TL;DR: A $25 Sam's Club membership (MSRP $50) helps families save on groceries, household essentials, and everyday life — without overthinking it.
There's a moment every household hits where buying four rolls of paper towels at a time just feels inefficient. — Read the rest
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The kids are bringing back archaisms: old-timey language that's been out of use for decades, if not a century or more. Lummox, hoodwink, skedaddle, whence and hence… "Older slang is basically an earworm," an expert told the New York Times. — Read the rest
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Florida man Pascual Santana, 79, was arrested Friday and charged with armed assault after threatening a Walmart worker with a gun from the seat of his mobility scooter. Miami-Dade County Sheriff's Department told media that Santana had called the woman "derogatory names" aggressively before revealing the handgun and asking "are you scared now?" — Read the rest
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Every few years, someone comes up with a new "this is how the pyramids were built" theory. In addition to aliens or long-forgotten super technologies, many theories rely on unfeasible ramps that'd never work. This theory works.
This theory treats the pyramids as an engineering problem and takes the constraints very seriously. — Read the rest
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In what may be a watershed moment, a Federal judge has determined that Trump's Department of Justice is not to be trusted with sensitive voter information. Not only could this impact multiple cases in multiple states, but it could also lead to the total erosion of the presumption of regularity. — Read the rest
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TL;DR: Pamper an old PC with this Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows lifetime license, on sale now for just $34.97 through February 22.
Don't count out your dusty ol' PC! You can give it a whole new lease on life with this Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows license. — Read the rest
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The Department of Homeland Security has switched to a mobile facial recognition system that combines two of the worst qualities a government surveillance tool can have: it tramples privacy and doesn't work, especially when analyzing non-whites.
Under claims of "efficiency," DHS and its subagencies are now using the smartphone app "Mobile Fortify" to identify people in the field. — Read the rest
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An Irish man with a valid U.S. work permit has been held in ICE detention since September 2025. He has no history of violent crime and no problems with his paperwork. DHS offers no clear explanation for why this man has been confined for months. — Read the rest
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Measurable, documented, and ongoing harm is being caused by the UK's anti-trans panic. Years of
hostile policy, medical rollbacks, and political scapegoating are producing a sharp increase in suicides.
As Erin Reed documents, the UK has systematically dismantled gender-affirming care, framed trans youth as a social threat, and replaced evidence-based medicine with political panic. — Read the rest
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Florida's top culture warriors, Ron DeSantis, his wife Casey, and the anti-vax Surgeon General
Joseph Ladapo held a press conference to announce that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, the household herbicidal equivalent of Agent Orange, is found in many supermarket-sold breads. — Read the rest
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Cannabis users' brains look younger than their age would predict, according to a brain imaging study of more than 25,000 UK Biobank participants aged 44 to 81. The connectivity patterns associated with cannabis use were the near-opposite of those associated with normal aging — and cannabis users outperformed non-users on six out of nine cognitive tests, including memory, reasoning, and executive function, according to a preprint by researchers at Georgia Tech, Emory, and the University of Colorado. — Read the rest
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The National Park Service has launched a "Special Resource Study" that puts a long stretch of Los Angeles County coastline in the federal crosshairs. From Will Rogers State Beach down to Torrance, with additional areas mapped inland, the Feds want to run the show. — Read the rest
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Someone decided to have fun spinning their truck out on an icy lake and recording it for the social medias. Naturally, the truck fell through the ice, but the driver didn't bother to notify local 'authorities,' and instead just left it there. — Read the rest
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Ghislaine Maxwell appeared virtually from a Texas prison today for her closed-door deposition with the House Oversight Committee. She declined to answer questions, invoking her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, reports Politico.
Then came the ask. Maxwell's attorney reiterated that she would testify fully — if President Trump grants her clemency. — Read the rest
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Real estate mogul Andrew Farkas (net worth estimated at around $2.34 billion) exchanged nearly 2,000 emails with Jeffrey Epstein over more than a decade. He called Epstein "one of the blessings" in his life and "one of the bravest men I've ever known." — Read the rest
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TL;DR: Keep tabs on your most important belongings with the MagTag Ultra Slim Tracker Card, now just $23.99.
