Luis is a Topical Writer for Vice. He was a Weekly Columnist and a Senior Columns Editor for the comedy site Cracked.com, and a Staff Writer and Editor for the celebrity lifestyle and wellness satire site BunnyEars.com. He is a Contributing Writer for The Mary Sue. Luis has a podcast called The Inaudible Podcast Network, an audio sketch comedy series of bite-sized episodes about four fictional podcasts on a fictional podcast network. Follow him on Bluesky @luisprada.bsky.social, on Twitter @Luis_Prada, and on TikTok @luisrprada.
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(Photos by Robbie Ross; David Trood via Getty Images) South Carolina Has an Escaped Emu Problem (On Top of That Monkey Thing)
In northern Horry County, two emus have been on the loose for three months after breaking out of their enclosure.
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(Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Google’s AI Chatbot Told a Student Seeking Homework Help to ‘Please Die’
The entire conversation up to that point is strictly the grad student trying to get a chatbot to do his homework for him.
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(Photo by zabelin / Getty Images) Teen Behind Nearly 400 ‘Swatting’ Calls Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges
The targets included schools, government officials, public figures, and even religious institutions.
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(Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) A Toddler Needed Rattlesnake Antivenom. It Cost Almost $300,000.
The Pfeffer family found out just how awful the American healthcare system can be when they were slapped with a $297,461 bill.
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(Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Frontier Airlines Sued After Passenger Leaves Flight With a Disfigured Penis
Buddy, if you were suffering embarrassment before your burned, discolored penis made the news, you may not survive the after.
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(Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images) After 34 Flights, Inspectors Find ‘Foreign Object’ Lodged in Plane Engine
The tool remained stuck in the engine’s low-pressure compressor for nearly a month.
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(Photo by Andrew Fox / Getty Images) 2 Hospitalized, School Evacuated After Science Experiment Causes Gas Leak
It started to go wrong when a tube broke, releasing nitrogen dioxide into the air.
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(Photo illustration by Chesnot/Getty Images) Meta Fined $840 Million Over ‘Abusive Practices’ on Facebook Marketplace
The EU says the social media giant unfairly promoted its classified ad service, Facebook Marketplace.
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(Photo by Massimo Borchi/Atlantide Phototravel / Getty Images) American Tourist Arrested for Vandalizing Japanese Shrine (Like an Idiot)
Hayes wasn’t an unruly teen but a 65-year-old father on vacation in Japan with his family.
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(Photo by Brian Scantlebury / Getty Images) New Zealand Businesses Are Being Overrun by Gull Poop
Flocks of gulls have descended upon New Regent Street in Christchurch and have shat upon storefronts en masse.
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(Photo by ultramarinfoto / Getty Images) Scientists Discover World’s Largest Coral After Mistaking It for Shipwreck
It’s over 300 years old, 111 feet wide, and 104 feet long — “close to the size of a cathedral.”
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(Photo via California Department of Insurance) ‘Bear Attacks’ on Luxury Cars Were Actually Just 4 Humans and a Bear Suit
The folks involved had the “bear” attack three different vehicles: a 2010 Rolls-Royce Ghost, a 2015 Mercedes G36 AMG, and a 2022 Mercedes E350.
