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CrankGPT is an offline AI box for the apocalypse
CrankGPT is a fully offline AI box that you power by turning a crank.
 • Rob Beschizza
British police officer accused of using AI to fabricate evidence
A Derbyshire Constabulary officer is under criminal investigation over claims they used artificial intelligence to fabricate evidence. The BBC’s…
 • Rob Beschizza
Trump Arch in D.C. to be tremendously large and golden
When President Trump first showed reporters a model of the proposed United States Triumphal Arch, CBS News’s Ed O’Keefe asked who it was for. “Me,” said…
 • Rob Beschizza
Moneroeville Mall hosts final Dawn of the Dead tour
The sprawling Monroeville Mall outside of Pittsburgh is most famous as the setting for George A.
 • Rob Beschizza
Woman cheers Knicks win, LAPD bursts in and kills her dog
A victory yell should not end with a dead dog and a violated home.
 • Jason Weisberger
Keystone Kops get a physics lesson from falling bear
A bear rescue in Rancho Sahuarita, Arizona, turned into a live-action cartoon when a tranquilized bear dropped from a tree, hit the tarp, and one of the…
 • Jason Weisberger
Man who hates paying taxes loves government handouts
CNN quotes early Tesla investor Ross Gerber saying, “There would not be Tesla and SpaceX if it weren’t for the government.” That is the whole story in…
 • Jason Weisberger
Violet Jessop survived the Titanic, the Britannic, and a collision on the Olympic
Violet Jessop was born in Argentina in 1887, the eldest of nine children.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Watch an inebriated Bob Dylan troll a bored John Lennon about stealing “Norwegian Wood”
In a great interview on Frank Santopadre’s podcast, “Fun for All Ages” promoting his book Where the Music Had to Go: How Bob Dylan and the Beatles…
 • Ruben Bolling
Grandpa Pudding Brains algae-filled improvements
Wonder who gets the next three or four big paychecks to clean it up, or a permanent algae cleaning contract.
 • Jason Weisberger
T-Rex leather handbag failed to sell at auction for $500k
The public’s desire for a handbag made of leather created in a lab using cells from a T.
 • Gail P Sherman
Kristi Noem begs Yakko Warner to explain South America
Yakko Warner remains overqualified for the Trump administration.
 • Jason Weisberger
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