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Alamo Drafthouse Retires Pen and Paper, Makes Movie Orderings as Fun as IRS Audits
Because nothing screams 'cinematic magic' like desperately scanning QR codes in a dark theater.
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Crypto Bros Tried Betting on Nuclear Holocaust, Market Got Nuked Instead
Polymarket, a prediction market with a $650,000 betting pool, decided it was a good idea to host wagers on nuclear detonations happening before March 31, June 30, or just anytime before 2027. This gamble wasn't limited by geography or 'accidental detonation…
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America’s Biggest Fast Food Chains Running Away From Their Own Restaurants
In a dazzling display of self-sabotage, Wendy’s announced it will slam shut up to 350 US stores by mid-2026, blaming sliding sales despite its famed square patties and Frosties. Meanwhile, Pizza Hut, the Kansas-born pan pizza pioneer with 6,000+ US joints, …
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American Journalist Survives Burmese Prison With Meditation and Podcasts, Cousin Draws It
Danny Fenster spent six months locked up after Myanmar's 2021 coup, armed with nothing but boredom, fear, meditation skills, and an SD card loaded with podcasts smuggled by his girlfriend Juliana. Nearly five years after dodging indefinite detention, he tea…
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Alamo Drafthouse Retires Pen and Paper, Makes Movie Orderings as Fun as IRS Audits
Because nothing screams 'cinematic magic' like desperately scanning QR codes in a dark theater.
Around February 2026, Alamo Drafthouse plans to kill its iconic pen-and-paper ordering system, replacing it with QR code...
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Trump Urges Loser to Quit Because Politics Isn’t a Participation Trophy Ceremony
In Texas, even a Trump endorsement is basically a ‘You’re still ugly, try harder’ note.
In a Lone Star showdown set for May 26, Trump is finally endorsing Sen. John Cornyn over scandal-scarred Attorney Genera...
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Amazon Robots Face Layoffs After Few Months on the Job, Apparently Too Efficient
Even warehouse bots can't escape the world's largest startup's bloodletting spree.
Amazon, creator of the bot army that shuttles millions of packages, just gave its robotics division a bit of spring clea...
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Gen Caine’s Military Metaphor: Throttle Goes Up While Diplomacy Goes Nowhere
‘The throttle is coming up’ said like it’s race day, not potential world conflict.
In a spectacular display of button-pushing bravado worthy of a caffeine-fueled gamer named Gen Caine, the US announced o...
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Google Prematurely 'Fixes' Monopoly by Offering Slightly Smaller Rent
Android's empire now charges 20% rent, down from an anniversary-special 30%.
In a dazzling show of confidence and impatience, Google sped ahead of a pending settlement with Epic Games by launching ...
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Thousands of Recycling Rules Turn Trash Day Into a Legal Thriller
Blue bins are now classified hazardous materials in some zip codes.
Recycling in the US is less 'save the planet' and more 'navigate a bureaucratic safari.' Professor Rajesh Buch from Ariz...
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Labor Market Finds New Groove But Only in Health Class and Construction
63,000 jobs added—58,000 of which involve bandaging wounds or grading quizzes.
In a thrilling February plot twist, private payroll processor ADP announced a heroic 63,000 new jobs overcame January's ...
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Crypto Bros Tried Betting on Nuclear Holocaust, Market Got Nuked Instead
Turns out gambling on planet-ending fireworks isn't great PR for blockchain startups.
Polymarket, a prediction market with a $650,000 betting pool, decided it was a good idea to host wagers on nuclear deton...
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America’s Biggest Fast Food Chains Running Away From Their Own Restaurants
Wendy’s, Pizza Hut, and Papa John’s all playing the ultimate game of hide and seek—with locations.
In a dazzling display of self-sabotage, Wendy’s announced it will slam shut up to 350 US stores by mid-2026, blaming sli...
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American Journalist Survives Burmese Prison With Meditation and Podcasts, Cousin Draws It
Six months of political imprisonment distilled into a graphic memoir only a New Yorker cartoonist could create.
Danny Fenster spent six months locked up after Myanmar's 2021 coup, armed with nothing but boredom, fear, meditation ski...
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Tech Billionaires Race To See Who Can Hide From World Chaos Best
Because panic buying canned beans is so 2020, now it’s pools and laser eye surgery.
In a perfect storm of paranoia and pampering, billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, and Peter Thiel have turned...
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Trump Administration Still Playing 'Guess Why We're At War' With Iran
Spoiler alert: 'Reasons for war' currently a work-in-progress since 2026.
As the US-Israeli tag team embarks on Day 5 of their chaotic dance against Iran, the nation's state media reported myste...
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U.S. Turns Natural Gas Into Economic Moat, Qatari Tantrums Included
Moat protects U.S. wallets; Qatar's tantrum cuts 20% of global gas snacks.
Ever since 2011, thanks to a fracking frenzy delightful enough to make Texas proud, the U.S. has been the planet's gas k...
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Startup CEO Proudly Blew $800K on Google Ads Thanks to Unchecked Checkbox
Because why set limits when you can swagger into an $800,000 hole instead?
Alex Levin, now Regal's CEO, once generously 'invested' $800,000 extra in Google ads for Handy's handyman launch in 2019...
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Texas Senate Race Turns $100 Million into Two Guys Trying to Out-Tweet Trump
Cornyn survives, Paxton still hates him, and democracy's expensive as heck.
In a Texas-sized soap opera worthy of a Netflix reboot, four-term Senator John Cornyn defied predictions by making it to...
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Texas Democrats Battle in Most Expensive Christian Faith War Ever
Because nothing says spiritual salvation like $16 million in ad buys.
Texas Rep. James Talarico, Austin's rising media darling and Christian-theology aficionado, barely edged out Dallas’s ow...
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Dubai's Palm Jumeirah: Beachfront Views Interrupted by Fireballs and Smoke
Missiles and emergency texts turn sunset strolls into extreme sports.
Rebecca Anne Proctor, a journalist who's been Dubai's permanent beach bum since 2009, mistook The Palm Jumeirah's Fairmo...
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OpenAI Signs Pentagon Deal, Loses Support Faster Than ChatGPT's Cool Factor
From tech darling to climate villain: AI’s reputation meltdown in one afternoon.
On a scorching February afternoon in Mission Bay, San Francisco, about 40-50 protesters gathered with chalk and angst ou...
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US and Ecuador Team Up to Out-Narco Narcos in a Telenovela Season Finale
Because nothing screams 'security cooperation' like fighting drug-terrorism together.
In a plot twist that reads like Marvel introducing its own cartel Avengers, U.S. Southern Command's Marine Gen. Francis ...
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Ex-Governor and Ex-RNC Chair Battle for Senator Seat Nobody Asked For
Because when a hardworking seat retires, only former political heavyweights need apply.
In the grand democratic tradition of North Carolina, the 2026 Senate showdown has kicked off with former two-term govern...