Nothing says BFFs like a diss track with full production quality. At least, that’s what Barstool podcast hosts Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards seem to be thinking. While the rest of the U.S. was waiting on the results of the 2024 presidential election, Richards and Portnoy — who cohost the …
Read More »Sony's PlayStation 5 Pro Is an Overpriced, Superficial Upgrade
When it was first announced in September, the PlayStation 5 Pro (out Nov. 7) left many people scratching their heads. Modern consumers are no stranger to frequent hardware refreshes throughout the life cycle of the tech they buy — Apple taught people long ago that whatever iPhone model you have …
Read More »This Sheriff Is a Star on TikTok. Why Won't He Acknowledge His Office's Mistake?
In his Morning Briefing series on TikTok, Polk County, Florida Sheriff Grady Judd posts daily videos about criminals who have been apprehended by his office. The clips are just a taste of the popular Sheriff’s personality. He’s irreverent, often characterizing the arrest of prisoners with aphorisms: “Play stupid games, win …
Read More »A Jury Wouldn't Convict Karen Read. Now She Wants Her Charges Dismissed
Karen Read, the Massachusetts woman who was accused of murdering her late boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe in 2022, is asking Massachusetts’ Supreme Court to dismiss her charges, the Associated Press reports. The news comes after Read’s case garnered national attention and ended with a mistrial after jurors couldn’t …
Read More »The Election Is Over. Please God, Can Political Spam Texts Be Too?
DEAR PATRIOT, we have some CRITICAL news. Your FAVORITE candidate is UP in the polls but DOWN in fundraising — or is that UP in fundraising but DOWN in the polls. REGARDLESS, the race is ALMOST OVER. With just HOURS TO GO, it might feel like the campaign is reaching …
Read More »Jason Kelce Addresses 'Heated' Phone-Smashing Incident and Homophobic Slur Exchange
Over the weekend, Jason Kelce attended the Ohio State-Penn State game in Pennsylvania. Before the retired athlete, who previously played center for the Eagles, could make it inside, he found himself locked in a heated exchange with another attendee who used a homophobic slur while referencing his brother Jason Kelce‘s …
Read More »How One Publisher Perfected Modern Sequels to Retro Games
In an era where big-budget, AAA projects continue to define the video game industry — for better or for worse — a few publishers and studios are making their mark using popular games from the past. Remakes and remasters proliferate year after year, some expected like Resident Evil, others long …
Read More »Elon Musk Skips Election Day Town Hall to Post About Men and Steak
It was barely the afternoon of Election Day on the East Coast when Elon Musk decided, based on vague claims of high male turnout he saw online, that men would deliver Donald Trump a decisive victory in a close presidential race. The MAGA billionaire — who has poured at least …
Read More »My Accidental MAGA Vacation Down Route 66
I’ve been told many times that the best way to see America is to drive across it. You can look at as many maps as you want, but there are things about its mammoth scale that can’t be conveyed in two dimensions. While there are a lot of stretches of …
Read More »Here's Why Trump's Campaign Is Posting About a Dead Squirrel
It’s tough to think that a squirrel might tilt the presidential election, but it’s 2024, so here we are. It all started last week, when an Instagram-famous rodent named Peanut was taken from a house near Elmira, New York, along with a raccoon named Fred. Peanut had lived with Mark …
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