There's unfortunately no secret shortcut to building muscle and toning your body. But if you're just after the extra strength, not the six-pack abs, the TitanArm exoskeleton lets you cheat your way to impressive feats of heavy lifting.

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By now you’ve probably seen the Dove Real Beauty Sketches commercial that’s making women weepy because self-esteem issues blah blah blah. Well what about men and their sac? Sometimes we think our balls aren’t the greatest things. Well, here’s a new Dove commercial that proves otherwise. To other people, your balls ARE beautiful!

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If you haven't seen your kitchen counters in years because they're covered in a slew of tiny appliances all designed to cook one thing, Jamie Oliver wants to help. Well, technically he wants to make money, but he's also teamed up with Philips to create the HomeCooker which can stir, sauté, simmer, melt, steam, stew, boil, and fry all in one machine without any supervision.

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I was browsing photos just now and I noticed that Arrested Development had its season 4 premiere in LA last night. I didn’t think much of it at first, but it was Arrested Development so I took a look and I’m glad I did because that photo up top was the first picture in the set.

Simply titled “Ostrich,” the photo shows … an ostrich on the red carpet. No further explanation. Clearly, this leads to other questions such as, why was there an ostrich on the red carpet, is the ostrich integral to season 4, where did this ostrich go after the red carpet, did Gob ride this ostrich at any point during the premiere and yell, “Yeee-ha!” Fans must know!

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The new trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim which was shown at Wondercon is now online. So if you’re into robots fighting Godzillas, you’re in the right place.

Future generations will describe that one battle where the robot used the ship as a bat as, “Smash, Smash, Smaaaaash!”

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Duncan Hunter is a Republican California congressman. He's a congressman because his daddy was a congressman. Raymond Odierno is the highest-ranking general in the Army. He is an Army general because he's proven good at killing people. Sometimes those people are the enemy. Last Thursday, on CSPAN, Duncan Hunter became the enemy.

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theblackship:

saccharinescorpion:

glass-prince:

peetaah:

I don’t think he knows what he’s doing..

the guy next to him obviously does

it took me a second

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Check out Swedish Chef, a campaign for ESPN by Wieden+Kennedy.

Besides championing liberal causes, President Obama is really trying to show how he's different during his second term. Which is probably why the White House has announced a new White House Tumblr today—because four more years ain't enough without Bo Obama gifs. [ more › ]

MOSCOW, April 27 (UPI) -- There's spring cleaning, then there's this: More than 1 million Moscow residents took part in a mass cleanup event at city parks and squares, officials said.

AUSTIN, Texas, April 28 (UPI) -- Thousands gathered at Pease Park in Austin, Texas, for the 50th annual celebration of children's book character Eeyore's birthday, organizers said.

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Love the wilderness? Wish you could take it home with you? Now you can make your home smell like your favourite National Park. In partnership with the National Park Foundation, Air Wick has come out with a new line of air fresheners that smell like several of America’s most treasured National Parks.

According to the company, scent experts were sent to Grand Canyon National Park, Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Virgin Islands National Park, National Park of American Samoa, and Denali National Park, and tasked with capturing the olfactory identity of each place. These experts observed how visitors experienced each park and used sophisticated technology to capture air samples that are used in the lab to create a scent that smells like the park.

The intent with these products is that the fragrance of the air fresheners will trigger positive memories of past visits to national parks and incite people to want to go visit there. Critics have been quick to point out that a more natural alternative to using air fresheners to bring the wilderness indoors is to actually go outside and experience nature first hand.

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The hosts of "The Five" lashed out at Jon Stewart on Friday for his criticism of their comments about Muslims.

In the wake of the Boston bombings, Fox News has seen relentless talk about the danger posed by Muslims.

Stewart lampooned Eric Bolling's seemingly random contention that there are hundreds of thousands of American Muslims who want to kill other Americans. He also took on Beckel's widely criticized call to restrict Muslim students from entering the country.

In response, Bolling held up an article from the Union Leader newspaper, in which he said a professor agreed with his theory. The professor Bolling mentioned cited no sources or studies in the article. Instead, she made a similarly sweeping assertion:

"When we talk about radicalized Islamic ideologies, it's a very small population within Islam," she said. "Only about 10 percent of Muslims are fundamentalists, and only 1 percent of that 10 percent have a radical understanding of Islam."

"Hey Jonny boy, pull up a chair right here between Bob and me and let's debate this thing," Bolling said. "You got the cojones?"

Beckel then responded to Stewart's amazement that a self-professed liberal would be calling for such anti-Muslim measures.

"I was a liberal activist and a progressive before you were out of your Pampers," Beckel said. "You may get on a TV show and talk liberal politics. I've been on the lines registering voters, being on union lines, and others. Maybe you want to bring your credentials up here."

It's warm and sunny out, well, at least it's supposed to be. Want to drink on the roof? Here's where to do it! [ more › ]

This may be a tourist or a local, but in any case, he's totally right. And he may not have been talking about taxation without representation, but he's still totally right. [ more › ]

Rare images from celebrated Indian photographer

May 26 can’t come fast enough and if you’re stuck waiting for Arrested Development to finally return on Netflix and hoping it won’t suck like Family Guy did after it was pulled off the air then you’ll probably want to check out this sneak peak from EW. I can’t embed it, but it’s here.

