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Jen Psaki tests positive for COVID
In isolation at home, White House press secretary Jen Psaki has tested positive for COVID-19. After learning that several members of her fa...
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This award-winning 3-port supercharger is a real headache-saver
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Bill Clinton and the Queen at death's door in this week's dubious tabloids
'National Enquirer' "Bill Gates' Showdown With Ex-Wife!" screams the cover. "Disaster At Daughter's $2M We...
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Bauhaus's "Bela Lugosi's Dead" stretched into nine hours
Some years ago, Slow Motion Radio time-stretched Bauhaus 's 1979 vampire anthem "Bela Lugosi's Dead" into nine hours....
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These creepy vintage Halloween photos are scarier than anything you'll see tonight
Ossian Brown was a member of the dark, magical electronic music group Coil and Cyclobe , a duo with his partner Stephen Thrower. Here are se...
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Listen: "Bela Lugosi's Dead" vs Disneyland's Haunted Mansion
In 2004, artist Howard Hallis celebrated the devilishly wonderful crossover of Disney and Goth culture with the now-classic " Haunte...
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Ministry's "(Everyday Is) Halloween" (1984)
From the days when Al Jourgensen cultivated an English accent and I wore too much eyeliner, Ministry's "(Everyday Is) Halloween...
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Listen to "Doublemeat Palace," a great song about the worst episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
In 2017, singer-songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs set a goal to write a song about every single episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer . Her the...
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SNL's 'Haunted Elevator' is a holiday classic
Can't have Halloween without David S. Pumpkins! from Boing Boing https://ift.tt/3jUJcdI via IFTTT
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Disney is launching a new Avengers-themed dinner cruise
Starting in summer 2022, you'll be able to go on a Disney Dinner Cruise accompanied by videos of Paul Rudd's Ant-Man, Brie Lars...
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Meet the underpaid university lecturer who lived in a tent for two years
When Aimée Lê's postgraduate housing closed for renovations, she knew she was in trouble. As a PhD student studying English at Royal Ho...
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Irish paranormal investigators say COVID-19 has caused a rift in the spirit world
The Irish newspaper The Independent recently spoke with two separate ghost hunting groups — Irish Paranormal Investigations and the si...
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7 top-rated Treblab audio product bundles that you can score for up to 35% off
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The legendary KXVO pumpkin dance, in full
Oft-Giffed but rarely seen in all its glory, the KXVO pumpkin dance was taped in haste by that Omaha news channel in response to an imm...
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School removes "Lord Of The Flies" from curriculum for lack of diversity
A recent article in Canada's Cambridge Today talked about the efforts by some Canadian school boards to "identify and remove any ...
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Simone Giertz combines a plant and a lamp and creates a "plamp"
Simone Giertz, the Internet's beloved comedic maker, didn't like the lamp in her living room ("It's not bright enough t...
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A conservative codeword for "f— Joe Biden" is spreading rapidly, even to the floors of Congress
At an October 2 NASCAR race, Brandon Brown won an Xfinity Series. NBC Sports covered the event, and as a crowd chanted "f— Joe Biden,...
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Meet the lawyer behind deceptive marketing lawsuits like the strawberry Pop-Tarts case
This week, a lawsuit against Kellogg's had to do with its "strawberry" Pop-Tarts—which contained little strawberry— made head...
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A cyberpunk choose-your-own-adventure story, made entirely on Twitter
" MetaVerse Noir " is almost certainly the first and only sci-fi short story designed as a choose-your-own-adventure, using a ser...
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Write and read music in no time with this master class bundle
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Clown shows, Satan, and of course masks fuel this woman's list of concerns in a School Board rant-of-all-rants
Taking the school board rant to an all-new level this woman raved about cannibalism, clown shows, refuted the effectiveness of masks, and o...
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Enjoy 1976's 'The Paul Lynde Halloween Special'
Paul Lynde was foundational to much of the best television of all time. This Halloween special is no exception. The list of guest stars...
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20 jaw-dropping deals you definitely don't want to miss out on this weekend
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Wilco just released two great Beatles covers
To celebrate the release of the new 50th-anniversary reissue of the Beatles' Let It Be album , Wilco has released two covers from the ...
