Cool stuff for hot days

😎 If the summer heat has you melting, I got you.

  • 🌬️ Breeze on the go: Forget fans that just blow hot air. This portable powerhouse (5% off) has ice cooling.
  • 🚘 Car = oven? Not with a sunshade (17% off) that pops open like an umbrella. Four stars & 13,000+ reviews.
  • 🧊 Ice ice baby: This countertop ice maker (17% off) cranks out cubes in minutes and travels like a champ.
  • 🥤 Sip happens: Lemonade, tea, cold brew — get a mason jar pitcher (33% off) to make it all.

🔥 Sizzling steals: Click this secret link for more summer faves, and browse my store for my Kim-approved picks.

Avi Loeb on 3I/Atlas: comet or alien spacecraft?

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It’s the third interstellar object ever discovered. Most astronomers dismiss it as a comet. Harvard’s Avi Loeb says too many things don’t line up. If it’s a comet, it’s moving unusually fast. Its tail looks abnormal. Its path seems too precise to be random. In this episode, he explains why he thinks it’s more than rock and ice. Could 3I/Atlas actually be alien technology?

Fake raids, real scams: Those viral “deportation at Walmart” TikToks? Total scam. Scammers are using phoney retail sob stories to phish your data with bogus surveys and sketchy “free gift” links. No ICE, just identity theft. Congrats, money just got deported from your bank account.

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That’s the critics’ score for Ice Cube’s War of the Worlds remake. When critics and audiences agree, you know it’s … something. This Prime Video disaster-piece did the impossible though. People are actually watching it.

Vroom vroom

🚗 That’s the sound of your next trip starting strong.

  • Let your phone and small stuff ride shotgun with a bike bag (8% off).
  • Flat tires? A portable inflator (24% off) lets you skip the gas station stop.
  • Grab a two-pack of floor mat cleaners (5% off) to scrub away all that dirt.
  • Forget melting ice, a car fridge (15% off) keeps your drinks cool for longer.
  • This key organizer (15% off) holds up to eight of your keys and a car fob.
  • Feel safer while you’re parked with a steering wheel lock (28% off).

🇺🇸 Memorial Day savings: Here’s that special link to save big on the best gadgets for your ride.

🔭 Space on the sidewalk: A group called #popscope is setting up telescopes on city streets and letting people look through them for free. Imagine heading out for ice cream and getting a peek at Saturn’s rings or the moon’s craters. You can volunteer on their website. No group near you? This telescope is a stellar deal (25% off). Such a wonderful idea!

🧀 Cottage cheese is hot: Cottage cheese is having a weird moment. Albertsons says sales are booming thanks to TikTok recipes and a renewed obsession with protein. Sales surged by 18% in a year, hitting $1.75 billion last year. Why? Cottage cheese ice cream, toast, even pancakes. Next up: cottage cheese cold brew. You know it’s coming.

That’s how many petroleum-based color dyes ice cream makers are ditching by 2028. Red 3, Blue 1, Yellow 5, basically the Crayola rejects of the dessert world, are being swapped for natural pigments. Your mint chip might soon look like actual mint. The average American downs 4 gallons of ice cream a year. Yea, we’re all just toddlers with credit cards and freezers.

🥶 Antarctica said, “Not today”: This kid has guts. A teenage solo pilot TikToker trying to fly to all seven continents landed in Antarctica without telling anyone. Authorities in Chile were like, “That’s illegal,” detained him for filing a fake flight plan and now, he’s ice-o-lated.

Apple's top app

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A controversial new app just shot to #1 on the Apple charts. Not for entertainment, but for alerting users to ICE activity.

📍 There’s an app for that: ICEBlock, a map app for spotting ICE agents, hit #1 on the App Store after CNN reported about it and then U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on X called CNN’s report an “obstruction of justice.” The app lets people pin sightings and get alerts nearby. No word from Apple if they’re gonna pull it.

Ring doorbell app used to track ICE agents

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Amazon’s Neighbors app was built to fight porch pirates. In Los Angeles, people are using it to warn each other about immigration raids.

40%

That’s how much cooling costs can drop with an ice battery. Yes, actual ice. Buildings like Eleven Madison in NYC are freezing water at night, then using that ice to chill the place by day. It’s like time-shifting your AC to happy hour prices, potentially lowering cooling costs by up to 40%. Peak grid demand? Never heard of her.

Gourmet gear

👩‍🍳 Cooking is way more fun with the right stuff.

  • These stretchy food huggers ($18) keep your fruits and veggies fresh.
  • Grab a four-pack of ice cube trays (10% off) to pop ’em without twisting.
  • Messy microwave? This splatter cover (5% off) means less cleanup later.
  • Shave your cheese and more with a handheld rotary grater (20% off).
  • Meat lovers, BBQ like a pro using a set of shredder claws (41% off).

🦖 Jurassic breakfast: This mini-waffle maker (30% off) turns batter into dinosaur-shaped treats in minutes.

🗻 Double rescue on Mount Fuji: A 27-year-old had to be saved twice in just four days trying to scale the mountain. Yep, twice. First, he lost his crampons (those spiky things for walking on ice) and couldn’t climb down. Rescuers got  him back to the parking lot. There, he realized he did not have his phone. So he hiked back up to find his phone and got altitude sickness. Maybe just take the L next time, dude.

$100

That’s how much people are allegedly paying for six ice cubes from Greenland. Greenland entrepreneurs are harvesting 100,000-year-old glacial ice (paywall link) and shipping it to Dubai, where it’s sold in cocktails like the $218 Scotch-on-ice at Nahaté. Talk about an ICE detention center.

Something in the water

🥤 Whether it’s hot tea or chilled wine, these are gadgets you’ll actually use.

  • This tumbler (33% off) clips right to your key chain when you’re on the go.
  • Pop your bottles in a pinch with an electric wine opener set (34% off).
  • No stove? No prob, grab an electric kettle (20% off) to boil your water fast.
  • A portable countertop ice maker (22% off) always keeps you stocked up. Perfect for summer!
  • Toss these chilling stones (5% off) into your drink without watering it down.

🔥 Hot n’ cold: Bring a portable cooler and warmer (14% off) on your road trips to flip between 130 and 40 degrees Fahrenheit at the press of a button. 

Prep and pour under $50

Must-have, helpful stuff at great prices? Yes, please.

  • Keep your leftovers fresh with glass containers (15% off). I ditched plastic ones.
  • A portable oven (58% off) is perfect for picnics and road trips.
  • A countertop ice maker (29% off) is essential.
  • An electric wine opener ($30) makes happy hour happier.
  • Easter’s almost here! Replace your bottles with new gel food coloring set (5% off).

🐱 For your furry friends: Snag a water and pet feeder combo ($30) or a stainless steel fountain (13% off) for a nice spring upgrade.

This will keep your hotel room ice cold

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If you’re the type that needs a cold hotel room, this strategy is for you.

Water, water everywhere

I get bored drinking water all the time. Let’s make it fun.

  • True Lemon packets are like keeping lemon wedges in your purse or desk.
  • A rainbow’s worth of silicone straws (19% off) for colorful sipping.
  • When your water comes in those big, blue 5-gallon jugs, this convenient pump (39% off) replaces the bulky dispenser.
  • DIY nugget ice gives you the Sonic experience at home. Crunch, crunch, crunch.
  • Stop buying bottled water and grab a Brita premium bottle (32% off) that filters.

✅ To-do: A fireproof, waterproof organizer is the right way to store important docs like your passport and birth certificate.