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  • Jason Weisberger
    10:39 am Thu, Jun 12, 2025
    Mel Brooks finally gets around to making a Spaceballs sequel

    May the Schwartz be with you. Not a trailer, but a long scroll full of trivia. I do enjoy seeing the Spaceballs marketing return. Spaceballs the popcorn bucket will be… Read the rest of the article: Mel Brooks finally gets around to making a Spaceballs sequel

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  • Jason Weisberger
    10:13 am Thu, Jun 12, 2025
    Pedro Pascal checks out Star Wars father's day toys (video)

    This mostly seems like a cute way to showcase some Mando and Grogu father-son clips, but I think they are also marketing toys. Pedro Pascal's shirt is the best thing… Read the rest of the article: Pedro Pascal checks out Star Wars father's day toys (video)

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  • Jason Weisberger
    10:04 am Thu, Jun 12, 2025
    Trump's incoherent babble will certainly reassure "Our great Farmers" Screengrab of Social Media, Golden Trump Bust Pin

    Convicted felon #47 shared some deep thoughts on his diminutive social network. This missive on social media was intended, it appears, to reassure "great Farmers" and "people in the Hotel… Read the rest of the article: Trump's incoherent babble will certainly reassure "Our great Farmers"

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  • Jason Weisberger
    9:51 am Thu, Jun 12, 2025
    Violent ICE theatrics terrorize LA's Boyle Heights Image: J.D.S/shutterstock.com

    Under odd-sounding circumstances, and rather than calmly visit the man at his home, knock on the door, and present a warrant, ICE decided to stage a dangerous gang-style abduction in… Read the rest of the article: Violent ICE theatrics terrorize LA's Boyle Heights

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  • Jason Weisberger
    10:38 am Wed, Jun 11, 2025
    Dino De Laurentiis' "Flash Gordon"remains one of the most fun movies of all time Image: Youtube

    I have always thought everything about 1980s Flash Gordon was perfect. This video suggests otherwise. This video taught me a lot about Flash that I didn't know. Still a favorite… Read the rest of the article: Dino De Laurentiis' "Flash Gordon"remains one of the most fun movies of all time

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  • Jason Weisberger
    10:14 am Wed, Jun 11, 2025
    LAPD officer declares he is shooting a protester because he feels like it Image: J.D.S/shutterstock.com

    This very agitated-looking LAPD officer seems unfit to be on duty. Beyond being hyper-vigilant and having obscured his identifying marks, this individual appears to be hunting for someone to shoot.… Read the rest of the article: LAPD officer declares he is shooting a protester because he feels like it

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  • Jason Weisberger
    9:41 am Wed, Jun 11, 2025
    Theater to normalize a military presence in Los Angeles (video) City skyline of Los Angeles downtown in California during sunset from Echo Lake Park. Image: Nick Fox/Shutterstock.com

    From the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Seal Beach, California. They will protect their countries' brownshirts from singing and dancing citizenry. –situationally adapted. Starting around minute 43 in… Read the rest of the article: Theater to normalize a military presence in Los Angeles (video)

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  • Jason Weisberger
    9:25 am Tue, Jun 10, 2025
    Banished by Trump, Musk reduced to squabbling with Bannon Elon Musk (Phil Pasquini / Shutterstock.com)

    Having been cast out by convicted felon #47 and real estate fraud, Donald Trump, Elon Musk finds himself arguing with the troll under the bridge. No longer able to command… Read the rest of the article: Banished by Trump, Musk reduced to squabbling with Bannon

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  • Jason Weisberger
    8:46 am Tue, Jun 10, 2025
    Why we stopped talking about acid rain Image TRR/Shutterstock.com

    As a young Gen Xer, I expected to die in quicksand if acid rain or a nuclear war didn't kill me first. Oh, the good old days! I remember an… Read the rest of the article: Why we stopped talking about acid rain

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  • Jason Weisberger
    8:28 am Tue, Jun 10, 2025
    How Tyranosaurus Rex illustrations have evolved (video)

