Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, the first Palestinian-American woman ever elected to Congress, appeared on Yahoo’s “Skullduggery” podcast on Friday. During the discussion, she commented on the Holocaust and how it relates to the neverending conflict between Jews and Palestinians in Israel. Anyone who reads the entire comment can easily see that Tlaib was simply…
Read moreBridezilla enforces ugly $1,000 dress code based on weight. That's not even the worst part.
Whenever I think I’ve read or witnessed the most extreme wedding stipulations, another unhinged bride pops out of the abyss to remind us all that life is limitless — a true hell of your own making. One bride-to-be’s dystopian wedding vision has taken the internet by storm due to its particularly nauseating combination of fatphobia and…
Read moreBill Gates has five books he thinks you should read this summer.
One of the most important benefits of reading is being able to borrow someone else’s brain for a while. Even the brilliant philanthropist, entrepreneur, and programmer Bill Gates needs to get out of his own melon as often as he can by picking up a good book. Gates is a voracious reader who goes through…
Read moreHow your employer uses perks like wellness programs, phones and free food to control your life
Companies offer all sorts of benefits and extras to attract the most favored workers, from health care and stock options to free food. But all those perks come at a price: your freedom. There’s a reason labor historians call these perks “welfare capitalism,” a term that originated to describe company towns and their subsidized…
Read moreNever kill your houseplants again: This robot planter chases the sun and demands to be watered.
This one adorable robot that looks like it could get a standalone “Star Wars” film. Chinese roboticist and entrepreneur Sun Tianqi has created a six-legged spider-like robot whose sole mission in life is to care for a plant. The robot finds sunshine when the planet needs it and relaxes in the shade when it’s had enough. It…
Read moreLEGO is running 100 percent on renewable energy 3 years ahead of schedule.
Everyone knows that LEGO is all about building things. It turns out their magic extends brick by brick to positive systemic change. A few years ago, LEGO’s corporate side set an ambitious goal of making its production facilities run entirely on renewable energy with a plan of reaching those goals by 2022. That alone is…
Read moreMilla Jovovich bravely spoke out against newly-passed anti-choice laws by describing her ‘horrific’ abortion.
Two new abortion laws aimed to obliterate a woman’s right to choose have recently been passed in Alabama and Georgia. Earlier this month, Georgia’s governor Brian Kemp signed a bill that made abortion illegal as early as six weeks after conception. This week Alabama passed the strictest abortion law in the country. It outlaws abortion at any stage…
Read moreBorder agency tries to get sympathy for the hard work of separating families. They’re getting roasted instead.
The Trump Administration’s family separation policy at the U.S.-Mexico border was a disturbing chapter in American history. Over a little more than a year, 2,654 children were taken from their families and put in detention facilities while their parents were prosecuted and held in federal jails. Although President Trump signed an executive order in June 2018…
Read moreOne-Woman ‘Yeast Infection’ Protest Scares Away Anti-Planned Parenthood Demonstrators
The Planned Parenthood organ harvesting conspiracy parroted by the likes of Carly Fiorina—who claimed the organization was selling the “brains and other body parts” of aborted fetuses—has fueled anti-Planned Parenthood anger from the more riotous wings of the nation’s conservative constituency. The organization has faced threats of defunding by Congress and some hateful protests at…
Read moreAfter 7 years, California drought is officially over.
April showers bring May flowers. But in California’s case, heavy showers over a period of four months bring good news… and also flowers. Lots of flowers. This year, the spring in California is more glorious than ever before, because we went through a lot to get here. Since December 20, 2011, California had experienced some…
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