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  • Jason Weisberger
    1:00 pm Sat, Jul 25, 2026
    The newest bipartisan issue: not wanting an AI data center next door xAI datacenter

    Florida gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds has attracted more than $5 million in support from a pro-AI super PAC. He is also losing Republican voters who do not want the industry's… Read the rest of the article: The newest bipartisan issue: not wanting an AI data center next door

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  • Jason Weisberger
    12:48 pm Sat, Jul 25, 2026
    Half the sea lion pups died at La Jolla Cove. People are arguing about cones

    Half the sea lion pups born this season at La Jolla Cove have died, according to the Sierra Club Seal Society, compared with 10% in the nearby area closed to… Read the rest of the article: Half the sea lion pups died at La Jolla Cove. People are arguing about cones

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  • Jason Weisberger
    11:42 am Sat, Jul 25, 2026
    Grandpa Pudding Brains encounters the concept of elapsed time Mugshots of Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump

    The confused old man was honoring the Dodgers when his script handed him a number: 229 days. Donnie Two-Pencils read it, called it a strange fact, disclaimed responsibility for it,… Read the rest of the article: Grandpa Pudding Brains encounters the concept of elapsed time

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  • Jason Weisberger
    10:14 am Sat, Jul 25, 2026
    Border agents entered his password. His phone erased itself. Now he faces a felony Photo: Priscilla du Preez / Unsplash

    Cop City protester Samuel Tunick was forced to turn over his password during a warrantless search. Tunick gave them his duress password, and Federal agents unknowingly wiped his phone. Prosecutors… Read the rest of the article: Border agents entered his password. His phone erased itself. Now he faces a felony

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  • Jason Weisberger
    2:35 pm Fri, Jul 24, 2026
    Grandpa Pudding Brains cites pageant experience as Venezuela expertise

    America's most stable genius assessed Venezuela's readiness for elections using the diplomatic framework he knows best: pageant results. Asked when Venezuela would hold elections, The Orange Menace said the country… Read the rest of the article: Grandpa Pudding Brains cites pageant experience as Venezuela expertise

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  • Jason Weisberger
    9:22 pm Thu, Jul 23, 2026
    Elon Musk tries out the some-of-my-best-friends defense Elon Musk (screengrab)

    Asked whether he was racist, Elon Musk cited his partner, children and racially diverse executives. The next question went less smoothly.

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  • Jason Weisberger
    10:51 am Thu, Jul 23, 2026
    Sony saves the Cinerama Dome from becoming condos or sadness

    Los Angeles has a few storied movie theaters, and none are more beloved than the Cinerama Dome. After being closed for years, Sony has reached a deal to reopen it… Read the rest of the article: Sony saves the Cinerama Dome from becoming condos or sadness

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  • Jason Weisberger
    4:28 pm Wed, Jul 22, 2026
    U.S. Army finds out unlimited isn't Image: Bumble Dee/shutterstock.com

    The Uncle Sam's Army handed millions of employees "unlimited" AI tokens, urged them to use more, and was shocked when they did. Reportedly, the Big Green Machine bought an annual… Read the rest of the article: U.S. Army finds out unlimited isn't

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  • Jason Weisberger
    3:03 pm Wed, Jul 22, 2026
    Grandpa Pudding Brains tells grieving parents they can ride on his cool plane

    The Orange Menace offered a fallen service member's grieving family a ride on his special Air Force One, and proudly reported their response: "They said wow." What Trump remembers about… Read the rest of the article: Grandpa Pudding Brains tells grieving parents they can ride on his cool plane

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  • Jason Weisberger
    2:49 pm Wed, Jul 22, 2026
    Elon Musk promises you a historically accurate Cyclops

    Elon Musk, whose promises traditionally arrive years late or not at all, says Grok Imagine will make a full-length, "historically accurate" adaptation of The Odyssey before Christmas 2026. At last,… Read the rest of the article: Elon Musk promises you a historically accurate Cyclops

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  • Jason Weisberger
    1:39 pm Wed, Jul 22, 2026
    The anti-vax movement keeps setting records nobody wanted vaccine

