TL;DR: Get open-box JBL Vibe Beam 2 noise-canceling earbuds for $24.97 (reg. $64.95), plus a free one-month Surfshark VPN Starter Plan.

Name-brand earbuds with active noise canceling usually cost $60 or more, and the cheap pairs tend to drop noise canceling first. — Read the rest

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Far-right pest Jake Lang tried to disrupt a cat enthusiast's adoption festival. Looking for one sort of groomer, the professional grievance merchant found the kind with clippers and a comb.

The alleged furry conspiracy had whiskers and adoption papers.

Previously:
• Capitol rioter turned Senate candidate gets clocked on camera

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A Nature Sustainability study argues that New Orleans should start packing its bags as rising seas, sinking land, and disappearing wetlands increase the city's risk.

Studies confirm what Hurricane Katrina taught us. New Orleans already has a fascinating and entertaining system of levees and defenses to keep a city that lies more than occasionally below the water table somewhat inhabitable. — Read the rest

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Representative Hakeem Jeffries seems to believe the 2026 blue wave was a positive performance review. Asked about his own future, he replied, "You think I don't have the votes nailed down?" Jeffries also defended Chuck Schumer staying on as Senate leader. — Read the rest

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A little late, but Senate Republicans have decided to suspend their leadership election and wait for "a plan."

Senate Republicans met Tuesday to choose their leaders, but John Thune couldn't explain what he intended to do if re-elected. After nearly two hours, senators paused the meeting without voting on John Thune's future. — Read the rest

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After "mistakenly" being treated as an outgoing member of Congress, Lauren Boebert is gonna play at being a congressperson until the clock runs out.

No one predicts Boebert is gonna pull out a win; even Boebert has said she'll accept the results, but until the very last second, she intends to stay in the game. — Read the rest

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Watch a swallowtail caterpillar be absolutely adorable as it stands on someone's hand. The caterpillar, as many commenters pointed out, looks exactly like a tiny walrus. This makes it feel like a magical little being, and I can't believe something so cute is crawling around people's gardens. — Read the rest

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Watch a rubber snake toy turn into a gigantic monstrosity when someone fills it with water from a garden hose. The snake toy starts off quite small – just a few feet long and as thin as a real garden snake. — Read the rest

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This zombie-themed Hello Kitty cookie is perfection. It's so cool looking that it would be difficult to eat this cookie. I would want to frame it above my bed instead if someone gave this to me.

Watching this baker decorate the cookie is so satisfying. — Read the rest

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TL;DR: Pay $79.99 once with DEAL20 for lifetime 1min.AI Advanced Business access, including multiple AI models, creative tools, and 4 million monthly credits. Offer ends Nov. 15.

Your job description said "content." Apparently, that meant writing the blog, making the image, captioning the video, and interrogating a PDF like it owes you money. — Read the rest

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A South Carolina man was charged with unlawful conduct with a child after allegedly leaving his sleeping daughter in line outside Target to hold their place for an early morning Pokémon card drop.

John-Michael Dooley, 35, was arrested after police headed to the West Ashley store in the early hours of Friday morning to investigate a report of an unattended child among the "numerous customers" gathered hoping to be among the first to snap up the latest trading card set. — Read the rest

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TL;DR: Get Windows 11 Pro on one compatible PC for just $11.99 with DEAL20 through Nov. 15.

You might not need a new computer to keep up with your workload. It may just be a matter of compatible hardware. Right now, you can get a Microsoft Windows 11 Pro lifetime license for $11.99 (MSRP $199) with code DEAL20 through Nov. — Read the rest

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Lauren Boebert, the Republican congresswoman who switched to Colorado's deep-red 4th District after nearly losing in 2022 in her old one, has nonetheless lost it to Democrat Eileen Laubacher. CNN called it late Monday after determining that outstanding ballots could not overcome Laubacher's slim lead. — Read the rest

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The Verge has ventured into the dark and mysterious underground world of private BitTorrent trackers! Secret invitations! Upload ratios! Seedboxes! Anyone who spent time on the internet during the Bush administration may recognize these shocking piracy tools.

