Here is my third day in the fourth grade. Bunny goes into the terrarium. Boa constrictor does what boa constrictors do. Twenty-five kids learn that nature doesn’t negotiate — it just happens, usually in front of an audience that didn’t sign up for the lesson. That memory probably explains why…
Culture
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CBS News Radio: 1927-2026. Destroyed by Spreadsheet Logic
CBS News Radio stopped broadcasting today after nearly a century on the air. Not because it failed — because someone decided it wasn’t worth keeping. Bari Weiss, CBS News editor-in-chief, made the call in March. The official line: heavy competition from other news sources, need for viable solutions, tough decisions…
Brands
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Schlitz Beer Gets Retired After 177 Years — Milwaukee Icon Falls Below Production Minimums
Schlitz beer has been discontinued. Three words that sound impossible for anyone who’s spent time in a Milwaukee dive bar, ordered a pint for $3.50, and felt connected to something older than themselves. Pabst Brewing Company stopped making Schlitz months ago — the brand that once dominated American brewing, that…
Climate
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San Francisco Bay’s New Whale Problem: They’re Not Leaving Anymore
San Francisco Bay just installed a network of thermal cameras to track gray whales in real time — not because anyone wanted to build a marine surveillance grid, but because whale ship collisions have become routine enough to warrant one. Last year alone, 21 dead gray whales washed up in…
Culture
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When Helicopters Land in Parks and AI Breaks Your Heart: Whacky Wednesday Delivers
Some weeks, the news cycle hands you a coherent narrative — political scandal, natural disaster, celebrity meltdown. And then there are weeks like this one, where the only through-line is sheer, unfiltered absurdity. Welcome to Whacky Wednesday, where we’ve got a park executive landing helicopters for prom photos, nutritionists telling…
Environment
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Two Ticks on the Kitchen Floor — Emergency Rooms Are Seeing the Same Problem
Two ticks. Kitchen floor. Tuesday morning. Not outside where they belong — where you expect the occasional wildlife cameo after a hike or yard work — but inside, crawling across the linoleum like they paid rent. First time that’s ever happened in this house. First time I’ve had to wonder…
Fraud
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Phishing Scam Recovery: When Mom’s “Suspicious Activity” Text Wasn’t From Chase
A text arrives. Chase Bank. Suspicious activity. Click here to secure your account. She clicked. The woman in question — a former bank teller who’d literally watched other customers fall for this exact scheme — entered her login credentials, possibly her Social Security number, and hit submit. By the time…
Economy
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Power Prices Is Higher Because ChatGPT Needs to Think Really Hard
Turns out training large language models to write mediocre marketing copy costs more than anyone expected — specifically, it costs 67 million Americans a 76% jump in wholesale electricity prices in three months. PJM Interconnection, which operates the largest power grid in the U.S., just released a report that reads…
Science
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Revolutionary Discovery Uncovers 10,000 Planets Astronomers Completely Missed
Turns out the universe was holding out on us — not because it’s coy, but because we kept staring at the same bright objects like tourists gawking at Times Square billboards while the real show played out in the side streets. A team of researchers just identified 10,091 potential exoplanets…
International News
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Deer Are Getting Hammered on Fermented Fruit and Wandering Into French Roads
Had to read the headline three times before it landed—French police are warning drivers to watch out for drunk deer. Not diseased deer. Not injured deer. Drunk deer. Apparently, spring in France’s Burgundy region brings an annual wave of intoxicated wildlife stumbling onto roadways after bingeing on fermented fruit and…