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Hooters is bankrupt

3 April 2025 @ 12:47 am

Hooters, the restaurant chain named for the prominently-posed busts of its servers, is going tits up. The company filed for bankruptcy today and announced plans to sell its remaining locations to franchisees, thereby guaranteeing continuity of service for those still dining there. — Read the rest The post Hooters is bankrupt ap

Here's the scientific truth about squirting. Yes, that kind of squirting.

2 April 2025 @ 10:27 pm

image: Thomas Dutour/ShutterstockWhen some people with a vagina are highly aroused or having an orgasm, a rush of fluid will squirt out. It is a real thing. It does happen. But what exactly is this liquid? Is it urine? Some kind of ejaculate? — Read the rest The post

Watch: Doggy daycare separates chill doggos from hyper pups in comical video

2 April 2025 @ 10:22 pm

Image: rosemaryandpine / shutterstock.comThe Red Rover doggy daycare in South Carolina separates its canine guests into two groups depending on the dogs' energy levels: Side A is for the chillaxed, introverted doggos, while Side B is for the more active, extroverted pups. And there's no denying which group is which! — Read the rest

Turns out Mike Waltz held at least 20 other sensitive group chats on Signal

2 April 2025 @ 9:37 pm

Image: National Security Advisor Mike Waltz; Phil Pasquini / shutterstock.comWhen Mike Waltz carelessly added an Atlantic editor to his classified military group chat on the Signal app last month, the Trump Administration brushed it off as a one-time blunder that wouldn't happen again. But as it turns out, the sloppy national security advisor has

U.S. Government demands new internal passport for citizens and it's giving off major dystopian vibes

2 April 2025 @ 9:07 pm

A man sitting at a table examining passports, during a plague epidemic in Mandalay, Photograph, (1906) Public DomainStarting May 7, 2025, I'll need a REAL ID to fly from Houston to New Orleans. Apparently, my current driver's license — you know, the one issued by my state government — isn't "real" enough anymore. Remember when we used to mock totalitarian regimes for requiring "internal passports?" —

Timex's latest retro watch gets the font right

2 April 2025 @ 8:43 pm

The END. x Timex T80 (compare to the normal model) is a collaboration between the watchmaker and cool shop End which shows the company digging into specifics of the 80s look. Unlike some of the recent Casio offerings—with the

75% of US scientists considering leaving the country, says new Nature poll

2 April 2025 @ 8:07 pm

image: PeopleImages.com - Yuri A Related keywords /ShutterstockLeading scientific journal Nature surveyed scientists about whether the Trump administration's massive slashing of federal science funding is causing them to consider leaving the United States. More than 1,200 scientists responded. A shocking 75% said they were seriously considering moving out of the U.S. —

Original E.T. puppet looks like Dollar Tree bootleg, Sotheby's wants $900,000

2 April 2025 @ 8:05 pm

Original E.T. prop (Sotheby's)Look, we get why Spielberg's beloved alien puppet is a piece of cinema history heading to Sotheby's auction block for an eye-watering $900,000. But holy mother of Reese's Pieces, have you seen this thing? The three-foot nightmare fuel was used in that famous scene where E.T. —

Tesla sales "unexpectedly" plunge

2 April 2025 @ 7:56 pm

Elon Musk (screengrab)The BBC's story about Tesla's sales figures doesn't mince words. They have "plummeted," writes Lily Jamali, to the level they were at three years ago, even as sales of electric vehicles from other automakers are growing. The funny part is that the BBC put the word "unexpectedly" in its title, as if there were anything suprising about it. — Read the rest The

Silica gel's secret history and path to worldwide ubiquity

2 April 2025 @ 7:13 pm

image: Zay Nyi Nyi/Shutterstock"DO NOT EAT." No matter how tempting you may find that little white packet at the bottom of your beef jerky package, it is not for human consumption. Silica gel packets are filled with tiny beads of silicon dioxide, which is the same basic material found in sand—just processed into a highly porous, granular form. — Read the rest T