Amazing Science Facts: Part 2

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This Reader’s Digest article details amazing science facts!

It can rain diamonds on other planets

The atmospheres on Neptune, Uranus and Saturn have such extreme pressure that they can crystallize carbon atoms and turn them into diamonds. How do we know this science fact? Researchers were able to create the correct conditions in a lab to prove this occurs on Neptune and Uranus. Other researchers speculate that it may rain as much as 2.2 million pounds of diamonds on parts of Saturn every year.

There were roughly 2.5 billion T. rexes on Earth, but not all at the same time

Humans have been marveling at the size of the T. rex ever since they first put a full skeleton together. Now, thanks to research published in April 2021, scientists have a better idea of exactly how many of them once called Earth their (temporary) home. According to the team at the University of California, Berkeley, approximately 2.5 billion of these dinosaurs existed across more than 127,000 generations. They reached this estimate by figuring out what age T. rexes lived to, taking into account the dinosaur’s body size, sexual maturity and energy needs.

Water can exist in three states at once

This is called the triple boil—or triple point—and it is a specific temperature and pressure at which a material can exist as a gas, a liquid and a solid simultaneously. The triple point, which is also the only situation in which all three states of matter can coexist, is different for every material, according to the University of California, Santa Cruz. Water reaches its triple point at just above freezing (0.1 degree Celsius) and at a pressure of 0.006 atm (units of pressure).

Helium can work against gravity

When liquid helium is cooled to extreme temperatures, just a few degrees away from its boiling point (-460 degrees Fahrenheit), it turns into a superfluid, meaning it can flow without friction, Scientific American reports. It can climb up and over the sides of a glass, and it can leak through molecule-thin cracks in a container.

Another interesting science fact about helium: While it’s the second most abundant element in the universe, it can be harmful to the human body, according to an article in the journal Injury Prevention. So as funny as it may be to suck down some helium and hear your high-pitched voice, it’s best to keep birthday balloons out of your mouth.

Solar flares are more powerful than bombs

Sudden explosions from the sun, called solar flares, release energy equivalent to a billion hydrogen bombs, according to NASA. It’s a good thing Earth’s atmosphere protects us from their radiation! Though we’re safe on Earth during solar flares, we may experience blackouts and power outages from the disturbance they cause in Earth’s magnetic field.

It’s impossible to burp in space

When you burp on Earth, gravity keeps down the solids and liquids from the food you just ate, so only the gas escapes from your mouth. In the absence of gravity, the gas cannot separate from the liquids and solids, so burping essentially turns into throwing up a little in your mouth.

Plastic can end up as vanilla flavoring

Researchers have figured out how to transform plastic bottles into vanilla flavoring with genetically engineered bacteria, according to a 2021 study published in the journal Green Chemistry. The authors of the study explain that the demand for vanillin (the primary flavor component of vanilla) is “growing rapidly,” given that it’s found in a wide variety of food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, cleaning products and herbicides. But don’t expect to be eating plastic-bottle-flavored ice cream any time soon: This research demonstrated only that the conversion is possible—not that it is safe for human consumption.

About half of your body’s cells are bacteria

Experts estimate that the human body consists of 39 trillion bacteria and 30 trillion human cells—a roughly 1:1.3 ratio. But because bacteria are so small, they make up about only 1% to 3% of our body mass. In the past, researchers thought we were much more bacteria than human, with a ratio of 10:1.

Men are more likely to be colorblind than women

Guys have a greater likelihood of colorblindness, and it has to do with genetics. The genes responsible for the most common type of colorblindness are found on the X chromosome, the National Eye Institute explains. Even if women have the colorblindness genes on one of their two X chromosomes, a properly functioning gene on the other one makes up for that loss and allows them to see color. If men inherit the gene on their only X chromosome, they’ll be colorblind

We have no idea what most of the universe looks like

About 96% of the universe is made up of dark matter and dark energy, which are undetectable to humans. Scientists believe this is because the particles that make up these substances don’t interact with regular matter or light. So on the list of baffling mysteries about the universe, we can add “most of it.”

Bats don’t get sick from most viruses

And yup, that includes coronaviruses. Bats can, of course, contract and spread viruses, but according to research, they also have plenty of genes responsible for antiviral activity, keeping them out of harm’s way. Virologists have long been interested in bats because they carry rabies, says Thomas Kepler, PhD, a professor of microbiology at Boston University. But while bats occasionally get sick from rabies, they rarely die from it.

