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North Texas Teacher Apologizes for Feeding Live Kitten to Snake in Classroom [ [link removed] ]
How else are the kids going to learn how snakes eat? What are some things that happened when you were in school that would probably get the teacher fired today? I had a teacher show us Braveheart. That’s a little more tame than feeding a kitten to a snake, but considering the number of F-bombs dropped and limbs chopped off, I’m not sure it would fly today and probably shouldn’t have back then. Also, it took like three days to get through.
Americans Are Using PTO to Sleep, Not for Vacation—Report [ [link removed] ]
Listen, whatever you have to do to relax. There’s nothing wrong with a staycation
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A test pilot’s experimental flight goes wrong, but he returns from the edge of space with a terrifying tale and an urgent warning: humanity has been quarantined by an alien force, and the world will end with the next nuclear explosion.
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Inside Operation Greylord: The Undercover Mission That Shook Cook County [ [link removed] ]
WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WITH JOHN DEMPSEY
John Dempsey sits down with Terry Hake, the man who became the federal government's key undercover operative in Operation Greylord, one of the most significant judicial corruption investigations in American history.
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The “How To Do A Podcast” Podcast [ [link removed] ]
THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL & RICK TELANDER
John Howell and Rick Telander turn the mic on their producer, Keith Conrad, for a conversation about the nuts and bolts of podcasting. From publishing schedules and YouTube discoverability to viral gimmicks and old radio war stories, nothing is off the table. It’s equal parts practical advice and good-natured banter about what it takes to stand out in a crowded media landscape.
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Also Worth A Look…
Americans generally oppose Trump’s National Guard deployment: Poll [ [link removed] ] - Nice to know we’re “generally” on the same page there
Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say [ [link removed] ] - Bots and talking heads who just wanted you to be angry about something. Anything
Eating fruit could slash effects of air pollution on the lungs, study finds [ [link removed] ] - An apple a day really will keep the doctor away
Fears of disaster as Russian nuclear submarine reports major malfunction in Mediterranean [ [link removed] ] - Jack Ryan and Marko Ramius were unavailable for comment
Bite-Proof Wetsuit Fabric Almost Entirely Prevents Shark Bite Flesh Wounds [ [link removed] ] - Big deal, Batman had a spray for that 40 years ago
Woman hospitalized with pain and vomiting—diet soda cured her [ [link removed] ] - Her doctor may be thrilled but her dentist is less than excited
Youtuber travels to Isles of Scilly in bathtub [ [link removed] ] - Totally understandable. Have you seen how much a Mediterranean cruise costs these days?
After massive shrimp recalls, the FDA finds radioactive contamination in spices too [ [link removed] ] - The spice must glow
Thieves steal $1M worth in craft whiskey from Washington distillery [ [link removed] ] - That’s a lot of whiskey. Even when you slap “Craft” on the front of it
George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen’s World War II combat pilots, dies at 100 [ [link removed] ]- RIP. Certainly the end of an era
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