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Woman Finds Message on Toilet Paper Roll Written 35 Years Ago by Little Girl [ [link removed] ]
I’m not sure if the person who gets our future house next is going to love or hate us, but I have a couple of extremely elaborate pranks planned
Child Freed from Ohio Claw Machine as Device Returns to Operation [ [link removed] ]
The fact that they’re able to climb in but not back out would suggest that maybe the claw game isn’t fair. Shocking, I know
More Stories Below, but first some new content in the News Sidequest Podcast Universe…
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SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD
A jaded morgue ship attendant, desperately searching for his lost son, uncovers a 300-year-old mystery when he revives a perfectly preserved corpse that holds the key to ending a brutal interstellar war.
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Why Trump’s Base Stays Loyal—Even When It Hurts Them [ [link removed] ]
WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WITH JOHN DEMPSEY
This week on What Does It Mean?, John Dempsey talks with political scientist David McLennan on emotional politics, Medicaid cuts, and the post-Trump future of the GOP.
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Pete Rose, Perfectionism, and the Price of Redemption [ [link removed] ]
THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL AND RICK TELANDER
Long before Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter was indicted or your cousin could bet on Little League from his phone, Pete Rose was baseball’s original gambling pariah. Now, posthumously reinstated and potentially Cooperstown-bound, Rose’s legacy—and the sport’s relationship with vice—is back in the spotlight.
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Also Worth A Look…
The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York [ [link removed] ] - Just in case you’re looking to get an early jump on Christmas shopping
A Whole Lot of Americans Get Away With Murder [ [link removed] ] - That seems less than ideal
What Makes a Car Lovable? It's Not the Tech, It's the Cup Holders [ [link removed] ] - 100% agree. You definitely notice when there aren’t enough cup holders. You can make due without Android Auto
AI chatbot Grok issues apology for antisemitic posts [ [link removed] ] - Like most social media apologies, it was so insincere it came across like it was written… well, by an AI chatbot
HOA fines man over handing out water in heat [ [link removed] ] - Still waiting for the first instance of an HOA doing something positive for the human race other than providing Karens and Chads an outlet. One day
Dogs can provide stress relief in canine tele-therapy, according to new study [ [link removed] ] - I wish my job was to find out how stressed people are after playing with doggos for a while
Metallica Force Pentagon to Pull Video Touting Drone Program Over Unauthorized Use of “Enter Sandman” [ [link removed] ] - Don’t mess with Metallica
Police: Drunken man with knife forgets how to spell name [ [link removed] ] - Spelling is hard
Heroic Dog ‘Rocky’ Alerts Indian Village of Oncoming Landslide, Saving Dozens [ [link removed] ] - Lassie thinks this guy is a little bit of a show-off
Chinese scientists create first cyborg bee with world’s lightest brain controller [ [link removed] ] - Who had “Cyborg Bees” on their Bingo card for July?
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