While AirTags are handy, they're not great for tiny spaces. If you're looking for an equally convenient option that's also compatible with Apple Find My App, meet the MagTag Ultra Slim Tracker. — Read the rest
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Albert Bartlett was born in Shanghai in 1923, worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, got his PhD from Harvard, and spent his career as a physics professor at the University of Colorado. But he's best known for one lecture he gave 1,742 times over 36 years — roughly once every 8.5 days — before his death in 2013 at age 90. — Read the rest
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The State Department is removing all posts from its X accounts made before January 20, 2025 — and that includes posts from Trump's own first term.
The posts will be internally archived but no longer publicly visible. If you want to see them, you'll need to file a Freedom of Information Act request, NPR reports. — Read the rest
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If PDFs keep eating your day, SwifDoo PDF Pro for $34.99 is the best way to fight back [ 08-Feb-26 10:00pm ]
TL;DR: SwifDoo PDF Pro is $34.99 right now (reg. $129), and it's a solid all-in-one solution for editing, converting, OCR, and signing PDFs on Windows.
If you want a Windows PDF editor that can do the boring stuff fast, so you can get back to literally anything else, SwifDoo PDF Pro at $34.99 (reg. — Read the rest
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Epstein was a superconcierge for the elite: helicopters, Hermès bags, internships, and "tall, Swedish blondes" [ 08-Feb-26 4:28pm ]
The Epstein files paint a picture of a man running a concierge service for the global elite. Helicopter rides to his island. Private plane trips. Apple Watches. Hermès bags. Extra-large zipper sweatshirts for Steve Bannon. Nearly $10,000 worth of boxers and T-shirts for Woody Allen. — Read the rest
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Award-winning photo magic, minus the monthly commitment [ 08-Feb-26 4:00pm ]
TL;DR: Get the award-winning Luminar Neo plus several powerful add-ons for $79.99 (reg. $682). This exclusive bundle delivers best-on-web pricing on a 4.6-star App Store favorite.
If photo editing software has ever made you feel like you accidentally joined a very intense book club—one with homework and a subscription fee—Luminar Neo is here to gently un-clench your jaw. — Read the rest
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U.S. troops say they were pressured to buy "Melania" tickets [ 07-Feb-26 11:07pm ]
The Department of Defense says there's no directive requiring service members to see the Melania documentary, "though the film is fantastic." (The statement also referred to the Pentagon as the "Department of War" — a secondary title Trump gave it but cannot legally use.) — Read the rest
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Gabbard blocked her own spy agencies from intel report about Trump associate [ 07-Feb-26 10:55pm ]
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard blocked spy agencies from seeing an intelligence report about a Trump associate — but she made sure the White House chief of staff got a copy.
The report involves an NSA intercept of two foreign nationals discussing someone close to President Trump. — Read the rest
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BMW patents logo-shaped screw to block DIY repairs [ 07-Feb-26 10:18pm ]
In the latest blow to right to repair, BMW has patented a screw which incorporates the automaker's iconic logo design into the head. The screw head design patent filing was spotted by Autoblog:
Instead of a Torx, hex, or any other recognisable screw head, this one is shaped like BMW's roundel.
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Your Mac is hiding some seriously useful features from you [ 07-Feb-26 10:00pm ]
TL;DR: MacMagic unlocks hidden Mac features like force-delete, cache clearing, and PDF tools without Terminal commands or subscriptions. Get it for just $29.99 (reg. $99).
Look, your Mac can do a lot more than Apple lets on. Buried somewhere in the labyrinth of macOS are legitimatly useful tools that never made it to your dock or menu bar: things like force-deleting stubborn files, combining PDFs without a subscription service, and actually seeing where all your disk space went. — Read the rest
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Judge catches feds lying, orders deported families brought back [ 07-Feb-26 9:59pm ]
A federal judge has once again found that DHS agents' lies violate the law and invalidate their deportation of three families. The judge ordered the government to undo their evil post haste.
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to return three immigrant families to the U.S.
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Command Performance: US troops reportedly forced to watch "Melania" [ 07-Feb-26 9:46pm ]
According to multiple reports, U.S. military commanders coerced active-duty troops to attend screenings of "Melania," the critically panned vanity documentary that paid the First Lady $28 million.
Turning a box-office dud into a mandatory loyalty test, Raw Story and Business Insider report that US Commanders "advised" their troops to attend, and everyone got the message. — Read the rest
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Bland NorCal doesn't really have its own accent [ 07-Feb-26 9:32pm ]
It seems Northern California has its own lexicon, but not much of a distinct dialect.
