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I went on a date with my AI dream guy. Then I cried over shrimp [ [link removed] ]
Don’t date robots! Actually, if you know what you’re dealing with and realize you’re dealing with a computer guessing the correct combination of 1’s and 0’s you’re looking for, which this person certainly did, I can see some benefit to having that outlet. Cool or creepy?
70 million-year-old dinosaur fossil discovered under Denver Museum of Nature and Science [ [link removed] ]
You never know what you might find in your own backyard
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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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Andy Shaw on Trump, Media, and the Future of Politics [ [link removed] ]
WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WITH JOHN DEMPSEY
This week on What Does It Mean?, John Dempsey reconnects with a longtime friend and Chicago media legend: political reporter, columnist, and former head of the Better Government Association, Andy Shaw.
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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…
Clowns Without Borders Calls to End Labeling President Trump a 'Clown' [ [link removed] ] - We shouldn’t insult clowns
“There is Something Very Different Going on Here”: Archaeologists Keep Finding Gigantic Shoes at This 2000-Year-Old Roman Site [ [link removed] ] - Speaking of clowns…
China's Mars Mission Could Answer the Ultimate Question: Are We Alone? [ [link removed] ] - I feel like on Mars in 2025, that questions already answered. It’s certainly not impossible, but also probably not all that likely. It seems much more likely they would find evidence of past life if anything
N.C. man follows a dream, gut feeling to $1M lottery prize [ [link removed] ] - I just dream that I’m sent back to high school and haven’t studied for a test
Furious mother-daughter duo viciously attacks driver for moving trash cans reserving parking spot [ [link removed] ] - Dibs is only allowed in the winter when you put the work into clearing the spot. We’re trying to have a society here, people
Man escapes prison by hiding in luggage of fellow cellmate as he's released in France [ [link removed] ] - It turns out when people joke about hiding in your luggage to go on vacation with you, that might actually be serious
Cops: Naked Duo Was Having Sex In Stolen RV [ [link removed] ] - Alcohol was a factor
Tarantula Find Leaves Customs Officers 'Speechless' [ [link removed] ] - There simply aren’t enough nopes
'Naughty tortoise' starts fire in London apartment [ [link removed] ] - Obviously he was easy to catch. Because he’s a tortoise
Iliamna Volcano in Alaska ‘rumbling’ after being inactive for a century [ [link removed] ] - Just because we didn’t have enough excitement going on at the moment
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