The clip shows Lucille figuring out a way to get around the no smoking policy in her room by baby-birding cigarette smoke into Buster’s mouth and having him blow it out onto the balcony. Sort of like Alicia Silverstone does with her kid but more carcinogenic.

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You think popping a mint is going to help you? Think again. Swedish researchers announced Thursday that they were able to detect drugs like marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines and prescription pills simply by breathalyzing subjects.

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One thing that's true about most sports fans is that they'd rather go to a game than watch it on TV.

The following slides show some of the best and most unique stadium items in American sports—and they just so happen to be very expensive.

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This year's White House Correspondents' Dinner opened with one of D.C.'s most notorious politicians -- Rep. Frank Underwood (D-S.C.).

If you don't know Underwood, it's because he's only on Capitol Hill in the Netflix series "House of Cards." A parody video of the show -- including Kevin Spacey, who plays Underwood -- kicked off the 2013 correspondents' dinner.

The parody featured Spacey along with such politicians and media figures as New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, BuzzFeed's Ben Smith and Fox News' Ed Henry.

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President Barack Obama alluded to his history as a pot smoker during his remarks at the 2013 White House Correspondents' Dinner.

Obama hinted at his past while weighing in on the success of BuzzFeed.

"I remember when BuzzFeed was just something I did in college around 2 a.m.," Obama said. "It's true."

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Lawrence "Larry" Gilliard Jr. has been cast as Bob Stookey in "The Walking Dead" Season 4, according to The Hollywood Reporter. International Digital Times first reported Gilliard's casting.

The "Wire" alum will play the role of "a former Army medic who is deeply haunted by his past -- both before and after the apocalypse. He's a loner, though he maintains a charming yet self-deprecating façade." In the comics, Bob Stookey is also the town drunk of Woodbury.

Gilliard joins previously announced Chad Coleman (a fellow "Wire" veteran), Sonequa Martin-Green And Emily Kinney as regulars for Season 4.

"There are going to be some radical changes ... that are going to bring in a lot of new storytelling," creator Robert Kirkman recently told IGN of the new season. "Moving into next season, we’re going to see a very different Rick, but one of his main goals is to manage this situation with Carl and see if he can bring him back from this darkness that's crept into him."

What do you think of the casting choice?

Nervous flyer? If so, it's probably best you weren't heading from Addis Ababa to Nairobi on business recently. If you were, you might have found yourself onboard the first commercial 787 Dreamliner flight since the global fleet was grounded due to concerns over battery failures. The flight comes just days after the FAA approved Boeing's fix, prompting deliveries of the new craft to resume. With Japan already having cleared the 787 for takeoff, we can expect to see a few more of them in our skies soon. We're more interested in joining the mile-high Android club.

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No, you're not looking at an early preview of Star Wars Episode VII -- it just might represent the future of air transport, though. Boeing has spent years developing a truly quiet supersonic airliner concept, the Icon II, and what you see is an aerodynamics test of a mockup in a vaguely Death Star-like wind tunnel at NASA's Glenn Research Center. The starfighter design is for more than just show, as you'd suspect. Its V-tail design moves sonic booms further back, reducing the chance that shockwaves will reach the ground (and our ears) intact, while the top-mounted engines isolate engine noise. Boeing and NASA are ultimately hoping for production passenger aircraft discreet enough to fly over land at supersonic speeds, although we can't help but think that the sci-fi look is a convenient bonus.

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A strategically thrown glass can perfectly emphasize the drunken point you're trying to make, but cleaning up the aftermath while hungover in the morning is no fun. So swap out your fancy wine and martini glasses with these soft, silicone alternatives that can take a licking—and a smashing—and bounce right back. Each two-glass set is just $20, and they're all but guaranteed to survive the most raucous dinner party, and unlike most wine glasses, even a perilous trip through the dishwasher. [Uncommon Goods via BLTD] More »

Don't do drugs, people. But if you do do them, don't overdose on 'em. But if you do overdose on 'em, make sure the drugs you're doing are weed, LSD, opium and mushrooms and not pharmaceutical pills. That's because pharmaceuticals kill more people in America than any other type of drug. What? More »

sarkyfancypants:

yumyumnoodle:

it’s like these companies have finally gotten out of their wild college party years and are now trying to be mature adults now.

Same goes for the Windows logo

I mean look at this shit

Is like someone just ironed the logo

Google's driverless car is still in the early stages of development, but the unit spotted tooling around Manhattan this month was in rough shape even for a beta test. One particularly noticeable bug was the passenger hanging out the window in an Osama bin Laden mask. In another glitch, the car hit a cyclist in Soho, where the aftermath was caught by an Instagram user. Others might have spotted the Google car proudly cruising by, oblivious to the traffic cone wedged firmly under the bumper. And all this was before the power-slides, rubber-scorching donuts and fender-benders…

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dakhla92:

chadasaurus:

Awkward physical contacts

Oh my god this is great. 

so true