On a recent episode of Club Shay Shay, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson revisited his now-viral exchange with actor Terrence Howard, walking through how what began as a casual invitation spiraled into a public back-and-forth. Tyson explained that the initial connection actually came through his mother. “My mother heard Terrence Howard on NPR,” Tyson recalled. “He … Read more
If you have ever expressed frustration about artificial intelligence or data centers on social media, you may already be on a government watch list. That is the unsettling takeaway from a recent investigation, which revealed that Philadelphia police officers were tracking First Amendment activity of people critical of AI. The investigation, co-authored by Sam Biddle … Read more
Joe Rogan has made no secret of his curiosity about PEDs and what athletes could accomplish if the restrictions were removed. On episode #2510 of The Joe Rogan Experience, during a conversation with Canadian arm wrestling champion Devon Larratt, that curiosity turned into an assessment of the Enhanced Games and why the event failed to … Read more
Katie, a Florida-based adaptive athlete and influencer who posts on TikTok and Instagram under the handle @slightlyoff.balance, went viral after sharing body cam footage of a traffic stop that quickly became one of the more widely viewed law enforcement encounters on the internet. On the morning of February 11th, around 8:04 a.m., Katie was driving … Read more
In a recent interview with Megyn Kelly, former Special Operations veteran and podcast host Shawn Ryan made his position on the MAGA movement unmistakably clear, delivering what many are calling one of the most direct takedowns of Trump-era politics from within conservative media circles. The conversation saw Ryan and Kelly working through a long list … Read more
A YouTuber known as Fique Wamiq Ayub is now facing a lawsuit that could cost him well over $100,000 after pulling the same prank at a Canadian university twice. In October 2024, Fique walked into a lecture hall at Ontario Tech University in Oshawa, Ontario, pulled out a portable stove, and began cooking curry in … Read more
During a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, host Joe Rogan and financial content creator Caleb Hammer discussed wealth, taxation, and what they described as shifting political messaging around inequality, with Senator Bernie Sanders becoming a focal point of their criticism. The conversation developed while they were talking about California’s proposed billionaire tax and … Read more
YouTube, the world’s largest video platform, is quietly becoming a dumping ground for low-effort, AI-generated content. A study conducted by Kapwing found that for a fresh, unsigned-in account, YouTube is already 20% AI slop, with 104 of the first 500 videos, or 21%, confirmed as AI-generated, and 165 of those 500, or 33%, classified as … Read more
What started as a prank YouTube video ended up as evidence in a federal fraud case involving more than $27 million and over 2,000 elderly targets across the United States. A channel called Trilogy Media set up an elaborate sting operation at a rented house, staging a fake funeral complete with a casket, fake memorial … Read more
During episode #2508 of The Joe Rogan Experience, host Joe Rogan sat down with screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, and the conversation eventually turned to birth control, where Rogan offered a mix of historical reflection and personal concern about hormonal contraception. Reflecting on the s3xual revolution of the 1970s, Rogan pointed to how dramatically the birth control … Read more
