Image by Liver King via YouTube Brian “Liver King” Johnson, a caveman-esque bodybuilder who credits his extremely muscular physique to eating raw animal liver, has been accused by a different bodybuilder influencer of making heavy use of steroids to achieve his extremely muscular physique, Rolling Stone reports. It’s a debate that has been going on… Continue reading Raw Liver Eating Bodybuilder Accused of Injecting Himself With $11,000 Worth of Steroids Every Month
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Courtroom Erupts in Cheers After Bitcoin Plant Rejected From Opening in Community
“Bitcoin mining is not welcome in Washington County.” Not in My Backyard A courtroom in Washington County, Tennessee, erupted in applause after county commissioners rejected a proposal to build a Bitcoin mining plant in the area. Bitcoin miner Red Dog Technologies was already operating a 25-megawatt Bitcoin mine in Limestone, Tennessee since late 2020, but the… Continue reading Courtroom Erupts in Cheers After Bitcoin Plant Rejected From Opening in Community
Leaked Messages Show FTX Insiders Begging SBF to Step Down as Crisis Deepened
In the early days of the FTX collapse, wunderkind founder Sam Bankman-Fried was so stuck in the mud about saving the exchange that people near him were spinning their wheels trying to get him to do the right thing and step down as CEO. As the New York Times reports, a trove of leaked internal messages… Continue reading Leaked Messages Show FTX Insiders Begging SBF to Step Down as Crisis Deepened
San Francisco Cops Now Allowed to Use Robots to Kill People
“This is opening up a Pandora’s box that could change our society in a significant way.” San Francisco police have been granted permission by city supervisors to kill civilians using robots. Yes, that’s a real thing that just happened — though it sounds like an episode of “Black Mirror,” it’s an actual turn of events… Continue reading San Francisco Cops Now Allowed to Use Robots to Kill People
The World Cup Is So High Tech That They Have to Charge the Balls
Dodgy offside calls will be a thing of the past… as long as someone keeps the balls charged. Serious Balls Officiating World Cup games comes with extraordinary pressure, and over the years FIFA has been introducing new technology like video assisted refereeing (VAR) and goal-line observation tech to give referees a helping hand. Now, the… Continue reading The World Cup Is So High Tech That They Have to Charge the Balls
SBF Says His Lawyers Can “Go F*ck Themselves”
That’s one way to handle your lawyers. Four Letters In spite of — or perhaps because of — being raised by lawyers, Sam Bankman-Fried of the collapsed FTX crypto exchange seems to have a very adversarial relationship to those representing him. In a newly-released interview with vlogger Tiffany Fong, recorded on November 16 just after… Continue reading SBF Says His Lawyers Can “Go F*ck Themselves”
The Fyre Fest Guy Is Off House Arrest and of Course His New Scheme Involves the Metaverse and Crypto
Billy McFarland, the colorful personality behind the dumpster fire that was 2017’s Fyre Fest, is officially off house arrest. And boy does he have a new opportunity for the most gullible people out there! McFarland wants you to meet him for something that’s apparently not a festival (despite it featuring a “handful of artists, content creators,”… Continue reading The Fyre Fest Guy Is Off House Arrest and of Course His New Scheme Involves the Metaverse and Crypto
Former CEO Sues Company That Fired Him for Microdosing LSD in an Investor Meeting
Image by Getty / Futurism A former Silicon Valley startup CEO and cofounder has filed a lawsuit against his former employer for what he says was discrimination based on race and his mental health challenge — though the company’s stated reason for firing him was that he took acid at work, bringing the tech industry’s subculture… Continue reading Former CEO Sues Company That Fired Him for Microdosing LSD in an Investor Meeting
Entire Island Strangled by Choking Vines
Thanks, climate change. Choking Vines Fiji’s second largest island, Vanua Levu, is being absolutely overrun by vines, The Guardian reports, in a dramatic display of the sheer power of nature. Culprits abound. An invasive species introduced by US troops during WW2 is largely to blame, exacerbated by other challenging species and fierce natural disasters that… Continue reading Entire Island Strangled by Choking Vines
Driver Says His Ford F-150 Lightning Made a “Loud Boom” and Died When He Plugged It In
“I’m 1,000 miles from home, the EA charger [went] black, and my Lightning won’t move. I’m screwed.” Lightning Strikes Ford’s F-150 Lightning is meant to be the automaker’s flagship electric pickup truck, and for the most part has been heralded with glowing praise from across the industry. But as more Lightnings hit the streets and… Continue reading Driver Says His Ford F-150 Lightning Made a “Loud Boom” and Died When He Plugged It In