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  • Jason Weisberger
    11:51 am Mon, Jun 8, 2026
    ONE EIGHT SEVEN SEVEN KARS FOUR KIDS rises from the dead

    A California appeals court has hit play on the state's most malodorous earworm. A lower court ruled last month that Kars4Kids' ads violated California false-advertising and unfair-competition laws by failing… Read the rest of the article: ONE EIGHT SEVEN SEVEN KARS FOUR KIDS rises from the dead

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  • Jason Weisberger
    11:41 am Mon, Jun 8, 2026
    Utah City spends $400,000 on stainless-steel slides in the desert Lukasz Pawel Szczepanski/shutterstock.com

    "There's always assumed risk there, so that's not something that we're overly concerned about." In an attempt to add some whimsy and apparently make city hall more inviting, St. George,… Read the rest of the article: Utah City spends $400,000 on stainless-steel slides in the desert

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  • Jason Weisberger
    11:28 am Mon, Jun 8, 2026
    Nearly 60 Idahoans get a quick lesson in the joys of pasteurization Choksawatdikorn/shutterstock.com

    Raw milk is having another one of those weeks where it reminds everyone why Louis Pasteur got a Wikipedia page, and RFK Jr wears a tinfoil hat. Idaho health officials… Read the rest of the article: Nearly 60 Idahoans get a quick lesson in the joys of pasteurization

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  • Jason Weisberger
    5:00 pm Thu, Jun 4, 2026
    Grandpa Pudding Brains goes chasing waterfalls Trump Quixote/ChatGPT

    Grandpa Pudding Brains has solved one of America's great hidden problems: the 22 waterfalls, most of which apparently had not worked for 50 years. This guy really loves water features.… Read the rest of the article: Grandpa Pudding Brains goes chasing waterfalls

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  • Jason Weisberger
    12:11 pm Thu, Jun 4, 2026
    Robo-party clown ignores Asimov's first law of robotics Image: Chatty G

    This clown was clearly a big hit, or rather, a kick! It seems that a robotic party clown didn't get Asimov's First Law of Robotics: A robot may not injure… Read the rest of the article: Robo-party clown ignores Asimov's first law of robotics

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  • Jason Weisberger
    11:24 am Thu, Jun 4, 2026
    Trump's war in Iran cancels summer vacation

    The Orange Menace promised cheap gas and no new wars, then delivered expensive fuel and canceled flights. American Airlines says it is temporarily suspending some August and September routes because… Read the rest of the article: Trump's war in Iran cancels summer vacation

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  • Jason Weisberger
    10:59 am Thu, Jun 4, 2026
    Nancy Pelosi has no time for Mike Lindell's hallway goblins

    Raw Story reports that LindellTV correspondent Alison Steinberg confronted Pelosi with the old MAGA claim that Pelosi turned away the National Guard on January 6. Pelosi answered with the efficiency… Read the rest of the article: Nancy Pelosi has no time for Mike Lindell's hallway goblins

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  • Jason Weisberger
    9:46 am Thu, Jun 4, 2026
    Tesla FSD is so good its trainers won't ride in it Man wearing an Elon Musk mask (Phil Pasquini / Shutterstock.com)

    Tesla's Full Self-Driving is so ready for the future that some of the people who trained it reportedly will not get in the car. Reuters interviewed nine former Tesla data… Read the rest of the article: Tesla FSD is so good its trainers won't ride in it

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  • Jason Weisberger
    3:27 pm Wed, Jun 3, 2026
    Amazon uses AI to invent products you can't buy alphaspirit.it / Shutterstock.com

    Amazon's latest AI shopping "feature" generates fake product images while you type, because apparently searching through the world's largest pile of actual products was too grounded in reality. Available starting… Read the rest of the article: Amazon uses AI to invent products you can't buy

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  • Jason Weisberger
    3:03 pm Wed, Jun 3, 2026
    Grandpa Pudding Brains unveils "our pool is bigger than skyscrapers" chart

    Dementia Donnie thinks this infographic is impressive. To celebrate his pool guy coating the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool a deep blue, Trump held up a visual aid comparing its 2,030-foot… Read the rest of the article: Grandpa Pudding Brains unveils "our pool is bigger than skyscrapers" chart

