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  • A 6-year-old boy "played" with his dad's Grubhub app, ordering $1,000 worth of food

    A Michigan man had just put his son to bed when Grubhub delivered a mysterious plate of jumbo shrimp to his house. And then one after another, Grubhub came a…

    • Carla Sinclair
      at 10:23
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  • US Naval Institute recalls a prior enemy's weaponized hot air balloon which… wasn't

    With news of the suspected Chinese spy balloon floating over Montana, the US Naval Institute reminds us of an incident in 1945 when the crew aboard the USS New York…

    • David Pescovitz
      at 10:03
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  • Creepy clown statue anonymously delivered to sheriff's office causes concern (surveillance video)

    The sheriff's office in Trumbull County, Ohio received a strange gift last week. An unknown man was spotted on surveillance video walking up the sheriff's office, flipping off the security…

    • David Pescovitz
      at 9:56
    • COMMENTS
  • "Tour Guide" Clyde thinks he's triggering Democrats by handing out assault rifle pins

    Remember this guy? The representative from Georgia who called the violent cop-beating J6 insurrectionists "normal tourists" and later doubled down when he was questioned about it? The same guy who…

    • Mark Frauenfelder
      at 9:54
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  • Tucker Carlson out for revenge after asking Hunter Biden to help get his son into college (video)

    The perpetually irate Tucker Carlson erupted with a decade-old gripe that stems from deep-rooted sour grapes. "Despite a decades-long drug problem and no record of legitimate achievement of any kind,…

    • Carla Sinclair
      at 9:28
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  • Alzheimer's facility fined $10k after "dead" resident discovered breathing in a body bag

    Last month, a 66-year-old resident of Glen Oaks Alzheimer's Special Care Center facility in Urbandale, Iowa was determined to have died. The facility contacted her family and notified a funeral…

    • David Pescovitz
      at 9:21
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  • Cow collides with Tesla, breaks windows, poops on hood. Cow OK.

    In Pleasanton, California, just east of San Francisco, an escaped cow and a Tesla collided. The Tesla suffered a broken window and the cow apparently pooped on the car's hood.…

    • David Pescovitz
      at 9:07
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  • Qonspiracy lover Marjorie Taylor Greene says AOC "runs her mouth like a teenage girl"

    Dark Triad exemplar Marjorie Taylor Greene's narcissistic ego was badly bruised when AOC called her out for trafficking in wacko antisemitic conspiracy theories. AOC made the remark while telling CNN…

    • Mark Frauenfelder
      at 8:32
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  • This MacBook Pro is on sale now and will arrive for V-Day if you order by February 3rd

    We thank our sponsor for making this content possible; it is not written by the editorial staff nor does it necessarily reflect its views. As exciting as it is to…

    • Boing Boing's Shop
      at 8:00
  • DC confirms intent to bring video games into DCU

    I don't think it would be hyperbole to say that the DCU has been a bit of a mess so far. Reboots, splinters, cancellations, it seems like it's run the…

    • Grant St. Clair
      at 7:49
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  • More Primitive Technology's explorations of the Iron Age

    John Plant of Primitive Technology continues his explorations of Iron Age technology. In this video, he attempts to remove the carbon (decarburize) from some iron prills he produced using a…

    • Gareth Branwyn
      at 7:45
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  • Studies show watching Pokemon and Spongebob may make your kids smarter

    There's an old adage that claims you are what you eat. And while the phrase is literally accurate, it has often been employed metaphorically as the perfect description of how…

    • Devin Nealy
      at 7:44
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  • Video of the suspected Chinese spy balloon (aka "civilian airship") floating over Montana

    Billings, Montana resident Chase Doak recorded this video of the suspected Chinese spy balloon floating over the US this week. From CNN: On Friday, Beijing claimed the balloon was a…

    • David Pescovitz
      at 7:34
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  • The cube houses of the Netherlands

    Kubuswoningen is a group of cube-shaped houses in both Helmond and Rotterdam in the Netherlands. They were designed by architect Piet Blom in 1972 and are based on the idea…

    • Popkin
      at 6:47
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  • Are you playing Elden Ring, or are you just an academic?

    If you've ever felt like life is an uphill battle, plagued with new and terrible enemies at every turn, you're either playing Elden Ring… or you're in higher education. Comedy…

    • Grant St. Clair
      at 6:43
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  • Man who bought Gawker for less money than a hat shutters company, keeps hat

    Back in July 2021, the media company Gawker announced its triumphant return to the internet, after having previously shuttered in the wake of a devastating lawsuit brought on by Hulk…

    • Thom Dunn
      at 6:41
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  • Contestants from the upcoming Squid Game reality show claim the experience was inhumane

    When Netflix launched its global phenomenon series Squid Game, millions of viewers all had the same question: "how would I do in a real-life version of the contest?" Part of…

    • Devin Nealy
      at 6:38
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  • How to give your See N Say toy a brain transplant

    Over on Adafruit, our pal John Edgar Park has a fantastic tutorial up on replacing the brains of a Fisher-Price See N Say toy with a CircuitPython-powered KB2040 microcontroller so…

    • Gareth Branwyn
      at 6:35
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  • "Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy" was recorded 40 years ago this week

    Billy Bragg took to his Facebook page today to share the news that it's the 40th anniversary of the recording of his debut album "Life's a Riot with Spy vs…

    • Jennifer Sandlin
      at 6:34
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  • Couples therapy but the therapist is a kid

    In this video, we see what couples therapy would look like if the therapist were 7 years old. Sometimes, kids offer solutions that leave the adults scratching their heads and…

    • Popkin
      at 6:31
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