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  • Recreational ejaculators face $1000 fine if new bill comes to pass Exhibit A: The smoking gun(k) in Ohio's war on unauthorized ejaculation (Boing Boing/Midjourney)

    While anti-abortion zealots' beloved Bible demands death for unauthorized seed spillage, two Ohio Democrats are going soft with mere fines for non-procreative emissions. While God straight-up killed Onan for spilling… Read the rest of the article: Recreational ejaculators face $1000 fine if new bill comes to pass

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  • Wipe your iPad when you die Image: zugucase.com

    Case maker Zugu offers a new case that promises to protect sensitive data on your iPad upon death. The In Case of Death Case is designed to hide "embarrassing search… Read the rest of the article: Wipe your iPad when you die

    • Gail Sherman
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  • Still working on a single screen? No wonder you're struggling Glance: Portable 16

    TL;DR: Get $100 off the Glance portable laptop monitor while supplies last. If anyone ever told you size doesn't matter, they lied. Your tiny laptop screen might be fine for checking emails, but… Read the rest of the article: Still working on a single screen? No wonder you're struggling

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  • White House amps up its attacks on the Judicial branch Image: Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt / White House Press Conference

    Unhappy with lower courts expecting the Trump Administration to uphold the law, the White House declares it a constitutional crisis. As legitimate legal scholars and just panicked Americans see the… Read the rest of the article: White House amps up its attacks on the Judicial branch

    • Jason Weisberger
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  • Utah Rep says Nazi flags are fine for schoolkids, rainbow flags too scary Pride of Utah: Rep. Trevor Lee

    Utah Rep. Trevor Lee is just trying to protect innocent children from the horror of rainbow flags, while preserving their right to display Nazi flags in school. Lee's masterpiece of… Read the rest of the article: Utah Rep says Nazi flags are fine for schoolkids, rainbow flags too scary

    • Ellsworth Toohey
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  • Weird: 3 cars plow through homes this week — 2 in Texas, 1 in Pennsylvania (video) Image: Spring Fire Department via KHOU 11

    Who knew driving through houses was a thing? Well, apparently it is, after at least three drivers plowed their cars into homes this week — two in Texas and one… Read the rest of the article: Weird: 3 cars plow through homes this week — 2 in Texas, 1 in Pennsylvania (video)

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  • His Majesty's Secret Service wants password to your nudes, threatens Apple for telling you U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard (Michael F. Hiatt / Shutterstock.com)

    Our prurient friends across the pond have secretly ordered Apple to create a backdoor into everyone's iCloud accounts. And in classic authoritarian fashion, they've threatened Apple with criminal penalties for… Read the rest of the article: His Majesty's Secret Service wants password to your nudes, threatens Apple for telling you

    • Ellsworth Toohey
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  • Chernobyl shield damaged in Russian drone strike

    A Russian drone strike has damaged the massive protective shield covering Chernobyl's infamous nuclear reactor, the BBC reports. The overnight attack caused a fire at the facility that houses the… Read the rest of the article: Chernobyl shield damaged in Russian drone strike

    • Ellsworth Toohey
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  • Pardoned electrician who assaulted cops on J6 wants unkind reviewers to just "move on" already Pardoned Capitol rioter Adam Jackson (FBI)

    A Texas electrician who assaulted police officers with riot shields during the Capitol attack is now unhappy about getting one-star reviews. Adam Jackson, owner of Patriot Service Electric, is tired… Read the rest of the article: Pardoned electrician who assaulted cops on J6 wants unkind reviewers to just "move on" already

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  • Did a whale really "swallow" a kayaker, as AP and other news outlets claim? (video) Image: Humpback whale; Tory Kallman / Shutterstock

    Video is circulating online that shows a man kayaking in Chile's Strait of Magellan when a humpback whale suddenly appears — and then the two vanish. Moments later, the kayaker… Read the rest of the article: Did a whale really "swallow" a kayaker, as AP and other news outlets claim? (video)

