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Monday August 4, 2025. 07:01 PM
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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 ...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
The Switch 2 is already the status symbol of the summer thanks to its much-maligned price, but Nintendo evidently isn't quite satisfied yet. Their hardware has already seen one price hike in recent months, but to slightly misappropriate a certain hobbit, what about second...
I recently saw some terrific homages — like this one from Buckets the Drummer, this one from Drew on the Kit, and this keyboard mashup by Charles Cornell — to the 'Have You Ever Had a Dream' meme, which made me wonder what ever happened to that sweet little boy who...
When a camera on a spacecraft 370 million miles away malfunctions, NASA can't just send a technician to repair it, so they have to get creative. They recently revealed the details of a repair of the Juno orbiter. NASA's Juno spacecraft has been orbiting Jupiter and sending...
TL;DR: Sam's Club membership is 50% off while supplies last — one purchase gets you two cards for two shoppers! Why buy one overpriced bottle of hot sauce when you could get a whole gallon for a similar price? That's just one of many luxuries awaiting you at Sam's Club. —...
Spotted by astronomers last month, interstellar object 3I/ATLAS [NASA] is the third object from beyond that we've detected passing through the solar system. Given that its trajectory does not intersect with Earth's orbit, it 'poses no threat to Earth and will remain far...
If you're tiring of an unwanted pet, consider donating it to the Aalborg Zoo in Denmark. They have beasts to feed; chickens and certainly horses make fine eating for captive predators. 'If you have a healthy animal that has to leave here for various reasons, feel free to...
Sunday August 3, 2025. 11:00 PM
TL;DR; The Super-Soft 1800 Series Bamboo Blend 6-Piece Sheet Set (Cream/King) is on sale for just $37.99 — that's 77% off the regular price of $169.99. There are two types of people in this world: those who pretend thread count matters, and those who understand that...
Proving, yet again, that even people towing costly travel trailers will just go for it, ignoring the 11'8+8' bridge ended someone's trip unpleasantly. The description says that on July 30th, this fifth wheel ended up smacking the bridge. This likely totaled the trailer,...
TL;DR: Get a refurbished 13.3″ MacBook Pro (2020) with 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD, plus a lifetime Microsoft Office 2021 license for just $419.99. If your laptop is lagging and your monthly Office subscription is driving you nuts every time the fee is charged to your credit car...
Saturday August 2, 2025. 11:35 PM
Sure, a big part of Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom's appeal is the sense of quiet loneliness. You're tossed into this ravaged world overtaken by nature that's only just started to rebuild, making you feel isolated against a sprawling natural backdrop. — Read the...
I hate the ongoing, AI-powered enshittification of the Internet so much. Privacy is on the way out, and freedom of expression isn't too far behind it. Any kind of tech support is basically useless, and there's a 50/50 chance that any given person you reach out to online is...
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