A lesser talked-about moment from Ethan's recent ContentCop meltdown... was when world-renowned female respecter Ethan Klein inducted Anisa into the prestigious "Dumb-B*tch" club Anisa joins Denims, a random Redditor, that TikToker who harmlessly joked about his tattoo & many more!show more

I'd like to pay my respects to crypto.Darren🪝 🏴‍☠️... who we lost yesterday. I spoke with Darren many times over the last couple of years about XRP, crypto, and life in general. He was the ultimate gentleman and scholar. What exemplifies Darren more than anything, I think, is when his crypto got hacked a couple months ago and he lost almost everything; his first instinct was to post about how it happened so that no one else would make the same mistake. That was his nature. Darren had great enthusiasm for privacy and liberty. He educated people, including me, about privacy, defi, and above all, Liberty. He never wavered from those ideals for a quick buck (and he had many opportunities). He brought a lot of people into this space with his well-researched videos and commentary. The XRP and crypto community really lost a good one yesterday. RIP Darren Moore, and thank you sir.show more

There’s a lot being said about Charles Hoskinson right... now. I don’t deal in noise, I look at actions. When Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina and communications went down, Charles Hoskinson didn’t hesitate. He made his Black Hawk available so World Mobile could deploy AirNodes into areas completely cut off from the world. I know, because I was on that aircraft helping organize the mission. People weren’t debating decentralization theory that day. They just needed connection. And they got it. Hundreds were brought back online when nothing else was working. That moment is what birthed Hoskilien. $HSKN isn’t just a meme — it’s rooted in real-world impact.show more

You can't put into words what Paul Mullin means... to Wrexham. For all his heroics on the pitch, he transcended it through his connection with the fans and the community. He gave his all for the club and delivered when it mattered the most, time and time again. The type of goalscorer a generation was told about but had never seen themselves. The man who turned us all into believers and made those dreams come true. A victim of his own success, he propelled us up the leagues so quickly that we didn't get to enjoy him long enough. To do what he did while missing two pre-seasons is absurd. Most of all, he is a great person. Someone who always puts his family first and stands up for what he believes in. A working-class lad from Litherland, who became a global star. A true Wrexham legend and one of the very best to ever wear the shirt 👑 #WxmAFCshow more

some reflections from wonbin during recent fansigns... lately, he’s... been so vulnerable about his growth and journey since debut. it’s heart-wrenching yet so meaningful to see him open up about his worries like this. during the fansign yesterday, he asked, “what i want to say might sound boring, but since you’ve seen me for a long time, what do you think of me now? am i different? have i changed?” he was clearly looking for reassurance from a fan who has been there since day one. he brought it up again during today’s fansign. he mentioned that while there are many new briize, he was specifically curious about the thoughts of the fans who have been watching him since debut. it’s clear how much he values the perspective of those who’ve witnessed his growth. wonbin… if the path you were taking was wrong, i wouldn’t love you this much, so please don't worry! seeing him so introspective only proves how much he cares about his sincerity. he hasn’t changed, he just continues to grow into the person we were always so proud to support 🩷show more

🙏🙏 At thirty thousand feet, with only minutes left... to live, a 27-year-old woman chose love over terror. Her name was Honour Elizabeth Wainio, and just days earlier she had been savoring the happiest journey of her life-attending a wedding in Italy, wandering the streets of Paris, and lighting a candle for her grandmother in a quiet church. She told her mother that seeing Paris made her feel complete, as if she could face anything afterward. On the morning of September 11, 2001, she boarded a routine business flight to San Francisco for a work meeting, unaware that her life was about to become part of history. When the aircraft was hijacked, panic swept the cabin. Passengers quickly realized this was not a situation that would end safely on a runway. In the middle of that chaos, Honour reached for an onboard phone and called her stepmother. For more than four minutes, she spoke with astonishing calm. She did not dwell on fear or plead for rescue. Instead, she spoke about gratitude, about family, and about how deeply she loved the people who had shaped her life. Her final words were simple and unadorned: that the hijackers were breaking into the cockpit, and that she loved them. Those words, recorded in real time, became a lasting testament to her character. Through phone calls like hers, passengers learned the truth about the other attacks already unfolding that morning. Together, they understood what their flight had become and what was at stake. They talked, made a decision, and acted. Their attempt to regain control forced the plane down into a field in Pennsylvania, preventing it from reaching its intended target in Washington. Honour, a Towson University graduate, a devoted baseball fan, a daughter, sister, and friend, was among the forty who died that day. A scholarship now bears her name, honoring the compassion she showed when it mattered most. Her story endures as proof that even in humanity's darkest moments, courage and love can still rise.show more