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  • Jason Weisberger
    1:05 pm Wed, Jun 3, 2026
    Bears in Japan also sick of humans

    It seems global bear populations are letting humanity know we've encroached far enough. Seems this bear really wanted to explain the rules of the wild. Previously:• A bear got into… Read the rest of the article: Bears in Japan also sick of humans

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  • Jason Weisberger
    11:45 am Wed, Jun 3, 2026
    Candace Owens takes her patriot act to Putin's talent show Candace Owens (Carrington Tatum / Shutterstock.com)

    Raw Story reports that Owens is scheduled to appear at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on a panel called "A Big Family, A Big Reach: New Demographics and Narratives… Read the rest of the article: Candace Owens takes her patriot act to Putin's talent show

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  • Jason Weisberger
    11:06 am Wed, Jun 3, 2026
    Bari Weiss' CBS News swims in Epstein-related baggage Image: Kathy Hutchins/shutterrstock.com

    Substacker Dean Blundell has a long look at the Epstein-related baggage now sloshing around Bari Weiss' CBS News, and the argument is not that proximity proves guilt. It is that… Read the rest of the article: Bari Weiss' CBS News swims in Epstein-related baggage

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  • Jason Weisberger
    10:45 am Wed, Jun 3, 2026
    Sticky tires are dirtier than they look tires

    California's proposed replacement-tire rules are aimed at reducing rolling resistance, which is exactly the boring technical phrase that matters here. A tire that takes more energy to roll makes a… Read the rest of the article: Sticky tires are dirtier than they look

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  • Jason Weisberger
    10:34 am Wed, Jun 3, 2026
    Bear shows hiker who is boss brown bear on green grass

    A hiker on Glacier National Park's Grinnell Glacier Trail surprised a grizzly in a noisy snowfield, and the grizzly responded with a fractured-arm performance review. A 32-year-old man suffered non-life-threatening… Read the rest of the article: Bear shows hiker who is boss

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  • Jason Weisberger
    10:23 am Wed, Jun 3, 2026
    No whey? Protein shortage looms Lead makes you stronger. Elnur / Shutterstock

    Responding to the latest dietary craze, America put protein in Pop-Tarts, chips, candy, soda, and water, and now the whey mines are running dry. The Atlantic reports that wholesale whey… Read the rest of the article: No whey? Protein shortage looms

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  • Jason Weisberger
    5:16 pm Mon, Jun 1, 2026
    Florida sues OpenAI over ChatGPT's alleged body count Sam Altman. Photo: jamesonwu1972 / Shutterstock

    Florida has become the first state to sue OpenAI and Sam Altman over alleged harms from ChatGPT. The lawsuit, filed by Attorney General James Uthmeier, accuses OpenAI of rushing unsafe… Read the rest of the article: Florida sues OpenAI over ChatGPT's alleged body count

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  • Jason Weisberger
    2:44 pm Mon, Jun 1, 2026
    A deleted recording blows up Melania's Epstein story

    A former model with a messy history around Trumpworld and Jeffrey Epstein has made a new, disputed claim about how Melania Trump met Donald Trump. Just about the only people… Read the rest of the article: A deleted recording blows up Melania's Epstein story

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  • Jason Weisberger
    11:26 am Mon, Jun 1, 2026
    Nothing says regret like a $150k Cybertruck Image: Cybertruck; wedmoments.stock / shutterstock.com

    Doug DeMuro has a new video on Cybertruck values, and the short version is that paying $150,000 to be first now looks a lot like lighting $150,000 on fire. The… Read the rest of the article: Nothing says regret like a $150k Cybertruck

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  • Jason Weisberger
    11:15 am Mon, Jun 1, 2026
    The brain-in-a-bucket drug lab is here Representational image (Boing Boing/Midjourney)

    Bexorg has found a way to make drug testing sound like a deleted scene from RoboCop: remove a dead person's brain, hook it to a machine, and see what experimental… Read the rest of the article: The brain-in-a-bucket drug lab is here

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