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FBI catches man spending $140K on Pokemon cards & video games with company credit card [ [link removed] ]
Was there actually anything in his employment agreement that specified he couldn’t spend $140k on Pokemon cards? Maybe he needed the cards to do his job
Cambridge Dictionary adds ‘skibidi’ and ‘tradwife’ among 6,000 new words [ [link removed] ]
I don’t want to live on this planet anymore
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
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.
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Colby Hall Unpacks Trump’s Alaska Fumble—and the MAGA Media Meltdown [ [link removed] ]
AS I WAS SAYING WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL
John Howell is joined by Colby Hall, founding editor of Mediaite, to break down the strange spectacle of Donald Trump’s recent “peace summit” with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
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The Mascot Distraction: Smoke, Fire, and Trump’s Culture War Playbook [ [link removed] ]
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.
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Also Worth A Look…
Grammarly says its AI agent can predict an A paper [ [link removed] ] - Probably because the kid is using AI to write it and the teacher is using AI to grade it
You Could Be Streaming the Oscars on YouTube or Netflix by 2029 [ [link removed] ] - I won’t… but you could
‘Sex reversal’ is surprisingly common in birds, new study suggests [ [link removed] ] - Dr. Ian Malcom was seen nodding smugly
Covid May Age Women's Blood Vessels By 5 Years: Study [ [link removed] ] - That’s less than ideal
Dad dies suddenly after 'buying venomous spiders online' [ [link removed] ] - If only someone could have predicted buying venomous spiders online was a bad idea
Library book returned after 82 years. Note says, 'Grandma won't be able to pay for it anymore' [ [link removed] ] - I hope they called the next person on the waiting list and let them know the book is available
Shark tears huge bite-sized chunk out of surfer’s board in terrifying close encounter [ [link removed] ] - Matt Hooper was quoted as saying “This was no boating accident”
The case of the coke-snorting Chihuahua [ [link removed] ] - I don’t need to say anything. You already clicked
PETA calls for Nintendo to redesign Mario Kart World's Cow without nose ring [ [link removed] ] - Maybe the cow is just expressing itself and wanted the nose ring. You don’t know
S.C. man wins $500,000 lottery prize, followed by another $1,000 [ [link removed] ] - Well that hardly seems fair
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