🌊 Facts about Phoebe Tonkin many people don't know:... • She was only a teenager when she became famous as Cleo Sertori in H2O: Just Add Water. • Before becoming Hayley Marshall in The Vampire Diaries and The Originals, she was already a huge star in Australia. • She's a trained dancer and started dancing at a very young age. • Phoebe is one of the few actresses who successfully played a mermaid, a witch, and a werewolf across different hit TV shows.😳 • Her role as Hayley Marshall turned her into one of the most loved female characters in The Originals universe. • Many fans don't realize that her breakthrough role was Cleo Sertori, not Hayley. • She remains close friends with fellow H2O star Claire Holt years after the show ended. From Cleo Sertori 🧜‍♀️ to Hayley Marshall 🐺—which Phoebe Tonkin role is your favorite?👇show more

Facial reconstruction of a 3,600-year-old Mycenaean Greek In the... middle of the 20th century, archaeologists discovered in Mycenae Grave Circle B, another royal cemetery that preceded Grave Circle A. The burial complex was discovered accidentally in 1951 when workers were excavating a nearby 13th-century BCE tomb known as the Tomb of Clytemnestra. Grave Circle B consists of 26 graves, dated to 1675–1550 BC, including 14 shaft graves. The shafts, up to 12 meters deep, were marked by burial mounds or stone stelae. The cemetery was probably used for about 100 years. The remains of 35 individuals were found in the graves. The large number of undisturbed graves allowed archaeologists to gain insight into the life of the Mycenaean elite of that time. In the women’s graves, many ornaments were found: earrings, necklaces, and gold and silver pins. Alongside the male skeletons were swords, daggers, and arrowheads; men’s clothing was decorated with gold. In one of the graves, a helmet made entirely of boar’s tusks was discovered. There are more female skeletons than male ones, and overall the female burials are richer. A unique find is a posthumous mask made of electrum, which was not placed on the deceased’s face but kept in a wooden box beside him. Another interesting artifact is a duck-shaped bowl made of rock crystal. Unlike the remains from Grave Circle A, the skeletons from the burials of Grave Circle B are well preserved. The bones of the men show traces of combat injuries, suggesting that some of these individuals likely died in battle. As early as the 1950s, it was suggested that members of several (probably four) noble families were buried in Cemetery B over 3–4 generations. To test this hypothesis, in 1995 anthropologists reconstructed faces from seven skulls found in the burials. Researchers discovered a clear resemblance between two individuals — Z59 and F51 — and divided the seven buried individuals into three groups: “heart-shaped,” “elongated,” and “beak-shaped” faces. In 2008, a genetic study was conducted on 22 skeletons from Grave Circle A. Samples were taken from mandibles and clavicles. Mitochondrial DNA was successfully obtained from four individuals, showing that a man and woman from the same grave (where the posthumous mask was found) were brother and sister. Researchers believe that both men and women of the royal lineage in this ancient society inherited power by right of birth. The skull of an individual from grave Sigma (Σ131) is particularly well preserved. It is the only one in which the lower jaw was present. It is believed that he may have been the founder of the dynasty that established this cemetery, since his grave is one of the earliest in Circle B. There were no pottery or metal objects in his grave, but the burial was marked by a large heap of stones. The anthropologist Lawrence Angel reckoned that he lived to be about 55 years old, judging from the exostoses on his shoulders and feet. Although today these would not be considered precise indicators of age—and his dental age may have been slightly younger than 55—he was still the oldest of all those buried in Circle B. Angel described him as a massively built man, big enough to draw attention in a crowd, and estimated his height at 1.75 m. He suffered from osteoporosis and had a large abscess above the upper right permanent lateral incisor.show more

