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  • Rob Beschizza
    12:48 pm Tue, May 5, 2020
    Adobe: to read the Terms of Use, you must agree to the Terms of Use (Update: bug, fixed)

    Watch this video on YouTube I tried to start Adobe Acrobat today, part of the Creative Cloud suite, and it wouldn't start unless I agreed to new Terms of Use.… Read the rest of the article: Adobe: to read the Terms of Use, you must agree to the Terms of Use (Update: bug, fixed)

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  • Rob Beschizza
    7:59 am Tue, May 5, 2020
    It would please Trump if women reporters were more like Donna Reed

    Trump complained about White House reporters Weijia Jiang and Paula Reid in a new interview, saying “It wasn’t Donna Reed, I can tell you that. … Paula Reid, she’s sitting… Read the rest of the article: It would please Trump if women reporters were more like Donna Reed

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  • Rob Beschizza
    6:23 am Tue, May 5, 2020
    Every economics segment on the (British) news

    Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe: Every TV news report on the economy in oneWatch this video on YouTube In 2015, Charlie Brooker deconstructed economics news reports in this grimly amusing pastiche… Read the rest of the article: Every economics segment on the (British) news

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  • Rob Beschizza
    5:59 am Tue, May 5, 2020
    Video of restaurant headbutt removed with copyright claim, ensuring everyone sees it

    Part 1Watch this video on YouTube A man in Florida was filmed headbutting a guest in a restaurant and subsequently being restrained by another, larger guest. The clip did the… Read the rest of the article: Video of restaurant headbutt removed with copyright claim, ensuring everyone sees it

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  • Rob Beschizza
    5:37 am Tue, May 5, 2020
    Angry clown not messing around

    Fizbo, the badass clownWatch this video on YouTube This moment from Modern Family, which just wrapped after 11 years on air, illutstrates why you should never delay clowns.

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  • Rob Beschizza
    4:55 am Tue, May 5, 2020
    19th century mousetrap not messing around

    19世紀に作られたマウストラップ、ヤバすぎでしょhttps://t.co/3nSlFJGmbu pic.twitter.com/yzM0KIsuRj — いけさん ィェィㇴ太郎 (@is_ikesan) May 4, 2020 Mouse trap expert Shawn Woods writes that this device is known as "the 1862 Mouse Killer". It is an uncompromising example… Read the rest of the article: 19th century mousetrap not messing around

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  • Rob Beschizza
    11:42 am Mon, May 4, 2020
    Nicolas Cage to star as celebrity animal abuser Joe Exotic

    Nicolas Cage is to star in a Netflix TV show as Joe "Exotic" Maldonado-Passage, a roadside zookeeper jailed for animal abuse and for trying to arrange the murder of a… Read the rest of the article: Nicolas Cage to star as celebrity animal abuser Joe Exotic

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  • Rob Beschizza
    7:48 am Mon, May 4, 2020
    High-speed morse code with a straight key

    High speed morse telegraphy using a straight keyWatch this video on YouTube It's been 14 years since amateur radio operators were expected to be able to tap out five words… Read the rest of the article: High-speed morse code with a straight key

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  • Rob Beschizza
    7:23 am Mon, May 4, 2020
    How Don Lemon gets under Trump's skin

    Watch this video on YouTube Clipped from his show last night, Don Lemon offers a class in how to get under Trump's skin. He does this by asking a simple… Read the rest of the article: How Don Lemon gets under Trump's skin

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  • Rob Beschizza
    7:08 am Mon, May 4, 2020
    Former Donkey Kong champion sues scorekeeping website for removing his records

    Billy Mitchell, the onetime Donkey Kong champion removed from the record book after evidence emerged that he used emulators to rack up his scores, is suing the website that bounced… Read the rest of the article: Former Donkey Kong champion sues scorekeeping website for removing his records

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  • Rob Beschizza
    6:18 am Mon, May 4, 2020
    Video shows plain-clothes NYPD officer attacking bystander during arrest

    Video of NYPD arrest during social distancing enforcement sparks outrageWatch this video on YouTube As parks in upscale areas were packed with sunbathing yuppies, NYPD spent the weekend arresting those… Read the rest of the article: Video shows plain-clothes NYPD officer attacking bystander during arrest

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  • Rob Beschizza
    5:52 am Mon, May 4, 2020
    Trump admits Covid death toll will be higher, compares self to Abraham Lincoln

    After admitting that the U.S. Covid-19 deaths could reach 90,000, Trump bemoaned critics and claimed that Abraham Lincoln got better press. "I am greeted with a hostile press the likes… Read the rest of the article: Trump admits Covid death toll will be higher, compares self to Abraham Lincoln

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  • Rob Beschizza
    5:21 am Mon, May 4, 2020
    UK trade minister resigns after threatening member of public

    Conor Burns, Britain's trade minister, quit Monday after it was revealed he had used his position to threaten a member of public in a financial dispute with his father. The… Read the rest of the article: UK trade minister resigns after threatening member of public

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  • Rob Beschizza
    5:18 am Sun, May 3, 2020
    Miniature model Cray X-MP supercomputer

    The miniature model supercomputers that Cray salespeople carried sometimes hit eBay, and they're getting quite pricey. This 3.75" tall scale model of the Cray X-MP, once the world's fastest computer,… Read the rest of the article: Miniature model Cray X-MP supercomputer

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  • Rob Beschizza
    2:54 pm Sat, May 2, 2020
    YouTube bans David Icke

    David Icke, the longtime UK conspiracy theorist who finally became a social media star thanks to the the coronavirus pandemic, was banned today by YouTube. His sudden rise on the… Read the rest of the article: YouTube bans David Icke

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  • Rob Beschizza
    11:52 am Sat, May 2, 2020
    "Murder hornets" invade America

    The New York Times reports on a new pest from abroad, Vespa mandarinia, AKA the murder hornet or the yak-killer. With queens that can grow to two inches long, Asian… Read the rest of the article: "Murder hornets" invade America

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  • Rob Beschizza
    5:49 am Sat, May 2, 2020
    Relaxing botany tour of Death Valley features rare plants and crashed plane

    https://youtu.be/JBX7RP8OoXg "We've just come up a ridge here, and this whole little plateaux-ey thing is covered in Hecastocleis, and … while we're looking, there's a plane wreck over there"

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  • Rob Beschizza
    11:46 am Fri, May 1, 2020
    Quibi reportedly tanking within days of launch

    Quibi is Hollywood's purest vision for how mobile entertainment should be consumed: short shows that "adapt" to the viewport, former Disney brass in charge, and a contempt for users that… Read the rest of the article: Quibi reportedly tanking within days of launch

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  • Rob Beschizza
    8:58 am Fri, May 1, 2020
    David Icke banned from Facebook

    David Icke is a UK conspiracy theorist who's been swimming at the reptile-illuminati deep end for a long time. After latching onto Covid-19, he finally found a truly explosive audience… Read the rest of the article: David Icke banned from Facebook

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  • Rob Beschizza
    7:59 am Fri, May 1, 2020
    Southern Living magazine hates Bradford Pear trees

    Why Bradford Pears Are The Worst Tree | Southern Living Watch this video on YouTube Bradford Pears look beautiful in spring, but have a unique odor described by one source… Read the rest of the article: Southern Living magazine hates Bradford Pear trees

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