Norm Pattis, One of Alex Jones' lawyers, chose not to incriminate himself when asked about the improper disclosure of the confidential medical records of Sandy Hook victims' relatives. The hearing… Read the rest of the article: Alex Jones' lawyer takes the fifth
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Rob Beschizza Drug giant Moderna is to sue BioNTech and Pfizer, claiming that their covid vaccine infringed its patents on the mRNA technology used to develop it. In October 2020, Moderna vowed… Read the rest of the article: Moderna to sue BioNTech and Pfizer over covid vaccine
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Rob Beschizza The L.A. Times' James Queally acquired texts sent by police officers in Torrance, Ca., which reveal they chatted openly about killing black children and used slurs to identify a black… Read the rest of the article: Racist Torrance cops texted about killing black children, used slurs to mock black man they killed and his family
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Rob Beschizza The court affidavit that convinced a judge to authorize the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago will be released today by noon, albeit with redactions. In his order, Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart… Read the rest of the article: Trump raid affidavit will be released today
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Rob Beschizza Abigail Brocwell was fired as the Bucyrus Bratwurst Festival bratwurst queen after attending a forbidden luncheon, reports the Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum. According to the festival's board, Brocwell and her runners-up were… Read the rest of the article: Bratwurst queen fired after attending forbidden luncheon
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Rob Beschizza Tesla, reports the Washington Post, has demanded the removal of videos that show its vehicles hitting child-sized mannequins. The videos, posted by The Dawn Project, purport to show failures in… Read the rest of the article: Tesla demands removal of videos showing its cars mowing down child-sized mannequins
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Rob Beschizza Felix Steele designed a 3D-printable 164mm, f/2.5 lens that costs $13 to make. It's the first thing out of his new website, Pixels and Prisms, with more to come. [via… Read the rest of the article: 3D print a 164mm f/2.5 lens
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Rob Beschizza Comma.ai, developer of OpenPilot open-source AI-based autonomous driving software, was founded by legendary PlayStation and iPhone hacker George Hotz. Axel Nix is an electrical engineer who has a patent law… Read the rest of the article: Patent troll takes aim at George Hotz's AI company
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Rob Beschizza So much sewage is being discharged into U.K. waterways that 50 beaches have pollution warnings and France is complaining about it reaching the continent. Poor regulatory oversight and broken monitoring… Read the rest of the article: Britain spewing so much sewage into waterways that European neighbors worried it will wash up on continent
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Rob Beschizza Vanessa Bryant, the widow of basketball star Kobe, was yesterday awarded $16m by a California jury after it heard that Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies took photos of his body… Read the rest of the article: Kobe Bryant's widow awarded $16m after Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies took and shared photos of his body
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Rob Beschizza Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde School District police chief whose incompetent and evasive behavior helped a mass shooter kill 19 children and two teachers on his watch, was finally fired today.… Read the rest of the article: Uvalde schools' police chief finally fired
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Rob Beschizza The Aieve Coffee Pod Adapter, a plastic doohickey available from Amazon, allows one to insert a K-Cup inside an Aeropress and thereby use it to make coffee without a Keurig-style… Read the rest of the article: Adapter lets you use K-Cups in an Aeropress and coffee guys are absolutely furious
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Rob Beschizza Bobby Fingers made an exquisitely detailed recreation of Mel Gibson's 2006 DUI arrest in Malibu, and he explains it thoroughly in his lovely Irish brogue. Some of the things said… Read the rest of the article: 1:9 scale diorama of Mel Gibson's 2006 DUI arrest
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Rob Beschizza Student debt relief for millions: up to $10k for people earning less than $125k a year, and up to $20k for Pell Grant recipients. The president will provide the details… Read the rest of the article: Biden announces up to $10k student debt cancelation, $20k for Pell Grant recipients
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Rob Beschizza Jacob Blair Scott—a 40-year-old man who impregnated a 14-year-old girl and was sentenced to 85 years' imprisonment for child sexual exploitation—pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to another crime committed… Read the rest of the article: Child rapist admits trying to fake own death to avoid punishment
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Rob Beschizza Rayshard Brooks failed a breathalyzer test in a 2020 DUI and resisted arrest, struggling with officers, grabbing a taser from one of them, and trying to use it as he… Read the rest of the article: Murder charge dropped against cop who shot Taser-wielding black man in back as he fled arrest
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Rob Beschizza Donald Trump, from whose Florida compound hundreds of illegally exfiltrated classified documents were retrieved by the FBI in a court-ordered raid, wants them back. The demand is, Rolling Stone reports,… Read the rest of the article: Trump wants "my" documents back
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Rob Beschizza This instance of Cart Narcs—personally confronting people who leave shopping carts in the parking lot—is the most astounding yet. Jump to 40 seconds in. The sheer incomprehensible bravery of this… Read the rest of the article: Cart Narc describes own buttocks in latest parking lot confrontation
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Rob Beschizza Neal Agarwal (previously) made a surprisingly fancy iPhone "design" toy. Make your perfect phone! Components you can add include cameras, physical buttons, logos and … wheels.
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Rob Beschizza In this footage from the concours d'imitation de mouton, humans pretend to be sheep. Some excel at this, if not quote enough to be mistaken for sheep. Previously: