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vendredi 22 août 2025, 19:20
In a revelation from his 2021 memoir All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business, comedy legend Mel Brooks shares how his mother calmed his childhood fear of Frankenstein's monster. After watching the 1931 Boris Karloff film at age five, young Brooks feared leaving...
It's been an exciting 24 hours for people who don't like seeing people treated by cattle by people who don't believe that some people are people. According to the BBC, in the early hours of Thursday morning, a federal judge ruled that President Trump's other Florida...
In a world of digital distractions, instant gratification, gaming, and 24-hour televised doom, folks seem to be reading fewer books than ever. But Denmark's not having any of it. The Nordic nation doesn't want the brains of its citizens bounded in a nutshell—it was noted...
If you're a fan of the Fallout game franchise, you're in for an easter egg-loaded treat: Amazon Prime has released the trailer for season two of their streaming hit. While it comes in at under three minutes in length, there are more than enough bits and pieces from Fallout...
I'm thrilled to report that Rosie the tarantula has finally, after decades, been relieved of her meet-and-greet duties. It's about time, but I guess as they say, it's better late than never. Rosie is a Chilean rose hair tarantula who has long lived — and worked — at the...
TL;DR: I may not be able to buy a house, but I can buy a lifetime license to Microsoft Office Home 2024 for Mac or PC on sale for $129.97 (reg. $149.99). While I'm a firm believer that you should never give up on your dreams, some dreams get shelved and revisited at a later...
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia must rehire 45 workers it fired and replaced with an AI chatbot. A financial services union there describes the result as a 'massive win' and a warning about misuse of the technology. The bank had announced that its new AI chatbot had...
Colorado Springs' Return to Nature Funeral Home promised dignified cremations with no embalming or chemicals. Instead, Jon and Carie Hallford piled nearly 200 bodies in their fetid, bug-infested building and handed families urns of concrete dust. Mr. Hallford, already headed ...
Trump Mobile announced its 'American-made' $499 T1 smartphone earlier this year, and it was soon pointed out that no device made in the U.S. is anywhere near this cheap and that the renders of the proposed design closely resembled models available in bulk from China. — Read t...
jeudi 21 août 2025, 23:25
A very long-held belief that the mechanical computer, 'the Norden Bombsight,' gave the United States a massive advantage in World War II has been shattered. It isn't that the bombsight doesn't work, but that the type of bombing and targeting it was designed for, flying...
TL;DR: Ditch the dusty stack of 'someday' books and level up your brain in 15-minute bursts with Headway Premium, now less than $50 with this special code: READ20. Hey, you—the guy who's weirdly proud of that half‑read self‑help book on his nightstand. — Read the rest...
In case you were wondering the White House has issued a press release wherein Trump confirms his prejudice with a long list of complaints about museum exhibits. Seeking to better honor the United States' long-standing and historic policies of discrimination, Donald Trump...
The machinations of Trump and his lapdog attorney general were unable to secure ethically challenged Alina Habba a job. There were 77 pages to be written about the Trump Administration's attempt to illegally place Alina Habba in the role of US Attorney for New Jersey. —...
The Trump administration is reviewing more than 55 million foreigners holding valid U.S. visas to identify potential violations that could lead to revocation or deportation. According to the State Department, all visa holders are now subject to 'continuous vetting' for...
The ultra-luxurious Santa Monica Proper hotel faces a class-action lawsuit alleging it has failed to pay workers minimum wage, sometimes compensating them less per hour than the $20 it charges guests for a bowl of hummus. Filed this week in L.A. — Read the rest The post LA...
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a previously unrecorded tiny moon orbiting Uranus. 'It's a small moon but a significant discovery, which is something that even NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft didn't see during its flyby nearly 40 years ago,' said Maryame El...
Another merchant of manufactured moral panic has shuffled off this mortal coil, as James Dobson — the man who turned 'family values' into a cash-printing hate machine – died Thursday at 89. As reported in The New York Times, the Focus on the Family founder spent decades...
A Venezuelan asylum-seeker was arrested, publicly labeled as a gang member, and deported without due process, raising serious questions about the accuracy of immigration enforcement tactics. Jesús Escalona Mújicas, a 48-year-old construction worker with no criminal...
Ethel Caterham, 116, today celebrates her birthday in Lightwater, England. Born on 21 August 1909, she is the oldest human known to be alive. The last person born in the Edwardian era, she was congratulated by his great-great-grandson, Charles III. — Read the rest The post W...
Delta and United Airlines are facing lawsuits after passengers accused them of selling 'window seats' that had no windows—just blank walls. The proposed class actions, filed in federal courts in New York and California, allege the airlines failed to disclose that some...
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