Beer is twice as fizzy as Champagne

If someone asks for a glass of bubbly, you won’t pour them a Guinness. But maybe you should. Scientists have determined that as far as bubbles go, beer is tops. While one flute of Champagne produces about 1 million bubbles, a half-pint of beer can create up to 2 million, according to a 2021 study published in the journal ACS Omega. So why does this matter? More bubbles result in a more intense flavor. Of course, that’s not to say that beer and Champagne are in any way comparable to each other in taste—but they both contain carbon dioxide, which creates bubbles when you open a bottle and pour the liquid out.

Humans are capable of producing venom

Did you know we’re closer to cobras than you might think? Believe it or not, while humans do not currently produce venom, technically, we could. In fact, all reptiles and mammals have that capability, according to an article published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Basically, we have all the tools we need, and it’s up to evolution to get us there. We told you: These fun science facts are pretty amazing!

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            1. Yeah, but we deserve it for sure! EVERY SINGLE WINTER we’ve always had snow on or around Thanksgiving. This is SUCH a nice change and really, really rare!

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  3. NFA

    January 13, 2026 12:27 am

    The Last Cop To Shoot a Woman in Minneapolis Was a Somali
    DEI Is Destroying This Once Functional City
    Jack Cashill Jan 13, 2026

    Mohamed Noor relieved to get 4 years in the slammer, Derek Chauvin got 22
    Late on the night of July 15, 2017, Minneapolis Police Department officer Mohamed Noor took the life of 40-year-old Australian-American Justine Damond. The shooting was so reckless not even Noor’s Somali roots—nor Damond’s whiteness—could save Noor from prison.

    https://jackcashill.substack.com/p/the-last-cop-to-shoot-a-woman-in

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  5. Jake

    January 13, 2026 6:38 am

    Reply to  Fangdog

    It’s all fixed:

     DOJ Fires Top Official in US Attorney’s Office For Eastern District of Virginia After He Secretly Met with Judges and Declined to Prosecute Comey

    The Justice Department fired one of the top lawyers in the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia after he refused to pursue charges against James Comey following a decision from a judge to toss out the case.
    Robert McBride, the number 2 official in the EDVA, was fired
    A grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia indicted former FBI Director James Comey in September. He was indicted on two counts – false statements and obstruction of a congressional proceeding.

    However, Comey’s case is dismissed – for now.

    Trump is doing his best, but the deep state is wide and deep. President Trump needs help from the FBI to provide evidence, the DOJ to issue arrest warrants and the Atty. General to see they get prosecuted. Then he needs some actual non partisan judges not liberal political hacks.

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  7. Vigilant Fox 🦊
    @VigilantFox
    REPORT: The Somali fraud scandal keeps on dripping, and it’s not just daycare centers anymore.

    We’re now learning that dozens of Somali transport companies are taking government funds — while transporting NO ONE.

    David Hoch visited 70 of them, and he was stunned to discover that they “DON’T EXIST.”

    And when you add interpreters for doctors’ appointments to the mix, the money being sucked out of the system adds up quickly.

    Hoch explains:

    “When a Somali goes to the doctor, magically they forgot how to speak English, so they need an interpreter there. So the county brings in an interpreter at $100 an hour, minimum eight hours, to interpret what the doctor is telling the patient.”

    “Then remember, the interpreter has to get to the doctor’s office or the hospital. How are they getting there? The transportation company. And then they’ve got to get back home, and that patient has to get to the doctor’s office. How? Transportation.”

    “Almost 900 of [the transportation companies] are Somali-owned… Nick Shirley and I went to 16 of them. I’ve actually been to about 70 of them. They don’t exist.”

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  8. Just The News: “House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan announced Monday night that former special counsel Jack Smith will publicly testify to the committee later this month.

    The testimony will take place on Thursday, January 22, at 10 a.m. Eastern. The testimony comes after Smith sat for a closed-door deposition last month in connection with his probe into President Donald Trump’s handling of classified materials and his efforts to challenge the 2020 presidential election. 

