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Dashcam thwarts insurance scam on New York City's Belt Parkway

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Follow-up: Jalopnik – 25 Oct 24 Honda Civic From Viral Insurance Fraud Attempt Found On The...
Follow-up: Jalopnik – 25 Oct 24 Honda Civic From Viral Insurance Fraud Attempt Found On The Street Vandalized The Civic coupe, which has been spotted in different places, has been vandalized at least once
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'Motors'

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Jalopnik – 25 Oct 24 One-Off Rolls-Royce Phantom Inspired By 'Goldfinger' Has A Real Gold Bar...
Jalopnik – 25 Oct 24 One-Off Rolls-Royce Phantom Inspired By 'Goldfinger' Has A Real Gold Bar On... The one-off Phantom has a ton of custom touches that call back to James Bond's most iconic outing
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Odd Stuff (Part 5)

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Gizmodo – 25 Oct 24 Nobody Can Rent Twister, the Last DVD Trapped in Redbox's Dead...
Gizmodo – 25 Oct 24 Nobody Can Rent Twister, the Last DVD Trapped in Redbox's Dead Video Business Hardware nerds just want to see Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt outrun a tornado. Why isn't that possible? Est. reading time: 3 minutes […] Lately, those machines have been getting sold off to various hardware enthusiasts who have, in turn, been reverse-engineering them to figure out...
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Fuck Elon Musk (Part 2)

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Gizmodo – 25 Oct 24 I Hate the Tesla Drive-In Because It Looks So Damn Cool...
Gizmodo – 25 Oct 24 I Hate the Tesla Drive-In Because It Looks So Damn Cool What happens when a fascist billionaire makes something you like? Est. reading time: 5 minutes
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Black plastic take-out containers may be toxic

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We had this in the food thread the other month: Happy Mutants food and drink topic...
We had this in the food thread the other month: Happy Mutants food and drink topic (Part 2) Speaking of spatulas: The good news is that if we throw that stuff out, we HAVE to buy more kitchen gear. CNN – 1 Oct 24 Black-colored plastic used for kitchen utensils and toys linked to banned... Black plastics from electronic devices may be leaching toxic...
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Good (Encouraging) Stuff (Part 2)

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bbc.com Time has come for reparations conversation, say Commonwealth leaders Commonwealth leaders agree to "meaningful conversation"...
bbc.com Time has come for reparations conversation, say Commonwealth leaders Commonwealth leaders agree to "meaningful conversation" on the issue, despite the UK's desire to keep the subject off the agenda.
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Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, RIP

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He took an electronic music workshop I was teaching in Berkeley a number of years ago....
He took an electronic music workshop I was teaching in Berkeley a number of years ago. I didn’t recognize him. When I was first helping him, though, his car keys were sitting next to his laptop. The Ferrari key tipped me off that he might be a bit unusual. I asked one of the other teachers and they let me know who we was....
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Vegas hotel accused of charging $500 smoking fees while guests weren't in rooms

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The name did sound familiar… en.wikipedia.org The Queen of Versailles The Queen of Versailles is a...
The name did sound familiar… en.wikipedia.org The Queen of Versailles The Queen of Versailles is a 2012 American documentary film by Lauren Greenfield. The film depicts Jackie Siegel and David Siegel, owners of Westgate Resorts, and their family as they build their private residence—Versailles, one of the largest and most expensive single-family houses in the United States—and the crisis they face as the US...
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"Ancient lights" protect the right to light

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reflectorbital.com Reflect Orbital Sunlight after dark
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San Francisco metro says goodbye to 5.25" floppies

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Would this be the kind of data wiring that was susceptible to a surge going through...
Would this be the kind of data wiring that was susceptible to a surge going through a big-ass power line right next to it?
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Happy Mutants food and drink topic (Part 2)

