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Afghanistan

The Taliban Captured Lots of Very Expensive Aircraft in Kabul. None of Them Work.

“If anything captured at Kabul ever flies again I’d be truly shocked,” a former special forces soldier who fought in Afghanistan told VICE World News.
Mitchell Prothero
8.31.21
Tech news

Someone Bought a 'Banksy' NFT for $340K, But It's Fake

The NFT briefly appeared on Banksy's UK website and then disappeared, but not before someone splurged on the JPEG.
Jordan Pearson
8.31.21
climate change

The US Installed More Wind Energy Than Any Other Energy Source Last Year

Wind surpassed solar and natural gas in 2020. American wind turbines are getting bigger, more efficient, and are increasingly important to the grid.
Audrey Carleton
8.31.21
Ass

People Are Horny For This Thicc Blimp

Can you blame them?
Gita Jackson
8.31.21
TV

‘Really Love’ Is The Sexiest Movie You’ll Watch This Month

Kofi Siriboe and Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing play a fiery young Black couple whose insecurities tell the larger story of the wealth gap in Washington, D.C.
Kristin Corry
8.31.21
Crime

OnlyFans Model Murdered by Man Suspected to Be a Stranger 

Miss Mercedes Morr, a model on OnlyFans and Instagram, was found dead on Sunday in a suspected murder/suicide.
Samantha Cole
8.31.21
shopping-home

Backed Hard: The Best Stuff We (Actually) Bought in August

As summer 2021 winds down, we're appreciating Muppet history books, Stüssy shirts worthy of 90s-era Leo, and tape-free moving boxes.
Rec Room Staff
8.31.21
big telecom

How Big Telecom Killed Rules That Would Have Prevented Hurricane Ida Outages

Once again a lack of industry oversight and meaningful rules means the cellular industry wasn’t fully prepared for disaster.
Karl Bode
8.31.21
Ron DeSantis

Ron DeSantis Is Defunding 2 School Districts for Requiring Masks

Meanwhile, Florida is seeing its worst spike in COVID-19 cases among kids since the pandemic began.
Paul Blest
8.31.21
mexico

Mexico Embraces Afghan Refugees as Its Soldiers Beat Asylum Seekers Traveling by Caravan

An immigration official was caught stomping on the head of a Central American migrant twice in a video that circulated over the weekend.
Emily Green
8.31.21
High Octane
12:56

Florida's Illegal ATV Races

In this episode of ‘High Octane’, we’ll embed with an underground crew of ATV riders who set up illegal races on the highways that run near the Florida Everglades.
Podcasts

‘My Favorite Murder’ Fans Wonder If Their Hosts Will Ever Come Back

The hosts are taking a break for the summer, but a lack of communication has made the fandom panic.
Gita Jackson
8.31.21
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