‘We’re gonna need a bigger boat’: Shark shortage sparks vaccine supply fears
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People Who Admit To Having This Hobby Are Probably Gonna Break Your Heart
According to a new survey, people who admit to a specific hobby are more likely to break hearts by cheating or ghosting. Some hobbies, on the surface, sound completely harmless. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. It’s rare to actually hear someone’s favorite hobby and immediately deem it a red flag. In fact, hobbies usually make someone come across as being a lot more interesting and fun. However, a recent survey found that people who seemingly enjoy a common, popular pastime may actually be bad news. Don’t want to have your heart broken? Definitely ask your next date if he’s into sports. People who say watching football is their favorite hobby are probably gonna break your heart. A survey from football ticket marketplace LiveFootballTickets found that the most passionate sports fans are usually the most likely to cheat on their partners, ghost dates, and even judge potential matches based on the teams they support. Georgina Vaas, a relationship expert and therapist, analyzed the survey data for LiveFootball Tickets and found that respondents who claimed that …
There’s Something So Embarrassing About Homeland Security’s New Drone Video That We’re Gonna Have to Sit Down for a Minute
Whether you’re a one-room film production house or a propagandist for a massive arm of the US government, you’re never too good to have an extra set of eyes take a look at your final draft. That’s a lesson some PR spinsters with the Department of Homeland Security evidently have yet to learn, after the agency posted a 40-second clip for its new drone program, hyping up “American Air Superiority.” As DHS propaganda goes, it’s your typical fare under Trump 2.0. There’s some cloyingly uplifting music, a few shots of drones in the sky, and bold-lettered copy proclaiming things like “innovation in action.” One detail, though, is so out of place that it feels like parody: the inclusion of footage showing DHS agents using a prominent Chinese drone brand. The discrepancy was first spotted by drone researcher Faine Greenwood, who noticed that officers in the video were using a remote controller made by DJI, a company headquartered in Shenzhen, China. Given that DJI hardware uses closed-source communication protocols — which means they’re not cross-compatible with …
If the War Against the Machines Is Fought Via Martial Arts, Humans Are Gonna Catch an Epic Beat Down
If machines ever fight a war against humans, it’ll probably be fought with modern weapons of war — bullets, bombs, and perhaps plasma weapons a la “The Terminator” — in a conflict, the robots will presumably dominate against us sacks of flesh and blood. Heck, the AI could even just bioengineer a virus to wipe us out. And even if the battlefield were somehow constrained to kicks and fists, we’re increasingly sure that humankind would catch an epic beatdown as humanoid robots show ever-greater advances in dexterity and martial arts acumen. A new video shared by Chinese industry titan Unitree, for instance, shows off a new six-foot-tall H2 humanoid robot that’s capable of pulling off some seriously impressive moves. The lanky bot can be seen performing an impressive air kick while coming eerily close to the head of a human engineer standing nearby, destroying watermelons hung up above its head height with a mighty foot, and even sending two heavy punching bags spinning after delivering yet another powerful blow. Unitree’s $30,000, 180cm (nearly 6 ft …
Rick Astley’s ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ and ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ share a filming location
There was a time — years ago, mind you — that “Rickrolling” someone was the peak of internet humor. If you don’t know what this is, bless your either young or old heart. The nearly 20-year-old prank was simple: You’d get someone to unknowingly click the link to the cheesy music video for Rick Astley’s ’80s classic “Never Gonna Give You Up.” Boom, you’ve just been Rickrolled. SEE ALSO: Rian Johnson on ‘Wake Up Dead Man,’ Josh O’Connor’s neck tattoo, and AI slop Well, in a neat bit of synergy, the latest installment of the beloved-by-the-internet series Knives Out actually shared a location with the filming of “Never Gonna Give You Up.” Director Rian Johnson confirmed on Bluesky that the gym scene in Wake Up Dead Man was shot where Astley filmed his classic music video. Surprisingly, not that much of anyone cared on set. Mashable Trend Report “This is true, and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares),” he wrote in …
We’re gonna make it after all: Let’s throw our hats in the air for Mary Tyler Moore
There’s an exchange in an early cut of the series premiere of “Private Practice,” the “Grey’s Anatomy” spinoff featuring Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh). In a long passionate speech, the good and single doctor explains to her boss why she’s quitting her enviable, high-powered job at his Seattle hospital and relocating to Malibu. “I want to throw my hat all the way up in the air!” she sings out triumphantly, effectively shutting down his protests. Anyone who has watched “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” could understand what Addison meant: She is choosing to be free and clear, to have every choice in front of her, to actualize without apology. That exchange didn’t make the final edit of “Private Practice” that aired, and that’s actually a good thing. Only one woman could pull off that move, and that’s Mary Tyler Moore. Millions of us imagined ourselves trying to throw that metaphorical hat and still envision doing so 40 years after “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” aired its final episode. Moore, a seven-time Emmy winner, passed away on Wednesday at the age of …