Death Metal Beauty Pageants and H.L. Mencken

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A beauty pageant contestant chooses death metal for her talent, AI apocalypse, turkey talk ahead of Thanksgiving, balding remedies, Trump calls a reporter piggy, a guest caller, and more! Plus this week’s passage by HL Mencken: “The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it.”

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