    From the earliest known illustration of T. Rex to today, the science, history, and logic behind depicting the beast is awesome. Starting with a very incomplete set of bones from… Read the rest of the article: How Tyranosaurus Rex illustrations have evolved (video)

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  • Jason Weisberger
    3:54 pm Mon, Jun 9, 2025
    MacOS Tahoe 26 is neither Ultra or Max Image Apple

    Also failing to earn cool branding S, Pro, or Mini, and abandoning its revision number, this new macOS is differentiated by year. There will be no Sweet 16 for macOS—all… Read the rest of the article: MacOS Tahoe 26 is neither Ultra or Max

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  • Jason Weisberger
    11:39 am Mon, Jun 9, 2025
    If you like novels about the existential crisis of post-apocalytic consumer electronics, this one's for you Image: Amazon

    Adrian Tchaikovsky's Service Model is a fun and funny view of a Robotic valet's life after murdering its human. In the vein of Muderbot or Sea of Rust, Tchaikovsky examines… Read the rest of the article: If you like novels about the existential crisis of post-apocalytic consumer electronics, this one's for you

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  • Jason Weisberger
    11:10 am Mon, Jun 9, 2025
    The Battle of Los Angeles: ICE raids, peaceful protests, and political theatrics Image: J.D.S/shutterstock.com

    The skies are clear over Los Angeles, regardless of what Republicans want you to think. Los Angeles knows the difference between a peaceful protest and a riot. Over the many… Read the rest of the article: The Battle of Los Angeles: ICE raids, peaceful protests, and political theatrics

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  • Jason Weisberger
    12:02 pm Fri, Jun 6, 2025
    "It is probably better not to drink your pee" (video) Image: GladkovPhoto / shutterstock.com

    Science has discovered that pee is not sterile, and you ought not to drink it. This was a popular story in the Boy Scouts. If lost in the desert without… Read the rest of the article: "It is probably better not to drink your pee" (video)

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  • Jason Weisberger
    10:37 am Fri, Jun 6, 2025
    Denver residents renew legal battle over stinky Purina pet food plant Image: Joseph Sohm/shutterstock.com

    A lawsuit filed last year against Denver's Purina pet food plant, alleging it smells terrible, was oddly dismissed and then refiled by new plaintiffs. There is no doubt the pet… Read the rest of the article: Denver residents renew legal battle over stinky Purina pet food plant

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  • Jason Weisberger
    9:46 am Fri, Jun 6, 2025
    Lincoln Project on Trump chickening out Image: YouTube

    This ad seems sure to get under the Orange Chicken's skin. Trump's whipsawing economic policies are doing more to embarrass him than make America anything like "great." Having earned the… Read the rest of the article: Lincoln Project on Trump chickening out

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  • Jason Weisberger
    9:18 am Fri, Jun 6, 2025
    California's Sonoma County sued for illegal mass surveillance Katherine Welles/shutterstock

    Give them an inch and they take a mile. Sonoma County authorized a drone surveillance program to weed out illegal cannabis farms. A lawsuit alleges the County is conducting warrantless… Read the rest of the article: California's Sonoma County sued for illegal mass surveillance

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  • Jason Weisberger
    8:56 am Fri, Jun 6, 2025
    Russia trolls Trump-Musk feud by offering Elon political asylum Russian Elon Musk

    Perhaps Moscow wants free Starlink? It certainly can't be for the awesome pickup truck designs. First deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Dmitry Novikov has made… Read the rest of the article: Russia trolls Trump-Musk feud by offering Elon political asylum

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  • Jason Weisberger
    11:39 am Thu, Jun 5, 2025
    If you like steampunk on a train, this is your book

    I had a hard time putting down The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands; it is one of the best steampunk books I've read in a long time. I generally… Read the rest of the article: If you like steampunk on a train, this is your book

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  • Jason Weisberger
    10:18 am Thu, Jun 5, 2025
    Trump's concerning incoherent blather Sarah A. Boardman's portrait of president Donald Trump modified to meet his needs

    Meeting with Germany's chancellor, Donald Trump sounded like he has pudding for brains. Here are a few more examples of Donald Trump not seeming to understand what he is talking… Read the rest of the article: Trump's concerning incoherent blather

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