Luna says lawmakers have evidence of ‘interdimensional beings’

I, for one, welcome our new alien overlords. I think if that did turn out to the case, most people wouldn’t care too much. Certainly some would freak out about learning there are aliens out there, but most people would be more bothered by the cover up or they’d have bills to pay and just go on with their lives

Scientists Decode Inner Speech From Brain Activity with High Accuracy

My inner monologue would be even more boring than my outer monologue

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Auditory Anthology

SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD

When the last man on Earth receives a knock on the door, he discovers the horrifying truth about humanity’s new place in the universe.

Knock by Fredric Brown Keith Conrad / Darren Marlar Episode

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Panic on the Airwaves: Orson Welles, War of the Worlds, and America’s First Viral Hoax

AS I WAS SAYING WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL

Big John Howell welcomes back bestselling author William Elliott Hazelgrove to discuss his book Dead Air: The Night That Orson Welles Terrified America. The conversation dives deep into the infamous 1938 War of the Worlds radio broadcast

Panic on the Airwaves: Orson Welles, War of the Worlds, and America’s First Viral Hoax Big John Howell Episode

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The Mascot Distraction: Smoke, Fire, and Trump’s Culture War Playbook

THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL AND RICK TELANDER

Big John Howell and Rick Telander tackle everything from Trump’s resurrection of racist mascots to the enduring grift of American demagoguery.

The Mascot Distraction: Smoke, Fire, and Trump’s Culture War Playbook John Howell / Rick Telander Episode

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Also Worth A Look…

• Alberta author battling AI by writing 34 books in 34 weeks - The John Henry of our time. Aren’t you proud of me for not making yet another Terminator reference?

• Mars says M&M’s, Starbursts without synthetic dyes coming in 2026 - I’m out. Give me the synthetic dyes

• World’s First Humanoid Pregnancy Robot Sparks Controversy in China - Who had “Pregnant robots” on their Bingo card for 2025?

• German states debate who invented Bratwurst sausages - I’d watch that debate before I watched one of those stupid Jubliee “debates”

• Meta’s flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York. He never made it home. - I’m not sure if this is less bad or worse than the people who are convinced they’re really talking to Pedro Pascal or Brad Pitt online, they’re in love with them and need money

• Meet the Parents Raising ‘Carnivore Babies,’ Swapping Puréed Fruit for Rib-Eye - Fast forward 20 years and we’ll see headlines about college grads training their cap and gown for a triple bypass

• Hiker Dies After Grabbing Rattlesnake - Yeah, maybe don’t grab a rattlesnake

• Humans may have ‘locked in’ drought-inducing climate pattern: Study - That’s less than ideal

• Scientists baffled by mysterious ‘Eye of Sauron’ deep space discovery - That tracks

• Baby Shark Scores a Win in Court - Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo

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