    Republicans have long criticized Smith’s case, asserting it was politically motivated. Some have contrasted the Smith case with that of special counsel Robert Hur, who criticized President Joe Biden’s handling of classified materials, but never brought charges.”

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  9. Just The News: “German Chancellor Friedrich Merz declared Tuesday that the Iranian regime is on the verge of collapsing, urging the country’s ruling clerics to end their brutal crackdown on protesters and find a peaceful way to exit power.

    “If a regime can only stay in power through violence, then it is effectively finished. I assume that we are now witnessing the final days and weeks of this regime,” Merz told a news conference during a visit to India. “I hope there is a way to end this conflict peacefully. The mullah regime has to recognize that as well,” Merz added.

    Merz’s comments came a week after President Donald Trump warned he might take action to stop Tehran from killing the protesters who have spread their movement nationwide during a dramatic two weeks. Trump escalated the pressure on Monday, proposing a 25% tariff on any country that does business with Iran’s regime.

    Activists say at least 600 protesters have been killed and thousands arrested in the crackdown by Iran’s ruling mullahs.”

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  10. Just The News: “President Donald Trump on Monday warned that the United States would face trillions in repayment costs should the Supreme Court rule against his imposition of tariffs.

    The Supreme Court heard oral arguments over Trump’s authority to impose tariffs last year, though it has yet to issue a decision on the case. Trump invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) when issuing his “Liberation Day” tariffs, leading to challenges over the scope of his authority. The timeline for a final ruling is unclear, but it is expected in the near future.

    “The actual numbers that we would have to pay back if, for any reason, the Supreme Court were to rule against the United States of America on Tariffs, would be many Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, and that doesn’t include the amount of ‘payback’ that Countries and Companies would require for the Investments they are making on building Plants, Factories, and Equipment, for the purpose of being able to avoid the payment of Tariffs,” Trump warned on Truth Social. 

    “When these Investments are added, we are talking about Trillions of Dollars! It would be a complete mess, and almost impossible for our Country to pay,” he went on. “Anybody who says that it can be quickly and easily done would be making a false, inaccurate, or totally misunderstood answer to this very large and complex question.”

    “It may not be possible but, if it were, it would be Dollars that would be so large that it would take many years to figure out what number we are talking about and even, who, when, and where, to pay. Remember, when America shines brightly, the World shines brightly,” he continued. “In other words, if the Supreme Court rules against the United States of America on this National Security bonanza, WE’RE SCREWED!”

    Earlier in January, Trump announced that his administration had collected or would soon collect roughly $600 billion in tariff revenue since his return to the White House.”

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  11. Just The News: “About 15,000 nurses went on strike Monday at three hospital systems in New York City, following failed negotiations over the weekend, according to the New York State Nurses Association. The strikes are occurring at The Mount Sinai Hospital and two of its satellite campuses, along with New York-Presbyterian and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, The Associated Press reported.

    The hospitals have been hiring temporary nurses during the walkout, saying in a statement during negotiations that they would “do whatever is necessary to minimize disruptions.” Montefiore assured patients in a message that appointments would be kept.

    The hospitals are negotiating with the union independently, as several other hospitals across the city and in its suburbs reached deals in recent days to avert possible strikes.

    While the union has different demands at each hospital, the major issues include staffing levels and workplace safety. The union said that hospitals have given nurses unmanageable workloads. Additionally, nurses are asking for better security measures in the workplace, citing incidents like one last week when a man with a sharp object barricaded himself in a Brooklyn hospital room and was killed by police. The union is also demanding limitations on hospitals’ use of artificial intelligence.

    The nonprofit hospitals involved in the negotiations said they have been working to improve staffing levels, but that the union’s demands overall are too costly.

    The last major nursing strike in the city was in 2023, at Mount Sinai and Montefiore, and lasted three days.”

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  13. US Attorney Pirro
    @USAttyPirro
    The United States Attorney’s Office contacted the Federal Reserve on multiple occasions to discuss cost overruns and the chairman’s congressional testimony, but were ignored, necessitating the use of legal process—which is not a threat.

    The word “indictment” has come out of Mr. Powell’s mouth, no one else’s. None of this would have happened if they had just responded to our outreach.

    This office makes decisions based on the merits, nothing more and nothing less. We agree with the chairman of the Federal Reserve that no one is above the law, and that is why we expect his full cooperation.