These videos take a look at the Northern California way of speaking. Largely, it seems based on the standard newscaster blandness that much of America is moving towards. — Read the rest
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This vintage Scotch Tape ad reveals questionable 1940s beauty hacks [ 07-Feb-26 9:29pm ]
This Scotch Tape ad from the 1940s is every hairdresser's nightmare. It shows a photo of a young girl getting a DIY bangs trim with scotch tape as a guide for cutting. I have a feeling that anyone who tries that at home will not be smiling like the girl in the image after they see the results. — Read the rest
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Meet Coalie, the cute mascot of "Beautiful, Clean Coal" [ 07-Feb-26 9:19pm ]
Just as the administration yanked $500 million in funding to clean up abandoned coal mines, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum made the social media debut of Coalie. Coalie, a pink-cheeked, googly-eyed lump of coal, is the mascot for the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement. — Read the rest
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Kimball Musk exits Burning Man before the explaining begins [ 07-Feb-26 9:17pm ]
Burning Man dodged a bullet. The party in the desert won't have to explain why one of its board members, much like his brother Elon, shares an uncomfortable proximity to Jeffrey Epstein. Kimball Musk, board member of the Burning Man Project, has stepped down, sparing the festival a looming reputational problem it very clearly did not want. — Read the rest
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Musk turns bigotry into a contest with cash prizes [ 07-Feb-26 9:00pm ]
Surprising no one, Elon Musk's X awarded a million-dollar prize to a "creator" with a long, documented history of racist and antisemitic posts. Demonstrating that hate speech is not a moderation failure but occasionally hands terrible people cash.
When Elon Musk's social media platform X launched a contest to promote its "Articles" feature, the guidelines were explicit: Submissions "must not contain political, or religious statements."
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Bubble wrap was invented to be 3D wallpaper [ 07-Feb-26 7:47pm ]
You may have thought bubble wrap was invented to pack fragile items. While that's what it's used for now, it was actually invented as 3D wallpaper.
When the creators of bubble wrap gave up on their 3D wallpaper dream, they re-purposed their invention to be used as packing material. — Read the rest
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Video of a previously unseen 1978 SNL rehearsal with the Rolling Stones [ 07-Feb-26 7:39pm ]
This footage of a Friday, October 6, 1978 Saturday Night Live rehearsal with the entire cast and the Rolling Stones has apparently been unseen until it appeared on YouTube a few days ago. It was for the next day's premiere episode of SNL's fourth season, which would be the last for John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. — Read the rest
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"Have You Ever Had a Dream?" meme still going strong [ 07-Feb-26 7:37pm ]
I admit, I'm fairly obsessed with the "Have You Ever Had a Dream?" meme — it's one of my all time favorites. You know the one — that classic meme from the early days of YouTube, featuring that sweet little boy — whose name, we know now, is Joe Cirkiel — who stumbled nervously through his big moment as he tried so hard to lay down some deep insight about dreams, but failed pretty spectacularly (and also incredibly charmingly!). — Read the rest
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FCC opens investigation into "The View" over a Democrat's appearance [ 07-Feb-26 7:35pm ]
The Federal Communications Commission has opened an investigation into ABC's The View, reports Mediaite. The probe was triggered by Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico's appearance on the show Monday.
"Fake news is not getting a free pass anymore," an FCC source told Fox News. — Read the rest
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Get this refurbished iPad 11 with cellular for $370 instead of $499 [ 07-Feb-26 4:00pm ]
TL;DR: This Apple's iPad 11 (2025) is on sale for $369.99, a 25% discount on a Grade A refurbished tablet.
Looking for a tablet that won't drain your wallet but still packs a serious punch? This refurbished iPad 11 might be your answer. — Read the rest
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Never pay full price for Apple products again with this hack [ 06-Feb-26 10:00pm ]
TL;DR: Buy a refurbished Apple MacBook Air (2017) 13" for 80% off at just $199.97 (Reg. $999).
