The Hefty Express

🎹 COSTCO MANAGER OFFERS CUSTOMER A PART-TIME JOB JUST TO PLAY THE PIANO Costco customer sat down at a display piano and began playing. His performance reportedly impressed the store’s manager so much that she offered him a part-time job just to keep playing.

👼 MYSTERIOUS ANGEL STATUE FOUND IN RUSSIA Russian excavator operators appeared to uncover something straight out of a mystery movie. The footage shows a massive winged statue emerging from the earth. The workers claim the energy coming from the figure is “unreal” and say they are waiting for someone to arrive by helicopter to collect it. The video quickly sparked speculation about what the statue could be and where it came from.

🚨 BREAKING: Donald Trump crashes bike on a pothole road, but the order is safe. Witnesses say he held it high the entire fall like a McDonald's delivery driver on a 5-star mission. ( ⚠️ AI-generated satire )

🚨 China just built the world's biggest fusion magnet. Fusion is how the sun makes energy. To copy it on Earth, you need gas hotter than 100 million°C. Nothing can touch that, so giant magnets hold it in place. This one weighs 582 tonnes, about as much as a fully loaded Boeing 747. It's not producing power yet, but it's a big step toward clean, almost unlimited energy. China aims to show fusion electricity around 2030.

A double pendulum is just two rods joined together, yet scientists still can't predict its motion exactly. It's a textbook case of chaos: change the starting position by a tiny fraction and the swing plays out completely differently. Simple physics, unpredictable result. 🌀 📹 via Science Magazine

NEW: Halloween eve turns deadly in California. 1 dead, 6 wounded after a shooting inside a Spirit Halloween store at Solano Town Center mall in Fairfield. No arrests yet. Police are asking the public for help.

Bugatti CEO Mate Rimac had his $3M Chiron STOLEN from his company's campus in Croatia after leaving the keys inside. He then chased the thief across the border in his Porsche 911 while police tracked the car live. The thief was caught in Austria. The car was damaged but is being repaired. Rimac's takeaway: "I will not do that anymore."

🎬 Sacha Baron Cohen puts $3 million of his own money on the line for Ali G’s return. The actor revealed that a planned eight-hour continuous sequence for Ali G: Who Iz I? was derailed when a wildfire forced the crew to evacuate a filming location. The attempted shoot cost $4 million, but insurance covered only $1 million, leaving Cohen personally responsible for the remaining $3 million.

🚨 A plumber discovers something bizarre beneath a property. A routine plumbing job takes an unsettling turn as a plumber discovers murky water covered in dozens of strange reddish formations. The plumber reportedly describes the water as “breathing” as the footage captures the disturbing scene. What exactly is down there remains unclear.

🤖 A robot that writes homework by hand is gaining attention online. The machine reproduces text and diagrams on paper, potentially allowing students to submit work they didn’t write themselves. The technology is impressive. The implications for learning are another matter.

🚨 281 ARRESTED IN MASSIVE FLORIDA UNDERCOVER OPERATION A seven-day undercover operation in Polk County, Florida, has resulted in 281 arrests targeting prostitution, human trafficking and suspected child sexual predators. Among those arrested were 17 theme-park employees — 13 from Disney and four from Universal Studios. Authorities say 31 suspects were arrested in connection with attempts to arrange sexual encounters with children. The operation also identified 11 human trafficking victims, who were offered support services. The investigation, dubbed “Polk Around and Find Out II,” involved multiple law enforcement agencies. All those arrested face allegations and are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.

🚛 LIFE ON THE ROAD, BUT MAKE IT LUXURY Forget the image of a truck driver sleeping in a cramped cabin. This man wakes up in a fully equipped sleeper cab, makes himself breakfast at a dining table, and gets ready for another day on the road. LED lighting, a proper bed, a TV and even a little dining area. He doesn’t need to go home to enjoy the comforts of home. And the best part? He finishes breakfast, settles into the driver’s seat, and gets straight to work.

🏠 BRITAIN’S NEW HOMES: 130 DEFECTS ON AVERAGE? A new investigation has raised serious questions about the quality of Britain’s newly built homes. According to specialist inspection company HomeSnag, the average new-build property has around 130 defects. Its inspections found uneven ceilings in 70% of homes, ventilation problems in 60%, and insufficient loft insulation in half. The problem goes beyond poor workmanship. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has previously warned that housebuilders lack strong incentives to compete on quality, while buyers often have limited information about the homes they’re purchasing. With the government pushing to build more homes, a crucial question remains: Is Britain building houses faster than it can ensure they’re built properly? Source: UK Competition and Markets Authority - Housebuilding Market Study⁠.

Oberlin College photography professor Pipo Nguyen-Duy (64) and his wife, Tran Thi Phong (56), were found shot dead in their Ohio home Wednesday. Their 31-year-old child, Asia Nguyen-Duy (previously known as Daniel Jones), is charged with six counts of murder, four counts of felonious assault and one count of tampering with evidence. Prosecutors say that moments after the shootings, the suspect asked a stranger to record a video in which they admitted to the killings, claimed to be "escaping a cult" and took full responsibility. At Thursday's hearing, officers carried the suspect into court and rolled them to the defense table in a chair. Bond was set at $3 million. The case now moves to county common pleas court.

💀🚕 Even the skeletons are riding robotaxis this Halloween. @robotaxi just dropped "Bone voyage": a glowing green skeleton crew cruising through the night in a yellow-orange car, no driver needed.

⚠️SHOCKING: A Russian drone hit a crowded platform at Dnipro’s main train station in Ukraine. At least 14 people were killed and more injured, including a child. Officials say passengers were still on the platform despite a warning. Zelensky called it horrific. Sources: BBC, Ukrainian officials, Reuters.

IMPACT: Passenger train hit a tractor trailer stuck on a railway crossing A tractor with a trailer was caught on a railway crossing in Poland when a passenger train hit it. The trailer was destroyed on impact. Video shows a tractor stuck on a level crossing as a train approaches. The train strikes the trailer and destroys it.

Englishman in New York: a 47-second animated short that has passed 8 million views. It follows a tall, black-haired man in a long coat walking calmly through surreal New York scenes with a coffee and an umbrella, all in a hand-painted watercolor style. A new AI-animated short, "Englishman in New York," is taking over X. Created by @antrofrog_ with Midjourney for the character design and Seedance for the motion, it has more than 8 million views and 140K likes in about 10 hours. AI art is getting harder to dismiss. "Englishman in New York" by @antrofrog_ is a 47-second watercolor-style animation that has already passed 8 million views. The creator is also offering a free download so people can repost it.

A movie theater worker shared footage of an auditorium left covered in popcorn and trash after a screening, with the caption "had to bring in backup." Cleanup crews say the job has one upside: they sometimes find money left behind.

There are an estimated 10 quintillion insects alive on Earth at any given moment. 🐜 That’s 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 individual insects sharing this planet with us. For every human being, there are roughly 1.25 billion insects. We think of ourselves as living in a world dominated by humans. In reality, we’re vastly outnumbered.