D'Youville's class of 2024 says they feel disrespected after the Buffalo university used an AI robot as the commencement speaker. In a petition garnering thousands of signatures, students called the move "deeply impersonal" and a reminder of the virtual high school graduations they received due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Said university officials, "We hear you — please don't ask us what we spent all of your tuition on."
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A raccoon became an unexpected star during a Major League Soccer matchup in Pennsylvania this week, with some even saying the animal should get a contract after "moving very well at midfield" and "showing impressive footwork" to evade stadium staff.
Unfortunately, after being caught eating stadium food out of the garbage, the animal won't be allowed to return until it coughs up $300.
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Presidential candidate RFK Jr. has accused Biden and Trump of colluding against him to prevent his inclusion in the upcoming debates – ignoring that he has met none of the qualifications to enter.
Only someone whose brain is filled with so much mercury that a worm ate part of it and died via poisoning would think Trump and Biden worked together on anything.
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Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is being torn apart online after giving a college commencement address in which he spoke about the "diabolical lies" women are told that lead them to be interested in career goals rather than solely focusing on "their most important role, homemaker."
Butker's mom responded, "Y'know, if I'd spent less time working as a medical physicist and a little more time at home, maybe a dash of my intelligence would've rubbed off on my son."
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Elon Musk fired Tesla's entire Supercharge team of 500 people, a move business publication Quartz said "wasn't a business decision, but simply Musk getting mad at someone for pushing back and punishing the entire team as part of a tantrum."
Musk has since rehired some of the employees, expressing that he felt almost as much regret over his original decision as most people do immediately after buying a Cybertruck.
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31,000 of the 5.5 million drug tests were tampered with in the U.S. last year, an increase screening company Quest Diagnostics says "all of us should be worried about."
Look — I get why it's dangerous for people to successfully lie about having an affinity for cocaine, meth, and lots of other substances. But if someone is just smoking weed, I'm pretty sure faking a drug test shows enough initiative to disprove any concerns.
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