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Thursday July 3, 2025. 01:26 AM
With Phoenix temperatures already over 100 degrees at 10am last Sunday, officials closed down a popular hiking trail for obvious safety reasons. One Arizona family, however, somehow took the trail-closure signs to be a welcoming invitation, and set off on a late morning...
Wednesday July 2, 2025. 11:00 PM
TL;DR: The Switch 2 Charging Dock is available for $18.99 (regular $29.99). The Nintendo Switch 2 means new games, better graphics, and more intuitive Joy-Con controls with magnetic snaps. It also means whoever's got it is going to be the envy of their friends. — Read the...
'The design of sex dolls—unconstrained by biological limitations—offers a unique window into human mate preferences,' writes Dr. William Costello in the abstract to his study analyzing sex dolls to understand human attraction. Costello's research, published in...
No one is surprised to see another bad quarter of sales for Tesla; the only question is how Musk will spin it. Tesla delivered 384,122 vehicles in the second quarter of this year, wrapping up another weak quarter for the company as it struggles to bring the pace of sales...
'Who invited the stooge?!' I wonder who had Meta CEO and meat-smoking enthusiast Mark Zuckerberg casually strolling into a classified meeting about secret war planes on their bingo card. Nothing is sacred anymore, and access is clearly for sale. Easter, Birthday parades,...
I just finished Charles Soule's Trials of the Jedi, which serves as a wonderful 'finale' to Disney's High Republic project, but certainly won't be the end of it. I waited a while to dive into the Star Wars: High Republic media. — Read the rest The post Now that it's...
While most pups balk at the thought of wearing clothes, a dog named Dunkin won't leave home until he looks presentable. And by presentable, he means wearing his favorite Hawaiian shirt. Caught on camera, the dapper doggo realizes he is not properly dressed and literally...
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of George Orwell's death, The New Statesman has published two essays by the author of 1984 and Animal Farm. The special opens with 'Hop-picking,' Orwell's 1931 piece documenting his experience working in Kent's hop fields. — Read the rest...
The United States of America celebrates its independence from the United Kingdom by setting off a whole lotta fireworks. Sometimes, they go off early. At 6 pm on Tuesday, July 1st, the town of Esparto, California, was rocked by a massive explosion. — Read the rest The po...
Florida's Ron DeSantis spent $450 million in taxpayer dollars to build his Everglades gulag — only to have it flood on the first day. As soon as the proud governor's so-called Alligator Alcatraz opened its doors yesterday, reporter Jason Delgado spotted water leaking into...
From 1980 onwards, Ron Weideman transformed his nightshift taxi into a rolling portrait gallery, photographing an extraordinary cross-section of New York City life during a pivotal era of cultural transformation. Working in the confined space of his cab, Weideman captured...
Who could resist having an oil-painted portrait of a human-fly hybrid monstrosity for their dining room? That's the question art collectors will face when Ken Kelly's original 1974 cover art for Famous Monsters of Filmland #104 goes up for sale at Heritage Auctions today. —...
A Maine police department's attempt to add their logo to a drug bust photo backfired spectacularly when citizens caught them lying about using artificial intelligence to alter evidence photos. 'This is NOT an AI-generated photo,' Westbrook Police declared on Facebook when...
Killer whales sharing food with other killer whales is well-documented, but a new study in the Journal of Comparative Psychology found that they also share with humans. In 2015, Jared Towers was filming when two whales from the same pod dropped food in front of him. — Read...
I had never heard of eating cheese before bed causing bad dreams, but it is well-known enough bit of common wisdom that there was an entire comic, 'Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend,' devoted to dairy-fueled nightmares. However, up until now, no one had tried to determine if the...
Wisconsin's Supreme Court today ruled that a 176-year-old law held to ban abortions did not, as newer legislation had superceded it by criminalizing abortions only in cases when a fetus is viable outside the womb. The 4-3 partisan vote ends a three-year legal battle that...
TL;DR: Do more for less with this Grade 'A' refurbished MacBook Pro 13″ for only $324.97 — a whole 77% off its regular price of $1,499. Once you go Mac, you can never go back. The Apple ecosystem makes it so hard to quit — and why would you? — Read the rest The post...
Jurors in rap mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs' trial found him guilty of transporting women for prostitution, but not guilty of sex trafficking others, including an ex-partner. He was also cleared on a racketeering charge. The result, delivered this morning at federal court in New...
William Gibson, author of science fiction classic Neuromancer, likes the first look Apple TV offered of its forthcoming show based on the novel: 'I imagined the Chatsubo in 1984. 41 years later I opened its door. Neuromancer is in production.' — Read the rest The post What s...
Threatened with a defamation lawsuit and desperate to win the president's approval for an $8bn corporate merger, Paramount has agreed to pay Donald Trump $16m. The deal was delayed, according to earlier reports, as Paramount's own lawyers understand the payment to be a bribe ...
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