Lily Phillips is back in the spotlight, and this time, the reaction is split right down the middle. Known for breaking a shocking world record last year, she has now gone viral again for a very different reason. Lily was recently baptized and publicly identified as a Christian.
Motorcycle safety tech has come a long way. From rider aids like traction control, cornering ABS, radar-based cruise control, and blind-spot detection to wearable tech on helmets and gloves. But just when I thought I'd seen it all, along comes ViberAlert, a product that poses a simple, yet deeply unsettling question: What if your motorcycle seat could vibrate to keep you safe?
As Donald Trump was inaugurated for the second time on Jan. 20, 2025, former Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell put his phone on "do not disturb" and left it on his nightstand to take a break from the news. That evening, after Gonell spent time with family and took his dog on a long walk, his phone started to blow up with calls.
Katie Miller, a former U.S. administration official-turned-podcaster, posted an image late Saturday showing a map of Greenland in the colors of the Stars and Stripes with a one-word caption: "SOON." read more
Letting the unreliable Grok be its own "spokesperson" lets xAI off the hook. read more
Or maybe ...
Yazoo / Yaz - Good Times (1983)
www.youtube.com
Lyrics excerpt ...
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Sometimes I feel I'll never belong
I want to get there so bad but it's taking so long
Sometimes I feel like letting go
But when it comes right down to it baby, who wants to know? (No-one)
And I find (For a good time)
I'm knocking for a good time (For a good time)
Now I find (For a good time)
I'm knocking for a good time (For a good time)
Standing on the outside, I'm looking in trying to be heard, I don't know where to begin
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Another view ...
OnlyFans Star Lily Phillips Speaks Out After Baptism Video Goes Viral
www.newsweek.com
... Adult star Lily Phillips has spoken out about her relationship with Christianity after her recent baptism turned heads.
Phillips, 24, an OnlyFans creator from the U.K, is no stranger to controversy and outrageous stunts. But she ended 2025 with a whole new approach after being baptized on December 28.
Following that decision, Phillips has spoken out about her decision to "reinstate [her] relationship with God," and what that means for her adult career.
In a statement provided to Newsweek, Phillips said: "I'm really looking forward to strengthening and growing my relationship with God and opening up conversations about how OnlyFans girls are multifaceted. I hate that we are pigeonholed as 2D sex dolls, it can be really dehumanizing.
"There might be Christians who disagree with my 'lifestyle,' but I just want to rebuild my relationship with God, and I think we should be welcoming all conversations and opportunities for people to explore religion in a way that's right for them." ...
Oil Reserves by Country
www.worldometers.info
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# Country WorldShare
1 Venezuela 18.17%
2 Saudi Arabia 16.15%
3 Canada 10.35%
4 Iran 9.54%
5 Iraq 8.67%
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Wow, Venezuela has more oil reserves than Saudi Arabia.
No wonder Pres Trump referred to "oil" over 20 times during his press conference, and did not even mention Democracy.
Gone rogue?
I'm not yet convinced of that ...
Michael Wolff Says Epstein Showed Him Photos of Trump With Topless Girls at His House
www.thenorthstar.com
... This week, journalist and bestselling author Michael Wolff told a story in public " on camera to the team at MeidasTouch Network " that left me shaken. He says that years ago, while sitting in Jeffrey Epstein's Palm Beach home, Epstein excused himself, walked to his safe, and pulled out a small collection of photographs.
According to Wolff, there were around a dozen photos total. All of them, he says, featured Donald Trump. And not Trump at a gala or a golf course. Not Trump giving a thumbs up in a suit.
No -- these were photos taken inside Epstein's house, "where all of the things that he would ultimately be accused of took place."
Wolff says he remembers three images in particular. In two of them, there are young topless girls sitting on Trump's lap. In the third, Trump appears to have a stain on the front of his pants....
... Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok has disgraced its billionaire creator by branding President Donald Trump a pedophile ...
Another view ...
Musk's AI bot triggers chaos with Trump, Vance and bikini images
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
... Elon Musk's AI chatbot -- hardwired into X and pitched as a truth-seeking digital brain" -- as instead gone rogue in spectacular fashion: branding Donald Trump a pedophile, ...
@#2
In a minor aspect, I do not disagree.
I mean, sparklers in champagne bottles?
Who could have ever known that might not result in a good ending?
Sparklers on champagne bottles likely cause of deadly Swiss bar fire
www.bbc.com
... A fire at a bar in a Swiss ski resort appears to have been caused by sparklers placed on bottles of champagne that came "too close to the ceiling", authorities said.
Forty people died after the blaze in the early hours of New Year's Day in Crans-Montana, while 119 were injured.
Valais Attorney General Beatrice Pilloud told a news conference on Friday the investigation would focus on the materials used on the site, the bar's fire safety measures, its capacity and the number of people inside at the time of the fire. ...
"Everything leads us to think that the fire started from sparkling candles - or sparklers - which were put on bottles of champagne [that were] moved too close to the ceiling. From that, a blaze began very quickly", Ms Pilloud told the conference.
One of the bar's owners reportedly told local media the establishment had been inspected three times in the past ten years and that everything had been done according to the regulations. ...
... FIFA Peace Prize Winner Murders 32 Cubans ...
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Cuba is left reeling in the aftermath of the Venezuela strike
www.cnn.com
... For months as the US military prepared to strike Venezuela, many Cubans have asked me a simple, if disconcerting, question: "Are we next?"
Following the devastating attacks on Venezuelan military bases and surgical apprehension of leader Nicols Maduro by US Special Forces, Cuba seems very much in the Trump administration's sights.
Maduro's capture is a seismic reversal of fortune for Cuba's communist-run government, which for decades has relied on massive aid packages from its oil-rich South American ally for the island's very survival.
At a protest Saturday in front of the US Embassy in Havana, a defiant Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel promised not to let the Cuba-Venezuela alliance go down without a fight.
"For Venezuela, of course for Cuba, we are willing to give even our own life, but at a heavy cost," Diaz-Canel proclaimed.
But if anything, the Cubans I have spoken with since the strikes seemed shocked by how easy it seemed for the US military to snatch Maduro without any loss of US personnel. ...
fwiw, the Monroe Doctrine was stated in 1823. It looks like there were 24 states.
List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union
en.wikipedia.org
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24 Missouri August 10, 1821[27]
25 Arkansas June 15, 1836[28] ...
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And the US was an agricultural country. Not in need of world trade.
So, maybe, not a good comparison?
You can't make this stuff up ...