Deputy Todd Frazier was driving through a rural road... in Mississippi when he noticed a car sitting in the dark, lights off. Something didn't feel right. He stopped to check. As he approached, he saw a man inside. Just a routine welfare check... until everything changed. Out of nowhere, two more men rushed from the bushes. It was an ambush. Frazier was dragged toward the woods, beaten, outnumbered, with no backup in sight. In those seconds, things could have ended very differently. But he managed to do one thing. He hit his key fob. Inside the patrol vehicle, his K-9 partner Lucas was waiting. A Belgian Malinois trained for moments exactly like this. The door opened. Lucas didn't hesitate. He sprinted straight into the darkness toward the struggle. No fear. No pause. Just instinct and loyalty. Within seconds, he engaged one of the attackers. The entire situation flipped. The men, caught off guard, panicked... and ran. Just like that, the ambush was over. Both Frazier and Lucas were injured that night. But they made it out alive. And Frazier has never been unclear about why. "He saved my life." Lucas was later honored as Hero of the Year by the Brookhaven Animal League Rescue. But awards don't really explain what happened out there. In that moment, it wasn't about training. It was about a dog who chose to run toward danger... when everyone else ran away. And that made all the difference. 🙏🐕🙏show more

Angelina Jolie has spoken about her recent visit to... Ukraine, sharing footage from Mykolaiv and Kherson The video shows air raid sirens and a memorial lined with portraits of fallen defenders. Jolie wrote that she met with families living on the front line, constantly under the threat of drone attacks. Locals, she said, call it a “human safari.” “There was a moment when we had to stop and wait for a drone to pass overhead. For me, it lasted only a couple of days — for them, it’s their entire life,” she said. The actress noted that residents are moving schools and kindergartens into basements so that children can keep learning despite fear and exhaustion. In her post, Jolie called on world leaders to use their diplomatic power to protect civilians in Ukraine and other countries suffering from war.show more

Mamdani Ignores 9/11 Families’ Clear Request Hundreds of 9/11... victims’ relatives have asked NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani to stay away from the 25th anniversary ceremony at Ground Zero. They describe his presence as that of an “unwelcome guest” at a sacred gathering. When asked Monday about their plea, Mamdani read from a prepared script: “I will proudly honor the families, the survivors, the first responders forever impacted by that horrific terror attack by standing alongside them… reaffirming that we will never forget.” (Video: AI) Giovanni Galante, whose wife Grace was killed that day, spoke for many when he said: “This day is sacred to us. It is not political… His presence would be deeply hurtful and inappropriate.” The families who lost the most have spoken. Their wishes deserve more than a scripted reply.show more

CONTEXT MATTERS!!! A lot has been said about Yusuf’s... diary session, particularly his comment that his previous connections were good people, but he felt they lacked “depth.” But before you judge his words, watch the clips. Here is Yusuf having a genuine conversation with the same people he spoke about in his Diary Session. He listened, engaged and shared parts of his own life, just like everyone else in the house does. And then watch the second clip. Yusuf is literally being mimicked and mocked by Bells while sitting right there. Imagine opening up about your life and your experiences, only for those same experiences to become something someone uses to ridicule you. So when Biggie asked Yusuf about his connections in the house, what exactly was he supposed to call that? Was he supposed to pretend everything was perfect? Was he supposed to describe a connection as deep when he personally didn't feel that depth? Yusuf was answering a question about HIS experience. He never said they were bad people. In fact, he specifically acknowledged that they were good people. He simply said he didn't enjoy having certain conversations with them because he felt they didn't connect with him on a deeper level. And somehow, that has been twisted into Yusuf believing he is better than everyone else. It is even more painful because Yusuf has never pretended to come from a life of privilege. When these Housemates sit down and talk about their lives, their families, their relationships, their struggles and their experiences, Yusuf is allowed to talk about his own life too. If your life has been easier, beautiful. If you have had opportunities Yusuf didn't have, beautiful. If you didn't have to struggle for certain things, you are blessed. But please don't assume that because you didn't experience something, somebody else must be lying about experiencing it. Yusuf has spoken about where he comes from because it is part of his story. He has spoken about the struggles, the sacrifices, the auditions, the doors that didn't open and the few that finally did. He even spoke about getting an audition with Ruth Kadiri in March and how that opportunity became significant in his journey. He isn't saying he suffered the most. He is saying, “This is MY story.” And nobody should have to apologise for telling their own story simply because someone else finds it uncomfortable. Yusuf came into Biggie’s House with a dream. A dream to be seen, to showcase his talent and to change his circumstances. He isn't asking for pity. He is asking for a chance. So before you judge his words, watch the context. Before you call him arrogant, watch what happened before that Diary Session. Before you decide that his story is a lie, remember that you were not there for the life he lived before Biggie’s House. Let Yusuf be Yusuf. And Yusfuls, if you believe he deserves the opportunity to keep telling his story and fighting for the future he dreams of, KEEP VOTING. We are not here to compete over who suffered the most. We are here to make sure Yusuf's journey doesn't end here. 🎥: Big Brother Naija #YusufMuhammad #BBNaijashow more

