- new4chan's lawyer wrote a free speech bill for the UK
Preston Byrne, the US attorney who has been merrily trolling UK regulators on behalf of 4chan, has co-authored a draft bill, the UK Free Speech Act, with the Adam Smith Institute, according to The Rage. The bill would codify First Amendment-style spe…
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- newTobacco plants now produce psilocybin and DMT — on purpose
Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have modified tobacco plants to yield five psychedelic compounds at once: bufotenin and 5-MeO-DMT (from Colorado River toad secretions), DMT (a tryptamine found across plant species), and psi…
- 1 hour ago 2 Apr 26, 5:57pm -
- newSan Francisco homeowner fined $50K for trimming street trees
Paul Dennes got an email from his insurance broker: trim the trees near your San Francisco home, or you won't qualify for coverage. He trimmed them. Then the city hit him with a $50,000 fine, according to ABC7.The five trees in front of Dennes's Pan…
- 1 hour ago 2 Apr 26, 5:50pm -
- newTrump fires Pam Bondi as attorney general
Pam Bondi is out as attorney general, replaced for now by Deputy AG Todd Blanche, according to CNN.Trump's frustration ran on two tracks. The first was the Epstein file situation. On Fox News in February 2025, Bondi told viewers, "an Epstein client…
- 2 hours ago 2 Apr 26, 5:42pm -
- newWar profiteer Marc Andreessen brags about zero introspection
On a recent podcast, Marc Andreessen, whose firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) manages tens of billions in VC assets, said he engages in "zero" introspection — calling it a Freudian invention with no pedigree before 1910 that serious people should ski…
- 2 hours ago 2 Apr 26, 5:36pm -
- newCivil War soldiers called the first instant coffee "axle grease"
The Union Army's attempt at instant coffee during the Civil War came in tins containing a thick slurry of condensed milk and coffee concentrate that soldiers compared to "axle grease."The history of instant coffee is a story of failed attempts to ma…
- 2 hours ago 2 Apr 26, 5:25pm -
- newApple bans vibe coding apps from the App Store
Apple removed "Anything" from the App Store last Thursday, the third vibe coding app pulled in March after Replit and Vibecode were blocked earlier in the month. Vibe coding apps let non-programmers generate working software using AI models — Claud…
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- newSomeone added hip-hop beats to an opossum drinking peach juice
Apparently, there's just something extra special about opossum slurps, because people keep making awesome mashups with that particularly mellifluous sound. Last year, I highlighted the catchy tune, "I know the possum lick," created by composer and b…
- 3 hours ago 2 Apr 26, 4:24pm -
- newThis illness might keep you from getting up in the morning
I slept well last night. I woke up at ten-something: the gods-given right of anyone who has given their life to playing craps with their finances for the sake of making art. The window I'd left open the night before made the air crisp. — Read the r…
- 3 hours ago 2 Apr 26, 4:21pm -
- newHegseth kills probe into Apache pilots who buzzed Kid Rock's house
Hey, remember in the long, long ago when Jason told you about those Apache attack chopper pilots that were grounded for dropping by Kid Rock's house and not launching Hellfire missiles doing an illegal flyover of his house? Well, they've been let off…
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