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Watch: man discovers labyrinth behind his bookshelf
Freddy Goodall says his family bought a 500-year-old Sussex home 30 years ago, but he didn't know about its secret passageways until r...
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Scientists using climate change modeling to simulate life on Arrakis
From The Conversation : We are scientists with specific expertise in climate modelling, so we simulated the climate of Arrakis to find ou...
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Check out this 1931 Soviet guide to turning potatoes into toys
Potato Toys is a super charming, illustrated Soviet guide about how to make toys out of potatoes. I love all of the potato-creatures in th...
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Watch: creepy talking robot
In this uncanny video from 2005, a creepy robot (tries) to talk. It is quite the chatterbox, but I have no idea what it's trying to sa...
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Watch: strange tornado sirens in downtown Chicago
These Tornado Sirens in Downtown Chicago sound like something out of a horror movie. The sirens scare me just as much as a tornado woul...
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Tools for editing GIF images
I posted about an outstanding collection of Horror/Halloween GIFs the other day, but quickly found that GIFs are still as unweildy to edit...
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Wild animation found on a computer in a library in Estonia
Someone found this on a computer in a library in Estonia and uploaded it to YouYube for our viewing pleasure. It's NSFW and NSF square...
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The Ecoegg will change the way you do laundry — and Amazon customers love it
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Doorbell cams catch the darndest things: Halloween edition
Doorbell cams capture the darndest things, both staged and unstaged, especially around Halloween— trick or treat! screengrabs via ...
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RIP Mr. Autumn Man (2012-2021)
Throughout the 2010s, The Onion developed the character of "Mr. Autumn man:" a middle-aged New Englander who unabashedly loved fl...
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Texas lawmakers considering a ban on 850 books. Here's the full list.
On October 25, 2021, Texas State Rep. Matt Krause (R-Fort Worth) sent a letter to school districts across the state, asking them to review...
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Judge so racist and sexist even Alabama wants rid of him
A judge who mouthed the n-word in court and constantly utters racist remarks to or about his own employees "must be removed from offic...
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"Soaked," "sinful," and "yum-a-licious": here are Cheesecake Factory's 42 approved adjectives
WSJ got its hands on Cheesecake Factory's 500-page operations manual, which includes approved descriptive words for cheesecake. The ar...
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The 1981 Punk Rock Halloween Riot on SNL
In 1981, Lorne Michaels and John Belushi wanted to get some authentic punks to appear on SNL as audience members for the Halloween episo...
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A new startup wants to convert human blood cells into viable eggs for IVF
Thanks to the MIT Technology Review , I've learned that it is technically not im possible for a blood cell to turn into an egg cell,...
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This metal cover of 'Spooky Scary Skeletons' is just in time for Halloween
An extra fun Halloween video from Leo Moracchioi! from Boing Boing https://ift.tt/3bn66Wh via IFTTT
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New study suggests "gifted" dogs tilt their heads more frequently
Humans love it when dogs cock their head to one side, but no one really knows why, and there have been few studies into the adorable phenom...
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Person sues Kellogg's claiming strawberry Pop-Tarts didn't have enough strawberries inside
Beacon, New York resident Elizabeth Russett filed a $5 million lawsuit against Kellogg's because, she claims, the whole grain frosted s...
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Work resumes on San Francisco's tilting Millennium Tower as more doubts are raised
Work has resumed at San Francisco's Millennium Tower. The latest test pile drilling apparently was "successful." The test pil...
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A traveler just brought Tonga its very first Covid case
Nearly every nation on the planet has had their share of Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began. But Tonga, the island nation in the South...
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Watch this harrowing video of a tornado crossing the highway right in front of a woman's car
Why did the tornado cross the road? To destroy everything in its path, of course. This video was taken Wednesday morning as a tornado cr...
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Testimony describes how Elizabeth Holmes used Theranos to swindle the DeVos family out of $100MM
Testimony by a DeVos family asset manager explains how Holmes and Theranos flattered and lied their way to a $100MM investment. Other billi...
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Cries of 'Active Shooter' evacuated a terminal at LAX and disrupt air travel nationwide
No shots were fired, no gun was found, but chaos erupted at Los Angeles International Airport last night. Reports of an active shooter insi...
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