More revelations are coming out about Jim Goad, including... the revelation that the criticism people leveled at him online---including myself---may have played a role in the crushing depression that led him to take his own life. In his podcast yesterday memorializing Goad, Gavin McInnes states that he believes Goad's 2024 debate with Owen Benjamin broke Goad mentally. Not only is he visibly tired and flustered during the debate, Benjamin accused Goad of abandoning his severely autistic son. According to McInnes, after the debate, Goad told McInnes, "He's right. I did abandon my son." Apparently this was the first time Goad ever conceded that one of his critics was right about him. McInnes---a close friend of Goad's---also claims "in many ways, he was already dead. Last time I spoke to him, I had solutions to his problems, but he wasn't interested." I was the one who discovered what Goad did to his son all the way back in 2018; around the time of the infamous Luke Ford stream (where me, Nick Fuentes, Baked Alaska, and a bunch of others clowned on Goad for hours), a local Atlanta TV station ran a story about how Goad's then ten-year-old son had formed a bond with a local Santa. Goad had split up with his wife Shannon some years before, admitting in one of his podcasts that he was the one who filed for divorce. Goad was so angered by this expose that he recorded and published a phone call with his ex-wife where he refuted the idea that he was a "deadbeat dad." Nobody accused him of being a deadbeat. He was accused of abandoning his disabled son to be raised in a broken home. Goad's self-image of a dedicated truth-telling emotionally unaffected loner and his critics being jilted fans was a carefully constructed lie. He was extremely sensitive to criticism and carefully curated his online image. This included trying to deplatform his critics (as he tried to do to me; in addition to false-flagging my YouTube channel, he successfully got me banned from Medium and may have gotten my website taken down in 2019 through false reports to my webhost), viciously attacking anyone who criticized him even mildly, no matter how obscure they were (as Andy Nowicki reveals in a recent video), and manipulating others into defending him publicly. If you ever got into an online argument with Jim Goad and he felt like he was losing (aka every argument), you'd immediately get dogpiled by a bunch of his friends and exes backing him up. Goad even severed relationships with people he felt were insufficiently willing to defend his honor. For years, he bragged that my ex Ann Sterzinger was going to write a tell-all book about me that would completely destroy my reputation, most recently in a 2022 podcast with Greg Johnson (I believe he ALSO brought it up in an 2023 interview with Ethan Ralph, but don't quote me on that). Sterzinger confessed in private messages that Goad pushed her to write the book to "save his reputation" and became violently angry with her when she never finished it. She also denounced him as a narcissist following the end of their friendship, accused him of lying, said he would complain about "how the fame he pretends he never really wanted never really came his way," and claimed that in 2018, he manipulated her into "pretend[ing] to be OK after being raped" so he could use her as a weapon in his upcoming "debate" with me. Sterzinger also admits that Goad would privately shit-talk his supposed "friends," claiming he shit-talked Gavin McInnes to her and shit-talked her to McInnes. This is corroborated by emails I exchanged with Goad's former friend/co-host Keith Lee. Keith also stated back in 2018 that Goad was "losing control" due to his inability to curate how he was perceived online. Does any of this diminish Goad's influence as a writer? No. But the reality that he lied about himself and others constantly and sought to destroy anyone who criticized him was a consistent feature of his personality. The fact that me and others may have played a role in his depression and suicide makes me feel terrible, even if I was justified in attacking him for what he tried to do to me. I discussed this with a friend and he hypothesized that as Goad's health worsened, it stripped him of his usual coping mechanisms and forced him to confront his personal traumas and lifelong abusive behavior, and he simply couldn't cope. The real bomb in his brain was not his tumor, but his guilt. In any event, if there's an afterlife, I hope he's found some peace.show more

