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‘We Didn’t Do This Perfectly’: American Fork Police Chief’s Understatement Now Anchors A Civil Rights Lawsuit By Reckless Ben’s Helpers

We’ve been covering a bunch of stories related to the saga of “Reckless” Ben Schneider and Bricks & Minifigs (“BAM”), which began with a series of videos Schneider produced about his increasingly more extreme attempts to get back the Lego sets that someone had given to a BAM franchise on a consignment deal, and which […]

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Daily Deal: Soundfreaq Sound Spot II Bluetooth Speaker

The Soundfreaq Sound Spot II combines wireless audio performance, ambient lighting, and relaxing sound features in a compact design built for modern lifestyles. Featuring a Bamboo and White finish with eco-friendly materials, this Bluetooth speaker complements bedrooms, offices, living rooms, and personal spaces while delivering both style and functionality. Engineered with a custom-designed audio driver, […]

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Canadian YouTuber Visited By Cops After Building Mock Flock To Track Cop Cars

If most cops had a sense of irony, they wouldn’t be cops. By that I mean that there’s little in the job that attracts people with tons of self-awareness or a finely developed sense of humor. Both of those traits generally contain a sense of irony. And since most cops don’t have that, this is […]

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Steve Bannon Casts Bo French as the Future of the GOP

Steve Bannon has spent years trying to make himself the face of resurgent white resentment in America, championing the Trump...

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Blocking the Internet Archive Will Not Stop AI.

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The Intellectual’s Alice Cooper.

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Be careful about indicting a whole gender. Division is killing us.

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Meshell Ndegeocello turns familiar songs inside out

Grammy-winning singer, bassist, and composer Meshell Ndegeocello helped shape the sound that became known as "neo-soul," but she's spent more than three decades resisting the labels placed on her and her music. Now, on her new album, Synonym, she's reimagining familiar songs,...

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Amy Helm Sues to Regain Control of Levon Helm Studios

Amy Helm has sued to regain control of Levon Helm Studios, alleging that Brian Parillo illegally took over the company behind her father’s Woodstock concert venue and used its resources to pursue a campaign against her. The lawsuit, filed Oct. 16 in state Supreme Court in Ulster County, seeks to remove Parillo from management, invalidate […]

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Amy Helm Sues to Regain Control of Levon Helm Studios

Amy Helm has sued to regain control of Levon Helm Studios, alleging that Brian Parillo illegally took over the company behind her father’s Woodstock concert venue and used its resources to pursue a campaign against her. The lawsuit, filed Oct. 16 in state Supreme Court in Ulster County, seeks to remove Parillo from management, invalidate […]

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EcoFlow Halloween Sale offers up to 57% spooky power station savings from $284, Monarc smart e-bikes from $1,399, more

This week is kicking off with a spooky good EcoFlow Halloween Sale lineup of up to 57% discounts and bonus extra savings, which include deals like the DELTA 3 Ultra Plus 3,072Wh Power Station down at $1,519, and more starting from $284. We also spotted Monarc Bikes offering...

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Toyota’s best-selling Corolla is going electric, and it will be made in China

Toyota will produce the Corolla EV in China starting in 2028, alongside hybrid and gas-powered versions.

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Tiny Flame Of Joy Extinguished In Sacramento

Tiny Flame Of Joy Extinguished In Sacramento
Where the Sacramento Kings are concerned, all "joy" is relative. But this team, which projects to be among the NBA's worst, enjoyed one charming preseason storyline: the apparent revival of Ben Simmons as an actual rotation player. The basketball gods have chosen to deprive ...

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Paul Klee, Tomcat's Turf, 1919 #paulklee #museumarchive

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Towers of Babble is a game that mashes up word games and...

Towers of Babble is a game that mashes up word games and tower defense games. “Nouns make buildings and other parts of speech make modifiers that you can add to a building to improve its stats.”

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Get a handle on Finder file and folder names

Glenn Fleishman, art by Shafer Brown

One of the most bizarre and sometimes useful features added in macOS 27 Golden Gate is contextual naming in the Finder, as well as other places where a name for a file is useful, using Apple Intelligence.…

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‘Let Them Fight!’—Maybe It’s Grenell’s Turn In the Barrel Edition

In my earlier posts on the Habba-Grenell mutual self-immolation spectacle, I’d told you that while Ric Grenell is as nasty...

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Tim McGraw's Country Music Hall of Fame Speech

Tim McGraw's wife and daughters — and his mom — were present to see him become a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Continue reading…

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Priority’s fan-favorite Sauce bike just got a big electric upgrade

Priority Bicycles has spent the last decade proving that bicycles don’t need to be complicated to be good. Now the New York-based bicycle company is taking one of its more playful pedal bikes and giving it the electric treatment with the new Priority E-Sauce.

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