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Billy Joel’s most sinister hit was released on this day in 1983

Do you recall acquiring any specific item or having a memorable experience at Borders Books?

Joe Rogan doing stand-up comedy in the early 90s.

Stanley Zhong had a 4.42 GPA, a 1590 SAT, and ranked in the top 1% of the USA Computing Olympiad (Platinum). He built a free e-signing platform, reached the semifinals of Google Code Jam, and placed 2nd in MIT’s Battlecode. Still, 15 of 18 colleges rejected him — including Stanford, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, and even Cal Poly. But numbers aside, what’s most striking is hearing from Stanley himself. In the clip below, you’ll see a thoughtful, humble young man who even admits he didn’t expect to get into every top school — but still thought the state schools were within reach. He’s not alone. Stories like this are surfacing everywhere. Students are asking: When did merit stop mattering? It’s time we start rewarding it.

MGK just dropped the song of the summer 🔥

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There’s no way a guy from Chicago is a conduit to god

Saturday Night Live is to have its own British version called SNL UK. It will be made in London with an all-British cast, executive produced by Lorne Michaels and it will air in 2026.

Not reading this. If Zohran Mamdani wanted to do something he would vow to get rid of the homeless encampments that have been cropping up all over downtown NYC again lately. No one gives a shit about “free buses,” people are tired of their kids being exposed to open air drug markets and raving vagrants with open sores having mental episodes in the street. But he won’t because it’s mean and racist and violates the DSA’s five pillars or whatever. There’s your nihilism.

omg she just says ANYTHING