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Most Americans say country is on the wrong track, blame Trump for inflation: Poll [ [link removed] ]
Just in case you were wondering, the last time polling showed a majority of people believed the country was on the “right track” was January 2004. It’s been a while
It’s never been easier to be a conspiracy theorist [ [link removed] ]
It’s all because the Rand Corporation, in conjunction with the saucer people, under the supervision of the reverse vampires are forcing our parents to go to bed early in a fiendish plot to eliminate the meal of dinner. Actually, I think it’s because most people only search for content that verifies their priors, rather than asking questions about the validity of the information put in front of them
I’m trying something a little different, sharing some of my fiction writing as a serialized story. Paid subscribers can read the story each week, but free subscribers will be able to follow what’s happening in the story through news reports from the in-universe site “NewsGator”
The Last Four Years Ch. 3: Confusion Reigns as White House, NASA Remain Silent on Comet Heidemann [ [link removed] ]
In The Last Four Years, a comet is four years away from hitting Earth. It’s not enough time to stop it, but long enough to get bored waiting for it. It is a story about what people do with the time they have left. Families trying to stay together, scientists trying to find a way out, and leaders holding civilization together
The Last Four Years Ch. 2 [ [link removed] ] | The Last Four Years Ch. 1 [ [link removed] ]
Also Worth A Look…
Elon Musk Reveals Plan To Launch “Unforgettable” Flying Car Before Year-End [ [link removed] ] - Giving drivers a third axis to worry about seems like a spectacularly bad idea
Inside NASA’s Scramble to Find a Backup Moon Plan — and the Wild Ideas Companies Are Pitching [ [link removed] ] - It’s pretty wild that NASA basically started this in 2004, and then re-started it a few years later and they’re now left scrambling to make it happen
Scientists are one step closer to testing ancient skeletons for pregnancy [ [link removed] are one step closer to testing ancient skeletons for pregnancy ] - I just hope they don’t do one of those over the top gender reveals
Businesses are running out of pennies in the US [ [link removed] ] - What a bunch of non-cents
Grieving family uses AI chatbot to cut hospital bill from $195,000 to $33,000 — family says Claude highlighted duplicative charges, improper coding, and other violations [ [link removed] ] - Now we’re getting somewhere
Study: Social Media ‘Junk’ Data Causes AI Cognitive Decline [ [link removed] ] - Same for humans
Sixty years after tourist stole skull from cathedral, he sends it back [ [link removed] ] - Yorick was unavailable for comment
Lost dog found 5 years later, 520 miles from home [ [link removed] ] - That dog has seen some things
High school students exempted from history exam after being taught wrong subject [ [link removed] ] - Oops. Maybe just test them on the subject they were actually taught
A solid gold toilet is up for auction with a $10 million starting price [ [link removed] ] - Just in case you’re looking to get a jump on Christmas shopping or maybe make some money by flipping it to President Trump
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