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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has once again become a meme online after a picture on Tuesday showed the statesman with a shopping bag simply labeled as "Shirts."

A TikTok video trending on Reddit shows a bystander defending a Walmart employee from a disrespectful male Karen, who later coughs in his direction.

If you’ve been following MC Hammer—the rapper best known for hits like “U Can’t Touch This” and “2 Legit 2 Quit”—on Twitter for a while, you might be somewhat aware that he’s really gotten into sharing his thoughts on the philosophy of science, which is a branch of philosophy that focuses on how philosophy relates to both science and the truth. But MC Hammer’s latest musings have gone beyond the crossroads between MC Hammer fans and philosophers, showing us a different side in the process.

After years of rumors and guessing games, Vanity Fair just published an inside look at what happened behind the scenes of Justice League.

Nearly a year into the pandemic, COVID-19 has entered the festival circuit.

The phrase “blocking out the sun” conjures up all manner of horrors, from the smoke and ash of a nuclear winter wiping us all out to Mr. Burns putting up a giant metal disc and plunging Springfield into darkness on The Simpsons. But for a group of researchers at Harvard, it might hold the key to reversing the damage caused by climate change. Called the “Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment,” or “SCoPEx,” the project involves reflecting back UV rays from the sun by using a balloon dispensing a small cloud of chalk particles... Читать дальше...

Internet users are trying to track down a man who flashed a “white power” hand symbol at a task force for missing indigenous people in Oklahoma City. 

It was kind of like old times on Twitter on Monday. The term "witch hunt" was trending on Twitter, thanks to a statement from former President Trump with outrageous claims, an all-caps "NOT GUILTY," and even a salty nickname for a political opponent. But this all happened without Trump able to go to Twitter, instead relying on a longtime foil—CNN reporter Jim Acosta—to bring his message to Twitter for him.

Azealia Banks is once again under fire after she resorted to transphobic comments in response to followers who said she can’t assume a Jewish identity just because she’s engaged to a Jewish man.  

Last Tuesday, an 18-year-old Black man was arrested in Plano, Texas, walking home from his Wal-Mart job late at night, after an encounter with police officers escalated. The story has taken several turns over the last six days, including the Plano Police Department releasing body cam video of the event.

A recently surfaced video shows a Domino’s Pizza employee having a breakdown after realizing that he didn't receive a tip on a delivery made in the pouring rain.

On Monday, the internet was abuzz with Meghan McCain's remarks that Dr. Anthony Fauci should be replaced with someone who understands science because she doesn't know when she's getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

A lead designer for the highly anticipated (and highly controversial) game Hogwarts Legacy is coming under fire for several years-old videos in which he complains about feminism, expressed support for Gamergate, and defended alleged serial sexual harassers like former Pixar head John Lasseter.