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News Links for the Week: Woman accused of stealing motorized Publix shopping cart to drive herself to appointment: https://wsvn.com/news/local/florida/woman-accused-of-stealing-motorized-publix-shopping-cart-to-drive-herself-to-appointment/ California police pull over a self-driving Waymo for an illegal U-turn, but they can't ticket: https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/california-police-pull-over-se...

News Stories for the Week: George Zinn, elderly rabble-rouser who falsely claimed he shot Charlie Kirk, is hit with child porn charges: https://nypost.com/2025/09/16/us-news/george-zinn-old-man-who-falsely-claimed-he-shot-charlie-kirk-arrested-on-child-porn-charges/ Visit our brand spanking new home on the web @ www.earthoddity.net !!! This episode is brought to you in part by "Adventures in the B...

News Links for the Week: Vegan firefighter’s first blaze involves 40,000 pounds of ribeye steaks: https://tribune.net.ph/2025/08/21/vegan-firefighters-first-blaze-involves-40000-pounds-of-ribeye-steaks The new dating term 'Shrekking' sounds innocent. It's not what you think: https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/08/21/shrekking-dating-term-relationships-explained/85753076007/ Ja...

News Links for the Week: FDA warns public not to eat possibly radioactive shrimp sold at Walmart: https://abcnews.go.com/US/fda-warns-public-eat-possibly-radioactive-shrimp-sold/story?id=124780934 'Tradwife', 'delulu' and 'skibidi' among new words added to Cambridge Dictionary: https://news.sky.com/story/tradwife-delulu-and-skibidi-among-new-words-added-to-cambridge-dictionary-13412150 Visit our b...

News Links for the Week: Elmo Hacked – Calls Trump ‘CHILD F*****’ in Profane Epstein Posts: ‘RELEASE THE FILES!’: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/elmo-hacked-calls-trump-child-f-in-profane-epstein-posts-release-the-files/ Baby girl grows 'micropenis' from lying on dad’s bare chest as doctor shares warning: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/baby-girl-grows-micropenis-lying-35545627 Me...

News Links for the Week: Trump says he plans to host UFC fight at the White House: https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/03/politics/trump-ufc-fight-white-house Business owner used 1.8 million credit card points to handle tariff costs: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-tariffs-american-express-points/ Chinese Inventor Builds Motorized Bed on Wheels so He Never Has to Leave It: https://www.utubepublisher.in...

News Links for the Week: New ChatGPT model refuses to shut down when instructed: https://www.the-independent.com/tech/ai-safety-new-chatgpt-o3-openai-b2757814.html Ex-flight attendant caught smuggling 100 lbs. of deadly new drug made of human bones faces decades in prison: https://nypost.com/2025/05/25/world-news/ex-flight-attendant-caught-smuggling-drug-made-of-human-bones/ After winning a $5M lo...

News Links for the Week: Florida man arrested for having 3 wives in 3 different counties: https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/i-team-investigates/florida-man-arrested-for-having-3-wives-in-3-different-counties Kentucky man who won $167.3M on Powerball arrested, accused of kicking Florida officer: https://www.wlky.com/article/kentucky-man-won-powerball-arrested-kicking-florida-officer/646...

News Links for the Week: Vance says it’s ‘pretty crazy’ he met pope right before he died: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5263090-vice-president-vance-pope-francis-meeting/ NASA offers $3M for invention to recycle 96 bags of astronaut poop left on the moon: https://nypost.com/2025/04/09/us-news/nasa-offers-3m-to-recycle-96-bags-of-astronaut-feces-left-on-the-moon/ What is the chicken j...

News Links for the Week: A biotech company says it has bred three pups with traits of the extinct dire wolf: https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/nx-s1-5355686/dire-wolf-extinct-colossal-biosciences Visit our brand spanking new home on the web @ www.earthoddity.net !!! This episode is brought to you in part by "Adventures in the Bible". Follow Todd on Facebook, Tic Tok, and everywhere else! Special than...

News Links for the Week: Kermit the Frog to speak at University of Maryland commencement: https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/higher-education/kermit-university-of-maryland-graduation-BBSRCC5VFVDBBD5OXUZTHE3GXI/ University graduate returns book to school's library after 64 years: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/17/canada-University-British-Columbia-graduate-library-book-64-years/2231...

News Links for the Week: Scientists aiming to bring back woolly mammoth create woolly mice: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/04/genetically-modified-woolly-mice-mammoth The U.S. is making more seizures of illegal eggs than fentanyl at its Canadian and Mexican borders: https://thelogic.co/news/canada-us-trade-war-eggs-fentanyl/ Pokémon-shaped Cheeto sells for $88K at auction: https://ww...

New Links for the Week: Bank accidentally credits customer with $81 trillion instead of $280: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/02/28/bank-accidentally-credits-customer-with-81-trillion-instead/ Salinas teacher to return to class after allegedly trying to sell 'test-enhancing pills' to students: https://www.ksbw.com/article/salinas-teacher-sell-test-pills-students-feb-20/63859443 Student w...

