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Teens are really bad driver / I guess we're doing the Amelia Earhart thing again / Aliens might be driving by Earth

You just know the aliens are locking their doors when they pass Earth

Keith Conrad
Jul 4
 
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Teens spend 20% of time behind the wheel looking at phone

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

Can we just not do this again? Please?


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John Howell reconnects with Wayne Naus for the first time in more than four decades to talk trumpet technique, life on the road with Buddy Rich and Maynard Ferguson, and the unforgiving beauty of big band music.

Wayne Naus: A Trumpet, A Tour, and a Touch of the Spirit

Big John Howell

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The Courage to Ask — Paul Quinn on Getting What You Want

WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WITH JOHN DEMPSEY
This week on What Does It Mean?, John Dempsey welcomes actor-turned-corporate coach Paul Quinn, whose new book The Big Ask explores why we hold ourselves back—and how to break through that fear with courage, clarity, and respect.

The Courage to Ask — Paul Quinn on Getting What You Want

John Dempsey

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Also Worth A Look…

  • Object from 'another star system' is 'waking up' while heading towards Earth - 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 - 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' - 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 - 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 - That’s a lot of vodka

  • Emojis Show You Care, Research Suggests - 👍

  • Fortune cookie numbers earn Kentucky woman a $50,000 lottery prize - 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 - 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 - I want to see pics of Pope Leo in Papal swimming vestments

  • New Study Questions the Universal Benefits of Pet Ownership on Well-Being - People are just more miserable now. It’s not the doggos fault

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