Imagine rushing through Philadelphia Airport, parched and desperate for water, only to find that your only salvation is a water fountain that forces you to watch Sodastream ads in exchange for a sip of water.

Welcome to 2024, where even your hydration comes with a side of corporate greed. — Read the rest

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If you're into experiencing seizures, confusion, vomiting, abnormal heart rates, loss of consciousness, tremors, and abdominal pain, then you might want to give Diamond Shruumz mushroom chocolate bars, cones, and gummies a try! However, the Federal Food and Drug Administration and CDC strongly advise against consuming, selling, or serving any flavor of Diamond Shruumz-brand Chocolate Bars, Cones, or Gummies. — Read the rest

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Noted energy expert Marjorie Taylor Greene took to the stage today to deliver one of her famous sermons on the mount of ignorance. This time Greene shared an important message for the MAGA patriots who attended her lecture. "If you think gas prices are high now, just wait until you're forced to drive an electric vee-hick-ull," she said. — Read the rest

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Some unscrupulous consumer electronics manufacturers have created a monstrosity: fake "Lightning" headphones that actually use Bluetooth to avoid Apple's expensive specs for Lightning hardware. These Frankenstein devices use a wired connection to power a Bluetooth chip, making you think the audio is coming through the wires. — Read the rest

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When I came across an ad for Porpoise Jaw Oil in the August 1965 issue of Popular Mechanics, I doubted whether it was really oil derived from porpoises (small toothed whales). However, after reading the fine print — "The incomparable lubricity of the dolphin oils has led to over 100 years use as superb lubricants for timepieces, micrometers, fine instruments, electrical contacts, and all delicate mechanisms" — I realized that the oil did, in fact, come from porpoise jaws. — Read the rest

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Kristi Noem, the lying, incompetent, puppy-shooting charlatan masquerading as the governor of South Dakota, has two options: either she's afflicted with a memory so profoundly defective that it renders her unfit for office, or she's a shameless liar who could give even Donald Trump a run for his money in the deceit department. — Read the rest

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Kristi Noem, the lying, incompetent, puppy-shooting charlatan masquerading as the governor of South Dakota, has two options: either she's afflicted with a memory so profoundly defective that it renders her unfit for office, or she's a shameless liar who could give even Donald Trump a run for his money in the deceit department. — Read the rest

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Contractors working at a Family Fare grocery store in Midland, Michigan found a 34-year-old woman had been secretly residing inside the store's massive rooftop sign for nearly a year.

As reported in the Midland Daily News, the contractors spotted an extension cord snaking up to the sign and discovered the woman's compact but resourceful living quarters within. — Read the rest

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Earlier this week, tech writer and Google Ventures general partner M.G. Siegler received a late-night notification from Meta informing him that his accounts on Instagram, Threads, and Facebook had been suspended for a horrifying alleged violation that he refuses to even name. — Read the rest

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Just when you thought air travel couldn't get any weirder, this video showing a passenger contorting herself into the overhead compartment before takeoff will prove you wrong.

According to witness Monique Guzman, fellow flyers on a Southwest flight from Albuquerque to Phoenix seemed unfazed by the bizarre sight of a woman cozying up amid the carry-on luggage. — Read the rest

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Kristi Noem, the lying, incompetent, puppy-shooting charlatan masquerading as the governor of South Dakota, has two options: either she's afflicted with a memory so profoundly defective that it renders her unfit for office, or she's a shameless liar who could give even Donald Trump a run for his money in the deceit department. — Read the rest

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Contractors working at a Family Fare grocery store in Midland, Michigan found a 34-year-old woman had been secretly residing inside the store's massive rooftop sign for nearly a year.

As reported in the Midland Daily News, the contractors spotted an extension cord snaking up to the sign and discovered the woman's compact but resourceful living quarters within. — Read the rest

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Earlier this week, tech writer and Google Ventures general partner M.G. Siegler received a late-night notification from Meta informing him that his accounts on Instagram, Threads, and Facebook had been suspended for a horrifying alleged violation that he refuses to even name. — Read the rest

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Just when you thought air travel couldn't get any weirder, this video showing a passenger contorting herself into the overhead compartment before takeoff will prove you wrong.