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  16. cleared BY WHOM EXACTLY?

    FTA

    DHS says the migrant, 53-year-old Rafael Andres Rubio Bohorquez, overstayed on a 2017 tourist visa. They also say he was arrested in an assault case. Mamdani and other city leaders demanded the man’s release on Monday.

    “I am outraged to hear a New York City Council employee was detained in Nassau County by federal immigration officials at a routine immigration appointment,” Mamdani wrote in a statement on X. “This is an assault on our democracy, on our city, and our values. I am calling for his immediate release and will continue to monitor the situation.”

    DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin dismissed complaints, however, saying the department was fully justified in taking Bohorquez into custody.

    “He had no legal right to be in the United States,” McLaughlin said. “Under Secretary Noem, criminal illegal aliens are not welcome in the United States. If you come to our country illegally and break our law, we will find you, and we will arrest you.”

    NYC Council Speaker Julie Meninheld a press conference demanding the employee’s release on Monday. She claimed that the employee had been cleared to remain in the U.S. until October 2026.

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mamdani-calls-ice-detention-nyc-employee-assault-our-democracy

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  19. EXCERPT”…..DAYCARE FUNDING EXPLAINED

    The daycare programs highlighted by Shirley are funded by a mix of state and federal grants. At the federal level the Administration of Children and Families, a part of the Department of Health and Human Services, funds private daycare centers through its Childcare and Development Fund Program (CCDF).

    Over the years, Open the Books has extensively documented federal grants administered by the Administration for Children and Families along with severe transparency issues like its long and inefficient Freedom of Information Act request pipeline. (Open the Books currently has an outstanding FOIA request with the agency dating back to May 2023.)

    CCDF funds are distributed via block grant, meaning states receive the money and then have a lot of discretion on how they might be spent. Federal funds are typically co-mingled with state tax dollars to fund relevant state-designed programs. While block grants can be a great way to empower states to serve their citizens in a more tailored fashion, because dollars pass through more layers of bureaucracy, they are more difficult to track and audit.

    These grants are what have drawn federal officials into the mix as federal tax dollars passed through Minnesota’s Department of Human Services to these fraudulent operations.

    But daycare facilities, like any other entity, operate nationwide and can receive all manner of public support from state government, too. So, our research team has retrieved data in two ways:

    1. We pulled agency spending from the top 10 states receiving CDDF grants
    2. We searched our database nationwide for any recipients containing the term “daycare” in the name, covering all public spending categories

    As a result, taxpayers can look for fraudulent use of CDDF funds and also search for potentially fraudulent daycares in every state that benefit from tax dollars across a range of programs (even those not directly related to childcare).

    DATA FROM THE TOP 10 STATES

    Open the Books analyzed the top ten state government recipients of CCDF funds over the past four fiscal years, which unsurprisingly coincide with the top ten most populous states, ranging from almost $3 billion (Michigan) to over $11 billion (Texas):

    These federal funds flow to different agencies in each state but Open the Books has the most recently available spending data for each of them.

    Our team has sorted the data by relevant state-level departments and, when possible, spending categories. The latest available year was chosen, which is noted as either 2024 or 2025. Some state agencies report fiscal years while others report calendar years.

    Spreadsheets for each state:….”

    https://openthebooks.substack.com/p/minnesota-daycare-scandal-the-power

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    1. THIS is the MAZE that bureaucrats create so the money cannot be tracked cleanly. they knew they were going to embezzle and steal funds, so they make the hoops bigger and bigger so you can’t trace their actions. commingling funds should be forbidden.

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  20. EXCERPT: “Years before becoming a judge on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, James Ho clerked for the renowned Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. So, it should come as little surprise that after witnessing Thomas’ mastery of words up close, Ho would go on to display his own writing prowess in his judicial works.

    Receiving little attention outside legal circles, Ho authored an article for the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy last week criticizing what he views to be an increasing “arrogance” among many federal judges — an arrogance he argues is downstream from judicial supremacy. As The Federalist previously described, judicial supremacy is the belief that the executive and legislative branches are subordinate to the Supreme Court and the judicial branch, meaning judges — rather than the people’s elected representatives — are the ultimate authority on law and policy.

