- newGrandpa Pudding Brains demonstrates the little "steering-wheels" airplanes "used to have"
In yet another moment of "this guy is not competent to be President of the United States" moment, Donald Trump demonstrated how pilots used to use "little steering-wheels" to control airplanes. The plane he was discussing, the Boeing 737 MAX, certain…
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- newFox cuts away while JD Vance argues with hecklers and the positions he assigned them
America's most boring sycophant, JD Vance, was mercilessly heckled at a rally for Byron Donalds and Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL), and he created some interesting backstories for them.While good ol' Just Dance, Vance didn't know the protesters' names, wh…
- 1 hour ago 1 Oct 26, 3:12pm -
- newSpy magazine turns 40 with daily posts about a certain short-fingered vulgarian
Kurt Andersen, co-founder of the late great Spy magazine, announced that the 40th anniversary of the magazine will be celebrated on Substack, where "we'll start publishing starting next Monday the 5th, a limited series of daily excerpts and links fro…
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- newCaptain America No. 1 kept in a cardboard box for 80 years sells for $716,750
The Merrimack Valley Collection is a legendary comic book collection in which someone bought comics off the rack and stored them in a cardboard box for almost 80 years. Heritage Auctions sold many of these comics in a couple of auctions in Dallas las…
- 2 hours ago 1 Oct 26, 2:26pm -
- newTrump "super intelligence" rebrand leads to land rush for .si domains
Following his meeting with top AI executives yesterday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring that artificial intelligence will henceforth be known as "super intelligence." The order, which applies to federal government, follows…
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- newIn Pittsburgh, people compete to see who can parallel park fastest and closest to the curb
In the latest issue of Why Is This Interesting, Mark Slavonia writes about the annual parallel parking championship in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where people compete to see who can parallel park.The rules are that the clock starts ticking when the r…
- 4 hours ago 1 Oct 26, 12:55pm -
- newCatalina medevac crashes into the sea after picking up a patient for a flight to the mainland
A REACH medical evacuation helicopter crashed into the Pacific while departing Catalina Island. Of the five people aboard, two have died; two were taken to hospitals, and the patient is missing. Catalina Island is a beautiful and remote place to liv…
- 4 hours ago 1 Oct 26, 12:24pm -
- newWatch a skater befriend a rabbit at the skatepark
A young rabbit was having a terrible time attempting a flyout at the local skatepark. Stuck in the bowl and unable to escape, the cottontail made a new friend.This kind, patient skater pulled off an amazing tailgrab and eventually helped his new bun…
- 4 hours ago 1 Oct 26, 12:08pm -
- newOfficers search Santa Ana for a deadly but AI-generated African viper
"I wish it was AI. It's in my backyard, and it's scary," said a man who used AI to create an image of a venomous Gaboon viper and had teams of police and reptile hunters searching for the dangerous creature.Santa Ana Police called in experts to help…
- 5 hours ago 1 Oct 26, 11:52am -
- newNovel withdrawn from running for France's top literary prize after AI claims
France's Académie Goncourt has withdrawn Canadian-Haitian author Thélyson Orélien's novel C'était ça ou mourir (It Was That or Die) from consideration for its top literary prize. The book shows signs of being written by AI, reports The Guardian.…
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