A fire that started in a dryer vent aboard the plagued USS Gerald R. Ford burned for more than 30 hours. Over 600 sailors are now sleeping on floors and… Read the rest of the article: The world's most advanced aircraft carrier taken down by… a dryer vent fire
A 24-hour Tesla Supercharger tucked into a narrow Cow Hollow alley has turned a quiet San Francisco block into an all-night pit stop. Locals report traffic jams, booming car stereos,… Read the rest of the article: Tesla's SF Supercharger turns quiet alley into all-night pee-and-bass festival
In a "high-energy" speech, Whiskey Pete Hegseth tried to collapse several very different ideas into one convenient talking point: that questioning an unauthorized and enormously costly war is somehow the… Read the rest of the article: Pete Hegseth wants you to celebrate the war, and stop asking questions
Another trailer has dropped for the soon-to-be-released "Maul: Shadow Lord" animated short series. When you've got Sam Witwer able to do such a perfect Maul, it seems a crime not… Read the rest of the article: Star Wars shares more Maul
During a live KTLA segment about a bear incident in Monrovia, a black bear wandered into the background behind reporter Erin Myers. The bear declined to give an interview. "And… Read the rest of the article: Bear photobombs live TV report about bears
President Donald Trump says the United States may strike Iran's main oil export hub again "just for fun." In an interview with NBC News, Trump said U.S. forces had already… Read the rest of the article: Trump's idea of "fun"? Bombing Iran's main oil hub
While "no rule of engagement" was shocking, Trump's "Secretary of War," Whiskey Pete Hegseth, has openly admitted to a war crime, declaring the US will accept "no quarter "in Iran.… Read the rest of the article: Whiskey Pete admits to committing war crimes
The Senate once again failed to pass a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security, with the measure falling 51-46, well short of the 60 votes needed to advance. TSA… Read the rest of the article: Democrats shockingly do not cave to Republican demands on DHS
It would appear Elon's playing shell games, burying Twitter's debt in xAI, and xAI's problems in SpaceX right before its IPO are not encouraging his founders to stick around and… Read the rest of the article: Elon Musk admits xAI "was not built right" as co-founders flee
Roblox is rolling out a new AI system that doesn't just block profanity in chat: it rewrites it. Rather than just censoring bad language, the platform's new system automatically rephrases… Read the rest of the article: Roblox will now have AI politely rewrite your trash talk
Cart Narcs is a fantastic YouTube channel showcasing lazy people reacting when called out. This Year in Review video serves as a best-of-presentation. Come on, people. Put the cart in… Read the rest of the article: Watch Cart Narcs' glorious year of lazybones getting busted
Whiskey Pete doesn't want to use the very clear statistics of Wounded in Action or Killed in Action, he wants to find clarity through doublespeak. Watch as he and one… Read the rest of the article: Pentagon insists on clouding the number of injured and killed US service people
Zoe the kitten certainly does look like a balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. Even knowing how squishy kittens are, it looked like this one was gonna blow. Too… Read the rest of the article: Vet cures puffed up kitten
Grandpa Pudding Brains, who once declared himself "the best thing that has ever happened for women," told the audience he was too busy to even know who he was speaking… Read the rest of the article: Grandpa Pudding Brains celebrates Women's Day as only he can
A whistleblower claims the Trump Justice Department effectively eliminated the government's only office dedicated to preventing hate crimes and community violence, cutting it from 57 staff to just one. Then,… Read the rest of the article: Trump's DOJ dismantles hate-crime prevention office and pretends nothing happened
Bug-eyed and quirky FBI Director Kash Patel has announced what he calls a "historic opportunity": bringing UFC fighters to Quantico to train FBI agents in fighting techniques. Yes, really. The… Read the rest of the article: The FBI will now train with cage fighters in the latest Trump-era reality show
The glossy story Silicon Valley tells about artificial intelligence usually involves brilliant engineers, trillion-dollar valuations, and a future so bright we can barely imagine it. The reality repeatedly looks more… Read the rest of the article: Artificial intelligence is just underpaid human labor
This is a split-screen on French news outlet LCI. It perfectly captures the state of things. The Orange Menace is doing his double-fisting dance as an oil tanker burns. As… Read the rest of the article: Grandpa Puding Brains dances as the world burns
Trump sycophant Number One, JD Vance, once again tried to charm an audience with his wit and failed. The joke that no one found funny is simply that if something… Read the rest of the article: Another JD Vance joke fails to connect
The Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland turns 100 this week, which feels like a minor miracle in the era of streaming and multiplex chains. The real reason the ornate 2,000-seat… Read the rest of the article: Oakland's Grand Lake Theatre is still alive thanks to one man's stubborn love
