Popcorn Shorts 
Cool stuff that’s too small for a big article
Just like it says, Popcorn Shorts is about the kind of things we think are really interesting, but don’t really need a large article to explain them. From the sublime to the ridiculous, check in here for crunchy bits of info you’ll love to munch. By the way, much (but not necessarily all) of our delicious Popcorn comes from articles we’ve posted on our Facebook page. If you’re on Facebook, please stop by and “Like” us and we’ll keep a fairly-constant-but-not-frequent-enough-to-be-annoying stream of these coming to your virtual door!
Get to know PRAGER U… Florida’s substitute teacher
A Florida story hit the Media recently that isn’t getting the attention we think it deserves. If you worried about what Trump’s History Commission recommended then your head will explode when you find out what Governor DeSantis is using to replace education. For no stated reason we could find, Florida has approved PragerU’s self-described ‘edutainment’ content as ‘supplemental teaching materials’ for use in K-12 schools. However, since our Popcorn Shorts section is full of “cool stuff that’s too small for a big article” we won’t write much about it. Instead we’ll give you this link to a story explaining the situation, this link to the cesspool of PragerU itself, and these links to debunk and response videos about some of their most infamous offerings. No need to watch them all… you’ll get to know Prager all too well by watching just any one.
History Teacher’s First Reaction to PragerU’s ‘A Short History of Slavery’
Debunking Deranged Anti-Trans Prager U Propaganda
PragerU for Kids: The Worst Propaganda
A History Teacher Reacts to PragerU Videos for 7 Hours Straight
PragerU’s Terrifying Parenting Advice- A Response to PragerU
PragerU asks why we hate conservatives, I have answers
PragerU IS Teaching Your Kids What?!?!?
PragerU Releases – And I’m Not Kidding Here – a Pro-Slavery Video
PragerU Isn’t Teaching Anyone Anything
Dennis Prager Explains How Actually It’s The Left That’s Racist
PragerU and the Politics of Pain
Should Atheists Indoctrinate their Kids?
I Agree: Read The Bible To Your Kids!
What parents should know about PragerU Kids videos
I took Dennis Prager’s Master’s Program and now my world is ending
Do we need God to love Dennis Prager?
Oregon lets drivers fuel their own cars, lifting decades-old self-serve ban
from OPB- For the first time in 72 years, Oregon motorists can grab a fuel nozzle and pump gas into their cars without an attendant, since a decades-old ban on self-serve gas stations has been revoked. Gov. Tina Kotek signed a bill on Friday allowing people across the state to choose between having an attendant pump gas or doing it themselves. The law takes immediate effect. That leaves New Jersey as the only state that prohibits motorists from pumping their own gas. A few countries also ban it, including South Africa, where attendants offer to check fluid levels and clean the windshield, with tipping expected…
11 of the Wackiest Vehicle and Transport Ideas Ever Devised
from Interesting Engineering– “t’s easy to take our daily modes of transport for granted; the modern airplane had its humble beginnings in incredibly risky flights made by the Wright brothers, rail transport evolved from mine carts and funiculars, the first bicycle didn’t have a pedal — the list goes on. Almost every widely used form of transportation was once a crazy idea before it became the mass form of transit we’re accustomed to today. Of course, along the way, there have been many ideas that didn’t quite make the cut. Here are a few ideas that never quite gained the mass appeal their inventors were hoping for….”
Are You Ready For A 4-Day Work Week?
The 4-day work week is coming like a freight train. A very, very slow freight train, but a freight train nonetheless. Here are two articles on it; one describing plans for Britian’s biggest-ever trial of the idea, and another telling you how it turned out. Take a day off and enjoy!
The world’s largest four-day workweek pilot just launched in the U.K.
A four-day workweek pilot was so successful most firms say they won’t go back
