College students force Nazi disrupter out of their class
"This is what happens when you larp as a Nazi at school."
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A University of Washington professor and students chased a neo-Nazi away from their classroom in cinematic style, a teacher expressed his disappointment in his latest class of ninth graders, and explaining the latest AI slop meme of a woman breaking a glass bridge.
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“FAFO never hit so hard”: College students chase down man who stormed lecture with Nazi salutes and slurs
A man who disrupted a college classroom to yell slurs and give Nazi salutes learned about the paradox of tolerance the hard way.
According to one student’s account, the first time he entered the lecture hall, he gave a Nazi salute and used a racial slur. But he then returned roughly 40 minutes later to cause more trouble. And that’s where the viral videos kick in.
“This time it’s different”: Teacher of 29 years says this year’s students are the most disrespectful and distracted yet—and others agree
A 9th-grade teacher with nearly three decades of experience says this year’s students are the hardest to manage yet, citing unprecedented levels of disrespect and distraction. Parents, teachers, and researchers have worried for years that the ever-increasing use of the internet and smartphones among children is impacting their ability to learn.
How an AI slop video of a woman smashing a glass bridge turned into a massive meme
A surreal AI-generated video showing a woman gleefully hurling a massive rock onto a glass bridge, causing it to shatter beneath her, has gone massively viral.
In the short video, a large, grinning white woman in a pink T-shirt and red shorts is standing at the end of a glass bridge posing for the “camera.” She then fly-jumps backwards, destroying the bridge with a bang and causing it to collapse as people fell from the bridge to the river below.
🕸️ Crawling the Web
💃 Taylor Swift’s latest release, The Life of a Showgirl, has divided the internet, but perhaps more importantly, it has truly divided her fandom of Swifties—for what seems to be the first time ever. Call it the Travis Kelce effect?
🎙️ Both Stephen Colbert and Ronny Chieng used time in their late night monologues to go after the “meme war” being waged by the Trump administration.
🤣 Fans are sharing clips of Veronika Slowikowska that prove she’s perfect Gen Z comedy ahead of her debut on tonight’s season premiere of Saturday Night Live.
🌈 Mychal Threets, the librarian who quit his job to protect his mental health (and went viral for it) is the new host of Reading Rainbow.
💔 You really need to see (or I guess, hear) this video of a 42-year-old cheating man wheezing after being confronted by his wife.
🤔 A question to ponder over the weekend: who is the mystery farter at the Haim shows?
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