With livestream shopping, limited drops, and over-the-top activations, ecommerce brands are doing everything to get you to buy their products. However, novelty doesn't speak to quality. — Read the rest
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How sleuths are recovering hidden Epstein documents [ 06-Feb-26 7:50pm ]
The DOJ's release of Epstein-related documents was supposed to be redacted, but whoever did the job left a backdoor wide open. Email attachments were stored as base64-encoded text — basically, the raw PDF data converted to a string of letters and numbers — and nobody thought to remove them. — Read the rest
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A terrifying weapon is being used to save lives in Ukraine [ 06-Feb-26 7:46pm ]
One of the most surprising things to come out of the war in Ukraine has been the rapid adoption of drones by both sides. Outnumbered and outgunned but certainly not outmatched, the Ukrainian military began using small, modified off-the-shelf drones to drop munitions, support reconnaissance, and conduct raids. — Read the rest
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These Fallout LEGO models are incredible [ 06-Feb-26 7:43pm ]
Season 2 of the Fallout TV show just wrapped up. I thought it was pretty good, even if it does often fall into the trap of too much setup and not enough payoff. While there was no sign of the rumored New Vegas remaster (as much of a slam dunk as that would have been on Bethesda's part), I've been warding off the Wasteland blues with these really damn cool Fallout-themed LEGO models. — Read the rest
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ICE can demand your data from Google without a warrant [ 06-Feb-26 7:37pm ]
If you attend a protest and post about it on Instagram, federal agents may already have a way to find out who you are. The Department of Homeland Security has administrative subpoena power — meaning it can demand records from tech companies, schools, and individuals without a judge's approval, without proving probable cause, and without notifying the person being surveilled. — Read the rest
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Victorian valentines hid love notes inside intricate paper sculptures [ 06-Feb-26 7:33pm ]
These 19th century Valentine's Day cards are like mini sculptures. The cards contain illustrations and paper cutouts that transform into 3D scenes when opened. Inside these gorgeous geometric shapes are love notes for the receiver.
From Gohar World on Instagram:
"A very Gohar Valentine: paper cobwebs from The Met's Department of Drawings and Prints.
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Choose from "Abolish ICE," "Chance the Scraper," and more when you cast your vote in Chicago's 2026 "You Name a Snowplow" contest [ 06-Feb-26 7:31pm ]
The City of Chicago Streets and Sanitation Department has announced that voting is now open for their fourth annual "You Name a Snowplow" contest. Past winners have included awesome and hilarious names such as Bozo the Plown, Lollaplowlooza, and My Kind of Plow (2025); Skilling It, CTRL-SALT-DELETE, and Mies van der Snow (2024); and Mrs. — Read the rest
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Watch this artist carve an octagonal stamp that rolls out cartoon cars [ 06-Feb-26 7:29pm ]
This video by designer/illustrator Brandon Campbell is innovative and engaging. He elevates the art of making and using rubber stamps by developing his own custom stamping tool. Watch him carve the tool from a small rubber square and then make awesome art out of it. — Read the rest
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This animation shows what doom-scrolling does to your brain [ 06-Feb-26 7:26pm ]
This lovely animation comments on the idea that our screens are consuming us. Although it takes a screen to watch this animation, it's a good reminder that too much screen time can mess with us. There are three slides in this series, and in each one, a being becomes more and more morphed into a chaos-filled screen (until he is the screen). — Read the rest
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Endless entertainment for your most elusive animal starts here [ 06-Feb-26 4:00pm ]
TL;DR: Looking for endless entertainment for your cat? Give them the gift of the Cheerble Ball for $26.90 (MSRP $27.99).
Haven't seen your cat in a while? Our elusive furry friends tend to disappear for hours on end, entertaining themselves and, thus, ignoring you. — Read the rest
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Youbooks is the tool that turns your notes pile into a real manuscript for $49 [ 05-Feb-26 10:00pm ]
TL;DR: Get Youbooks for $49 (reg. $359) and turn a nonfiction idea into a book-length draft you can actually edit and ship.
If you've been hoarding ideas, outlines, and research like they're going to assemble themselves, Youbooks for $49 (reg. $359) is the nudge that turns the pile into a draft. — Read the rest
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Greg Bovino learns he is below Las Vegas standards [ 06-Feb-26 6:14pm ]
What happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas, a city built on excess, poor judgment, and extremely flexible moral boundaries. Even so, a bar on the Las Vegas Strip felt obligated to demand Border Patrol official and Gruppenführer impersonator Greg Bovino GTFO. — Read the rest
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How elites consoled Jeffrey Epstein after his conviction [ 06-Feb-26 5:54pm ]
Private correspondence recently made public reveals that prominent people in politics, business, and academia didn't just maintain ties with Jeffrey Epstein after his 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor. They actively consoled him, cast him as a victim, and offered advice on rehabilitating his image, reports the Wall Street Journal. — Read the rest
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