Tag Archives: Harper’s

Elon mishegas for your Thanksgiving pleasure

Posted on November 29, 2024 by Naomi

Harper’s Weekly Review provides: Elon Musk, who tanked the value of the social media platform he renamed “X” by at least 71% in just one year of owning it, challenged Putin to “single combat” to end the war in Ukraine, … Continue reading →

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The surprise winner of Bisbee’s Black & Blue Marlin Tournament?

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Naomi

The most lucrative fishing competition in the universe ($4 million in “total purse”), Bisbee’s participants are recreational and professional anglers from around the world — apparently including Norsemen going fishing for shockingly GIGANTIC and potentially dangerous halibuts: [I]n Tromsø, Norway, … Continue reading →

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Maybe the fentanyl problem is, uh, dying down?

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: [A] Washington State coroner who had accused his political rival of spiking his energy drink with fentanyl admitted to snorting the drug himself after removing it from a dead body.

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