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  • Meet Zeus, the Giant Maine Coon Who Stands Over 4 Feet Tall!

    04/29/2025 9:12:46 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 51 replies
    Daily Galaxy ^ | April 29, 2025 | Lydia Amazouz
    A Maine Coon named Zeus has taken the internet by storm, earning millions of views across social media platforms with his sheer size and playful antics. Standing at an impressive 4 feet tall when on his back legs, Zeus is not your typical house cat. This gentle giant has captured the hearts of millions, and his owner, Daniela Ermolaeva, couldn’t be more proud of the attention her beloved pet is receiving, as highlighted in a recent feature by The Independent. Zeus, weighing 13 kg (around 28.6 pounds), has quickly become a sensation on Instagram under the handle @zeus.mainecoon.official. His rise...
  • NEW: Matt Petgrave Will NOT Face Charges in Throat-Slashing Death of Ice Hockey Player Adam Johnson: Prosecutors

    04/29/2025 11:41:30 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 24 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | April 29, 2025 | Staff
    Matt Petgrave, the man who slashed the throat of ice hockey player Adam Johnson in October 2023, will not face any charges, UK prosecutors announced on Tuesday. Petgrave was arrested in November 2023 on suspicion of manslaughter and was immediately released on bail. Former NHL player Adam Johnson, 29, died from a massive injury to his neck during a game in 2023. The former Pittsburgh Penguins player took a skate blade to the neck. He was playing in England for the Nottingham Panthers when an opposing player’s blade cut his neck during a ‘collision.’ Video of the incident shows Matt...
  • This list of chilling facts about Butler assassination attempt must spark a real investigation…

    04/29/2025 5:25:56 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 56 replies
    Revolver News ^ | April 28, 2025 | Staff
    The attempts on President Trump’s life were one of the most disturbing and suspicious events in modern political history, especially the one in Butler, Pa. And yet, barely anyone in the media seems interested in asking real questions. They’re not the least bit curious about what happened, and it’s starting to feel like they want us to forget it ever happened. But that’s not going to happen… Thanks to people like Joe Rogan and Elon Musk, the curtain is still being yanked back, and what’s behind it should send chills down every American’s spine. From a house scrubbed cleaner than...
  • Scientists Discover the Largest Anaconda Ever Found in the Amazon During Will Smith’s Show Set

    04/29/2025 5:12:22 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 33 replies
    Daily Galaxy ^ | April 29, 2025 | Arezki Amiri
    Scientists filming for a National Geographic TV show with Will Smith have uncovered a previously unknown species of giant anaconda deep within the Ecuadorian Amazon. This groundbreaking discovery has stunned the scientific world and may forever alter what we know about these elusive creatures. A Discovery Like No Other The team, led by Professor Bryan Fry from the University of Queensland, made their remarkable find while exploring the remote Bameno region of the Baihuaeri Waorani Territory—an area that rarely sees outsiders. The newly identified species, named the northern green anaconda (Eunectes akayima), has the potential to grow over 20 feet...
  • Watch this California man learn in real-time how our entire medical billing system is a scam

    04/29/2025 4:51:25 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 62 replies
    Not The Bee ^ | April 28, 2025 | Staff
    The absolute state of things. https://x.com/i/status/1916677603299414361 Insurance is a scam. Cancel it. pic.twitter.com/wccD3V51YS— James Li (@5149jamesli) April 28, 2025Customer: 'I think there's a mistake on the bill ... we got a bill and then we realized that you guys didn't have our insurance, so we sent you our insurance and it looks like the bill went UP.' Agent: 'It went up?' Customer: 'Yeah, the first bill we got without the insurance was 600 bucks, and then the second one was almost 1300 bucks.' Agent: 'Yeah so the first invoice you received, that's a discount you received if you're uninsured, so...
  • A diaper-wearing pervert to get a new vagina, while keeping his penis, courtesy of the taxpayers

    04/28/2025 8:42:05 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 56 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 04/28/2025 | Olivia Murray
    “Deranged” doesn’t even begin to cover the LGBTQ++ qweirdos anymore.According to a new item by Reduxx journalist Amy Hamm, a diaper-wearing pervert has just won a years-long court battle to force his health insurance provider to cover the cost of a very “unique” surgery: he’s keeping his penis, but he’s adding a fake “neo-vagina” between his male appendage and his…waste hole.I’m assuming that means he’s lopping off his testes? Blech, who knows.Allow me to emphasize something though: this is a man who wears diapers, sitting in his own excrement from time to time, and now he’s adding a new bacteria...
  • Scientists Create 3D-Printed Calamari With More Protein Than Real Squid

    04/28/2025 6:07:02 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 40 replies
    Study Finds ^ | April 28, 2025 | Poornima Vijayan and Dejian Huang, National University of Singapore
    In a nutshell * Scientists successfully 3D printed plant-based calamari rings using mung bean protein and microalgae, creating a seafood alternative that closely matches real squid in texture and even surpasses it in protein content. * The 10% microalgae formulation achieved the best results, producing calamari mimics that were softer, springier, and structurally similar to real calamari, without relying on overfished marine resources. * This innovation highlights a promising future for sustainable seafood alternatives, leveraging underused crops like mung beans and algae to reduce pressure on ocean ecosystems while meeting growing demand for plant-based foods. ******************************************************************************* SINGAPORE — Your next...
  • What was the "Atmospheric Phenomenon" that Knocked out the power grid in Spain, Portugal, and other areas of Europe?