According to witness Monique Guzman, fellow flyers on a Southwest flight from Albuquerque to Phoenix seemed unfazed by the bizarre sight of a woman cozying up amid the carry-on luggage. — Read the rest

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Bullies try to dominate negotiations through aggression, intimidation and unreasonable demands. But you don't have to feel powerless or let them push you around, write Stepbanie Vozza in her article for Fast Company, titles "How to negotiate with a bully." — Read the rest

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A California school superintendent was fired after she threatened to block students from participating in the school graduation ceremony for not clapping loudly enough for her daughter.

The "Clappergate" saga kicked off when Poway Unified School District Superintendent Marian Kim Phelps' girl didn't receive sufficient adoration at last year's softball awards banquet. — Read the rest

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In her upcoming book No Going Back, South Dakota Governor and conservative Christian adulteress Kristi Noem describes how she killed her 14-month-old wirehaired pointer dog named Cricket. "I hated that dog," she wrote, explaining that she led the young dog to a gravel pit to slay it, along with a "nasty and mean" goat with an unpleasant odor. — Read the rest

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If you upload a photo to GeoSpy, it will use AI and computer vision to try to determine the location where the photo was taken. I decided to test it out with a few photos from my personal library. Instead of using the original photos, I used screenshots to remove any geolocation metadata and to make the photos low-resolution, preventing the vision software from reading street signs or license plates. — Read the rest

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Russia's state TV rushed to praise Comrade Marjorie for doing Putin's dirty work on the home front, following her latest threat to block Ukraine aid.

One host gushed that the QAnon Queen "is one of a few members of Congress who is trying to look like a person in an old-fashioned sense of the word. — Read the rest

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Aggressively incurious charlatan Tucker Carlson recently went on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast to hold forth on the topic of evolution.

"I think we've kind of given up on the idea of evolution," he told Rogan. That's correct, if you define "we" to be the QAnoners and moms-basement incels who make up Carlson's audience. — Read the rest

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The DEA's scare tactics likening Adderall prescriptions to the opioid epidemic betrays its addiction to manufacturing drug panics to protect its authority amid the drug war's failures.

The Drug Enforcement Administration has found a new bogeyman to justify its failed prohibitionist crusade — prescription medication for people with ADHD. — Read the rest

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When GOP leaders tried pushing more Ukraine aid through the House, Moscow's loudest MAGA mouthpiece, Marjorie Taylor Greene, tossed an extremely suspect word salad demanding Kyiv roll over for Putin's oppressive ethnic policies before getting a cent.

As Politico reported, MTG's noxious amendment said: "No funding shall be made available to Ukraine unless restrictions on ethnic minorities', including Hungarians in Transcarpathia, right to use their native languages in schools are lifted." — Read the rest

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In the mood to watch (and listen to) feral cats in China munch from food bowls? Meow.camera's got you covered. The website has links to live webcams installed in little feeding boxes around China. The boxes are called "Hello Street Cat Intelligent Stray Cat Management House" and each house has three cameras so you can see the cats from the front, top, and back. — Read the rest

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NASA's upcoming Europa Clipper mission will carry a unique artifact to Jupiter's moon Europa, blending science, technology, and art. The spacecraft is set to launch in October and will journey over 1.6 billion miles to orbit Jupiter, making multiple flybys of Europa. — Read the rest

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When Tesla introduced the Cybertruck, it posted a photo of an add-on tent so owners could sleep in the back of the vehicle. The price tag for the tent, named "Basecamp," was a steep $3,000, but for people who think the Cybertruck is cool, it's probably not an outrageous amount. — Read the rest

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Scam Buster Jim Browning collaborated with an insider to record undercover video inside a pig butchering scam operating from a large complex in Dubai. Here, offices full of migrant workers impersonate glamorous models on dating apps to lure victims into fake investment opportunities. — Read the rest

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If you've ever suspected that the seemingly innocent Winnie the Pooh had a hidden sinister side, here's your proof.

