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ChatGPT Adult Mode to Reportedly Be Rolled Out in 2026, to Participate in Erotic Roleplays [ [link removed] ]
I see that going well
Crowdfunding for Housing, Food Is Spiking [ [link removed] ]
Maybe we should consider crowdfunding our house. Everybody who kicks in $1000 gets a weekend in our guest room
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The Veldt by Ray Bradbury [ [link removed] ] - When George and Lydia Hadley realize their children’s expensive, automated nursery… which projects any mental landscape with vivid reality… has been stuck on a terrifying, lion-filled African veldt, they find their attempt to shut down the machine may lead to a deadly confrontation with the technology that has replaced them as parents.
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Thank-you gift from relative earns Md. man a $100,000 lottery prize [ [link removed] ] - That probably calls for another thank-you gift
Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is ‘slop’ [ [link removed] ] - Very fitting
Questions Still Linger on Jane Austen’s 1817 Death [ [link removed] ] - Coming up on the next episode of CSI: Victorian Era
US government launches ‘Tech Force’ to hire AI talent [ [link removed] ] - I thought the government was firing everybody
New Bill That Would Ban ‘Chemtrails’ Advances In South Carolina Senate [ [link removed] ] - Well I’m glad they’re finally tackling the important issues
Sex toy shoplifter threatened man with leg of lamb before swiping money box from bus [ [link removed] ] - There’s an awful lot going on there
Man has a stroke after drinking eight cans of energy drink per day [ [link removed] ] - Maybe don’t do that
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Makes Closest Earth Approach This December [ [link removed] ] - It’s exciting… and still not aliens
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