    04/28/2025 1:07:37 PM PDT · by tired&retired · 76 replies
    Vanity
    There is very little information on the cause of the major power outage in Europe that just happened at 12:20 local time. "While Spain’s prime minister has said the cause of the blackout remains unknown, REN has said there was a "very large oscillation in the electrical voltages, first in the Spanish system, which then spread to the Portuguese system"." Was it a CME? Was is a space weapon? The following are a collection of comments from several news articles. "No sign blackout wascaused by cyberattack, says REN Portuguese grid operator REN said on Monday it had "no information" that...
  • The Fakest and Gayest Mustang Ever

    04/28/2025 9:01:30 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 54 replies
    Eric Peters Autos ^ | April 27, 2025 | Eric Peters
    Carroll Shelby is gone – thank God. He is thus spared the indignity of knowing his name has been affixed to a device that’s neither a Shelby nor a Mustang. It is a device that pretends to be both. More finely, a device that trades on both those names in what is arguably the most embarrassing-ever attempt to do just that. ELVIS impersonator VIDEO AT LINK................. Let’s begin by talking about the device in question. It is not a bad device – as devices go. But it is as much a “Mustang” as an Elvis impersonator is Elvis. It’s worse,...
  • Child Scratches Rothko Painting Worth $56 Million in 'Unguarded Moment' at Museum

    04/28/2025 8:40:32 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 96 replies
    People ^ | April 28, 2025 | Rachel McRady
    A kid in The Netherlands could be in time out for a while. The unnamed child is responsible for damaging a 1960 Mark Rothko painting reportedly worth €50 (about $56 million) inside the Boijmans Van Beuningen museum in Rotterdam. “The painting Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8 by Mark Rothko has sustained superficial damage after a child touched the painting when it was on display," the museum shared in a statement to PEOPLE. "As a result, small scratches are visible in the unvarnished paint layer in the lower part of the painting." The museum added, Conservation expertise has been sought...
  • Drag queen Jiggly Caliente dies aged 44 after ‘severe infection’

    04/28/2025 8:24:14 AM PDT · by Responsibility2nd · 30 replies
    The Guardian ^ | 04/27/23025 | Joe Coughlan
    The drag queen Jiggly Caliente has died aged 44 after a “severe infection”, her family confirmed. The performer, whose real name was Bianca Castro-Arabejo, rose to fame after taking part in the fourth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Caliente’s family announced on Thursday that the Filipino-American drag performer had part of her leg amputated due to the infection. Her family wrote on Instagram that she was “cherished by many” for her career, and died on Sunday at 4.42am “surrounded by her loving family and close friends”.
  • Come see the massive Chinese skyscraper that is once again under construction after 10 years of sitting empty and abandoned

    04/27/2025 12:28:01 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 29 replies
    Not The Bee ^ | April 27, 2025 | Staff
    Don't get me wrong, I love a siesta just as much as the next guy. But a decade-long break seems a bit, you know, lazy: A 117-story skyscraper in the Chinese port city of Tianjin has stood unfinished and empty for nearly a decade — but according to China's state media, construction on Goldin Finance 117 may resume as early as next week. If plans stay on schedule this time, the nearly 1,960-foot-tall supertall structure will open its doors in 2027. The towering structure "has remained the world's tallest unoccupied building since 2015, when financial fallout from the Chinese stock...
  • WATCH: Hilarious Florida Doorbell Camera Footage Captures Massive Alligator Standing on Its Hind Legs, “Knocking” on the Door

    04/27/2025 6:21:09 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 27 replies
    American Tribune ^ | April 27, 2025 | Tom Arends
    A hilarious video filmed by a doorbell camera captured an alligator standing on its hind legs and “knocking” on the door of a Florida home, with the homeowner later estimating that the gator was between seven and eight feet tall and explaining that the visit was far from a normal occurrence in her neighborhood. For context, on April 25, 2025, Nathalie Gaines of Lake Mary, Florida, got a major surprise when she checked her doorbell camera feed after hearing strange noises outside her door. According to press coverage of the incident, Gaines was greeted by a large alligator, which had...
  • Ancient Four-Legged Whale Remains Discovered in Peru Could Rewrite Whale Evolution!