    Ho started his article by highlighting how many of the federal judges now supposedly concerned about “judicial independence” after President Trump’s return to office were silent as left-wing “cultural elites bombarded certain Justices and judges with absurd ethical complaints.” Their silence persisted, Ho added, even “[a]s the [Biden] Justice Department refused to prosecute individuals for harassing certain Justices at their own homes” after the leak of SCOTUS’s 2022 Dobbs draft decision, and “[a]s elite law schools allowed students to disrupt events to protest certain judicial decisions.”

    “It wasn’t until this year — following the inauguration of a new President — that the Federal Judges Association suddenly found its voice, and suddenly discovered a crisis over judicial independence,” Ho wrote. “After years of silence, it’s obvious that these concerns are not sincere, but strategic. What they’re really championing is not judicial independence, but judicial supremacy. What we’re really seeing in the judiciary is not principle, but arrogance.”

    Ho contended that much of this arrogance — which he argued entails an elitist mindset among “[t]oo many judges” — stems from judicial supremacy and a backward system that teaches rising legal minds “to venerate (if not worship) judges.” He then dispelled the notion of America having three “co-equal” branches of government, noting that while the judiciary “has an important role in our constitutional republic,” “it’s a limited one.”

    “Judges don’t write the law. Judges don’t execute the law. And that’s for one simple reason. As Americans, we believe that we can govern ourselves,” Ho wrote. “Our Constitution begins ‘We the people’ — not we the few with life tenure. Our Founders didn’t fight a Revolutionary War to replace one king in royal garb with hundreds of kings in judicial robes. Judges are supposed to apply the law to whatever disputes are brought before us — and leave everything else to the other branches of government.” ……”

    https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/13/judge-ho-takes-a-sledgehammer-to-judicial-supremacy-and-its-elite-enablers/

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  21. Just The News: “The Trump administration on Tuesday labeled Muslim Brotherhood branches in Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt as terrorist organizations.

    The departments of Treasury and State announced the actions against the Lebanese, Jordanian, and Egyptian chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood, which they said pose a risk to U.S. interests, The Associated Press reported.

    The State Department designated the Muslim Brotherhood’s Lebanese branch a foreign terrorist organization, the most severe of the labels, making it a criminal offense to provide material support to the group. The Treasury Department listed the Jordanian and Egyptian branches as specially designated global terrorists for providing support to Hamas.

    “These designations reflect the opening actions of an ongoing, sustained effort to thwart Muslim Brotherhood chapters’ violence and destabilization wherever it occurs,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement. “The United States will use all available tools to deprive these Muslim Brotherhood chapters of the resources to engage in or support terrorism.”

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  24. “The first ever autistic Barbie doll has been released – featuring a fidget spinner, noise-cancelling headphones and a shifted eye gaze. It follows the company’s gradual branching out from its classic blonde Barbie to models with type 1 diabetes, Down syndrome and blindness.

    Now, don’t get me wrong, but I think if you handed a blind child a G.I. Joe, would they know the difference, or are they selling the item to the parents out of some kind of ‘guilt purchase’ thing? Same with the Down Syndrome, too. Again, if you gave the kid a G.I. Joe and told him or her it was diabetic, how would they know? Jeez.

    This is about as bad a marketing move as I’ve seen, but again – who are they really selling too? I can’t imagine a blind child screaming for a blind Ken doll to keep her company.”

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  25. “A Central Park carriage horse dashed directly into busy Midtown traffic last week after it had gotten spooked, according to shocking video footage obtained by The Post. The frightened animal bolted down Sixth Avenue near Central Park South Thursday after reportedly being left unattended, according to a source familiar with the matter.

    Video shows the steed running through multiple lanes of traffic and colliding with about five vehicles, including a yellow cab, before coming to a stop at about 11:20 a.m.  No injuries were reported, police said. An NYPD investigation remains underway. “We believe the horse was startled by a fast-moving Amazon delivery vehicle: an e-bike with a cargo trailer.”

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  29. Just The News: “”Dilbert” creator Scott Adams died Tuesday at the age of 68 after a battle with prostate cancer.

    Reports broke Monday that Adams had entered hospice care and was declining at a rapid pace. As of press time, his X account was broadcasting a live video of his friends mourning his death.

    https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1OwxWeVrYLVGQ (WP won’t open it)

    Adams was most well-known for his cartoon comic strip “Dilbert”, but later became a successful podcaster, hosting “Coffee with Scott Adams.” He was a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump.

