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Things you shouldn't buy with your expense account / Cambridge Dictionary gets dumber / Grammarly is judging your work
I know I could do much better work if I had a Charizard on my desk
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FBI catches man spending $140K on Pokemon cards & video games with company credit card
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
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Cambridge Dictionary adds ‘skibidi’ and ‘tradwife’ among 6,000 new words
I don’t want to live on this planet anymore
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More Stories Below, but first some new content in the News Sidequest Podcast Universe…
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 |
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Colby Hall Unpacks Trump’s Alaska Fumble—and the MAGA Media Meltdown
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.
Colby Hall Unpacks Trump’s Alaska Fumble—and the MAGA Media Meltdown Big John Howell |
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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 |
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Also Worth A Look…
Grammarly says its AI agent can predict an A paper - 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 - I won’t… but you could
‘Sex reversal’ is surprisingly common in birds, new study suggests - Dr. Ian Malcom was seen nodding smugly
Covid May Age Women's Blood Vessels By 5 Years: Study - That’s less than ideal
Dad dies suddenly after 'buying venomous spiders online' - 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' - 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 - Matt Hooper was quoted as saying “This was no boating accident”
The case of the coke-snorting Chihuahua - I don’t need to say anything. You already clicked
PETA calls for Nintendo to redesign Mario Kart World's Cow without nose ring - 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 - Well that hardly seems fair
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