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How fake news of a coup in China spread
Reports of a military coup in China spread this weekend, claiming that top a PLA general had taken control and that president Xi Jinping was…
Hitler wannabe who rioted at Capitol jailed for four years
Timothy Hale-Cusanelli was a naval contractor with security clearance. Timothy Hale-Cusanelli joined in the sacking of the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6. Timothy Hale-Cusanelli posed…
Meet Lepidobatrachus laevis, a frog with a ridiculous scream
Today I learned about an amphibian called the “Budgett’s frog.” It looks like a cartoon character, and has the most ridiculous scream. Everything Reptiles describes…
These Are the U.S. Cities Where Drivers Spend the Most Time in Traffic
When it comes to traffic, drivers can fall into a variety of categories. Maybe you’re someone who dutifully sends in reports to your map service…
Keep your herb safe with this durable, portable vault
When you’ve got money, you make a deposit at the bank. When you have a stack of important files, you stick them in a file cabinet….
Christianity continues decline in America
Within a few decades less than half of Americans may be Christian, reports Pew Research. Many scenarios are explored in the research, but even the…
YouTubers try to protect their catalytic converters
Catalytic converter theft is always in the news, expensive metals are expensive and people have found a way to make some money. Catalytic converter cages…
China skyscraper engulfed in flames
A skyscraper reported to be the offices of China Telecom went up in flames today, reports the BBC, with footage showing one side of tower…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis proud that he sent two planes of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard
Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis proudly claimed credit for putting more than four dozen migrants on airplanes and sending them to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts….
Montana bans trans people from changing birth certificates
Following an “emergency” measure, Montana is prohibiting changes to birth certificates. Health officials there described recorded sex as “immutable”, even after gender-affirming surgery. The context:…
Fire destroys 12 “Tiny Homes” at a Los Angeles encampment
A rampant blaze, started by an overheating lithium-ion battery, destroyed a dozen Tiny Homes at the West Los Angeles’ Veteran’s Administration encampment. The speed and…
Another phoned-in terror threat sends police to Boston Children’s Hospital
Police responded to Boston Children’s Hospital late Friday after another phoned-in terror threat, reports NBC News 10, the second in two weeks. The nature of…
A look inside the life and home of a NYC tunnel-dweller
In this touching and sad Erik Swanson video, he befriends a man, Carlos, who lives in a former sewer tunnel below New York City. As…
A look at how the German propaganda machine spun D-Day
It must have been hard for German propagandists to try and present D-Day in a positive light, but they did their best. Here, the U.S….
Watch: A crow keeps its distance on a California beach
https://boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IMG_2394.mp4 Video: Andrew Yi This magnificent crow was captured at the Torrey Pines Gliderport near San Diego, California. The Torrey Pines Gliderport, is the most…
WaPo: Documents about foreign nation’s nuclear defenses among those seized from Donald Trump’s Florida compound
The Washington Post reports that foreign nuclear secrets were among the documents found in the FBI raid on ex-president Donald Trump’s Florida compound. A document…
Corporations, capitalism and conceptions of the self
What is capitalism? What is a corporation? What is the relationship between one’s desires for consumption, capitalist notions of the individual self, and the power…
Mississippi gave $1m of welfare money to Brett Favre for “speeches” he never made—and has just fired an investigator looking into it
An easy payday for retired NFL star Brett Favre: $1m from the state of Mississippi for speeches he’d never have to deliver. The money came…
Young Keanu Reeves reports on teddy bears in 1984 news clip
Before he was Ted, Neo, or John Wick, Keanu Reeves was a cub reporter for CBC newsmagazine Going Great. His beat? The 1984 International Teddy…
No drinking water “indefinitely” in Jackson, Mississippi
The water system in Jackson, MIssissippi’s largest city, has failed and is no longer pressurized, report local media. Residents are advised to boil whatever water…
This abstract video of a person floating away in a wooden chair sparks awe
This abstract video of a person floating away in a wooden chair sparks awe. I hope it brightens up your day as it did for…
The “Man of the hole” was the last of a vanishing Amazonian tribe and now he’s dead
For decades, the Índio do Buraco (Indigenous man of the hole) in the Brazilian Amazon, would hide in pits and avoid (or attack with arrows)…
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