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“There Is No Advantage to Thinking”: Leon Festinger’s ‘When Prophecy Fails’
How an apocalyptic UFO cult became the focal point of a landmark work of social science. By Daniel Cecil.
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All the Problems With WeWork’s Tyrannical New “No Meat” Policy
A perfect case study in virtue signaling.
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The F-35 vs. A-10 Warthog Face-off Is a Total Sham. Here's Why
F-35 versus A-10 fly-off designed to mislead? We take a look. By Dan Grazier.
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Crackhead Falls Through Roof
With some great commentary.
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News bloopers - June 2018
Funny news bloopers that hit the internet in June 2018.
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Cruising on the highway
Hillbilly rim job is too hot to handle.
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BA cancels 2,000 'too cheap' tickets
Passengers are angry after tickets to Tel Aviv and Dubai were cancelled for being the incorrect price.
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JerryRigEverything reveals a ridiculous flaw in a $100 crowdfunded smart lock
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A Goose crashes a baseball game... and then crashes into scoreboard
Following the Angels second rain delay of the game, a goose made its way onto the field. Unfortunately for the bird, what followed was not very pleasant (Update, the goose was fine. It was taken out of the stadium and released in good condition)
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Amphibious Vehicles Are the Military’s Latest Tax Dollar Sinkhole
Forty-six years and billions later, they are back where they started. By Jeff Groom.
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The DC Cybersecurity Think Tank Caught Using Fake Twitter Accounts Has Lost Sponsors, And Its Shady Cofounder Is Gone
Following a BuzzFeed News investigation, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology cofounder James Scott [spamming Snapzu as /u/Cyberdotnet et al.] has “voluntarily decided to step away” and a law firm will review claims about him. By Craig Silverman.
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The Exquisite Shame of the Participation Trophy
My shelf of participation trophies served only to remind me of how talentless I was.
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Imagining a Cyber Surprise
How Might China Use Stolen OPM Records to Target Trust? By Ian Brown.
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Here Are Some Guys Willingly Getting Trucked Into The Sky By A Rampaging Bull
This event, which appears to ask its participants to stand in a small ring and wait for a charging bull to visit its fury upon them, is hard to understand. Why would any human being volunteer for this?
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The Dirty Truth Coming for Self-Driving Cars
The future is being picked up by an autonomous taxi with a used condom on the floor.
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She didn't see it coming: psychic arrested for $800,000 fraud
Despite her self-proclaimed clairvoyance, a New York City psychic was arrested by the NYPD, in the latest example of fortune-teller fraud
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Fox News claims The New York Times ignored a story it actually broke
The Times was the first U.S. outlet to cover news that 5 ISIS leaders had been captured earlier in the spring.
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Shaq the math genius
Cringe.
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The Slowly Building Anger in the UK at the Government’s Handling of the Skripal Case
From whence comes this feeling? Here are just 20 of the many reasons for this growing anger: By Rob Slane.
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Laptop explodes in Letchworth office
Steve Paffett – owner of Allplas – says his business could be out of action for six months after his HP laptop caught fire while left on charge, with the blaze destroying his office based off Works Road. The managing director of the tarpaulins and netting specialists was at home asleep when his work intruder alarm woke him. “I jumped on the CCTV app on my phone,” said Steve. “The exterior of the building seemed secure, but I thought I would check inside.
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