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Tuesday August 5, 2025. 12:34 AM
Reality TV actor turned Transportation Secretary and acting NASA chief Sean Duffy is set to announce plans for the US to beat China and Russia's partnership and build the first lunar nuclear reactor. The reactor directive orders the agency to solicit industry proposals ...
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If you've ever wondered how history's monsters sold concentration camps to the public, it wasn't with cackling villainy – it was with bland bureaucratic language about 'protective custody' and 'maintaining public order.' DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, following that...
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Monday August 4, 2025. 11:13 PM
ICE agents aren't the only ones disguised in masks as they terrorize the public — eight people were maced on a Manhattan subway by a man sporting a camouflage ski mask. Four of the victims were hospitalized. The suspect — a man in his thirties — attacked a crowd of...
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TL;DR: Great back-to-school laptop: 71% off this refurbished Lenovo Chromebook! Limited supplies available. The school year's about to start, which means it's time to play the annual game of 'How long will this device survive?' If you're shopping for a laptop that won't...
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A Maryland Quaker school just proved that 'Friends' is the most ironic part of its name. As reported in The Washington Post, Sandy Spring Friends School — which recently begged alumni for $15 million to keep its doors open – is pursuing a single mother for $27,000 in tuitio...
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Remember when Philz Coffee was a converted liquor store in the Mission, serving up mint mojito coffee to hipsters who thought they were supporting a plucky local business? Well, the company that built its brand on 'Better Days' just served its loyal employees a Grande cup of ...
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We are observing stealth crawling behavior from Perplexity, an AI-powered answer engine. Although Perplexity initially crawls from their declared user agent, when they are presented with a network block, they appear to obscure their crawling identity in an attempt to...
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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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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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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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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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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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