“I had never read it before, so it took me a moment to figure out what it was,” the senator from Maine said.
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Author: Andy Borowitz
Impractical Things I Have, Practical Things I Don’t Have
I have all this Tupperware to take lunch to the office. But I don’t work in an office.
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Author: Manuel Herrera, Olivia de Recat
Has Tucker Carlson created the most racist show in the history of cable news?
The NY Times did an exhaustive survey of the Fox News hosts’ broadcasts. Reporter Nicholas Confessore says Carlson’s show is based on ideas that were once “caged in a dark corner of American life.”
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Author: Dave Davies
How To Make Strawberry Boba
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You can’t ‘Trust’ this novel. And that’s a very good thing
Hernan Diaz’s novel is constantly pulling a fast one on the reader. It opens with the saga of a Wall Street tycoon, but soon another narrative comes to upend the truth of everything that came before.
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Author: Maureen Corrigan
Disrobing Austrian Man Asks World To Give Themselves Over To Pleasure
MÜRZZUSCHLAG, AUSTRIA—Speaking at a press conference held at resort high in the Semmering Pass, Austrian man Fritz Hörbiger reportedly asked the world to give themselves over to pleasure Thursday while slowly disrobing. “Please, I ask you to hear me out and surrender to fleshly delight,” said the Austrian…
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Study Finds Only 2% Of Americans Can Draw Cool Flames
PITTSBURGH—Fears that the U.S. education system was growing increasingly lame were confirmed Thursday when an alarming study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University found that only 2% of the nation’s population can draw cool flames. “Among our frankly disturbing findings was that 98 in 100 Americans have…
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Google Maps Adds Shortcuts Through Houses Of People Google Knows Aren’t Home Right Now
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—Touting the new feature as an efficient way for users to reach their destinations faster, Google Maps announced Thursday its service would now suggest shortcuts through the houses of people Google knows aren’t home at the moment. “With this update, most destinations will offer the option to select…
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When I Write Something
As I swirl my glass of port, or Scotch, or whatever it is, the idea will come to me. An idea like no other.
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Author: Kathryn Kvas
‘Rust’ producers defend safety measures before shootings on the Alec Baldwin film set
Rust Movie Productions is challenging the basis of a $137,000 fine against the company by state regulators who say managers on the set failed to follow standard industry protocols for firearms safety.
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Author: The Associated Press