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UK Denies Afghan and Sudanese Star Students Visa, Claims ‘Exceptional’ Means Less Exceptional
Home Office redefining 'exceptional' to exclude bright young talent from war zones.
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Iran Bombing Sends Gas Prices Soaring, Voters Blame Trump’s Wallet, Not His War
March 2026 just flipped the gas meter to insane: Texas, North Carolina, and Georgia's diesel prices skyrocketed by over a dollar per gallon—Texas topping with +111.6¢, making even their oil barons choke on BBQ smoke. Regular unleaded didn’t escape either, h…
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TSA Agents Demand Pay, Travelers Demand Therapy at Airports
As of March 8-10, 2026, TSA agents are playing the world’s worst game of hide-and-seek at Houston Hobby, New Orleans Louis Armstrong, San Juan, and Atlanta airports because they haven't been paid since mid-February! With a partial government shutdown trigge…
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Oil Hits $100 a Barrel, Stocks Pretend to Care, Trump Declares 'War Is Very Complete'
Over the weekend, oil prices pirouetted past the $100-a-barrel mark, igniting meltdown moods across Wall Street like a birthday cake catching fire. Thanks to geopolitical theatrics in Iran and looming Strait of Hormuz threats, traders clutched their portfol…
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UK Denies Afghan and Sudanese Star Students Visa, Claims ‘Exceptional’ Means Less Exceptional
Home Office redefining 'exceptional' to exclude bright young talent from war zones.
In a plot twist worthy of a bureaucrat's fever dream, the UK Home Office, led by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, turned ...
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Amazon Catches AI Playing Online Shoplifters, Calls Parental Units
Judge orders Perplexity AI bots off Amazon’s digital playground, pronto.
In a saga thrilling enough to rival daytime soaps, U.S. District Judge Maxine Chesney dropped the gavel on Perplexity’s ...
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Indie Bookstore Uses Wine Tastings and Puzzle Contests to Defy Amazon’s Chokehold
Because what’s a survival plan without coordinating books, booze, and brainteasers?
Kandi West, a tech-minded stay-at-home mom turned indie bookstore co-owner, is waging war against rising book prices, cr...
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Manhattan Celebrity Stylist Trades Prada for Porches and Pritchard
Turns out, 'The Andy Griffith Show' is an excellent life coach for existential crises.
Jennifer Silverman, a former Manhattan celebrity stylist who once dreamed of a palatial shoe closet and studied fashion ...
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Iran Bombing Sends Gas Prices Soaring, Voters Blame Trump’s Wallet, Not His War
Because nothing fuels a midterm like paying $3.55 per gallon for freedom.
March 2026 just flipped the gas meter to insane: Texas, North Carolina, and Georgia's diesel prices skyrocketed by over ...
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TSA Agents Demand Pay, Travelers Demand Therapy at Airports
Spring break security lines now officially longer than some people's patience.
As of March 8-10, 2026, TSA agents are playing the world’s worst game of hide-and-seek at Houston Hobby, New Orleans Lou...
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Oil Hits $100 a Barrel, Stocks Pretend to Care, Trump Declares 'War Is Very Complete'
Markets jitter, G7 panics, and Trump’s optimism defies all oil logic.
Over the weekend, oil prices pirouetted past the $100-a-barrel mark, igniting meltdown moods across Wall Street like a b...
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Meta’s AI Labels Fail So Hard Even Deepfakes Are Confused
Oversight Board demands Meta upgrade AI like it’s a Tamagotchi in trouble.
On a riveting episode of 'Tech Giants vs. Reality,' Meta's semi-independent Oversight Board just threw shade harder than...
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Nvidia CEO Announces AI Is Cake, Demands Trillions for Frosting
Because if AI isn’t layered like a bakery item, what even is progress?
On a day ending in 'y', Nvidia’s boss Jensen Huang dropped his seventh blog post since 2016, unveiling his grand AI cons...
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Doctors Dismiss Blood on Toilet Paper as 'Postpartum Ambition'
Turns out 'high standards' aren’t a symptom, but cancer might be.
Meet Marisa Peters, a Broadway vocalist turned colorectal cancer survivor and Los Angeles mom of three, who spent six ye...
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Trump Forgets Ukraine’s Drone Defense PowerPoint, Now Begs for It Seven Months Later
When ignoring a lifesaving pitch becomes the biggest tactical ‘oops’ since ’08.
Back on August 18, 2025, Ukrainian President Zelensky tried pitching his battle-hardened Shahed attack drone killers to ...
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AI Startup Raises $1.03B To Build Robots Smarter Than Their Bosses
LeCun warns: Don’t tell researchers what to do, especially not him.
Yann LeCun, Meta's former AI guru turned billionaire startup ceo hopeful, just raised a $1.03 billion seed round to buil...
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VC Declares AI Coding Wars a Peaceful Coexistence Despite Colossal $2.3B Skirmishes
Cursor fans insist 'obsolete' is just a fancy synonym for 'still alive.'
In the gladiatorial coliseum of 2026's vibe coding, Cursor CEO Michael Truell's $29.3B darling refuses to relinquish its...
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Australian Politician Promises Safe Hotel, Police Escort As If It’s a Spa Treatment
Because nothing says 'welcome' like ASIO clearance before starting your Aussie adventure.
In what sounds like a mix between airport security theater and top-secret witness relocation, Tony Burke asserts he can ...
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TikTok Algorithm Still Loads Rage Content Despite Your 'Not Interested' Screams
Because ignoring your brain isn’t rude, it’s a business model.
In a world where your brain gets fried on social media like a dropped taco, TikTok's algorithm is basically a DRAMA-hung...
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Trump Promises Iran War Almost Over, Senate Must Please First
Because nothing says victory like filibusters and photo ID roadblocks.
At the sunny Doral retreat, President Trump delivered his patented mix of 'we won but not enough' Iran war updates, anno...
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Bluesky CEO Quits to Invent Even More Ways to Escape Twitter Chaos
Jay’s job got so special they made a brand-new title just so she can keep reinventing stuff.
Jay Graber, Tulsa-born tech star with a name meaning 'blue sky' in Chinese — so perfectly ironic it’s almost a cosmic jo...
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Apple’s Smart Home Devices Delayed So Long They’re Basically Tomorrow’s Antiques
HomePod with a screen postponed thrice—by 2027 your smart fridge might be obsolete.
Apple's legendary immortality in delay continues as the HomePod with a screen, initially promised in 2025, played a near...
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TSA Agents Working Without Pay Create Record Three-Hour Lines, Heroic Chaos Ensues
Staffing shortages & shutdown put the 'fun' in dysfunctional airport security.
On Sunday and Monday, Houston Hobby and New Orleans Louis Armstrong airports proudly showcased 2-3 hour TSA wait times t...
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Trump and Putin Have ‘Frank’ Hour-Long Iran War Talk, No Complaints Recorded
A friendly chat about war, oil prices, and secret proposals—totally businesslike, we swear.
In an hour-long call on a Monday so packed it could trigger a scheduling crisis, Trump and Putin discussed the raging Ir...