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Yesterday we started running this ad during the Red Sox game. Midway through the game the ad was taken down by the station (which is owned by Red Sox ownership). And then the Sox blew a 4-0 lead.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announces free universal healthcare for 130 million citizens starting next year.

BREAKING: Two sources close to Trump's negotiation team say Trump is now completely backing away from the US-Iran deal, under "extreme internal pressure from Israel and its US domestic allies," urging him not to accept Iran‘s terms. After this, Trump posted an image of Mark 84 bomb on a fighter jet, with his signature "Thank you for your attention to this matter" catchphrase stenciled directly on the bomb, on Truth Social. Iran earlier warned already that the agreement "will be completely cancelled" due to ongoing US obstruction on key clauses. The deal that never existed is now publicly collapsing.

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why are a bunch of people on Instagram posting extremely similar walls of text about Mandalorian and Grogu as if it’s the greatest movie of all time lmao

Okay, somebody on Reddit pointed out that Eureka Seven Complete Collection is out of print...and prices for the Blu-Rays are SKY-FREAKING-HIGH so I had to see for myself. I bought my copy July 11th 2023 for $18 after taxes... NOW? It's $500 after taxes. A 2843% price increase!

Okay, somebody on Reddit pointed out that Eureka Seven Complete Collection is out of print...and prices for the Blu-Rays are SKY-FREAKING-HIGH so I had to see for myself. I bought my copy July 11th 2023 for $18 after taxes... NOW? It's $500 after taxes. A 2843% price increase!

Absolute bombshell. Mayor Mamdani defies the establishment by rolling out a staggering 100,000 universal childcare offers across NYC. He confirms the city is aggressively expanding early education to toddlers. The administration is actively saving families thousands.

😳 NYC: A woman was swept away by heavy rain while trying to exit a city bus.

genuinely fuck whoever came up w the dumbass idea to replace THE DICTIONARY BUILT INTO GOOGLE with the ai overview's definitions i hope everything in their life fucking sucks

in 2007 Arby's had a "5 for $5" deal, you could pick five items between a drink, fries, cherry turnover, roast beef sandwich, milkshake, etc. me and a buddy would go there and get this, each got a sandwich, drink, we split a fry. under $3 each for lunch. USA used to be great.

A little-known hack: 2 slices of Aldi wheat bread: $0.17 3 oz of Aldi deli turkey: $0.86 1 slices Aldi cheddar: $0.15 1 condiment of your choice: $0.02 1 apple: $0.53 1 hard boiled egg: $0.14 5 carrot sticks: $0.17 Cold water from the tap: $0.01 Total: $2.05 You can do this.

Spotify and UMG announce licensing deal allowing fans to create AI covers and remixes of songs from participating artists and songwriters signed to UMG. No launch date yet (via Billboard).