Exercising more tops list of New Year’s resolutions for 2026: Survey

Do they just recycle that headline every year? What’s the biggest change you want to make in the coming year?

Cold War bomb shelter in Nova Scotia being converted into high-end doomsday condos

Just because everyone in the outside world will be resorting to cannibalism doesn’t mean you can’t still live in style

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Call Center by Noah Vale - Working his first shift at an abysmal call center for the “Vital-Link Wellness Band,” new hire Elias quickly realizes that the red status light on the wristbands is not a glitch but a death timer, and his scripted, seemingly nonsensical instructions are actually guiding the wearers to their exact, preordained places of demise.

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Also Worth A Look…

• Students Can’t Read Time on Analog Clocks - I’m not sure this is anything new, it was certainly something that came up when I was in school. As a matter of fact, I think I remember a teacher saying something about us not always have access to digital clocks. What’s the next skill that’s going to go away?

• An AI pioneer says the technology is ‘limited’ and won’t replace humans anytime soon - Probably would have been nice to say that before a bunch of people lost their jobs because CEO’s believed AI could do everything

• AI agents could soon book flights and shop for you, and Visa and Mastercard want in - You’ll now have a ready made excuse for when someone catches you picking up an embarrassing package

• Trust Wallet Says 2,596 Wallets Drained in $7 Million Crypto Theft Attack - They didn’t exactly live up to their name, did they?

• Flat-Headed Cats Seen in Thailand for the First Time in 30 Years, Having Been Thought Extinct - It immediately died of old age. So the jury’s still out on that one

• Need a ring bearer? Chinese humanoid robots will step in for $2,200 rental - What does it say about your life that you can’t find a single kid willing to be your ring bearer and you have to spend $2,220 renting a robot to do it?

• Fusion reactors may create dark matter particles - That seems like it’s going to end well

• ‘Slightly haunted but manageable’: new signs cause confusion – and delight – in Christchurch - Hey, as long as it’s manageable

• Octopuses could ‘take over the world and build underwater cities’ one day - I, for one, welcome our new octopi overlords

• Neighbors complain of overwhelming “donut smell” coming from Dunkin’ supplier in Massachusetts - Must be terrible for them