Angela Lipps was arrested in July 2025 for bank fraud in Fargo, North Dakota. She’d never been to Fargo. Her bank statements proved she was somewhere else when the crimes occurred. No officer from the Fargo Police Department spoke to her before issuing the arrest warrant. She spent more than…
Culture
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Happiness Report 2026: Finland Dominates, Youth Wellbeing Craters, Social Media Gets the Side-Eye
Finland just claimed the top spot in the world’s happiest countries ranking for the ninth consecutive year. Not eighth. Ninth. At this point, it’s less a streak and more a statement—like watching someone casually lap the field while the rest of us are still tying our shoes. The 2026 World…
History
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Ancient Machine Gun Marks Found on Pompeii’s Fortress Walls
Tight clusters of quadrangular holes. Arranged in curved lines. Spaced at regular intervals along the northern stretch of Pompeii’s fortress walls. Not random damage. Not erosion. Not the work of Mount Vesuvius, which buried the city under ash in 79 CE—nearly two centuries after these marks were made. According to…
Airlines
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Frontier Airlines Removed a Deaf Passenger for “Not Listening” — The Legal Bill Just Started
A deaf woman boards a Frontier Airlines flight. Her accommodation is documented on her ticket. She’s seated. Ready to fly. Then a flight attendant decides she’s a problem — because she can’t hear instructions. The crew removes her from the plane. The entire exchange is captured on video. Posted to…
Culture
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Doomsday Believers Aren’t Fringe Anymore — They’re Your Neighbors
There seems to be quite a bit of chatter about the end of times in the news. Yesterday, I wrote about Peter Thiel hosting a four-day event on the Apocalypse. Then, a study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that one in three Americans believes the…
AI
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The Vatican’s Backyard Just Got Weird: Peter Thiel on the Apocalypse
Peter Thiel — PayPal co-founder, Palantir architect, early Trump donor, JD Vance mentor — decided to give a four-lecture series on the Antichrist in Rome this week. Invitation-only. Sunday through Wednesday. Right in the Vatican’s backyard. And every Catholic institution within a five-mile radius is now pretending they’ve never heard…
International Relations
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America’s Allies Are Reviewing the Relationship — And the Silence Says Everything
America’s allies are quietly reviewing their relationships with the United States, according to Politico’s latest reporting. Not dramatic breaks. Not public denouncements. Just be careful, methodical reassessments of what American partnership actually means when democracy itself becomes a variable instead of a constant. The conversations happening in European capitals, in…
Animals
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Argentine Teens Are Identifying as Dogs — And TikTok Made It Go Viral
A Buenos Aires plaza turned into an impromptu wildlife preserve last Sunday. Teenagers in lifelike animal masks ran on all fours across the grass. A 15-year-old named Aguara — who identifies as a Belgian Malinois and counts her age in dog years — leapt through an obstacle course. Others dressed…
AI
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The Pentagon Just Bought AI Soldiers — And They’re Already in Ukraine
The Phantom MK-1 looks exactly like what you’d expect from a combat robot designed by a 14-year Marine Corps veteran with multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. (the image above is not the Phantom MK-1 Jet black steel. Tinted glass visor. Gripping a shotgun, pistol, revolver, and M-16 replica. Not…
Culture
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ALIEN ABDUCTION? Pentagon UFO Boss VANISHES Near Area 51’s Backyard
Retired Air Force Major General John Bourke — former Pentagon UFO investigator — disappeared in New Mexico last week. The authorities’ response? Ask hundreds of locals to voluntarily hand over their home security footage. Not a warrant. Not a subpoena. Just a polite request that you become an unpaid investigator…