The lovable, roly-poly, honey-aficionado became a cherished figure in children's literature almost overnight with the publication of author A.A. Milne's When We Were Very Young in 1924. — Read the rest

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Kat Abu on TikTok and Media Matters have revealed that a Fox News guest, identified as James Lee, has a contentious past that was not disclosed on air. James Lee, whose full name is James Lee DePaola, appeared on Jesse Watters' show to discuss crime, but Watters failed to mention DePaola's prior violent behavior over trivial matters, such as a dispute over a grilled cheese sandwich. — Read the rest

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Last night, Stephen Colbert criticized the Supreme Court's decision to delay Donald Trump's January 6 insurrection trial by agreeing to hear his immunity claim. Colbert declared February 29 to be Trump Day, "that one magical day you can do anything you want because no laws apply, evidently, according to the Supreme Court" due to the court's decision to hear Trump's immunity defense, which will cause a significant delay in the trial. — Read the rest

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A Maine man faces charges for allegedly tampering with ice cream by adding THC (tetrahydrocannabinol, the key psychoactive compound responsible for most of cannabis's psychological effects), according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Marc Flore, 43, was indicted on one count of tampering with consumer products after he reportedly laced a batch of coffee-Oreo flavored ice cream with THC at the Roots Cafe in Newmarket, New Hampshire. — Read the rest

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In Atlanta, the streets are safer for car tires, thanks to the efforts of a guy known as the "Atlanta Magnet Man." Alex Benigno has taken it upon himself to remove nails, screws, and other metal bits from the streets by biking around with a magnet-equipped trailer. — Read the rest

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Pastor Brian Houston — famous former head of the Hillsong Christian megachurch in Australia — is the victim of Twitter hack!

Here are the facts:

• On February 20, 2024 at 11:41 pm, a devious hacker broke into Pastor Houston's account and posted, "Ladies and girls kissing"

• Sixteen minutes later, Houston was made aware of the breach and he posted, "I think my twitter may have been hacked"

While some uncharitable folks are saying the kindly Pastor mistakenly thought he was typing "Ladies and girls kissing" into a web browser with the safe search filter disabled, that is not the case. — Read the rest

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Fraudster George Santos is suing Jimmy Kimmel and the Walt Disney Company for fraud, demanding $750,000 in damages. The disgraced ex-Congressman is upset that Kimmel ordered Cameo videos from Santos using ridiculous scripts that Santos fell for and broadcast them on TV. — Read the rest

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John Cheeks of Washington, D.C., is suing the Powerball lottery after a website error led him to believe he had won a massive $340 million jackpot, according to NPR. The issue began in January 2023 when Cheeks observed that the winning numbers listed on the DC Lottery website matched those of his ticket, which were based on his family's birthdates and other personal numbers. — Read the rest

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Sultan Kösen of Turkey stands 8 feet 2 inches, making him the tallest living person in the world. This week he reunited with Jyoti Amge of India, who measures under 2 feet 1 inch and is the shortest living woman in the world. — Read the rest

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At a Fox News "Town Hall," Donald Trump spun a colorful yarn to the network's resident mean girl, Laura Ingraham. The video starts mid-clip, but Trump seems to be complaining about appliances and fixtures designed to save water.

"They come out with faucets where no water comes out," he said. — Read the rest

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Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino must be thrilled by the advertising revenue being generated by this pro-slavery tweet that has 2.9 million views so far:

The tweet reads, "White people forget that black people make good slaves. When blacks know their place, their strong bodies are well-suited for manual labor in the field and household. — Read the rest

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Iain S. Forrest, 29, is an electric cellist and a doctor who was attacked last week while performing in a New York subway station. He stated, "At 5:50 pm on February 14th, while performing at 34th St Herald Square station, a woman wearing a mustard jacket, red scarf, and gloves assaulted me by smashing the back of my head with my metal water bottle. — Read the rest

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I watched this video a half dozen times or more and couldn't tell what I was looking at. Was it a jawed microbe treading through a droplet of water? Or a bald eagle filmed at a weird angle? Without clear context or a point of reference, my mind was left to wander through a myriad of possibilities. — Read the rest

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MAGA enthusiast Lauren Boebert promised her constituents in Colorado's 3rd district that she would never abandon them. True to her nature if not her word, the moment the public penis fondler realized she might lose in the next election, she announced she was running in the 4th district instead, which is far more Republican than the 3rd district. — Read the rest

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