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Measles is really having a moment right now / TSA lets you keep your shoes on / Pretty much all of you are watching anime

One big comeback most of us didn't want to see

Keith Conrad
Jul 9
 
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Measles cases reach highest point since the disease was eliminated in U.S. in 2000

That’s less than ideal. If only there was some way to protect people from the effects of Measles. Maybe one day

TSA Lets Travelers Keep Shoes On in Security at Major US Airports

It’s the end of an era. TSA Agents with foot fetishes hardest hit


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Auditory Anthology

SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD
Tales From the Blue Line: When a nursing graduate moves into her first apartment, the unsettling sounds from the sealed-off attic above her—where no attic should be—lead her to a chilling discovery about the building's tragic past.

Tales From the Blue Line - The Apartment Upstairs

Keith Conrad / Darren Marlar

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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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Fake Stories, Real Rants, and the Rise of the Machines

THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL AND RICK TELANDER
What happens when a legacy newspaper unknowingly fills a Sunday supplement with AI-generated gibberish? You get a public mea culpa, a media credibility crisis—and one hell of a conversation between two seasoned observers of the human condition

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

Big John Howell

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Also Worth A Look…

  • Netflix Says 50 Percent of Global Users Now Watch Anime, Reveals Expanded Slate - The weebs have taken over

  • AI-powered Marco Rubio impersonator makes calls to foreign ministers, top officials: report - They could tell it was fake because he mentioned having a backbone. I would imagine there will be more of this in future

  • Mountains of trash pile up around Philadelphia as city worker strike reaches second week - How is that any different than a normal week in Philadelphia?

  • Pint-sized Michigan perp caught stealing cars, selling them for $30 : ‘Attempting to live his own Grand Theft Auto’ - Definitely the lowest overhead of any car dealer… see he’s 12, so he’s really short. See what I did there?

  • Army Tests Robotic Coyotes to Defend Fighter Jets - You have to see the pictures of these things. They’re literally robotic coyotes

  • AI Reconstruction Yields Complete 2,000-Year-Old Babylonian Hymn - World’s oldest certified banger

  • Feds: Ugly Christmas Sweater owner is tax cheat who stole $500K during pandemic - We’re all going to be reduced to wearing regular sweaters this Christmas

  • 'Time machine' reveals hidden structures in the universe's first galaxies - Biff Tannen was seen headed towards the machine with a sports almanac

  • Shark Bites Florida Surfer - Matt Hooper was unavailable for comment

  • World's most expensive cheese sells for $42,232 - Cheese and rice that’s a lot of money

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