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Wednesday April 9, 2025. 09:42 PM
Blue Sky user Unusual Whales notes extremely suspicious activity just before Trump 'reversed' his insane global tariffs. It seems to be a generally accepted fact that Trump, his family, and associates are just getting richer and consolidating power with these otherwise...
When forced to close, the owner of an Idaho video store ensured that regular customers could continue their daily routine. After 30 years, a video store was forced to close as movie delivery technology has moved on. Knowing, however, how important the routine of coming in...
Uber has released its annual 'Lost & Found Index' of the most unusual, and and most common, items people leave behind in cars. Most of what's forgotten are wallets, phones, and keys. Below are the 50 'most unique': Mannequin head with human hair Viking drinking horn...
After three days of a disastrous stock market crash and this morning's public warning of a recession, Donald Trump frantically backpedaled, taking back his 'reciprocal tariff' mistake. 'I have authorized a 90 day PAUSE,' the erratic president posted, nixing most of his...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has announced a bold new strategy to combat antisemitism: checking people's Twitter feeds, reports NPR. But according to the puppy-slayer, antisemitism only counts when it comes with a foreign accent. The policy specifically targets...
Japan is selling off its emergency rice stash for the first time since 1995 because prices have doubled, and would you believe one of the culprits is tourists stuffing their faces with onigiri at every 7-Eleven from Tokyo to Osaka? France 24 reports that record numbers of...
A poor turkey had no idea its final seconds were numbered when it decided to launch into flight. But a quick bobcat knew exactly what would happen next when it leaped high into the sky and snatched his feathered snack mid-air. — Read the rest The post Watch: Bobcat...
Murderbot is a new show from Apple TV based on the novel series by Martha Wall—a favorite of Jason's—and the trailer arrives just in time to soak up lingering Severance viewers contemplating canceling for another 3 years, or however long it takes them to make a new...
While Donald Trump promises that his tariffs will be 'legendary,' JP Morgan Chase's Jamie Dimon warns that a 'probable' recession is about to hit. The CEO sounded the alarm this morning on Fox News, when host Maria Bartiromo asked, 'Do you personally expect a recession?' —...
Fox & Friends' human ray of toxic positivity Ainsley Earhardt displayed all the financial acumen of a trust fund hamster this morning while discussing Trump's economy-crushing tariffs with co-host Steve Doocy. When Doocy shared a story about an elderly retiree watching his...
Republican Congressperson Nancy Mace paused her campaign to regulate who can pee in which bathroom to decry constituents complaining about real problems. Nancy Mace feels it is evil for people to call her office unhappy that the government services they rely on are...
A new, non-destructive Kindle Jailbreak even works on my 2014 Kindle Voyage. I'm just not sure I needed it. When I saw this video on how easy and valuable jailbreaking your Amazon Kindle can be, I immediately thought, 'Hell ya!' I have jailbroken the Kindle after living ...
When it comes to tariffs, even Trump's own secretary of the treasury Scott Bessent can't answer the simple question, 'Why are we doing this?' Which is what Fox host Maria Bartiromo asked him this morning. And when the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury — who, of all people,...
Remember that time at Burning Man when our favorite billionaire edgelord told his cousins they should totally start a solar company? As reported in CleanTechnica, Tesla's solar installations have been cratering harder than Elon's reputation. After pathetically bragging...
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Former Florida U.S. Senator Marco Rubio is the U.S. Secretary of State, though his functional authority in the role has reportedly been undermined by others in the orbit of President Trump. A member of his security detail was arrested in Brussels, reports The Brussels Times, ...
Licking County, Ohio, close to Columbus, was the site Microsoft chose to build a billion-dollar networks of data centers. Those plans will not move forward, the company now reports. The two unmentioned elephants in the room (or perhaps in the charming covered bridge) would...
The White House banned the Associated Press from attending news conferences after it refused to refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the 'Gulf of America' in reportage, as demanded by the Trump administration. A judge yesterday told them this violated the first amendment and...
In the Middle Ages, people often slept in box beds. These fully enclosed beds were enclosed inside of a wooden box with a door that could shut to fully close off the sleeper from the outside world. Box beds were common amognst people across various social classes. — Read...
The last version of Windows to depend on DOS was Windows ME—perhaps not the best send-off for the classic operating system—but true believers and regular users have since had the FreeDOS Project to cherish. Maintainer Jeff Hall announced version 1.4 yesterday, which...
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