    Prior to his death, Adams embraced Christianity.”

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  32. surprise, surprise, surprise

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  33. Just The News: “After the Clintons on Tuesday refused to testify in the House Oversight Committee’s probe into late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, committee Chairman James Comer said he would pursue contempt charges.

    Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a letter posted on X that they do not plan to appear for their scheduled depositions this week.

    “Every person has to decide when they have seen or had enough and are ready to fight for this country, its principles and its people, no matter the consequences,” the Clintons wrote in an 8-page letter. “For us, now is that time.”

    The Clintons’ lawyers also sent Comer a letter confirming they are challenging the legality of the subpoenas, Fox News reported.

    “[T]he Subpoenas issued to President and Secretary Clinton are invalid and legally unenforceable. Mindful of these defects, we trust you will engage in good faith to de-escalate this dispute,” reads the letter. Comer said Tuesday morning, “We will move next week in the House Oversight Committee … to hold Bill Clinton in contempt of Congress.”

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  36. 🔥 Iran Is Executing Protesters

    The Iranian government announced mass executions of anti-regime protesters after expedited trials. At least 12,000 people have already been killed.

    Blackouts. Firing squads. History repeating itself. Iran deserves democracy — not CIA-installed royalty or religious fascists…”

    🍼 Heavy Metals Found in Baby Formula

    More than half of baby formula samples in Florida tested positive for heavy metals. That’s not a glitch. That’s a crime…

    🔧 Colorado Just Did Something Rare: Helped Consumers

    Colorado’s Right-to-Repair law is now active. You can fix your own electronics.
    No more corporate hostage situations. Now do printer ink next…

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  37. “In 1975, McDonald’s opened its first drive-through restaurant in Sierra Vista, Arizona—a small town closely connected to nearby Fort Huachuca, a major U.S. Army installation. At the time, base regulations prohibited soldiers from leaving their vehicles while wearing military fatigues off post, making it inconvenient for them to stop at local restaurants.

    Rather than forgo this steady stream of customers, the Sierra Vista McDonald’s adapted. It allowed uniformed soldiers to order and receive food directly from their cars. What began as a pragmatic solution to a local military rule quickly revealed its broader appeal. The system was fast, efficient, and perfectly aligned with McDonald’s emphasis on standardized service and rapid turnover.

    The experiment’s success had far-reaching consequences. Drive-through service spread rapidly to McDonald’s locations across the country and soon became a cornerstone of the fast-food industry. What started as an accommodation for military personnel evolved into a dominant mode of food service, reshaping consumer expectations and reinforcing America’s car-centered culture.

    A regulation intended to enforce military discipline inadvertently helped transform how millions of Americans ate—embedding speed, convenience, and mobility into everyday life, one drive-through window at a time.”

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  40. Photon Torpedoes Away!

    Mutual Affection

    Lenticular, or “stack o pancakes” clouds over some volcano somewhere.

    Foxy discovers padded recliner chairs

    Blasting through time and space

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  41. Holy cow! That was quick! I just talked to my Sis – she is taking Mom to a rehab facility in Beatrice tomorrow morning that is very close to where Mandy works – Sis only lives 15 minutes away! If Mom needs anything, Mandy can swing by to see her on her way home! I’m amazed that they were able to get it together that quickly! They will also help them look for a long-term living situation while Mom is doing her therapy. The one in Madison didn’t even respond!!! Surprisingly, Mom is on-board with it. When Sis told her, she said, “Well, then you don’t need to bring that stuff for me!” from her apartment. Clearly, she sees the truth of her condition. So I am going to the hospital in a little while to spend some time with her before she leaves. It’s a big relief, I must say, but I’ll miss having her close enough to run down for a quick visit.

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  42. Eric Daugherty
    @EricLDaugh
    🚨 HOLY SMOKES. SCOTUS Justice Sam Alito asks ACLU lawyer “what is a man and a woman?” and they DON’T HAVE A DEFINITION.

    Alito’s response is perfect.

    ALITO: What does it mean to be a man or woman?

    ACLU: We do not have a definition for the Court.

    ALITO: How can a court determine whether there’s discrimination on the basis of sx, without KNOWING what sx means?!

    Omg, you can’t make this crap up. Seriously.

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