When the Trump Administration proudly introduced its new Space Force uniforms, everyone thought they were very reminiscent of the Nazi SS, or just former immigration dunce Greg Bovino. Now we know why…

Dozing Donald saw a clip from Starship Troopers and came away impressed by the uniforms. — Read the rest

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The trailer for a film about Sam Altman's dishonesty landed him a wild few days of being fired and rehired at ChatGPT.

Altman is notably odd and off in most of his interviews. This movie trailer, however, fits a slasher far better than it does a story about Silicon Valley bloviating. — Read the rest

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GAO estimates federal agencies spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative leave in 2025, including about $6.7 billion tied to DOGE's deferred resignation program. Good work, Elon.

DOGE's celebrated plan to shrink the US government involved telling federal employees to stop working immediately, and they could keep collecting their salaries for months before resigning. — Read the rest

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A gentleman allegedly reached for a gun to settle an argument and promptly shot himself in the leg. Paramedics patched him up, and then the police booked him.

The thing about guns is they have only gotten more dangerous. Striker-fired pistols don't even have a hammer to warn you they are ready to go off, and trigger pulls are frequently down in the 3-4 lb range. — Read the rest

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Dolly Parton is being immortalized in corn mazes across the U.S. and Canada, a trend honoring the famed singer-songwriter and entrepreneur who died last month aged 80. At least twenty farms have created a maze of their own, each depicting the country legend and her flowing locks. — Read the rest

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Chester Zoo in England, delighting youngsters with its world-class menagerie since 1931, admits that tickets for a 'child predator tour' could have been worded better. The 90-minute bus ride features creatures such as tigers, lions and Komodo dragons, not Sidney Cooke or the embalmed corpse of Richard Huckle. — Read the rest

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Elias 2-24b is less than a million years old, writes Nasa's Ashley Balzer, making it the youngest planet yet observed by astronomers. Still "whirling in its natal disk of dust and gas," it orbits a similarly young orange dwarf 453 years from earth. — Read the rest

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TL;DR: Mashvisor's helps investors research properties nationwide, compare short- and long-term rental potential, estimate returns, and export findings to Excel for $199.99 for life (reg. $2,699).

Browsing houses for fun is harmless. Browsing them with an investment property down payment ready gets expensive fast.  — Read the rest

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TL;DR: Ashampoo WinOptimizer Pro 29 packs 30 tools for cleaning, tuning, troubleshooting, and managing Windows PCs, with a lifetime license for up to three devices on sale for $19.99 (reg. $50).

Before you blame your aging laptop for everything, it might just need a good digital cleaning.  — Read the rest

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This close-up video of a snail munching on its dinner made my morning a lot better. It looks as if the snail's eyes are closed and it's falling asleep while eating its bedtime snack. I assume this is how I look when I get up in the middle of the night during a bout of insomnia to snack on something. — Read the rest

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Have you ever seen a wind turbine sway before? When I was little and I saw them moving back and forth in the wind, I would worry that the turbine was about to snap. Wind turbines actually sway to prevent this very thing from happening. — Read the rest

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This video shows a pudú, the world's smallest species of deer, munching on some leaves. These adorable little creatures can be found in the rainforests of South America. They are solitary, elusive animals and mainly come out at dawn and dusk. — Read the rest

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TL;DR: Windows 11 Pro is on sale for $9.97 (reg. $199) through Sept. 27 at 11:59 p.m. PT, with a lifetime license for one PC.

Windows 10 isn't disappearing overnight. Microsoft has given users some additional time with Extended Security Updates, but those are primarily there to provide security patches, not new features, non-security fixes, or the broader support that comes with a current operating system. — Read the rest

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TL;DR: Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows bundles Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and five more must-have apps into a single one-time purchase, on sale for $32.97 (reg. $219.99) through September 27.

Nobody opens Word for fun, and no one has ever called a spreadsheet inspiring and meant it.  — Read the rest

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The person measles killed was 18 years old. Pennsylvania health officials say the unvaccinated teenager died from complications of the disease, specifically a rare and severe neurological condition that causes inflammation in the brain. It is the fourth death associated with the state's growing measles outbreak in the last month. — Read the rest

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The bureau removed bestiality as an automatic employment disqualifier, which Patel says was necessary because trafficking victims forced into sexual acts involving animals had been rejected along with perpetrators. Because this happens frequently enough, the FBI needed a policy.

