Former congressperson from the state of Florida and oft-accused sex trafficker Matt Gaetz has long said he'd like to face his accusers. Two of them just sued him, alleging he participated in a sex-trafficking scheme.

After years of saying he'd like to confront his accusers, Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2 have filed a lawsuit against Matt Gaetz, giving him the opportunity. — Read the rest

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Facebook CEO and noted alien presence on Earth Mark Zuckerberg took one sip of Guinness and gave the world a face that Famous Campaigns immediately turned into a spec ad for the famous beer brand.

The inevitable billboard: three frames of Zuck trying to process the stout followed by "It's not for everyone. — Read the rest

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Having just promised the American people that robots would not take over the country, Donald Trump announced he'd like a robot to do his job, so he can sit home and watch TV.

"You wouldn't know the difference," claimed Diaper Don, describing his replacement: Bender J. — Read the rest

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Nidhogg, Mark Essen's wonderfully-animated 2D fencing game, now has an improved online multiplayer mode—an upgrade added more than 12 years after the indie classic's original release (in 2010, when it was in development, I described it as "Mechner on acid," which it is). — Read the rest

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R. Sikoryak is a cartooning mimic of incredible ability, drawing in the style of any other cartoonist with absolute precision. Boing Boing has written about his previous projects taking legal documents and illustrating them using various famous cartoonist styles and comics characters. — Read the rest

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Hey, did you know season 2 of Cyberpunk Edgerunners comes out in a week? I was one of many who expected Cyberpunk 2077's tie-in anime to be little more than a one-off, especially since the game's sequel is still years off and will probably be launching for the PS6. — Read the rest

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A stark graph showing a 1,533% increase in terror arrests in the U.K. this year comes with an interesting asterisk: it's mostly protestors whose "terror" offense occurred at pro-Palestinian marches, typically in the form of spoken or printed messages supporting Palestine Action and related slogans. — Read the rest

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TL;DR: Get lifetime access to Microsoft Office Professional 2021 and Windows 11 Pro for just $34.97 (reg. $418).

Upgrade your PC seamlessly with The Ultimate Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows Lifetime License & Windows 11 Pro Bundle for just $34.97 (reg. — Read the rest

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If you like spacefaring video games in any capacity, you've already heard of Star Citizen, the massive MMO… in SPACE! from Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts that's been crowdfunded to the tune of a billion dollars. To hear Roberts and his adherents talk about the game, it'll do everything from buttering your toast to curing cancer… juuuuuust as soon as it releases. — Read the rest

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Mark Stephens, better known under the pen name Robert X. Cringely, died last week at 73. Stephens chronicled the tech industry of the late 1980s and early 1990s—the age of Bill Gates' rise, Steve Jobs' repose, the dawn of the world wide web—and produced the famed documetary Triumph of the Nerds, based on his own bestselling Accidental Empires. — Read the rest

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Here's a wild shot at getting voters to turn out for the midterm elections: have them vote for their favorite gun. The question "Which of the following guns should be designated as the state gun of Idaho?" will be on ballots there after legislators unanimously approved it and Governor Brad Little signed the measure. — Read the rest

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A Peruvian man named after two European despots won election in Queropalca, a district with about 730 residents in the south American nation's Huánuco department. Hitler Mussolini Simeón Flores, 45, won the race by just 25 votes as the candidate of the center-left Ahora Nación party. — Read the rest

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An OpenAI engineer and Saudi national faces criminal charges after plugging an audio recorder into an executive conference room's TV set. Crudely wrapped in toilet paper, the device was soon found, and after security footage was reviewed, so was the culprit. — Read the rest

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Skincare products promising youthful glows and wrinkle-free smiles regularly lead to unexpected charges for the customers pressured or tricked into buying them, reports NPR. It seems there's not much anyone can do to stop the scammers, who often work out of mall kiosks and suburban salons, beyond filing lawsuits and complaining to disinterested authorities. — Read the rest

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TL;DR: Surfshark VPN offers unlimited simultaneous connections, 3,200+ servers, and privacy features like a kill switch and MultiHop. Get three years of its Starter Plan for $62.99 (reg. $430) with code SAVE25 through October 15.

You probably own more devices that connect to the internet than you have actual reasons to own them. — Read the rest

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Theo Jaffee made a Weather Atlas that shows where in the world has the right weather for you. Set the sliders to your perfect day and the international heat map will shift to show which areas get it the most times a year. — Read the rest

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Merely a day after his boss Diaper Don described inspecting Jon Husted's ass, JD Vance told a male supporter "I love you too" before urgently specifying that it was "totally platonic."

Polling suggests this clever new campaign strategy isn't working. Republicans appear poised to lose the House and quite possibly the Senate. — Read the rest

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The Wall Street Journal reports that Texas Attorney General and US Senate candidate Ken Paxton faces yet another major scandal. This time it's his partying with fugitives from the DOJ who also happen to be large donors to him.

Looks like James Talarico can add another scandal to that hilarious anti-Ken Paxton ad. — Read the rest

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Katie Zacharia appears to struggle as she tries to fill the brimstone-reeking shoes of her predecessor.

Unable to even read a prepared statement clearly, Trump's new mouthpiece doesn't seem to have the spite, anger, or public-speaking ability the job requires. Her first briefing lasted about 14 minutes, during which she stumbled over her remarks and only took three questions, all from suck-up media outlets. — Read the rest

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BMW declined to supply the newly elected leader of Germany's far-right Alternative fuer Deutchland with a car. So they asked Elon Musk, who is notoriously friendly to their sort of politics.

Germany's sadly rising far right has lost its complimentary BMW; luckily for bigotry, they immediately knew who to call. — Read the rest

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