From News Sidequest from Keith Conrad <[email protected]>
Subject Your Roomba isn't a family member / People need wake up calls on airplanes / Charles Dickens has a very bad day
Date May 5, 2025 12:01 AM
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Roombas fill an emotional vacuum for owners [ [link removed] ]
The nickname thing isn’t too big of a deal. People have been naming things for a long time now. But some of this stuff is pretty crazy.
United Flight Attendants Keep Leaving Passengers Asleep On Empty Planes—Airline Warns: ‘This Is A Safety Risk And Federal Violation’ [ [link removed] ]
Listen, everybody wants to talk about the flight attendants, and rightfully so. But just how zonked do you have to be to sleep through the plane landing, pulling up to the gate and everybody else including the flight crew getting off the plane?
More Stories Below, but first some new content in the News Sidequest Podcast Universe…
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Matt Lewis: Trump's Tariffs Could Be His 'Afghanistan Moment' [ [link removed] ]
AS I WAS SAYING WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL
Political commentator Matt Lewis joined John Howell to break down what he sees as a turning point in Donald Trump’s post-presidency: the new wave of tariffs that Lewis believes may be the former president’s political undoing
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Is There Life Beyond Earth? Astronaut Tom Jones Weighs In on Breakthrough Discovery [ [link removed] ]
WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WITH JOHN DEMPSEY
John Dempsey speaks with retired NASA astronaut, planetary scientist, and author Tom Jones about one of the most exciting astronomical discoveries in recent memory: possible signs of life on an alien planet.
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Also Worth A Look…
Drunk, Pantless Man Told Police His Name Was "Charles Dickens" [ [link removed] ] - Definitely not much of a stretch to say that for him, it was the worst of times
The first driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes [ [link removed] ] - Just what we need, Skynet hopped up on caffeine pills and listening to George Noory
Police Say They Foiled Bombing of Lady Gaga's Show [ [link removed] ] - We’re going to find out Lady Gaga’s been secretly fighting crime this whole time, aren’t we?
What You Must Earn to Afford a Home in America [ [link removed] ] - A lot… you have to earn a lot
Days After Claiming Prize, $167M Winner Is Behind Bars [ [link removed] ] - Well, I guess he’ll have plenty of money to pay his legal bills
Plane Sets Down on Riviera Fairway [ [link removed] ] - “Mind if I play through?”
NASA Images Reveal Texan Conditions Not Seen Since 1936 [ [link removed] ] - Gird your loins for Dustbowl 2.0
Wisconsin woman found alive 62 years after disappearance [ [link removed] ] - “So… what have you been up to?” It turns out she just wanted to leave. I’m not sure it speaks very well of the investigators that they were never able to figure that one out
Meet Angel/Zeke, a Rare 2-Headed Snake Surviving Against the Odds [ [link removed] ] - Double the nopes
Aussies Rescue Stranded Great White Shark [ [link removed] ] - Quint was seen shaking his head in disgust
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