To its credit, The Verge does too: the feature notes that private trackers appeared soon after BitTorrent itself, which turned 25 this year. — Read the rest

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Colorado's hands-on Congressperson is projected to lose her seat. Capping an end to the era of Boebert, Mace, Gaetz, and Taylor-Green making noise.

Boebert has not lost her House seat yet, but she is currently losing the race for it. Democrat Eileen Laubacher leads the incumbent in Colorado's still-uncalled 4th District contest, which makes the accompanying image and its apparent grip problem unusually cooperative. — Read the rest

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Melania treats Jeff Bezos like an ATM.

This time it will be a series about the very serious grifter. Likely full of taking credit for things done by the Pope, Melania will give the world another unwanted glimpse into the distance she keeps from Diaper Don. — Read the rest

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Michal Zalewski, author of the book The Secret Life of Circuits, which I posted about recently, was dissatisfied with the wind-up kitchen timers he found in stores. They weren't precise enough for him, and he doesn't like that they only ring once. — Read the rest

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Hakeem Jeffries has been open to working with some of the Trump family's more odious personages. Trump's ghoul and now Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, however, gets no meeting. "There's not going to be any opportunity, certainly, to work with Stephen Miller and what he represents," Jeffries said Sunday. — Read the rest

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The musician credits El Niño's unusual warmth with saving his life, adding a rare plus to the lives saved or taken by the meteorological super event.

We still don't know why this pianist from Royal Caribbean's Ovation of the Seas wound up in the drink around 2:30 Friday morning. — Read the rest

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This looks like a great guide for making paper airplanes. You can filter by folding difficulty, plane type, paper type, and even by award-winning paper airplane designer. 

Each plane comes with a helpful YouTube video. 

I've always been really bad at making paper airplanes, so maybe I will give this a try this weekend. — Read the rest

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Microsoft filed a patent for an AI system that listens to what someone is saying during a live broadcast and changes what they are saying in real time.

From Patentlyze:

The claims describe a system that watches a live video feed and its audio track while people are speaking.

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If you ever find yourself lost and wandering around in Split, Croatia, you might consider taking a trip to Froggyland. This eccentric museum features over 500 stuffed taxidermy amphibians. If the idea of seeing a museum full of frog taxidermy isn't strange enough for you, then you'll be glad to know that it gets weirder. — Read the rest

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To set expectations early: I never played 1998's The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, mostly because I couldn't hold a Nintendo 64 controller on account of not being born yet. When the game was remade for the 3DS in 2011, I just about beat the first dungeon before losing interest and going back to Pokémon White. — Read the rest

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TL;DR: Get Microsoft's Visual Studio Professional 2022 IDE for one Windows PC with a lifetime license for $12.79 (reg. $499) using code DEAL20.

Visual Studio is the IDE many .NET and C++ developers already know, but a Professional license usually costs hundreds of dollars. — Read the rest

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Former comedian Russell Brand was jailed for 10 years and 6 months at Southwark Crown Court in London on Monday after being convicted last week on charges of rape and sexual assault.

"You were clever – and in many people's eyes, funny and charismatic," said Judge Joel Bennathan before imposing the sentence. — Read the rest

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TL;DR: Get Double Barrel 720p Digital Night Vision Binoculars with infrared LEDs and 4x zoom for $104.97 (reg. $297.99).

Regular binoculars stop being useful once the sun goes down, because they can only magnify light that's already there. If you want to see what's moving around after dark, try the Double Barrel 720p Digital Night Vision Binoculars. — Read the rest

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TL;DR: Ditch the phone mount and get a 10-inch Apple CarPlay and Android Auto car display for $109.97 (reg. $199.99).

Lots of good cars still have a plain radio and a phone stuck to the air vent for directions. If you'd rather keep your car, try this 10-inch touchscreen display with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. — Read the rest

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TL;DR: Get Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and four more Office 2019 apps plus Windows 11 Pro for one PC for $24.97 (reg. $428).

Microsoft 365 keeps Word and Excel working only as long as the monthly or yearly payment goes through. If you'd rather own your apps outright, try the All-in-One Microsoft Office Pro 2019 for Windows bundle. — Read the rest

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In the early 1990s, I was an editor at Wired. It was an exciting time because the internet was new to most people. My colleagues were young, creative, curious, and smart, but two of them stood out: Gary Wolf and June Cohen. — Read the rest

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