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Tuesday March 25, 2025. 08:12 PM
Kylie Minogue is an Australian star initially famed for her role on the long-running soap opera Neighbors, then as a slickly-produced UK pop star in the 1980s, and more lastingly as a more stylish coolbrow icon. I did not know, however, that she once sang a song about being...
Have you noticed that more billionaires seem nervous about death lately? Whether it's Elon Musk using his young son as body armor, Bryan Johnson using his as a blood bag, or every tech bro under the sun scrambling for a digital afterlife San Junipero style, the problems of...
Writers: After close to 30 years of writing full-time, and part-time, as a freelancer, staff writer, senior editor and author, I have come to a conclusion about our trade. It will not make most of us rich. In fact, very few of us will be able to make a living with our...
Families in the West Ada School District held a 'chalk the walk' event to protest the school's ban on welcoming posters. The school responded by hosing off the welcoming chalk messages. You gotta hand it to the jerks at the West Ada School District; they will die on the hill ...
Paula Regan and her husband Dave were strolling along a beach in Kent, UK when she spotted something very strange on the sand. 'At first, I thought it was a bit of driftwood or maybe a dead seal because I could see these funny tail fin things,' she said. — Read the rest The...
Usually, when a person accidentally comes within inches of an alligator, panic ensues. But a Florida kayaker — who not only saw an alligator, but whose kayak actually got stuck on one — had a different take, calmly whipping out his camera to document the unusual...
If you need a little emotional relief from current political angst, try this delightful 2024 documentary, 'Every Little Thing.' Meet Terry Masear, the hummingbird whisperer who rehabilitates wounded and abandoned baby hummingbirds. The up-close slow motion videography...
Disney keeps rolling out new trailers for Andor, and this one hits hard. I find it funny when the Star Wars haters point out Andor as the only good Star Wars because it is dark and edgy. They missed a lot of Star Wars or panned it because it was animated. — Read the rest...
A new portrait of Donald Trump by Sarah Boardman, placed in the rotunda of the Colorado statehouse, was taken down after he complained that it was a 'purposefully distorted' portrayal. 'Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves, but the one in Colorado, in the...
If you feel like you're living in an episode of The Twilight Zone right now, you would not be wrong. Fascism comes to America in this 1963 episode of The Twilight Zone, titled 'He's Alive,' written by Rod Serling. — Read the rest The post 1963 Twilight Zone episode warned...
Trump's Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard trapped herself, and Senator Warner ground her nose in it. After the massive demonstration that the Trump Administration is unfit to protect the United States, DNI Tulsi Gabbard attempted to dodge Senator Mark Warner's ...
It's spring and that means it's time for Record Store Day 2025! The annual event is put on by independent record stores across the country, where record labels create and release rare, re-issued, and exclusive recordings by a huge variety of artists, mostly on vinyl. — Read t...
A United Airlines passenger says he was experiencing tummy troubles in the bathroom for about 20 minutes when an impatient pilot broke in and yanked him out with his pants still down. To add to his humiliation, the New Jersey man says the pilot then disparaged his Jewish...
Jeff Geerling bought a Bosch dishwasher to replace his old GE dishwasher, which was starting to rust and had a display that stopped working. The Bosch came highly recommended both on Consumer Reports and on Reddit. He was pleased by how easy it was to install (with one minor ...
TL;DR: This tiny but mighty 100W Omega USB-C GaN Charger can save you in a pinch, and now it's just $54.97 (reg. $119) through March 30. It's important to be prepared — for natural disasters, car troubles, power outages, and, perhaps the most common of all, a low battery...
Since the 1960s, contracts with the federal government have explicitly banned racially-segregated restaurants, waiting rooms and other facilities. This provision has been removed from such contracts, reports NPR. It remains illegal under federal and state law to provide...
Current and former Social Security officials fear Elon Musk is focused on breaking Social Security so he can take it over and 'fix it' like Twitter. 'They're creating a fire to require them to come and put it out,' said one former high-ranking SSA official who took an...
Hsu Chi-chieh, a legislator in Taiwan, apologized this week after winners of a marathon held there were given prizes that despicted the Chinese QBZ-05 machine gun. He said it 'was an unintentional mistake' but the Associated Press hardly elaborates on what happened. — Read...
Ayaneo's Retro Mini PC AM01S has a tiny flip-up display and looks for all the world like something that came out of Cupertino 30 years ago. I honestly have no idea what I'd do with it, but by gum I want one. — Read the rest The post Beige beast: high-powered Ayaneo Retro...
Coffee from the formerly known Dunkin' Donuts is insanely popular in other parts of the country. I saw the beans and decided to give it a whirl, or a brew. The bag had dates that appeared the beans were roasted, or packaged about a month before I picked it up. — Read the...
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