In mid-March, 33-year-old Daniel Thorson checked himself into a silent Buddhist meditation retreat in a remote part of Vermont. On May 23, two-and-a-half months later, he left the retreat and… Read the rest of the article: Oblivious man walks out of 75-day silent retreat and tweets 'Did I miss anything?'
The title of this YouTube video, posted by Reuters, says "NY Police officers filmed hitting cyclist after a citywide curfew took effect."
Dozens of former employees of Facebook blasted Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook in an open letter for the way it handles (or doesn't handle) political speech that is inaccurate and damaging.… Read the rest of the article: Over 30 ex-Facebook employees slam Zuckerberg's inaction on harmful political posts in open letter
i have to share this bc i cannot stop watching it! #BlackLivesMattter protest in Loiza #PuertoRico 🙏🏽‼️– if this doesn’t move you idk what to tell you ! pic.twitter.com/5f1G3uVNz3 —… Read the rest of the article: Watch this awesome young dancer at a protest in Puerto Rico
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NAID), says we should have a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year. But with less than… Read the rest of the article: A majority of Americans wouldn't rush to get a Covid-19 vaccination, poll finds
"Get your fucking knee off his neck!" people repeatedly shout as a cop dares to restrain a man by shoving his knee into the guy's neck. The cop's partner looks… Read the rest of the article: Video: Cop in Seattle pins man down with his knee on neck. His partner doesn't like it.
Here's a new attack ad against Trump called "Flag of Treason" created by The Lincoln Project, the anti-Trump republican group that includes Kellyanne Conway's husband George Conway. The ad starts… Read the rest of the article: The Lincoln Project's new ad: America or Trump?
Wow, this cop is unhinged. He pulls a guy over for flipping him off and gets more and more incensed as he handcuffs the guy, kicks at the ground, searches… Read the rest of the article: Watch: Raging mad cop goes berserk over guy who has weed in his car
The next best thing to the satisfaction you get from cleaning your own messy house is watching someone else clean theirs.
A 69-year-old tai chi master ends up flat on his back, unconscious, after just 30 seconds into a competition (the action starts around 2 minutes into the video). His younger… Read the rest of the article: Amateur fighter knocks the lights out of tai chi master in about 30 seconds
According to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Trump isn't just overweight or obese –– he's morbidly obese. Here she is with Anderson Cooper yesterday expressing "concern" for our dear president. “I… Read the rest of the article: Nancy Pelosi says Trump is "morbidly obese"
If you're in the market for book recommendations to fill up your stay-at-home hours, here's a short list of favorites from Bill Gates. Check out his longer list on his… Read the rest of the article: Here are some books Bill Gates recommends we read this summer
A woman who called herself Shelley Lewis acted rude and arrogant toward Gelson's supermarket employees when they refused to let her into the store without a face mask. She claimed… Read the rest of the article: Karen who can't believe she has to wear a mask to enter a supermarket confronts store manager
To support the pro-democracy movement, a gelato shop in Hong Kong has introduced a new ice cream flavor of ice cream called "tear gas." And it's not easy to swallow… Read the rest of the article: New "tear gas" ice cream flavor in Hong Kong makes it hard to breathe
After falsely claiming on Monday that the Obama administration never left "any kind of game plan" for a possible pandemic, Mitch McConnell did what most of the GOP would consider… Read the rest of the article: Mitch McConnell admits he was wrong. Obama administration DID leave a pandemic plan
A black delivery driver in Oklahoma was blocked by a white man who didn't want the driver to leave his gated community until he explained why he was there. The… Read the rest of the article: Black delivery driver in Oklahoma blocked by white man for being in a gated community
Starbucks felt pretty confidant on May 4, when CEO Kevin Johnson posted on its website that Starbucks “will not just survive, but with adaptations and new routines, it will thrive.”… Read the rest of the article: Starbucks says "it will thrive" right before telling landlords they must lower the rent
What happens when someone with coronavirus coughs into their hand before eating at a buffet?
Here's a fun puzzle with an easy setup that makes for a good stay-at-home time-filler. Like sudoku, see if you can rearrange these cards so that no face or suit… Read the rest of the article: Can you rearrange these cards, sudoku style?
Who is Patrick Mason? I just ran across a few short horror films he wrote and directed, and they're truly scary. Like edge-of-your-seat gasp-out-loud scary. Not only that, but they're… Read the rest of the article: Watch: Super short horror films that are truly terrifying
