From News Sidequest from Keith Conrad <[email protected]>
Subject Teens are really bad driver / I guess we're doing the Amelia Earhart thing again / Aliens might be driving by Earth
Date July 4, 2025 12:01 AM
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Teens spend 20% of time behind the wheel looking at phone [ [link removed] ]
That’s less than ideal. Maybe there’s a provision in that megabill the Republicans just jammed through Congress that’ll make teens put big signs on their cars so we know to avoid them
A Mysterious Anomaly May Be Amelia Earhart’s Plane. This Team Is Racing to Prove It [ [link removed] ]
Can we just not do this again? Please?
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Wayne Naus: A Trumpet, A Tour, and a Touch of the Spirit [ [link removed] ]
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Also Worth A Look…
Object from 'another star system' is 'waking up' while heading towards Earth [ [link removed] ] - I, for one, welcome our new alien overlords. If it was actually aliens, how long do you think that would lead the news cycle before it got booted by something else?
Bride Receives 3-Page Letter About How ‘Disappointing’ Her Wedding Was [ [link removed] ] - Kind of hard to imagine that sense of entitlement. Maybe she can follow that person around for a day and make a few observations about their life
Teacher drank in class, got pupils to do the Macarena and called them 'little s***s' [ [link removed] ] - Weirdest thing a teacher ever made you do?
‘AI doesn’t know what an orgasm sounds like’: audiobook actors grapple with the rise of robot narrators [ [link removed] ] - I disagree with this statement. AI is constantly listening to us, so it’s definitely heard a few things
Nearly $10K in vodka seized after RCMP pull over truck with dead person’s licence plate [ [link removed] ] - That’s a lot of vodka
Emojis Show You Care, Research Suggests [ [link removed] ] - 👍
Fortune cookie numbers earn Kentucky woman a $50,000 lottery prize [ [link removed] ] - Now I want to know what the fortune cookie actually said
American Airlines flight forced to turn back after nosy passenger sounds alarm over 3-letter text message [ [link removed] ] - Someone who had just lost a relative got a message that said “RIP” and a nosy passenger reported it as a threat. I think the nosy passenger should have to compensate all of the people who were inconvenienced in any way
Leo Brings Back the Papal Summer Vacation [ [link removed] ] - I want to see pics of Pope Leo in Papal swimming vestments
New Study Questions the Universal Benefits of Pet Ownership on Well-Being [ [link removed] ] - People are just more miserable now. It’s not the doggos fault
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