While the MAGAs rage on about imagine child trafficking and library book reading crimes against humanity, it appears Kash Patel has quietly identified another: unwilling victims of forced bestiality were being unfairly rejected by the FBI. — Read the rest

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After claiming he'd drawn a much larger audience than the NFL, Dozing-off Donald was betrayed by the actual ratings. I wonder if he calls them fake ratings.

"The overall numbers beat the NFL," Grandpa Pudding Brains declared after his Dallas convention, declining to identify what those numbers were or explain what "beat" meant. — Read the rest

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If you are familiar with Auralnauts ' reimagining of the Star Wars prequel series, you'll love Larry, the tale of a burnt-out Jedi stepping back up to the plate.

Larry is a vastly improved Obi-Wan, with a drug problem and a love of dance fighting. — Read the rest

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Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, raped in a culvert then beaten to death by a mob at the culmination of Libya's 2011 civil war, is now immortalized in bas relief on 100,000 ecstacy pills. Ravers will not get to enjoy the pills, though, as they were seized by customs officers in Tripoli. — Read the rest

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TL;DR: Get a lifetime subscription to LifetimeCloud with 1TB of encrypted cloud storage for a one-time price of $39.99 (reg. $199).

Most cloud storage apps will bill you monthly for as long as you remain subscribed, and the free tiers are already full by the time you upload the first round of photos from your vacation. — Read the rest

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A massive sinkhole opened under Nicolas Cage's house in Malibu, consuming the driveway and threatening to eat his garage next. Nearby residents were evacuated from 31 homes, according to news reports.

The house, built on and overhanging the waterfront, was undermined by Tropical Storm Marie, which hit California earlier this month. — Read the rest

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This scary video shows a mom saving her young daughter from a seemingly rabid raccoon. The whole thing was caught on a security camera in their yard. This mom is a true hero, risking her own life to get the raccoon away from her kid. — Read the rest

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This peaceful video shows the view out of an airplane window as someone flies over the Sahara Desert. The small ridges in the video are sand dunes. Watching these endless rows of sand dunes passing by makes my brain feel great. — Read the rest

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Sometimes nature is just as strange as surreal art. I can't get over how cool this bird's eyes are. A photographer named Juan Alonso Gutiérrez took these amazing photos of a white-tufted grebe.

The white-tufted grebe is a small diving bird that is native to South America and the Falkland Islands. — Read the rest

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With LLMs taking over the world, whether anyone wants them to or not, machine-made text has lost its charm even as it has become vastly more expressive. Clear your generative palate with the Random Insult Generator, made in 1999—27 years ago!—and — Read the rest

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I had reason to search for the nearest penny press and found to my delight that there exist several websites dedicated to mapping the locations of these fabulous machines. The Pressed Penny Machine Map works exactly as you'd expect it to, and sells a handy printed map so that you are never in any doubt as to the whereabouts of a device that can turn a penny into a charming souvenir. — Read the rest

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TL;DR: New U.S. users can get lifetime access to 14 Babbel languages and 10,000+ hours of education for $159 with StackSocial code LEARN.

This is a universal truth: Trips just feel different when you can actually chat in the language. Ordering dinner, asking for directions, shopping, or simply talking to someone you meet along the way gets a lot easier when your vocabulary extends beyond "hello" and some enthusiastic pointing. — Read the rest

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In 1974, the North American Wildlife Research Team identified the obvious problem with Bigfoot research: nobody had caught one. So they built a trap.

They caught some bears and then locked the trap open. Bigfoot is far too smart for this stuff. — Read the rest

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RFK Jr discovered the easiest way to not have measles deaths is to refuse to record them, rather than vaccinate people.

Pennsylvania's measles outbreak has reached 676 confirmed cases and 124 hospitalizations. Only four of those cases were in appropriately vaccinated persons. — Read the rest

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Relativity Park is a 3D environment to wander around, with a Ferris wheel, a roundabout, and various sculptures to be enjoyed amid lowpoly pillars and primitive shapes. The catch is that the speed of light is only 5 kilometers per hour, meaning that the world appears to stretch and warp as you move around. — Read the rest

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