musk into staying, what was the other $20 billion for? After being told his $50 billion-plus pay package was 'unfair to shareholders,' Elon is back at it with a $29 billion-plus plan sure to incentivize...
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Sydney Sweeney's gene/jeans commercial blowup has become a masterclass in Steve Bannon's political strategy of 'flooding the zone with shit' — overwhelming public attention with manufactured controversies to distract from substantive issues. The playbook, as analyzed in...
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A New Zealand bus driver noticed a bag moving curiously, and got quite a surprise when he opened it. Police officers in Kaiwaka, a small town in New Zealand, arrested a 27-year-old woman who was transporting a 2-year-old in her suitcase stored in a bus's luggage compartment. ...
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The payroll growth we thought we experienced in May and June? Gone, like tears in the rain The US IT jobs market hasn't exactly been robust thus far in 2025, and downward revisions to May and June's Bureau of Labor Statistics data mean IT jobs lost in July are part of an...
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Delta Air Lines has walked back previous statements about individualized pricing after lawmakers questioned the airline's AI-assisted dynamic pricing model. In November, Delta president Glen Hauenstein told investors the company would have pricing 'available on that flight,...
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At a surfing competition over the weekend, in Pacifica, California, competitors wore personal flotation devices, some wore wetsuits, and some even wore goggles. They came in many shapes and sizes, but they had two things in common: four legs and fur. — Read the rest The...
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Have you ever broken a bone? From a bike crash, maybe? Falling out of a tree? If so, you may not know it, but you've already been barred from the most exclusive club on the Internet: r/Neverbrokeabone. Like most social clubs, the group, exclusively for those who have managed ...
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A candy shop in the Netherlands called Rocks & Rolls Candy makes custom-designed hard candy in front of the shop's giant front windows. They draw a good-sized crowd for a candy shop, and it's easy to see why. From the moment they dumped out the giant pot of steaming liquid,...
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Autotrader has evolved from its roots as an automative magazine to become the UK’s largest automotive marketplace, a tech business that is now 100% using Apple products.  Autotrader isn’t the first to move to Mac; the opportunity to move from a Windows ecosystem to...
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Microsoft announced last month that Chinese state-sponsored hackers exploited vulnerabilities in SharePoint to breach hundreds of companies and government agencies, including the National Nuclear Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security. The company...
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Do you like your new and expensive Nintendo Switch 2, but wish it was just a little more covered in oil and salt and generally more unpleasant to use? As per usual, the 3D printing community has you covered. Say hello to the GamiFries, a free Switch 2 accessory that allows...
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Take a break from all of the depressing and infuriating news about the Grifter-in-Chief and sit back and relax while listening to the sweet and soothing sounds of animal ASMR, featuring Freddie the longhaired dachshund. He and his sister Olive are, first of all, utterly...
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Cartoonist Patrick McDonnell has long been a fiercely devoted advocate for animal rights and welfare. He's been involved with activism and has contributed to the cause through his art and his long-running daily comic strip, 'Mutts.' For the month of August, he and his comic...
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