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  • Musk takes break from ruining America to mock blind person Image: Elon Musk; Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com

    Bro-in-chief Elon Musk, whose emotional development stalled in middle school, found a fresh way to be terrible this week by mocking a blind person's disability. It all started when the… Read the rest of the article: Musk takes break from ruining America to mock blind person

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  • New Kindle jailbreak opens all models Photo: Amazon

    Owners of a Kindle—Amazon's locked-down e-readers and note-taking gadgets—are the beneficiaries of a new jailbreak that opens every model for general-purpose use. WinterBreak, based on Mesquito, requires the user to… Read the rest of the article: New Kindle jailbreak opens all models

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  • Jasmine Crockett zings Elon Musk with heartfelt 'apology' to MAGA: 'You were 1000 percent correct' on immigrants Image: Elon Musk; Frederic Legrand - COMEO / Shutterstock.com

    Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is a Democrat who isn't afraid to admit when she's wrong — as she did yesterday when she apologized for previously disagreeing with Trumpers who say immigrants… Read the rest of the article: Jasmine Crockett zings Elon Musk with heartfelt 'apology' to MAGA: 'You were 1000 percent correct' on immigrants

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  • Watch an apple tree play music Thumbnail: YouTube

    Have you ever seen an apple tree play music before? In this video, bio-sonification equipment allows an apple tree to make incredible sounds with a guitar and a handpan. This… Read the rest of the article: Watch an apple tree play music

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  • Why is Twitter censoring links to Signal? Elon Musk (screengrab)

    Twitter, renamed X by owner Elon Musk, is reportedly blocking links to the messaging service Signal. Matt Binder: X, formerly Twitter, is blocking users from posting a "Signal.me" link through… Read the rest of the article: Why is Twitter censoring links to Signal?

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  • SpookRate finds spooky films based on your preferences MMD Made my dreams/Shutterstock.com

    I'm a huge fan of horror movies, and always looking for ones I haven't seen. I'm not a fan of slasher movies, though, and prefer paranormal or sci fi horror.… Read the rest of the article: SpookRate finds spooky films based on your preferences

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  • At Duck Radio, real ducks control the station with every peck A duck. (public domain)

    If you're tired of listening to human DJs, you can listen to Duck Radio, where real ducks choose what the station plays. Six ducks in a garden somewhere change the… Read the rest of the article: At Duck Radio, real ducks control the station with every peck

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  • "Into the Unbeing" offers 80s-style sci-fi horror for the climate change era Image: Dark Horse Comics / Amazon

    Into The Unbeing is a new comic series from writers Zac Thompson and Hayden Sherman which centers on a group of rogue climate scientists as they stumble upon … something… Read the rest of the article: "Into the Unbeing" offers 80s-style sci-fi horror for the climate change era

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  • This horse sure "nose" how to play a mean guitar A guitar-playing horse named Yupia. Screengrab: Feel Good Stories

    Hooray! I think I've found the third member of a curious sort of supergroup I'm putting together. At first I was going to limit the band to only dogs that play music… Read the rest of the article: This horse sure "nose" how to play a mean guitar

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  • Argentina's president shows true free market spirit by helping scammers steal $87 million from his followers Javier Milei, President of Argentina (Matias Lynch / Shutterstock.com)

    Argentina's libertarian president Javier Milei just learned why you shouldn't shill random cryptocurrencies to your followers. After promoting a sketchy memecoin called "Libra" to his social media followers, the token… Read the rest of the article: Argentina's president shows true free market spirit by helping scammers steal $87 million from his followers

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  • Andy Samberg and Lady Gaga unite for a Lonely Island musical medley Stefani Germanotta. Photo: Carlos M. Vazquez II (public domain)

    With all the bleakness going on in the world, it's a comfort to know what at least we still have Dick in a Box. As part of SNL's recent 50th… Read the rest of the article: Andy Samberg and Lady Gaga unite for a Lonely Island musical medley

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  • Man legally becomes best friend's grandfather to get revenge over a petty text Max Fosh with his new son. Image: Max Fosh

    Max Fosh is at it again, I fear. The YouTuber is known for feats of extreme silliness, like having his unwitting friends race an F1 driver in go-karts or hatching… Read the rest of the article: Man legally becomes best friend's grandfather to get revenge over a petty text

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  • Boom's XB-1 goes supersonic without the boom

    When Boom Supersonic's XB-1 broke the sound barrier last month, it achieved commercial supersonic flight for the first time since the Concorde. It also did it without an audible sonic… Read the rest of the article: Boom's XB-1 goes supersonic without the boom

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  • We're all gonna die: Adults scramble to rehire nuke experts after Musk's efficiency bros' mass firing Atomic Bomb Test during Operation Crossroads, by Army-Navy Task Force One (1946), Public Domain

    DOGE has wasted taxpayer dollars firing dozens of nuclear security experts at the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the agency charged with "designing, building and overseeing the US nuclear weapons… Read the rest of the article: We're all gonna die: Adults scramble to rehire nuke experts after Musk's efficiency bros' mass firing

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  • Trump quotes Napoleon to excuse his and his supporters' crimes Donald Trump (Phil Mistry / Shutterstock.com)

    Convicted felon and current US President Donald Trump may have been overshadowed and emasculated lately by the other manchild-in-chief, but let us not forget that he's still a virulent fascist… Read the rest of the article: Trump quotes Napoleon to excuse his and his supporters' crimes

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  • Michigan judge orders Walmart shoplifters to wash cars in store parking lot Image: Walmart; Sundry Photography / shutterstock.com

    A Michigan judge is making sure Walmart shoplifters don't leave empty-handed, loading them up with sponges and a hose so that they can wash cars in a store parking lot.… Read the rest of the article: Michigan judge orders Walmart shoplifters to wash cars in store parking lot

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  • The Flea-Scope is a $25 USB oscilloscope The Flea-Scope is a $25 USB oscilloscope

    An oscilloscope makes the invisible world of electricity visible, letting you observe electrical signals on a video display in real-time. For $25, the Flea-Scope plugs into any computer via USB,… Read the rest of the article: The Flea-Scope is a $25 USB oscilloscope

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  • A Dark Enlightenment paradise in Honduras has devolved into a massive legal battle Roatan Island, Honduras (Mateus Andre / Shutterstock.com)

    Bloomberg has an update on Prospera, the "self-governing" enclave on the Honduran island of Roatan that was founded as a free-market paradise with its own legal system and near-zero taxes.… Read the rest of the article: A Dark Enlightenment paradise in Honduras has devolved into a massive legal battle

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  • Finally, the 2-for-1 Microsoft productivity duo you didn't know your PC needed Ultimate Microsoft Office Professional

    TL;DR: Through February 23, you can outfit your PC with Windows 11 Pro and Microsoft Office 2021 for only $54.97 (reg. $438). Has your PC performed, well, a little more slowly than… Read the rest of the article: Finally, the 2-for-1 Microsoft productivity duo you didn't know your PC needed

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  • Explore Saturn and more: view solar system objects across time with the solar system simulator

    I came across an interactive NASA tool called Solar System Simulator. On it, you can view objects in our solar system from different viewpoints and moments in time. Fill out… Read the rest of the article: Explore Saturn and more: view solar system objects across time with the solar system simulator

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