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Sunday, Feb 15

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Amber Glenn is both an Olympic champion and proud “Magic: The Gathering” player

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Amber Glenn is the sixth woman to land a triple axel in Winter Olympic competition, helping Team USA win the gold medal in the team event. She is also an openly queer athlete and self-professed nerd, whose favorite brand of nerddom is…

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“WHAT is happening back there?”: Mortified passenger awaits luggage in disbelief as items come out one at a time

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18 things customer service workers wish you’d stop doing immediately

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Saturday, Feb 14

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Alex Jones’ unintentionally hysterical sing-song rant about “liberals” is somehow a meme again

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“Seated and sobbing already”: The first look at Hayley Kiyoko’s “Girls Like Girls” movie has been released

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Viral speed reading video challenges viewers to achieve 900 words per minute

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A video with animated text flashing at 300 words per minute that ramps up to 900 words per minute brings up questions about speed reading.

“This is DIABOLICAL”: Make-up artist uses her skills to transform into the haters from her comments

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Haters should think twice before trolling this talented make-up artist.

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15 things people thought “could never be” them, until they were

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Friday, Feb 13

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“Hard to beat”: The most romantic spot to fake a Valentine’s date this year is the local Dollar Tree

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Backlash works! Ring cancels Flock partnership after Super Bowl surveillance uproar

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Ring announced it canceled a planned integration with Flock Safety days after a widely criticized Super Bowl ad stoked fears about mass police surveillance.

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“You will own nothing and be happy”: Sony’s PS5 leasing program has gamers begging each other not to do it

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PlayStation has launched a new PS5 leasing program in the U.K., and gamers are already urging each other to boycott it.

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“Stranger Things” actor Caleb McLaughlin weighs in on Conformity Gate: “The show is done, guys”

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Cardi B’s mid-concert ICE comments sparked a DHS response on social media. She fired right back

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DoorDash drivers say they’re being paid to shut Waymo car doors around town

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A post on Reddit has people questioning just how autonomous self-driving cars really are.

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Elon Musk announced SpaceX’s pivot from Mars to the Moon. People are unimpressed

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Remember in Despicable Me, when Gru wanted to steal the moon? Well, that’s pretty much where we’re at now with Elon Musk.

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Woman throws love note to “cute guy” on a flight, and it pays off…kinda

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“Recession indicator”: The 2026 economy is so bad, candy hearts are giving financial advice

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Sweethearts, the candy hearts with messages company, is leaning into recession indicator memes with its 2026 batch. Phrases like “split rent” and “buy in bulk” feature on many of the hearts this year in another sign that the economy is bad…

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“Sport shouldn’t mean amnesia”: Olympics bar Ukrainian racer over helmet tribute to athletes killed by war, President Zelenskyy responds

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Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych has officially been turned away from competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics after refusing to change helmets.

Thursday, Feb 12

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Pam Bondi’s “the Dow is over 50,000” deflection floods the meme market

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“Good”: Picture day canceled over fears that the nation’s biggest school photo company is in the Epstein files

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"You should be concerned that the system is designed to treat you like cattle."

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Trump tells Ford worker who yelled at him “you’re fired”—he never lost his job

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"He put his constitutional rights to work. He put his union rights to work."

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James Van Der Beek’s final message about dying is wrecking people in the best way

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A video message recorded by James Van Der Beek near the end of his life is resurfacing, and blindsiding millions with its emotional force.

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The “Staples Baddie” is doing better marketing than Staples ever did

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“He deserves better”: The “leaf test” started as a parody, but TikTok somehow turned it real

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“Straight-up insult”: Landlord offers $50 off rent to shovel snow, mow lawn, and buy gas

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American Girl releases “modern era” versions of its classic dolls, and people hate the “ozempic” redesign

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American Girl dolls have been a major part of the culture since the 1980s, so naturally, fans have intense feelings about the newly released “modern era” editions. The doll company is currently celebrating 40 years of business with new…

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Pokémon GO team finally nixes the “Epstein Island” PokéStop added years ago

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"And just like that, they've taken more action than the DOJ."

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Trump shares weird McDonald’s revenge fantasy about honking at old people

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President Donald Trump shared a bizarre video this week about “revenge” in a McDonald’s drive-thru, offering an unintentionally perfect snapshot of his online habits and the cultural moment they reflect.