    • Carla Sinclair
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  • Here's why I'm ditching Microsoft 365 for this Office license instead Microsoft Office 2024 Home

    TL;DR: I got fed up with my Microsoft 365 subscription, so I decided to grab this Microsoft Office 2024 lifetime license while it was discounted to $140. Check out what I thought!… Read the rest of the article: Here's why I'm ditching Microsoft 365 for this Office license instead

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  • Here's how to get 'Friends'—or whatever you want—back on Netflix Deeper Connect VPN

    TL;DR: This VPN router can unblock content on your streaming services without subscription fees. Get it for $149.97 (reg. $219). Your Netflix is a ghost town—especially since they removed Friends and The Office (major RIP). If you're still mourning… Read the rest of the article: Here's how to get 'Friends'—or whatever you want—back on Netflix

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  • Watch: Huge Saint Bernard trolls his owner by taking a nap — right against the front door (she can't get in the house!) Image: Saint Bernard; Laurie Drake / shutterstock.com

    An enormous Saint Bernard chillaxes while using his heft to troll his owner. "I have a feeling he knows exactly what he's doing," says the caption of a TikTok clip,… Read the rest of the article: Watch: Huge Saint Bernard trolls his owner by taking a nap — right against the front door (she can't get in the house!)

    • Carla Sinclair
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  • US aircraft carrier collides with merchant vessel A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, left, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 166 prepares to land on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Nov. 23, 2013, in the Gulf of Oman. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group was deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Karl Anderson, U.S. Navy/Released)

    First, airplanes started to routinely fall out of the skies; now, aircraft carriers are involved in fender benders. Will Trump blame DEI, Biden, or "woke navigation systems"? The Nimitz class… Read the rest of the article: US aircraft carrier collides with merchant vessel

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  • Incredible video of the fighter jet crashing nose first into the Pacific Ocean yesterday image: public domain

    Yesterday, a US Navy fighter jet crashed into the Pacific Ocean just off the coast of San Diego. The two crew members had ejected prior to the crash and were… Read the rest of the article: Incredible video of the fighter jet crashing nose first into the Pacific Ocean yesterday

    • Allan Rose Hill
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  • Senate confirms RFK Jr, also a completely preventable measles outbreak spreads in Texas vaccine

    The United States Senate has confirmed noted vaccine denier RFK Jr as Secretary of Health and Human Services, endangering us all. Additionally, unvaccinated woo believers in Texas are spreading the… Read the rest of the article: Senate confirms RFK Jr, also a completely preventable measles outbreak spreads in Texas

    • Jason Weisberger
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  • Tourists ignore "trail closed" sign in Hawaii — airlifted to hospital 15 minutes later

    When a couple of tourists came across a sign on a Honolulu County trail that said, "Closed," they took that to mean, "You're special, so go right ahead." Fifteen minutes… Read the rest of the article: Tourists ignore "trail closed" sign in Hawaii — airlifted to hospital 15 minutes later

    • Carla Sinclair
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  • Apple resumes advertising on Twitter Elon Musk (screengrab)

    Apple has resumed advertising on Twitter, reports Joe Rossignol at MacRumors. It stopped in 2023 when Twitter owner Elon Musk posted "you have said the actual truth" in response to… Read the rest of the article: Apple resumes advertising on Twitter

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  • Leopard gets a baboon beatdown (video) Image: Reddit screenshot

    A leopard is denied the tasty baboon snack they so desired. Leopard thought he could eat a Baboon in front of his whole troop. byu/Lowdekeball ininterestingasfuck Daaaaamn. These baboons know… Read the rest of the article: Leopard gets a baboon beatdown (video)

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  • Britain's Chancellor Rachel Reeves fibbed on resume and was investigated over expenses at last real job

    The BBC posted an exposé on U.K. chancellor Rachel Reeves, the country's finance minister, who "exaggerated" her professional experience on her resumé. She did not work at the Bank of… Read the rest of the article: Britain's Chancellor Rachel Reeves fibbed on resume and was investigated over expenses at last real job

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