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Nation's Report Card Finds Record Low for 12th Grade Reading and Broad Declines in Math and 8th-Grade Science [ [link removed] ]
That seems less than ideal
Bombshell new video shows US military's direct hit on glowing UFO with hellfire missile [ [link removed] ]
Listen, I 100% think there’s something weird going on with the government and UAP’s… but this just so happens to surface when some elected officials really don’t want to the Epstein files. Interesting
More Stories Below, but first some new content in the News Sidequest Podcast Universe…
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SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD
Tales From the Blue Line: A weary ER nurse's late-night delivery to the hospital's records department leads her to a disorienting, shadow version of the building where time and reality are bent, and she is a ghost of a different time.
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Dave Norman on Chops, Sound, and the Art of Making Music [ [link removed] ]
AS I WAS SAYING WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL
John Howell sits down with longtime friend and powerhouse trumpet player Dave C. Norman to talk range, tone, studio politics, teaching, and why “higher, faster, louder” isn’t the destination.
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The Mascot Distraction: Smoke, Fire, and Trump’s Culture War Playbook [ [link removed] ]
THE CHICAGO SMOKEHOUSE WITH BIG JOHN HOWELL AND RICK TELANDER
Big John Howell and Rick Telander tackle everything from Trump’s resurrection of racist mascots to the enduring grift of American demagoguery.
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Also Worth A Look…
Xbox Is Coming to Cars Thanks to an LG and Microsoft Partnership [ [link removed] ] - People are going to be playing video games in their cars. What’s the worst that could happen?
Apophis flyby in 2029 will be the first time a potentially hazardous asteroid has been visible to the naked eye [ [link removed] ] - Might want to set your 401k to “Aggressive.” Actually, there’s no chance it’ll hit the Earth in 2029. But that won’t stop the click-baity headlines
Almost half of the world's diabetes cases are going unreported, study finds [ [link removed] ] - Wilford Brimley was unavailable for comment
Most US adults think individual choices keep people in poverty [ [link removed] ] - That’s a lot of people making poor personal choices
TikTokers Accidentally Take Flight to Tunis—Not "to Nice" in France [ [link removed] ] - Oops… well, there’s plenty of cool stuff to see in Tunis
Publishers fear AI summaries are hitting online traffic [ [link removed] ] - There’s a new potential problem… people just reading AI instead of the actual articles
Online conspiracy theories rife after 16 election candidates die in Germany [ [link removed] ] - In fairness, if 16 candidates died I’m not sure it’s unreasonable to go full Alex Jones in response
Coldplay kiss-cam mistress Kristin Cabot’s husband makes bombshell revelation after scandal went viral [ [link removed] ] - Not exactly shocking, but their marriage didn’t make it
Girl Scouts Adding a New Cookie to the Lineup [ [link removed] ] - Did they learn nothing from the blow up over Cracker Barrel?
'Kissing Bug' Sickness Now Endemic in US [ [link removed] ] - Well, there’s another thing I didn’t know I needed to be worried about
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