Now that the former drug warrior Joe Biden is pardoning weed smokers, he needs to consider legalizing cocaine, too, says The Economist. It admits that if cocaine was legal, "more… Read the rest of the article: The Economist: "Joe Biden is too timid. It is time to legalize cocaine"
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Mark Frauenfelder "Human Aggression" is a 24-minute documentary written and produced in 1976 by famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram (who conducted the controversial Obedience Experiments at Yale in the 1960s). "These teenagers… Read the rest of the article: Recovered 1976 documentary follows around a New York gang
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Mark Frauenfelder A little girl standing on the floor at the Shen Zhe Hui shopping mall in Shanghai grabbed an escalator's moving handrail. The rail lifted her into the air, and she… Read the rest of the article: Little kid saved from potential escalator tragedy
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Mark Frauenfelder The judge presiding over one of the Gretchen Whitmer kidnap trials said he is concerned that a juror is flirting with one of the three defendants, 22-year-old Paul Bellar. A… Read the rest of the article: Judge in Whitmer kidnap trial thinks juror is flirting with terrorism defendant
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Mark Frauenfelder If you are in the market for a score of meth pipes, look no further than Walmart.com, which is selling 20-packs of "Heat-Resistant Glass Ball Thickness Oil Lamp Burners" for… Read the rest of the article: Walmart has a great deal on meth pipes – $20 for 12
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Mark Frauenfelder Marku Mattsson says: I ended up doing some volunteer work today on my way to work. The Russian consul to Finland lives here in Turku, and there is a parking… Read the rest of the article: Russian consul's parking spot in Finland has been unofficially annexed to Ukraine (and painted with a Ukrainian flag)
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Mark Frauenfelder Quenlin Blackwell, a 21-year-old TikToker with 7.9 million followers, posted a video saying she "accidentally" bought a couch for $100,000. She is sobbing in the video and asking her followers… Read the rest of the article: TikTok influencer says she accidentally bought a $100,000 couch and is now tearfully begging her followers to pay for it
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Mark Frauenfelder The Rosetta Stone is one of the most famous archaeological discoveries in the world. It is a large stone slab with inscriptions in three scripts. These inscriptions helped scholars learn… Read the rest of the article: Egypt demands return of Rosetta Stone from British Museum
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Mark Frauenfelder In a case that could either confirm or restrict the rights of artists to create transformative works of art based on other copyrighted works, the Supreme Court will decide if… Read the rest of the article: Supreme Court to decide on Andy Warhol's Prince silkscreen copyright case
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Mark Frauenfelder Apple's blue chat bubbles have an appealing contrast between the color and the white text. The green chat bubbles, which are reserved for messages sent to people who use Android… Read the rest of the article: Apple intentionally made the green chat bubbles of Android text messages look gross
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Mark Frauenfelder A rabbit is put to work at a shop handing small items to customers. Its curt manner is cause for concern. I wonder if this rabbit's owner is aware of… Read the rest of the article: If you like rabbit saliva on your belongings, here's the store for you
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Mark Frauenfelder Umamusume Pretty Derby is a mobile game created by Japanese publisher Cygames in which players raise and train umamusume ("horse daughters" in Japanese), which are young girls with horse ears… Read the rest of the article: Korean gamers who enjoy training cartoon girls with horse ears and tails hold a horse-and-buggy protest at game company over pay-to-play rules
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Mark Frauenfelder In Russia, young men who don't want to die in Putin's insane war can buy fake HIV diagnoses for about $620 worth of crypto. Putin banned bitcoin earlier this year,… Read the rest of the article: To dodge Putin's draft, Russian men can buy fake positive HIV test results for $620 in bitcoin
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Mark Frauenfelder I missed the debate between MAGA cultist J.D. Vance and Representative Tim Ryan, who are running for U.S. Senator from Ohio, but if these two clips are any indication, Ryan… Read the rest of the article: Ouch! Ohio senate debate humiliating for J.D. Vance
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Mark Frauenfelder Carla and I have been enjoying Love and Rockets (the comic book, not the band that swiped the name) since the 1980s, when Carla bought a copy at a comic… Read the rest of the article: Love and Rockets gets a documentary after 40 years of being the best comic book ever made
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Mark Frauenfelder A 65-year-old female temp worker in Japan sent 4.4 million yen to a man who told her he worked on the International Space Station and needed rocket fare to return… Read the rest of the article: Woman sent $30,000 to online lover so he could fly home from the International Space Station
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Mark Frauenfelder It's easier than ever to acquire legal weed, and now that Biden has pardoned everyone convicted on federal charges for weed possession, weed might become decriminalized federally (unless the GOP… Read the rest of the article: Lifehacker presents the 7 deadly sins of smoking weed as a beginner
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Mark Frauenfelder This sea lion has the same energy as Donald Trump pushing heads of states out of the way during a photoshoot. The only difference is that the sea lion would… Read the rest of the article: Sea lion emerges from ocean to take over swimming pool, kicking man out of lounger
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Mark Frauenfelder This gold death's head ring from the late 16th Century has a white enamel skull and is encircled by a command to "BEHOLD THE END." Around the edge, it says,… Read the rest of the article: This 550-year-old death's head ring says, "Behold the End"
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Mark Frauenfelder KHJ was a popular AM radio station in Los Angeles in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was the flagship station of the "Boss Radio" format, which featured a… Read the rest of the article: The 93 KHJ YouTube channel is a groovy trip back to Los Angeles in the 1960s