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Skynet Lives

It’s an Amazon device so you would expect that the prime directive would be keep shoppers alive.

Smart speaker attempts to reduce the population.

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Life finds a way

Just like Jeff Goldblum predicted in Jurassic Park.

Egg hatched without Male bird.

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Show the court where the bad investor touched you.

New tactic for fighting a fraud charge, blame it on an abusive boyfriend.

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The floor is lava, and the walls, and the ceiling

A house on La Palma somehow escaped the flow of lava Not a complete win since the owners bought the house “for the view”. If you want to see it, tourism is open to the volcano. The local officials who have enough on their plate are discourage tourists, but Spanish Tourism Minister Reyes Maroto knows that there is demand to see volcanos up close.

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Silver Spoons Comes to Life

Jeff Bezos has purchased a soft serve machine for one of his houses. While “one of” soaks in think about this. You expect a billionaire to have expensive tastes and decorate his house like a James Bond villain, instead it sounds like he’s turning the place into a bachelor pad for a 12 year old.

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Buying Property While Black

Wyoming, Michigan is a place I only know about from GeoGuesser, but it’s now on the map for something less shiny and happy than geographic trivia.

Add Buying Property While Black to the list of subtle racism. All those concerned citizens calling the police after you enter the front door with a realtor. Not sure if they should avoid this neighborhood or make an offer. Should realtors start wearing Century 21 gold blazers to announce that they are a real estate agent with a client.

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Best summer camp in Moultonborough

Best camp in Moultonborough cancelled after one week. Turns out that there are other camps in Moultonborough, New Hampshire so they didn’t win by being the only camp. The award wasn’t for food or activities, it was for exceptional marketing success. Quinebarge charged $3400 per camper for two weeks so they more than earned that award.

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Who calls 911 in a traffic jam?

The national parks are seeing a resurgence, some never had a break. After reopening, Yellowstone broke all time visitation records in October.

To deal with this some national parks are requiring reservations to handle the crowds, and hopefully reduce the 911 calls when people can’t turn around on a crowded drive to see nature.

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I am the law!

App company wants to be granted full police powers. We know this can only end one of two ways.

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Cover those ankles

Does the editor have a problem or is it just a coincidence that pictures of girls have been covered and pictures of boys in speedos have not been altered.

After looking at that train wreck of photo editing it’s time to to twist the quote from Ratatouille, “anybody can Photoshop, but not everybody should.”

Coverup with the male models seems to apply to this.