Visit our brand spanking new home on the web @ www.earthoddity.net !!! This episode is brought to you in part by "Adventures in the Bible". Follow Todd on Facebook, Tic Tok, and everywhere else! Special thanks to Silencyde for providing the music! Check out his music on Soundcloud here: https://soundcloud.com/silencyde or on his YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/Silencyde and on F...

News Links for the Week: The Greek Orthodox Monk Who Died Without Ever Seeing a Woman: https://greekreporter.com/2024/11/07/greek-orthodox-monk-never-see-woman/ Astronomers just deleted an asteroid because it turned out to be Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster: https://www.astronomy.com/science/astronomers-just-deleted-an-asteroid-because-it-turned-out-to-be-elon-musks-tesla-roadster/ Visit our brand span...

No News this Week, just an outlet for John's deepest thoughts and opinions! Visit our brand spanking new home on the web @ www.earthoddity.net !!! This episode is brought to you in part by "Adventures in the Bible". Follow Todd on Facebook, Tic Tok, and everywhere else! Special thanks to Silencyde for providing the music! Check out his music on Soundcloud here: https://soundcloud.com/silencyde or...

News Links for the Week: Drones over New Jersey- A month later, what we know: https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jersey/2024/12/22/drones-over-new-jersey-banned-faa-is-it-illegal-to-shoot-drones-yes-faa-ufos/77105582007/ Dog finds human leg bone in Birmingham after dragging homicide victim’s skull home: https://www.al.com/news/2024/12/dog-finds-human-leg-bone-in-birmingham-af...

News Links for the Week: NBA legend Scottie Pippen says Bitcoin whale Satoshi spoke to him 'in a dream' saying price would hit $84K: https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/nba-legend-scottie-pippen-bitcoin-whale-satoshi-spoke-dream-saying-price-hit-84k ‘Defund the police’ activist goes viral after begging for help when everything she owned was stolen in San Francisco: ‘The cops didn’t do s—!’: https://...

News Links for the Week: More escaped monkeys captured as lawmaker slams lab's negligence: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/more-escaped-monkeys-captured-as-lawmaker-slams-labs-negligence/ar-AA1u1nbZ The Onion wins auction for Alex Jones' media company: https://www.npr.org/2024/11/14/nx-s1-5189399/alex-jones-auction-infowars-bankruptcy-sandy-hook Teacher claims sexual harassment after student hug...

News Links for the Week: Harris botched interview with Muslim influencer by celebrating ‘bacon’ as ‘a spice’: https://nypost.com/2024/11/04/us-news/harris-botched-interview-with-muslim-influencer-by-celebrating-bacon-as-a-spice/ Air Force overpaid nearly 8,000% for soap dispensers on military aircraft, watchdog report says: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/air-force-overpaid-8000-percent-soap-dispense...

News Links for the Week: Trump sways and bops to music for 39 minutes in bizarre town hall episode: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-sways-and-bops-to-music-for-39-minutes-in-unusual-town-hall-episode/ar-AA1sha0E 1st preserved dinosaur butthole is 'perfect' and 'unique,' paleontologist says: https://www.livescience.com/first-dinosaur-butthole-found.html Al Pacino says 'it's fun' to be...

News Links for the Week: Lisa Marie Presley Kept Her Dead Son’s Body in House For Two Months: https://www.thedailybeast.com/lisa-marie-presley-kept-dead-sons-body-in-house-for-two-months Self-described Nazi becomes first in Australian state of Victoria to be convicted over Nazi salute: https://www.yahoo.com/news/self-described-nazi-becomes-first-020055854.html UK Woman Receives Reply To Job Applic...

News Links for the Week: Police say a pair took an NYC subway train on a joyride and crashed it: https://apnews.com/article/subway-joyride-crash-new-york-b61ed588ccef4e002a5d125b3cd75a50 Pastor Claims 'Witchcraft' To Blame For Donald Trump's Bad Debate: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pastor-claims-donald-trump-kamala-harris-debate_n_66e29faee4b02a333c0ae610 Disney trips meant for homeless NYC stud...

News Links for the Week: UK's first 'teacherless' AI classroom set to open in London: https://news.sky.com/story/uks-first-teacherless-ai-classroom-set-to-open-in-london-13200637 Arizona office worker found dead in a cubicle 4 days after last scanning in: https://apnews.com/article/office-worker-dies-arizona-5f8a38e4b1929740d931482132233966 A California town’s beloved 400-pound bear attacked a wom...

News Links for the Week: Secret Service apologizes after breaking into Massachusetts salon to use bathroom before Harris fundraiser: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/secret-service-apologizes-after-breaking-massachusetts-salon-use-bathroom-before-harris-fundraiser They went to space for eight days - and could be stuck until 2025: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4yqepr469o Chicago woman gets ni...