20 Great, Cheap Kid-Friendly Gifts That Aren’t Video Games

Buying toys and games can be challenging because kids’ tastes change almost as quickly as trends do. And if you’re wanting to buy a present for a kid that isn’t a video game, things can become even more complicated. Don’t stress, though. We’ve put together a wonderful roundup of cheap gifts kids of all ages … Read more

No, ‘Leave the World Behind’ and ‘Civil War’ Aren’t Happening Before Your Eyes

Several people are typing, and they’re all saying Netflix’s Leave the World Behind is wildly prescient. The movie, directed by Sam Esmail, opens on a world where communication has been knocked out following a cyberattack. And earlier this week, when nearly all of Meta’s platforms—Facebook, Instagram, Threads—went down, people took to (other) social media platforms … Read more

Ben Carson slams squatter’s rights after New York family home taken over — warns America will be ‘destroyed from within’ if law-abiding citizens aren’t protected

‘We’ve lost our minds’: Ben Carson slams squatter’s rights after New York family home taken over — warns America will be ‘destroyed from within’ if law-abiding citizens aren’t protected When you spend millions of dollars buying your dream home, you naturally anticipate the freedom to live in it. Yet, the gap between expectation and reality … Read more

Cities Aren’t Prepared for a Crucial Part of Sea-Level Rise: They’re Also Sinking

Fighting off rising seas without reducing humanity’s carbon emissions is like trying to drain a bathtub without turning off the tap. But increasingly, scientists are sounding the alarm on yet another problem compounding the crisis for coastal cities: Their land is also sinking, a phenomenon known as subsidence. The metaphorical tap is still on—as rapid … Read more

NFL Prospect Tip Reiman Believer In ‘Birds Aren’t Real’ Movement

Former Illinois football star Tip Reiman had the most memorable quote of the NFL Combine so far … telling reporters he believes birds are not what they seem!! For those who aren’t in on the joke … the “Birds Aren’t Real” movement made waves a few years ago, when a guy named Peter McIndoe created … Read more

OG Ghostbusters Aren’t Just Fan Service in Frozen Empire, Says Director

Image: Sony/Columbia Pictures Once Star Wars: The Force Awakens brought back Luke, Han, and Leia to massive box office success, legacy sequels really started working overtime to keep the original (and available) franchise stars around when possible. Ghostbusters: Afterlife brought back the still-living Ghostbusters from the original two movies, and they’re back again alongside an … Read more

California’s top football players aren’t staying to play in college

There is a talent drain going on in California with the top recruits not staying to play college football in-state. Given that the state consistently turns out dozens of players each year that are Power Five quality athletes, it is shocking to see that just one of the top 10 recruits in the class of … Read more

Why Aren’t More People Watching ‘For All Mankind’?

The science fiction series For All Mankind, which recently wrapped up its fourth season on Apple TV+, explores an alternate timeline in which the United States and the Soviet Union establish a Mars colony in the 1990s. Science fiction editor John Joseph Adams was impressed with the series’ quality and ambition. “It’s a fantastic show,” … Read more

Iran’s Proxies Aren’t Really Proxies

U.S. airstrikes against 85 targets in Iraq and Syria on Friday and Houthi positions in Yemen on Saturday marked the “beginning, not the end of our response” to a drone attack late last month that killed three American troops in Jordan, national security advisor Jake Sullivan told NBC on Sunday. The top Biden Administration official … Read more