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Homeowners Associations Are Foreclosing on More Residents [ [link removed] ]
First of all, I didn’t realize an HOA had that sort of authority. Also, when was the last time you heard about an HOA Doing something positive for humanity?
The Mental-Health Boost You Need Right Now: Small Talk [ [link removed] ]
Apparently people find conversations about boring topics more enjoyable and interesting than they expected. But you still have to do it, and most people would rather light themselves on fire than engage with strangers about nothing in particular
More Stories Below, but first some new content in the News Sidequest Podcast Universe…
Auditory Anthology [ [link removed] ]
SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD
Maiden Voyage - Chapter One: The Artifact [ [link removed] ] - When a mysterious, unyielding artifact—made of an impossible extraterrestrial material—begins responding to a precise frequency, senior researcher Chen Liang realizes his team isn't just analyzing an unknown object; they are waking something up.
On the maiden voyage of the MV Atlas, the world’s largest cruise ship, a ghost operative team attempts a silent extraction of a high-value defector carrying an impossible secret: an ancient, non-human artifact. Hidden amongst twenty-two thousand passengers and stalked by an elite foreign intelligence network, the team must execute a precise, high-stakes tradecraft operation in international waters. One wrong move could blow their cover and trigger a confrontation that could break the global order.
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New chapters post ever Sunday, and will be available to Auditory Anthology paid subscribers [ [link removed] ]
Also Worth A Look…
State Dept. Used AI-Generated Map that Mislabeled Every African Country [ [link removed] ] - Oops
New Research Found That Teams Who Gossip About Their Bosses Actually Perform Better [ [link removed] ] - Teambuilding by having a common enemy
Minnesota man charged for using homemade spike strip to keep kids off his lawn [ [link removed] ] - Probably not going to win “Neighbor of the year” any time soon. Now that he’s facing charges, I wonder if he still thinks kids riding their bikes on his lawn is the end-of-the-world outrage he thought was when he was making his spike strips
You May Be Tossing Food Too Early [ [link removed] ] - It doesn’t spontaneously combust when it hits the “Sell-by” date
Company Says Robot Will Clean Your Home for $30 Per Hour [ [link removed] ] - It seems like a situation where you could maybe just as easily pay a human $30 per hour
A Wildfire Is Burning Near Secretive Area 51 [ [link removed] ] - I hope they don’t have to evacuate the aliens
Nude man claiming to be Jesus crashes car into Detroit church [ [link removed] ] - Listen, no one can claim to know what it will be like when Jesus Christ returns. But I think it’s pretty safe to say it won’t look like that
Tanning Is Having a Comeback. Experts Are Worried [ [link removed] ] - Take it easy on the tanning. You don’t want to wake up one day looking like an catcher’s mitt
'Only Marms' page on Only Fans helps raise funds for wildlife research [ [link removed] ] - Always happy to help marmots in need
Maryland man wins his second $50,000 lottery prize of 2026 [ [link removed] ] - Well that hardly seems fair
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