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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