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Entire Plane Evacuated Over a Teen’s Moronic AirDrop Prank
A United Airlines flight headed out of San Fransisco International Airport was hurriedly deboarded Thursday afternoon after staff aboard the plane announced an urgent threat….
The West’s Megadrought Has Ruined Some of the Most Iconic Trout Fishing in the U.S.
If you’re planning to go fishing in Yellowstone National Park this summer, you better head out there in the early morning, because starting on Saturday,…
Star Trek: Lower Decks’ SDCC 2021 Trailer Sets Phasers to Fun
Star Trek: Lower Decks was one of our surprise favorites last year, and it’s back and looking better than ever for round two. And that…
25 States Are Forcing Face Recognition on People Filing for Unemployment
We acclimatize to dangerous tech creep in a series of fuck-it moments until the point at which we realize a foreseeably bad network is so…
What to Know About the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine and the Delta Variant
With covid-19 cases once again rising in the U.S.—fueled by the emergence of the more transmissible Delta variant—even vaccinated people are understandably worried. This week,…
Drone Captures Historic Floods in Central China’s ‘iPhone City’
The BBC has aired drone footage of the devastation in Zhengzhou, a city in central China that has experienced deadly floods this week. At least…
Senators Put Section 230 in the Crosshairs in Battle Over Covid-19 Misinformation
For the past few years, we’ve seen companies like Facebook either endlessly shrug off the misinformation problems on their platforms or issue half-assed fixes meant…
This Butterfly May Have Been the First Insect Driven Extinct by U.S. Urbanization
Scientists say they’ve confirmed a decades-old suspicion about the loss of the Xerces blue butterfly in the U.S by the 1940s. Based on genetic analysis…
People Are Stealing Water in California at Record Rates for Illegal Weed Farms
Cannabis needs water to grow, but water is scarce in California right now. The state is experiencing a record-breaking megadrought which has been exacerbated by…
Facebook Just Blocked the #VaccinesKill Hashtag Two Years Too Late
At least two years after it would have been politically prudent to do so, Facebook moved to block content under the #VaccinesKill hashtag on Wednesday….
U.S. Life Expectancy Has Biggest Fall Since WWII Amid Covid-19 and Drug Overdoses
As expected, the first year of the covid-19 pandemic has lowered the collective life expectancy of Americans. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and…
The Biggest Chromebook You Can Buy Is Extremely Basic
It might seem like an antithesis to the way you should be using a Chromebook, but the decidedly ginormous Acer Chromebook 317 is best used…
Feral Hogs Pollute the Climate as Much as 1 Million Cars Each Year
Nearly two years ago, we all had a hearty laugh about 30 to 50 feral hogs. Turns out that all those pigs aren’t just a…
These Cat Ears Move Based on Your Brain Waves
Japanese company Neurowear is making a new version of its Necomimi headband, a wearable that reads your brain waves to… move robotic cat ears. You…
The Bootleg Fire Grows to the Size of Los Angeles as Government Warns of ‘National Wildfire Crisis’
The West’s nightmare summer continues to grow worse. The Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon is the largest in the U.S. and has now overrun more…
China Reports First Human Case and Death From Rare, Highly Fatal Monkey B Virus
Over the weekend, Chinese health officials reported the recent death of a veterinarian caused by the Monkey B virus, which he caught from one of…
Red Tide Has Killed at Least 791 Tons of Fish in Florida
Florida is fighting through an early and serious algae scourge. More than 790 tons of dead fish have washed up on beaches in Florida over…
What Do the UFO Videos Really Show?
It must be a thrilling time, for what remains of the ‘60s counterculture: first tie-dye went mainstream, then psychedelics, and now the belief in UFOs….
Officials Pull ‘Emergency Lever’ as Lake Powell Plunges Toward Dangerous New Low
The latest megadrought alarm bell just went off in the West. The Bureau of Reclamation began emergency water releases from reservoirs upstream in the Colorado…
Smoke Plume From Western Wildfires Stretches 2,600 Miles to Greenland
Satellite images show that smoke has traveled thousands of miles from fires burning in the Pacific Northwest and California to reach the skies of Greenland….
Johnson & Johnson Recalls Spray Sunscreens Due to Carcinogen Contamination, But Don’t Panic
Johnson & Johnson has recalled all lots of five aerosol spray Aveeno and Neutrogena sunscreens after an independent lab found small traces of benzene, a…
At Least 841 Manatees Have Died in Florida in Just the First Six Months of 2021
Manatees, the gentle giants of the seas, are perishing in unprecedented numbers. Read more… Source: https://gizmodo.com/at-least-841-manatees-have-died-in-florida-in-just-the-1847285584 Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared it…
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