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I finally managed to get a good Maillard reaction without overcooking the steak. Then I made...
I finally managed to get a good Maillard reaction without overcooking the steak. Then I made too much port reduction, so I just poured it over the sweet potato as well.
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If You See Something (IRL), Post Something! (Part 2)

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"Lovely aurora" seen over town was something else entirely

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I thought they switched from tomatoes to turnips recently?
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2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine (Part 3)

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the Guardian – 26 Oct 24 Ukraine war briefing: Russia plans to send North Korean troops...
the Guardian – 26 Oct 24 Ukraine war briefing: Russia plans to send North Korean troops into battle as... Ukraine president urged world leaders to pile ‘tangible pressure’ on Pyongyang as South Korea urges Russia to stop its ‘illegal cooperation’ with North Korea. What we know on day 976
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Elections 2023 and 2024 (Part 2)

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Re: We’re in the '20ies The TimeGhost History channel has two good series about the interwar...
Re: We’re in the '20ies The TimeGhost History channel has two good series about the interwar years; one focussing more on what happened in politics, economics and technology and one (Zeitgeist) looking at popular culture, art and so on. There’s some really good stuff in there. A lot of what happened then is still influencing what happens right now. Playlist (58 episodes): Playlist (26...
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Elections 2023 and 2024 (Part 2)

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OhHai: Maybe not actually paying people will be how he tries to weasel out of legal...
OhHai: Maybe not actually paying people will be how he tries to weasel out of legal consequences. Elon Musk Found A Way To Make His Illegal Voter Drive Legal: Don’t Actually Pay Anyone Jalopnik – 25 Oct 24 Elon Musk Found A Way To Make His Illegal Voter Drive Legal: Don't Actually... Can't get in trouble for paying voters if you never pay up
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Spaaaaace (Infinite Space: Part 2)

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Gizmodo – 25 Oct 24 Father-Daughter Duo Cracks Coded 'Alien' Signal From Mars After a year-long...
Gizmodo – 25 Oct 24 Father-Daughter Duo Cracks Coded 'Alien' Signal From Mars After a year-long effort, a father-daughter duo decoded the simulated extraterrestrial message from another planet. Est. reading time: 4 minutes Gizmodo – 25 Oct 24 Largest Commercial Satellites Unfurl, Outshining Most of the Night Sky Trust me, we're not happy about it either. Est. reading time: 4 minutes
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Archaeology Today

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Gizmodo – 25 Oct 24 800-Year-Old Story of Guy Thrown in Well Proven True by Archaeologists...
Gizmodo – 25 Oct 24 800-Year-Old Story of Guy Thrown in Well Proven True by Archaeologists A skeleton found in a well in 1938 appears to be the exact individual mentioned in a centuries-old text, complicating researchers' understandings of the genetics of southern Norwegians. Est. reading time: 4 minutes
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Spaaaaace (Infinite Space: Part 2)

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dw.com ISS astronauts hospitalized after SpaceX splashdown – DW – 10/25/2024 A crew of US and...
dw.com ISS astronauts hospitalized after SpaceX splashdown – DW – 10/25/2024 A crew of US and Russian astronauts were treated after landing off the coast of Florida on Friday. The four were onboard the ISS for over seven months, with Hurricane Milton delaying their return. No details yet, but NASA said the step had been taken “out of an abundance of caution”.
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Post your Pet or animal Pics (Part 3)

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Ars est Celare artem.
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The jokes are on us

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Fall Holidays 2024!

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If you thought we were done talking about plant costumes, you were wrong. While the title...
If you thought we were done talking about plant costumes, you were wrong. While the title may lead you conjure images of vampires with fangs and dark cloaks, orchids of the Dracula genus look decid…
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Fuck Elon Musk (Part 2)

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Seriously, I’d stop complaining if I’d at least finally get my Spandex jacket.
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A pig's brain was revived an hour after it died

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Well, I seem to remember that one aspect was whether the information stored in the brain...
Well, I seem to remember that one aspect was whether the information stored in the brain was still intact or not, so… yes?
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