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DHS chief does happy dance after Iran exits World Cup
The U.S.
 • Jason Weisberger
TED-stage futurist/longevity salesman says mass surveillance will make us behave
There’s close to 14,000 man-made satellites bopping around in low-Earth orbit.
 • Séamus Bellamy
Bear spray incident prompts evacuation of NYC hotel
A dispute in Lower Manhattan resulted in the evacuation of a hotel when one of the participants responded with bear spray.
 • Gail P Sherman
Everest’s most famous body finally has a name
The cruelest thing about the nickname is how well it worked.
 • Jason Weisberger
Grandpa Pudding Brains celebrates Supreme Court permission to be mean
Trump won nothing; he is cheering because someone else got benched.
 • Jason Weisberger
Tasmania’s favorite 1,000-kilo chaos seal is back on land
Neil does not block roads. Roads rudely appear under Neil.
 • Jason Weisberger
Man accused of stealing Sea Scouts’ boat probably doesn’t get his old boat back
The alleged plan was bold, stupid, and apparently parked nearby.
 • Jason Weisberger
Flagdoku tests your knowledge of flags
Flagdoku is a flag-themed puzzle game (below is embedded my solution to today’s challenge) and a search engine for flags. All your favorites are there…
 • Rob Beschizza
Howl you know if Werwulf is worth seeing if you don’t watch this trailer?
Writer-director Robert Eggers (Nosferatu, The Witch) moves his moody bleak weirdness to medieval England for Werwulf, which comes to theaters this…
 • Rob Beschizza
Now space has been corrupted by capitalism, there’s only one place left to escape to: Null Island
At 0°N 0°E, where the prime meridian crosses the equator, there is an island.
 • Rob Beschizza
DJI claims 17 stops of dynamic range for its Osmo Pocket Pro camera
The Osmo Pocket 3, a tiny gimbaled camera with a big sensor, is a runaway success for DJI.
 • Rob Beschizza
Killer dies of heart attack while disposing of victim’s body
A Georgia man killed a woman then died while trying to dispose of her remains in the Alabama woods.
 • Rob Beschizza
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