    Measles is having its best year in America since 1991, which is excellent news for measles and a little embarrassing for everyone else. Most of the cases are among unvaccinated… Read the rest of the article: The anti-vax movement keeps setting records nobody wanted

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  • Jason Weisberger
    12:39 pm Wed, Jul 22, 2026
    Trump makes the dead endorse his war Mugshots of Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump

    On his way to receive four fallen service members at Dover, the President of the United States claimed the dead had strongly endorsed the Iran policy that sent them there.… Read the rest of the article: Trump makes the dead endorse his war

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  • Jason Weisberger
    4:01 pm Tue, Jul 21, 2026
    Salisbury steak was health food before it became cafeteria nostalgia Image: Yvonne60 / shutterstock.com

    Before becoming a 1980s TV-dinner hall of famer, Salisbury steak was a 19th-century health fad. Dr. James Salisbury looked at chopped beef and somehow saw medicine; America looked at it… Read the rest of the article: Salisbury steak was health food before it became cafeteria nostalgia

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  • Jason Weisberger
    12:08 pm Tue, Jul 21, 2026
    Grandpa Pudding Brains turns foreign policy into a crypto gold-card ad Image by Orpheus FX / shutterstock.com

    The Orange Menace puked out a Truth Social post that started whinging over how Iran's "Arrogance" and the Reflecting Pool are his "TOP Concerns," then somehow swerved into an ad… Read the rest of the article: Grandpa Pudding Brains turns foreign policy into a crypto gold-card ad

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  • Jason Weisberger
    11:28 am Tue, Jul 21, 2026
    Honest Trailers gets lost in the beige hell of Backrooms Image: A24

    Honest Trailers tackles Backrooms, the horror franchise where the monster is fear and the production designer apparently died in a 1990s office park. The creepiest place in America is not… Read the rest of the article: Honest Trailers gets lost in the beige hell of Backrooms

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  • Jason Weisberger
    10:59 am Tue, Jul 21, 2026
    Mike Johnson discovers the word "allegation" only applies to Republicans

    Asked why Democrats dumped Graham Platner after a sexual-assault allegation while Republicans keep Max Miller and Cory Mills in the conference despite domestic-violence allegations, "MAGA" Mike Johnson's offered the kind… Read the rest of the article: Mike Johnson discovers the word "allegation" only applies to Republicans

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  • Jason Weisberger
    11:56 am Mon, Jul 20, 2026
    LG monitors install spyware; LG TVs make wiretapping your problem

    "Surveillance Monitor" gets a new meaning. LG's screens have apparently entered their "consent is someone else's problem" phase: some monitors can trigger silent Windows software installs, while some LG TV… Read the rest of the article: LG monitors install spyware; LG TVs make wiretapping your problem

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  • Jason Weisberger
    11:33 am Mon, Jul 20, 2026
    Tom "Bag o' Cash" Homan says people killed by ICE should have complied President Trump's appointed border czar, Tom Homan (Maxim Elramsisy / Shutterstock.com)

    Trump Border "Czar" Tom Homan's message is clear: when masked men come for you, surrender first and ask questions after they bash your head into the pavement. Make the violence… Read the rest of the article: Tom "Bag o' Cash" Homan says people killed by ICE should have complied

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  • Jason Weisberger
    10:22 am Mon, Jul 20, 2026
    Andrew Tate, another accused sex offender in Trumpworld's orbit, arrested in Miami andrew tate charges

    Andrew Tate, the misogynist influencer facing rape and sex-trafficking charges in multiple countries, was arrested in Miami this weekend, putting another accused sex offender from Trumpworld's orbit back in the… Read the rest of the article: Andrew Tate, another accused sex offender in Trumpworld's orbit, arrested in Miami

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  • Jason Weisberger
    10:07 am Mon, Jul 20, 2026
    California's wild pig problem started when a rich guy imported Russian chaos hogs Katherine Welles/shutterstock

    California already had feral pigs. Then a Monterey County landowner added Russian wild boars for sport hunting, and nature responded with a century-long "absolutely not." Like many problems in California,… Read the rest of the article: California's wild pig problem started when a rich guy imported Russian chaos hogs

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