From News Sidequest from Keith Conrad <[email protected]>
Subject LinkedIn is accidentally a dating app / Amazon drones are coming to 500 cities / Fewer people are gambling but you…
Date August 20, 2026 5:01 AM
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LinkedIn Has Accidentally Become a Dating Site—Despite Its No-Romance Rules [ [link removed] ]
If you’re big on Googling your date to get some intel ahead of time, going by their LinkedIn page would certainly give you a lot of conversation starters
Amazon to expand drone service to nearly 500 cities after targeting 1 million deliveries this year [ [link removed] ]
I think all of the drones should have built-in speakers that blare Ride of the Valkyries
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Also Worth A Look…
Fewer Americans Are Gambling, Even as New Markets Rise [ [link removed] ] - So apparently every other add is for a gambling because they really need new business?
Vivid dreams may drain the brain’s energy during sleep [ [link removed] ] - That’s interesting, because I’ve actually had the opposite experience. If I have a really vivid dream, I tend to wake up more refreshed and feel like I accomplished something. If I go to sleep and feel like I immediately wake up the next morning, that’s why I have a groggy morning
Study: Too Much TV May Shrink The Brain [ [link removed] ] - It’s almost like too much of anything will end up being bad for you
Drivers are so used to speeding many ignore posted limits, study finds [ [link removed] ] - They needed a study to tell them this? Actually, here in the Chicago area we’re never actually able to speed anyway, so the speed limit doesn’t really matter
Dollar Store Groceries Linked To Worse Health, Study Finds [ [link removed] ] - That doesn’t seem too shocking. If you’re shopping for groceries at Dollar Tree, it’s probably not too likely you’re paying all that much attention to the nutritional information in that moment
Netherlands woman finds escaped snake in bedroom closet [ [link removed] ] - You need to get a new house. It belongs to the snake now
Portuguese men o’ war plague Europe’s warming beaches [ [link removed] ] - Good, I was just thinking we didn’t have enough going on in the world. Good time for a jellyfish invasion
Woman writes 150 words on a sticky note to break Guinness World Record [ [link removed] ] - I feel like I have to have done more than 150 words on a sticky note once. I never waste any space. What record do you think you could pick up if you gave it a shot?
Man Hurt in Surprise Bear Run-In at Apartment Complex [ [link removed] ] - A “surprise bear run-in,” as opposed to all of the planned bear run-ins
Harvard to Pay $53 Million to Settle Lawsuits over Theft of Body Parts [ [link removed] ] - You might say Harvard didn’t have a leg to stand on…
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