Donald Trump looked like he was sleepwalking today as he walked out of the courtroom with half-shut eyes. But that didn’t stop him from mumbling into the cameras, oddly describing the courtroom as “breathtaking.” “Thank you very much everybody,” the trial-riddled ex-president said, swallowing and smacking his lips as if in desperate need of a…
Clever art prank tests the postal system’s handling of unusual packages
What if you mailed a box that looked like a die? Which number would it end up on when it arrived? Artist Pablo Rochat decided to test this out. He crafted a square package, designed it to look like a die, and sent it off to a friend. — Read the rest The post Clever…
Justice Alito bizarrely worries that if we prosecute presidents who try to end democracy, we will end our democracy (video)
Supreme Court Justice Samual Alito has clearly guzzled the MAGA Kool-Aid. While considering whether Donald Trump should be granted complete immunity — as in king-like status — Alito, incredibly, suggested that prosecuting an outgoing president who tries to overthrow an election would be anti-democratic. Or, conversely, presidents who use anti-democratic tactics to topple U.S. democracy…
The real reason Tesla is tanking: Musk’s political self-sabotage
Tesla sales are way down, the stock has fallen by 40%. This piece on the BBC website purports to look at the headwinds Tesla faces in a tough market: A price war has been intensifying between electric vehicle (EV) makers, with particularly fierce competition coming from Chinese firms… The firm has been slow to refresh…
Drew Carey’s incredible rant about his rapturous sexual/religious experience seeing Phish at the Sphere
When I saw chatter about an April 22 Drew Carey tweet in which he freaks out about his experience attending a Phish concert at Las Vegas’s Sphere, I thought his account may have been hacked. Not only was it over-the-top and possibly out of character (?), but the immediately previous tweets on his account were…
9-year-old British boy wins Europe-wide Imitation Seagull Screeching Competition
Congratulations to young Cooper [Last Name Withheld] of Chesterfield in Derbyshire, who recently travelled to the coastal Belgian town of De Panne and took home the crown in the EC Gull Screeching competition, which is apparently a real thing. Yes, that would be a seagull screeching competition. From the BBC: The family heard about the…