He had the last laugh. Burn One Down It’s official: 30,000 people were dumb enough to purchase Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s “Burnt Hair” meme perfume for $100 a pop — and now, he’s claiming it’s “sold out.” As Musk announced late last night, The Boring Company, his tunnel digging venture, had completely sold out of… Continue reading Tens of Thousands of Idiots Bought Elon Musk’s “Burnt Hair” Perfume and Now It’s Sold Out
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UK Authorities Anticipate Energy Blackouts This Winter
The BBC is preparing scripts in case there’s a “major loss of power.” Stay Ready The UK is in for a brutal winter this year. The Guardian reports that the BBC has already secretly prepared scripts to read on air in the event of energy shortages causing blackouts or empty gas reserves — a telling… Continue reading UK Authorities Anticipate Energy Blackouts This Winter
Overwhelming Majority of Automated Driving Deaths Caused by Tesla Vehicles
“You’re seeing innocent people who had no choice in the matter being killed or injured.” Crash and Burn According to new data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released on Monday, which was examined by the Associated Press, ten people were killed in crashes involving vehicles using automated driving systems between May and September… Continue reading Overwhelming Majority of Automated Driving Deaths Caused by Tesla Vehicles
Grimes “Accidentally Reinvents Scientology” in Bonkers Interview With an Anti-Vaxxer
Oops. Keep it Sleazy Indie sleaze is back, baby, and this time, it’s coming to shatter — or maybe reinforce — your illusions about two of its strangest stalwarts. In an artist-on-artist interview published by Paper magazine, experimental singer and mother of two of Elon Musk’s children Claire “Grimes” Boucher talks to fellow mid-aughts weirdo Mathangi… Continue reading Grimes “Accidentally Reinvents Scientology” in Bonkers Interview With an Anti-Vaxxer
Elon Musk Threatens to “Make Weapons”
God help us all. Cyberdrone Elon Musk is asking his followers if he should get into the weaponized drone game — and we can’t tell if we should be terrified or not. After posting about the killer “kamikaze” drones used by both sides of the Russian invasion of Ukraine — which he dubbed “Drone War… Continue reading Elon Musk Threatens to “Make Weapons”
Leak: Amazon is Churning Through New Employees at an Alarming Rate
Only one in three new employees stayed longer than 90 days last year. Amazon Confidential Leaked internal documents obtained by Engadget reveal that Amazon is burning through new employees at an alarming rate. One of the many documents — all of which were reportedly labeled “Amazon Confidential” — showed that only one in three new… Continue reading Leak: Amazon is Churning Through New Employees at an Alarming Rate
Ghoulish AI Simulates Your Dead Parents
“It’s not hard to see the appeal.” Grief Tech AI-powered “grief tech” is here — and unlike us mortal humans, it might be here to stay. As MIT Technology Review reports, the tech works by training an AI on images, recordings, and footage of recently deceased people to create a virtual form that those who… Continue reading Ghoulish AI Simulates Your Dead Parents
Russian Cosmonaut Runs Over Elderly Colleague
He returned to Earth just three weeks ago. Hit or Miss Russian space agency Roscosmos has confirmed that one of its cosmonauts hit an elderly colleague with his car — mere weeks after returning from the International Space Station. Per a Roscosmos statement, cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev “knocked down” a 63-year-old man, who, according to a… Continue reading Russian Cosmonaut Runs Over Elderly Colleague
Radioactive Waste From Manhattan Project Found at Elementary School
Oh no. Atom Bombshell An elementary school in the suburbs of St. Louis had a rude awakening when scientists discovered that the school grounds had “unacceptable” levels of radioactive contamination, according to a recent independent report by the Boston Chemical Data Corporation, a company that specializes in environmental testing. Worst of all, the contamination dates back… Continue reading Radioactive Waste From Manhattan Project Found at Elementary School
Elon Musk Reportedly Thought His Ex-Girlfriend Might Have Been a Simulation
“Musk has this theory of her that she’s not real.” Girlfriend Simulation Which is worse: the concept that Elon Musk thought his now-ex and acclaimed musician Claire “Grimes” Boucher was a simulation of his “perfect companion” — or that she agreed with him? That sci-fi-inspired question is at the heart of one of the weirder anecdotes from… Continue reading Elon Musk Reportedly Thought His Ex-Girlfriend Might Have Been a Simulation