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The Riyadh Comedy Festival has ignited fierce controversy within the comedy world, exposing the uncomfortable truth about how easily principles can be abandoned for profit. Running from September 26th to October 9th in Saudi Arabia’s capital, the event featured dozens of prominent comedians who accepted payment from a regime notorious for human rights violations. Despite … Read more
Joe Rogan has never been one to shy away from controversial ideas, but his latest claim might be his most provocative yet. On a recent conversation with Jesse Michels, the comedian and UFC commentator declared that he believes humans were “genetically engineered” rather than products of simple natural selection, arguing that our evolutionary timeline simply … Read more
A social media influencer who flaunted luxury cars, exotic travel, and an “alpha male” lifestyle to millions of followers has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison after authorities discovered his glamorous image was built on fraudulent pandemic relief funds. Scott Lee Hus, 28, known online as J.R. Jo with over 3 million TikTok … Read more
The Oxford University Press has officially designated “rage bait” as its word of the year for 2025, marking another chapter in the dictionary’s ongoing documentation of how internet culture shapes our language. The term, which refers to content deliberately designed to provoke angry reactions and maximize engagement online, has seen its usage triple over the … Read more
In a striking warning that challenges our modern lighting infrastructure, Dr. Glenn Jeffrey, a professor of neuroscience at University College London, has declared that LED lighting may pose a public health crisis comparable to asbestos exposure. Speaking on the Huberman Lab podcast, Dr. Jeffrey didn’t mince words: “This is an issue on the same level … Read more
In a revealing conversation on The Zach Show, investigative journalist Scott Carney exposed a troubling pattern within the pop-science influencer ecosystem. He says that they’re all playing the same game, and it’s borrowed from improv comedy. Carney explains that successful improv comedians follow a simple rule—”yes, and”—where each performer builds upon the previous statement, no … Read more
Haliey Welch, better known as the “Hawk Tuah Girl,” has found herself in serious legal trouble after being added to a federal class action lawsuit related to a cryptocurrency scheme. In a surprising twist, the law firm she cooperated with has now turned against her, using the information she provided to include her as a … Read more
In a wide-ranging conversation with Indian entrepreneur Nikhil Kamath, Elon Musk painted a radical vision of humanity’s future—one where artificial intelligence and robotics fundamentally transform the very concepts of work and money as we know them today. Musk’s most striking prediction centers on the timeline for this transformation. “My prediction is in less than 20 … Read more
Comedian Akaash Singh‘s wife has sparked fresh controversy by doubling down on her controversial statements about relationships and finances, invoking what she calls “Eastern physics” to defend her lifestyle while dismissing critics as “jealous broke losers.” The controversy intensified after Singh’s wife addressed mounting criticism about her public treatment of her husband. Rather than walking … Read more
On Steven Bartlett’s podcast, the host shared something that should make everyone pause. A friend of his knows one of the world’s most powerful AI CEOs personally—and what this CEO says behind closed doors is drastically different from his public messaging. “What he tells me in private is not what he’s saying publicly,” Bartlett’s friend … Read more