I genuinely cannot understand how someone can watch this... story and still stand there, looking at two women, and somehow decide that the wrong one is the victim. On one side, you have a girl (Yıldız) who has been mistreated her entire life. Since the moment she was born, she was treated like a sacrifice for a conflict she was never even part of and later we find out that this conflict never even existed. Her right to study was taken from her. She was pushed into a marriage at a very young age just imagine being six, seven, eight years old, living in fear of being tied to someone you don’t even know. She was treated like a servant in her own home, by the very people she thought were her family. And just when she gets close to the happiness she dreamed of, the man she was engaged to shows up with another wife. She gets mistreated by that wife, by his family, and even (unintentionally) by him, because he was trying to run away from his own feelings, and that only caused her more heartbreak. The whole world was literally against her. She fought through all of that, only to find out in the end that everything she suffered for was based on something that wasn’t even real. Her entire life was built on a lie. That she isn’t even part of that family that she has literally no one in this world. Now on the other side… You have a girl (Melek) who, yes, was taken from her biological mother but she was raised by loving parents. She had everything anyone could wish for: education, freedom, a happy childhood, a healthy environment. She lived her life, fell in love, went out, made choices and no one questioned her, no one controlled her. And then what did she do? She found out that her man was engaged to another woman before marrying her (and even saw him marry her) and instead of holding on to her dignity, she chose to stay, to fight for a man who lied to her, to hold onto a marriage he tried to end multiple times. She used her unborn child to keep him tied to her. She lied constantly, and her excuse was that she was “protecting her marriage” a marriage that was already broken from the moment Serhat removed that ring at the airport in episode one. She tried to hand Yıldız (a woman who had already suffered enough) over to dangerous people. Then she found out the truth about her own birth (that her father ra*ped her mother.)And still no empathy. No moment of humanity toward her own mother. All she cared about was herself. And even though none of this had anything to do with Yıldız, she still found a way to blame it on her. Instead of holding her father accountable, she went and made a deal with him to get rid of Yıldız. She literally made a deal with the devil just to hurt Yıldız one more time. And after all of that… you want me to feel sorry for her? You want me to call her a victim? I honestly cannot believe we are living on the same planet with people who see this and still say, “she’s the victim.” Not morally. Not logically. Not emotionally. There is no world where this makes sense. It’s like watching someone clearly cause harm, and still calling them the victim and actually BELIEVING it. #HalefKöklerinÇağrısıshow more

Good morning, real ducks and just good people. Quack... Heads from Wallchain Quacks is more than an NFT, and with time that becomes clearer. Some mornings feel ordinary, but some remind you why you chose to stay where you are. Today is one of those days. In crypto, too many collections live through one headline and disappear with it. Quack Heads belongs to a different category. This is not about a picture. This is not about flipping. This is about belonging. 1,999 NFTs. Around 4% currently listed. In a market where people rush to sell on the first move, that matters. It shows conviction, not scarcity. Behind every Quack Head stands someone who stayed when it was hard and the community did not give up. Someone who kept showing up, participating, supporting. Someone who did not wait for headlines to act. More than 1,000 holders in Telegram. That is not just a chat, that is an environment. Ideas are discussed, projects are supported, connections are built. It is a living community, not a random set of avatars. Quack Heads became a symbol of involvement inside Wallchain. It represents long term positioning. It reflects people who understand that consistency compounds. In a space where attention shifts in seconds, holding your position is already a strategy. That is why Quack Heads is more than an NFT. This text is not paid. No one pays me at all)))show more

