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… Read the rest of the article: 5 clever tactics for defusing bullies during negotiations
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Rob Beschizza Italy's health ministry has banned puppies from participating in yoga classes, though adult dogs may continue. Puppy yoga typically involves puppies roaming freely around a yoga class and sometimes being… Read the rest of the article: Italy bans puppy yoga
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Boing Boing's Shop TL;DR: Combine the best of a tablet and laptop with this Microsoft Surface 4! This Grade "B" refurbished model is now only $569.99 (reg. $712.99). Whether you currently tote around a tablet and laptop to… Read the rest of the article: This $570 refurbished Microsoft Surface 4 has Windows 10 Pro as its OS!
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Yoy Luadha I remember a time not that long ago when tech was regarded as a gateway to a better, more equitable future. And those tech titans were lauded as heroes… geniuses… Read the rest of the article: Tech bro fascism looks like a lot like old-fashioned fascism
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Lux Sparks-Pescovitz Southern California's retro game scene is impressive, with dozens of stores catering to every gamer's retro needs, weekly swap events, and one of the largest video game conventions in the… Read the rest of the article: Retro game store robbed in California—and another attempted
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Carla Sinclair Moscow Marge angrily displayed a MUGA (Make Ukraine Great Again) hat yesterday as she announced her upcoming motion to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson. And although she thought the cute… Read the rest of the article: Oops! Marjorie Taylor Greene stunt backfires after she trolls Speaker Johnson — MUGA hats now on sale to help Ukraine (video)
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Mark Frauenfelder 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… Read the rest of the article: School superintendent fired for threatening grads over not clapping hard enough for her daughter
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Carla Sinclair A 60-year-old pilot flying a small plane reported engine trouble before making an emergency landing on a Long Island Beach. The pilot, flying with a 59-year-old passenger, reportedly lost power… Read the rest of the article: Small plane flips into "headstand" as pilot crash lands it on a Long Island beach (video)
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Mark Frauenfelder 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… Read the rest of the article: Dog-killer Noem tries a new excuse: I was protecting my children
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Rob Beschizza When it became clear that seafood chain Red Lobster was headed for bankruptcy, media were eager to blame expensive promotions such as all-you-can-eat shrimp and mountains of free cheddar biscuits.… Read the rest of the article: A deep dive into the dying of Red Lobster
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Rob Beschizza Basing their work on a skull unearthed in 2018, researchers reconstructed the head of a mid-forties Neanderthal woman who lived 75,000 years ago. Shanidar Z, as she has been named,… Read the rest of the article: What Neanderthals looked like 75,000 years ago
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Carla Sinclair Less than two months after Boeing whistleblower John Barnett unexpectedly died, another Boeing whistleblower has passed away — this time from a "sudden, fast-spreading" bacterial infection. Josh Dean, a healthy… Read the rest of the article: A 2nd Boeing whistleblower "coincidentally" dies — just weeks after 1st Boeing whistleblower died
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Mark Frauenfelder 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… Read the rest of the article: I tested GeoSpy's photo location detection skills with my personal photos. Results: Wow!
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Boing Boing's Shop TL;DR: If you're ready to jet-set affordably, this Dollar Flight Club Premium subscription for $39.99 (Reg. $207) can help. You can enjoy even more perks with the Dollar Flight Club… Read the rest of the article: This flight deal alert service can help you see the world at a low cost
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Rob Beschizza Teranoptia is a dingbatty font where each letter is part of a creature, and combining them invokes ligatures which result in strange beasts indeed. It was created by Ariel Martin… Read the rest of the article: Teranoptia is a font for designing weird creatures
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Rob Beschizza Arizona legislators voted to repeal the state's total ban on abortion, an 1864 law revived by its courts after the U.S. Supreme Court dismantled Roe v. Wade. It was a… Read the rest of the article: Arizona repeals 1864 abortion ban
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Popkin Watching this daring biker ride across an abandoned water main through the mountains is both terrifying and awe-inspiring. The stunning views of the surrounding forest combined with the biker staying… Read the rest of the article: Daring biker rides an abandoned watermain through the mountains
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Ruben Bolling Last night, a swarm of bees invaded Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, just five minutes before a game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodges was about to start.… Read the rest of the article: Swarm of bees descends on baseball stadium and delays game for two hours
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Jennifer Sandlin My new favorite social media account is run by Derek Guy, who describes himself as a "menswear writer," editor at Put This On, and creator of Ralph Lauren Pics That Go Hard. He… Read the rest of the article: Here's the Piers Morgan vs. Kermit the Frog fashion showdown you never knew you needed
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Carla Sinclair Donald Trump used to boast about not needing a teleprompter, but had a fit today when he couldn't read his teleprompter (emphasis on "couldn't read"). "Isn't it nice to have… Read the rest of the article: Donald Trump boasts about not needing teleprompter, then falls apart when he can't read teleprompter (video)