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Tuesday October 14, 2025. 07:02 PM
Noted violent slaver, spreader of disease, and forced conversions to Christianity, Christopher Columbus's flagship, the Santa Maria, was reproduced as a replica in 1987. It sank off the coast of Puerto Vallarta last Friday. In other Columbus Day News: A replica of...
The US vaccination rate for the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine has dropped steadily for the past five years, resulting in the worst year for measles since the disease was declared 'eliminated.' There are measles cases in the US every year, often introduced via...
Cody Allen Balmer, 38, will spend 25 to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempting to murder Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro in an April arson attack. Newly released surveillance footage shows Balmer scaling the fence of the Harrisburg governor's mansion, breaking ...
Trump took to Truth Social to blast Time magazine's latest cover photo, calling it 'may be the Worst of All Time.' The complaint came as he returned from the Middle East, where he brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that freed Israeli hostages. — Read the rest The...
These are the cutest, wildest construction workers I've ever seen. I'm talking about opossums, of course, one of my all time favorite animals, and the only marsupial native to North America. The Opossum Society of the United States explains that both male and female...
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson claims to be an upstanding Christian 'warrior' of the faith, but his actions suggest otherwise. Here MAGA Mike stands by as DHS agents shoot priests in the head with pepperballs, yet he is working hard to get Donald Trump his coveted Nobel...
The protests in Portland featuring Frog and all of their inflatable pals are giving me life! In that same vein, I've also been loving the hilarious trolling that musical comedian, artist, and film producer Roy Potylo, aka Robby Roadsteamer, has been bringing to ICE protests...
Michael J. Fox recalls his first night filming Back to the Future, stumbling through a scene in a rubber radiation suit, barely able to see through his fogged-up visor. 'All I could think about: Is this really my acting debut in this movie? — Read the rest The post Michael...
ICE agents are not known to be truth tellers, so it seems unlikely these four US citizens were actually doing wrong when ICE detained and abused them in Forest Park, Illinois. ICE was arresting someone and seemed to have incidentally also nabbed some citizens just doing...
The protests in Portland continue. Costumes are available for folks who'd like to try them on, and the only aggressors are ICE and some MAGA jerks trying to instigate. Mostly, Portland looks like fun! First thing you need to know is Portland is not burning, and the...
TL;DR: Boost productivity with a premium plan and lifetime subscription of MobiOffice, an all-in-one suite for documents, spreadsheets, presentations, email, and more for just $29.99 (Reg. $119.97). In most cases, I adhere to the adage: 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it.' —...
Feeling curious about how different topics are linked? Six Degrees of Wikipedia is a site that lets you type in two different topics and then shows how many Wikipedia pages apart they are. It also displays a fun visual chart for each pair of topics you enter. — Read the...
Given that tariffs are import taxes, it's no wonder Goldman Sachs found that consumers are shouldering most of the costs of President Trump's. The supply chain ends with you. The findings, released Sunday, suggest U.S. consumers will continue to struggle with high prices...
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones falsely claimed that the Sandy Hook mass shooting was a fraud and that the parents of the victims were in on it, an oft-repeated lie that ultimately led to a colossal $1.4bn defamation verdict against him. Though he has evaded payment for years ...
From the workship of Danish artist Thomas Dambo and his team, a 'gentle army' of 170 giant wooden trolls is heading out to forests the world over. Crafted from pallets and other wooden junk, the project began 12 years ago and a new troll, up to 40 feet tall, is born every...
Whatever else Fallout 4 may be, no one has ever accused it of being a well-written game. Case in point: after blowing up your nemesis with no option to talk him down or even meaningfully interact with him at any point, you stick a piece of his brain into your robot buddy to...
U.S.-based imageboard site 4chan was fined £20,000 (~$26,000) by Ofcom, the United Kingdom's communications regulator, after failing to respond to its inquiries. 4chan is an early target of the Online Safety Act, a recent law that requires age verification for adult content ...
On the one hand, I'm really glad that virtual band Gorillaz seem to be bouncing back to their former glory almost ten years after returning from a lengthy hiatus. On the other hand, as a fan, I'm shocked it's taken that long for them to remember 'wait, we can make good...
In the immortal words of Jenny Nicholson: 'How come major film studios keep being like 'Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor'?' After Tron: Ares' opening weekend, we may just have to accept that Mr....
This Saturday, 2,000 protests will pop up all across America as part of another No Kings Day. Millions and millions of antifascist patriots who object to U.S. authoritarianism are expected to attend. And for anyone still on the fence — anyone who opposes a U.S. — Read the...
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