Grandpa Pudding Brains has spent a week making up reasons he calls Michigan's Abdul El-Sayed "Mohammed," as if we don't already understand. Apparently, after reading the man's full legal name, Encyclopedia Trump made a huge discovery and announced today: "his middle name is Mohammed." — Read the rest

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Coincidentally, at the same time, not a puppet but a convicted criminal, Donald Trump wants Ukraine to stop blowing up Russian oil refineries; someone inside the White House ordered Ukraine's Starshield military satellite service to be slowed to a crawl.

Diaper Don calls the attacks a "disgrace," and blames them, not his war in Iran, for skyrocketing energy prices. — Read the rest

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Katie Zacharia will no longer have to struggle with the public-speaking part of the White House Press Secretary job, as she was fired. The White House calls this: "transitioning into a new role."

On Tuesday, the White House celebrated its new Press Secretary, Katie Zacharia, for delivering a "commanding inaugural press briefing." — Read the rest

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Depending on the variety, a serving of lettuce has about 0.5 to 1 gram of protein, but scientists are working to change that. It turns out that chloroplasts, which usually produce chlorophyll, can be modified to make myoglobin, a protein found in meat, instead. — Read the rest

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The Linden Ave Bridge in Zanesville, Ohio continues the tradition of humbling clueless truck drivers. Once again, the flashing lights, ear-splitting siren, and copious signage do nothing to deter the driver of this box truck, who confidently slams into the protective barrier, peeling open an impressive chunk of the truck. — Read the rest

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Hey, remember Pokémon Platinum Version? You know, the best game of Pokémon's best era? Giant fictionalized Hokkaido to explore, evil team that wanted to make the world a nightmare dimension? If you've been hankering to revisit the best of the DS (which I kind of have lately, as it and its rival the PSP re-enter the zeitgeist thanks to hipsters), you no longer have to do it alone. — Read the rest

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After thirteen years of waiting, it feels nothing short of surreal to even think the words 'final GTA 6 trailer'. We've suffered through paywalled advertising, shockingly expensive collectors' editions, and the preceding decade of complete radio silence, but we're finally here. — Read the rest

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Your website is like your very own corner of the internet — so it's worth securing your domain name for the long haul. — Read the rest

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Trump's latest press secretary failed the California bar and has never been admitted to practice law anywhere in the United States of America. Despite this, Zacharia claims she has been very careful when calling herself "a lawyer."

Our new White House press secretary claims she consulted "many people in the field" to ask whether having a J.D. — Read the rest

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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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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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Tom the Dancing Bug, IN WHICH the little scamp president Donald and his imaginary publicist John prepare for the midterms

-Good people, please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug to exist in this hostile Trumpverse! — Read the rest

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