For me, a small gesture in this brief video... shows what kind of person Pope Francis was. Last summer, Pope Francis was reported to have used an Italian-language slur for LGBTQ people and made some negative comments about gay priests. It seemed so out of character with the person I knew, had met and corresponded with, and who had always expressed his desire to care for LGBTQ people pastorally. Not long after these reports, in June, I was at the Vatican, having helped to arrange a papal audience for comedians. A few days before that audience, I met with the Holy Father at the Casa Santa Marta and we talked about his comments. For me, it was hard to bring up the topic, but a cardinal friend of mine encouraged me. But Pope Francis seemed eager to talk about it and told me he knew many holy and faithful gay seminarians and priests, and encouraged me to share his comments publicly, which I did (after asking him a few times exactly how to word it). And it turned out that he didn’t realize how offensive the slur was and said he’d never use it again. After that, the conversation turned to other, more relaxed, matters: the US church, the Synod, and so on. It happened to be the 25th anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood and so before leaving Casa Santa Marta, I knelt down and he blessed me. As always, it was a great gift to be with him. A few days later, at the papal audience for comedians, along with the rest of the guests, I was invited up to greet the Holy Father in the Sala Clementina, which was captured in this video. You can see that I thank him for inviting me and my laughing because we joked about my being a "famous American comedian." I start to leave, since I know he’s busy, but then he gently pulls me back and surprised me by thanking me for our conversation a few days earlier. He said that he needed to hear that and was grateful for our conversation and then gave me a thumbs up. Afterwards, I thought: Who does that? What world leader thanks someone for a challenging conversation? For me, that small gesture says a great deal about Pope Francis’s humility, openness and freedom, as well his willingness to listen and learn. Weren’t we blessed to have him in our midst?show more

Good morning to everyone in Massachusetts who would like... Senator Warren to show us where she got her money. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s latest crusade has taken a turn she did not expect. After loudly demanding that JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon testify under oath about Jeffrey Epstein’s finances and declaring that she always says to follow the money, the spotlight has swung right back onto her. Critics were quick to point out that Warren has reportedly accepted more than 800 thousand dollars from companies tied to Big Pharma. So, when she tells the country to follow the money, many are now asking whether she is willing to apply that same standard to her own fundraising. What started as an aggressive attack has turned into a moment that raises tough questions about consistency, credibility, and whether Warren’s moral high ground is as solid as she claims.show more

In fifteen years of nursing I've watched countless patients... say goodbye to the people they love — but I'd never seen a goodbye like the one in that dim hospital room at 2 a.m., when a dying old man reached a trembling hand down to the dog they'd smuggled in for him, rested it on that grey head, and whispered four words I'll never forget: "Don't leave me, boy." His name was Frank, eighty-four, and he'd come to us in his final decline with almost no one. A widower. His kids scattered across the country, one on a plane that wouldn't land in time. He wasn't afraid, the way some are. He was just… alone, in that particular way that breaks a nurse's heart no matter how many times you see it. He talked about one thing more than any other. Not his children. Not the past. A dog. An old shepherd mix named Duke he'd had for twelve years, who was staying with a neighbor while Frank was in the hospital. "Is Duke okay?" he'd ask. "Somebody's feeding Duke?" Over and over. That dog was clearly the great love of his quiet later years. On his last night, when it was clear he had hours and not days, I made a call I probably shouldn't have. I phoned that neighbor at midnight. And bless her, she got in her car and brought Duke to the hospital, and we quietly walked that old dog up the back way and into Frank's dim room. Duke went straight to the bed like he'd been looking for it his whole life. He put his front paws up on the mattress and pushed his big grey head against Frank's side, and the old man — who'd barely moved in a day — slowly, slowly lifted one shaking hand and laid it on the dog's head. His eyes were wet. His voice was barely there. But we all heard it. "There you are," he breathed. "Don't leave me, boy. Stay with your old man." Duke let out a low sound and pressed closer, and he did not move from that bed. And what happened in the hours after is something none of us on that floor have ever been able to talk about without our voices giving out.show more