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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told ABC he's a soybean farmer who feels farmers' pain. He's actually a $500M landlord who owns $25M in farmland and collects up to $1M yearly in rent from actual farmers while negotiating China crop deals.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told ABC he's a soybean farmer who feels farmers' pain. He's actually a $500M landlord who owns $25M in farmland and collects up to $1M yearly in rent from actual farmers while negotiating China crop deals.
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All on her own with no help!
June 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
All on her own with no help!
Another exemplary Amazon book review.
May 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Another exemplary Amazon book review.
NY Times gaslighting per usual
April 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
NY Times gaslighting per usual
Scientists are on the verge of achieving what's eluded them for 25 years: creating a working computer simulation of the simplest brain we know — that of a tiny worm with just 300 neurons.
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April 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Scientists are on the verge of achieving what's eluded them for 25 years: creating a working computer simulation of the simplest brain we know — that of a tiny worm with just 300 neurons.
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When Jake Eaton was a teenager, he was driven to the brink of insanity by the way his father's jaw popped at the family dinner table. Eaton didn't know it at the time, but has a condition called misophonia, where everyday sounds can trigger intense distress.
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April 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
When Jake Eaton was a teenager, he was driven to the brink of insanity by the way his father's jaw popped at the family dinner table. Eaton didn't know it at the time, but has a condition called misophonia, where everyday sounds can trigger intense distress.
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Electronics expert Big Clive bought a deceptive WiFi repeater on eBay that does absolutely nothing except power a bright blue LED — yet buyers keep leaving positive reviews for the non-functional device.
Electronics expert Big Clive bought a deceptive WiFi repeater on eBay that does absolutely nothing except power a bright blue LED — yet buyers keep leaving positive reviews for the non-functional device.
March 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Electronics expert Big Clive bought a deceptive WiFi repeater on eBay that does absolutely nothing except power a bright blue LED — yet buyers keep leaving positive reviews for the non-functional device.
Electronics expert Big Clive bought a deceptive WiFi repeater on eBay that does absolutely nothing except power a bright blue LED — yet buyers keep leaving positive reviews for the non-functional device.
"The ones providing the money, the ones pushing the lies and propaganda, we're going after them."
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March 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"The ones providing the money, the ones pushing the lies and propaganda, we're going after them."
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Half of American parents are subsidizing their adult children's survival expenses. Average monthly support: $1,474. This is what happens when wages don't keep pace with living costs.
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March 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Half of American parents are subsidizing their adult children's survival expenses. Average monthly support: $1,474. This is what happens when wages don't keep pace with living costs.
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Two people in Belgium calmly walked away from their car stuck on railroad tracks just seconds before a train demolished it — but their suspiciously unhurried behavior has led to skepticism about whether it was truly an accident.
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March 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Two people in Belgium calmly walked away from their car stuck on railroad tracks just seconds before a train demolished it — but their suspiciously unhurried behavior has led to skepticism about whether it was truly an accident.
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The computerized voice, while remarkable for the time, was primitive compared to today's synthesized voices and utterly alien to most people. Domino's hung up on the synthetic voice. Three calls later, a sympathetic employee at Mr. Mike's pizzeria took the order.
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March 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The computerized voice, while remarkable for the time, was primitive compared to today's synthesized voices and utterly alien to most people. Domino's hung up on the synthetic voice. Three calls later, a sympathetic employee at Mr. Mike's pizzeria took the order.
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A babysitter in Kansas peeked under a child's bed to prove there were no monsters hiding there, and she was right. All she found was an intruder staring back at her and some dust bunnies.
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March 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
A babysitter in Kansas peeked under a child's bed to prove there were no monsters hiding there, and she was right. All she found was an intruder staring back at her and some dust bunnies.
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March 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Musk simps spread fake story about their hero saving sick kid with brain chip, get busted by Snopes
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March 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Musk simps spread fake story about their hero saving sick kid with brain chip, get busted by Snopes
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Serbian activists toppled a dictator by turning him into a carnival game, proving that mockery can be a powerful weapon against authoritarianism.
Serbian activists toppled a dictator by turning him into a carnival game, proving that mockery can be a powerful weapon against authoritarianism.
March 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Serbian activists toppled a dictator by turning him into a carnival game, proving that mockery can be a powerful weapon against authoritarianism.
Serbian activists toppled a dictator by turning him into a carnival game, proving that mockery can be a powerful weapon against authoritarianism.
Turns out your brain isn't falling for that zero-calorie sleight of hand. In fact, it's getting even hangrier about it.
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March 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Turns out your brain isn't falling for that zero-calorie sleight of hand. In fact, it's getting even hangrier about it.
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Emmanuel Lidden, 24, faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to breaching Australia's nuclear non-proliferation laws. He ordered radioactive materials from a U.S. science website and had them shipped to his parents' suburban Sydney unit.
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March 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Emmanuel Lidden, 24, faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to breaching Australia's nuclear non-proliferation laws. He ordered radioactive materials from a U.S. science website and had them shipped to his parents' suburban Sydney unit.
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If you feel like you're living in an episode of The Twilight Zone right now, you would not be wrong.
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March 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If you feel like you're living in an episode of The Twilight Zone right now, you would not be wrong.
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The only way to activate the rinse cycle is to download an app onto your smartphone, connect the dishwasher to Wi-Fi, and sign up for Bosch's cloud service.
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March 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The only way to activate the rinse cycle is to download an app onto your smartphone, connect the dishwasher to Wi-Fi, and sign up for Bosch's cloud service.
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Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the hospital, here comes Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus that's spreading faster than war plans texts from Pete Hegseth.
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March 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the hospital, here comes Candida auris, a drug-resistant fungus that's spreading faster than war plans texts from Pete Hegseth.
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The soulless corporate ghouls at Warner Bros. Discovery just tossed 40 years of beloved Looney Tunes shorts into the digital void, because bringing joy to children isn't a profitable enough business model in 2025.
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March 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The soulless corporate ghouls at Warner Bros. Discovery just tossed 40 years of beloved Looney Tunes shorts into the digital void, because bringing joy to children isn't a profitable enough business model in 2025.
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After North Korea used Tornado Cash to launder a billion dollars worth of Bitcoin, federal agents raided Storm's home in 2023 and arrested him. His trial starts this summer and he faces up to 40 years in prison.
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March 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
After North Korea used Tornado Cash to launder a billion dollars worth of Bitcoin, federal agents raided Storm's home in 2023 and arrested him. His trial starts this summer and he faces up to 40 years in prison.
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