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People are having fewer kids. Their choice is transforming the world’s economy [ [link removed] ]
Or, maybe that decision is being made for them. If it costs $250,000/year to be able to own a house and have a family at the same time, that’s just not going to be an option for many people
Pope Leo’s astronomer says he would baptise an alien into Catholic church [ [link removed] ]
It’s nice to see the Catholic Church being so welcome. That wouldn’t work out so well if it was the aliens for Signs though… but then again it would be pretty nutty for an alien race that gets killed by water to visit Earth anyway
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
The Shoddy Lands by C.S. Lewis [ [link removed] ] - An English professor’s momentary distraction during a boring visit from a former pupil and his fiancée hurls him into a terrifying, shoddy alternate reality that reveals the shallow, self-obsessed world inside the young woman’s mind.
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The Shocking (But Not Surprising) Ryder Cup Fans [ [link removed] ]
THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL & RICK TELANDER
John Howell and Rick Telander take aim at what might seem like a niche topic — bad behavior at the Ryder Cup — but turns it into something much bigger: a diagnosis of America’s national mood.
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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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Also Worth A Look…
Delta Air Lines Flight Attendants Makes $70,000 Mistake After Accidentally Setting Off Emergency Evacuation Slide [ [link removed] ] - Biggest oops you’ve made at work? I once walked off from work with a commercial log, but I just brought it back the next day and things were fine
Flight delays in US to grow worse, transportation secretary warns [ [link removed] ] - That’s less than ideal
Gmail Passwords Confirmed As Part Of 183 Million Account Data Breach [ [link removed] ] - Even less ideal
OpenAI Says over a Million People Talk to ChatGPT About Suicide Weekly [ [link removed] ] - That’s a problem, but it’s even more of a concern that there are plenty thinking about it who don’t talk to anyone/anything at all
Ohio lawmaker proposes comprehensive ban on marrying AI systems and granting legal personhood [ [link removed] ] - Glad to see our elected officials focusing on the truly important issues
Microsoft Teams will start snitching to your boss when you’re not in the office [ [link removed] ] - Not cool, teams. I thought you were on our side
Woven baskets aren’t just aesthetically pleasing. Research finds they’re sturdier than stiff containers [ [link removed] ] - Seems like good information to have, since the world is going to Hell in a handbasket
New Jersey officer stopped at ATM and pizzeria instead of investigating double-murder [ [link removed] ] - You have to be well-fed and have plenty of cash for tips if you’re going to investigate a double-murder
Iowa woman wins her second big lottery jackpot in six months [ [link removed] ] - That hardly seems fair
Woman Admits To Booty Call Arson Attack [ [link removed] ] - People shouldn’t make plans if they aren’t going to follow through
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