    04/26/2025 7:05:05 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 46 replies
    Indian Defence Review ^ | April 26, 2025 | Lydia Amazouz
    A newly discovered fossil of a four-legged whale in Peru sheds new light on the evolution of whales and their journey across the oceans. ***************************************************************** A fascinating new discovery has been made off the coast of Peru, where paleontologists have unearthed the remains of a previously unknown four-legged whale species. This remarkable find, which was made about 42.6 million years ago during the middle Eocene, is shedding new light on the evolutionary transition of whales from land-dwelling mammals to the aquatic giants we recognize today. As reported in Current Biology, the whale species, named Peregocetus pacificus, was found in the...
  • How the Radical Right Captured the Culture

    04/26/2025 9:49:36 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 49 replies
    New Republic ^ | 4/17/25 | Ana Marie Cox
    Blame Hollywood’s “unwokening” and the extraordinary rise of right-wing podcasters on slop: intellectually bereft, emotionally sterile content that’s shaped by data and optimized for clicks. There’s never been a better representation of Donald Trump than those generated by AI; no human being has ever been more suited to the medium. Even the images supplied by his fans exaggerate what makes him strange and terrifying to the rest of us: the strangely flat yet voluptuous contours of his face, the persnickety downward pull of his lips, that hair, that skin. At least the AI version can be made to do anything...
  • British man unknowingly buys back his own stolen car

    04/25/2025 8:18:34 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 8 replies
    UPI ^ | April 25, 2025 | Ben Hooper
    Ewan Valentine of Solihull, England, replaced his stolen Honda Civic with a "nearly identical" car that turned out to be his own stolen vehicle with a falsified VIN. File Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo ************************************************************ April 25 (UPI) -- A British man who paid more than $26,000 to replace his stolen car later discovered he had unknowing bought his own vehicle back. Ewan Valentine, 36, from Solihull, England, said he discovered Feb. 28 that his black 2016 Honda Civic Type-R had been stolen from its overnight parking space. Valentine said he was distraught about the loss and hoped...
  • Why Aren't Humans as Hairy as Other Mammals? Here's The Science.

    04/25/2025 7:49:24 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 44 replies
    Science Alert ^ | April 26, 2025 | Maria Chikina, The Conversation
    Have you ever wondered why you don't have thick hair covering your whole body like a dog, cat or gorilla does? Humans aren't the only mammals with sparse hair. Elephants, rhinos and naked mole rats also have very little hair. It's true for some marine mammals, such as whales and dolphins, too. Scientists think the earliest mammals, which lived at the time of the dinosaurs, were quite hairy. But over hundreds of millions of years, a small handful of mammals, including humans, evolved to have less hair. What's the advantage of not growing your own fur coat? I'm a biologist...
  • Monstrous “Hell Ant” That Thrived 113 Million Years Ago Revealed in Oldest Fossil of Its Kind Ever Discovered

    04/25/2025 7:03:00 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 66 replies
    The Debrief ^ | April 24, 2025 | Kenna Hughes-Castleberry
    Ants are among the most familiar insects on Earth today, but their origins remain cloaked in deep evolutionary history. Until now, the oldest known ant specimens came from amber deposits in France and Myanmar, dating to the Cretaceous period around 100 million years ago. But a new discovery—published recently in the journal Current Biology—pushes that timeline back even further. “Our team has discovered a new fossil ant species representing the earliest undisputable geological record of ants,” said lead author Anderson Lepeco in a recent statement. “What makes this discovery particularly interesting is that it belongs to the extinct ‘hell ant,’...
  • CHIPS AND DIP ‘Contaminated’ Costco snack recalled as ‘small pieces of wood’ are found inside it – eight products are affected

    04/25/2025 6:34:26 PM PDT · by george76 · 29 replies
    Sun ^ | Apr 25 2025 | Arshi Qureshi
    The list of recalled items includes a Costco-exclusive snack.. A POPULAR snack sold at Costco has been recalled after officials found it may contain small pieces of wood. San Juan Salsa Co., which makes popular salsa sold at grocery stores including Costco, is warning shoppers not to eat certain items. ... A popular Costco product has been recalled after officials found it may contain small pieces of wood ... The salsas were made in Washington and use cilantro that’s now under a separate recall for possible foreign material. The ingredient, supplied by SupHerb Farms in California, was used in production...
  • Tortillas fall flat in New Mexico, but will California add Bigfoot to its list of state symbols?

    04/25/2025 4:16:55 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 20 replies
    A proposal to designate the tortilla as New Mexico’s official state bread had unanimous support from lawmakers. On Friday, though, it ended up falling flat. It wasn’t because Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham isn’t a fan of the round wraps that have long been a staple of Mexican, Central American and Southwestern U.S. cooking. It was because she believes lawmakers missed opportunities to debate bills that deal with weightier matters as the state faces extraordinary challenges. “Of course, I enjoy celebrating our unique culture,” she wrote in her veto message, ticking off numerous official state symbols and songs that New Mexico...