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One in four Americans reject evolution / Please don't yell at youth sporting events / VGer is coming back to Earth

Imagine how surprised they'll be when they find out where dogs came from

Keith Conrad
Jul 2
 
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One in Four Americans Reject Evolution, a Century After the Scopes Monkey

It’s amazing to think the number is that high. That’s actually 5X as many as deny the Moon landings

Vaughan, Ont., man charged after allegedly uttering threats at youth soccer game

I’m not sure who needs to hear this (other than that guy), but your kid probably isn’t going to play professional sports. It’s not worth getting that angry


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Keith Conrad / Darren Marlar

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AS I WAS SAYING WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL
JJ Spaun shocks the field at Oakmont with a dramatic U.S. Open win, and John Howell and John Dempsey are here to break it all down

Golf Talk, Grit, and $4.3 Million Putts with John Dempsey

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Heaven Is a Playground—The Book, the Movie, and the Memories

THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH JOHN HOWELL AND RICK TELANDER
John Howell and Rick Telander along with John Dempsey take a deep dive into Telander's iconic book Heaven Is a Playground—from its origins in a 1973 Sports Illustrated article to its 1991 film adaptation.

Heaven Is a Playground—The Book, the Movie, and the Memories

John Howell / Rick Telander

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  • 100 people die of loneliness-related causes every hour, WHO says - That’s less than ideal. Do we need to organize a News Sidequest meetup?

  • Tinder Pilots Mandatory Facial Recognition for California Sign-Ups - Well, at least people will match their profile pics now? It doesn’t matter to me anyway, I found my soulmate

  • Man pleads guilty to hacking networks to pitch security services - I mean… that’s one way to get some job security, I guess

  • AI is ruining houseplant communities online - Why go to an online community when you can just consult our new online oracle?

  • China temporarily relocates an entire city block, buildings and all - Once again The Simpsons predicted it. In the season nine episode Trash of the Titans, the entire town was moved 5 miles down the road

  • X Is Piloting a Program that Lets AI Chatbots Generate Community Notes - I see that ending well

  • Venomous snake found hiding in bedroom closet - This happened in Australia. Is a venomous animal showing up in your house even newsworthy in Australia?

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