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                                                                                                              1. I’m going to start tweeting some of the wild weird stuff I run across on AliExpress. I’ve never touched any of these things and do not endorse them.
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                                                                                            Chicken helmets. aliexpress.com/item/4000193788680.html Disclosure: I just bought four of these for the four hens we're getting this season.
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                                                                                      Nicholas Cage face swimsuit. aliexpress.com/item/33021198721.html I wonder how many more of these Face/Off tie-ins there are on Aliexpress
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                                                                                    Nicholas Cage anti-face recognition hoodie. s.aliexpress.com/qAVRviiu
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                                                                                  Nicholas Cage action figure with cruise missile. s.aliexpress.com/JjMj2UZV
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                                                                                I’m not even gonna link these. But let me tell you, hoo-boy. Aliexpress’s algorithm has now decided that I am a Nicolas Cage fan. The things I do for you people.
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                                                                              A fascinating new design of toilet plunger. s.aliexpress.com/6JZb2uyu
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                                                                            A five dollar slingshot with laser targeting
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                                                                          I’ve never seen this design of “bow“ and arrow before.
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                                                                      One of my factories has an automatic shoe covering machine like this. It is, no lie, amazing. And, it can actually cover the shoes on my big American feet. s.aliexpress.com/3YJvquUR
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                                                                And yet, somehow no hits for “Nicolas Cage mask“
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                                                              Why would you want your dog to look like Boris Johnson? s.aliexpress.com/eERnyeIb
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                                                    If I can adjust it to 6 feet and wear it on a hat, I’m all in.
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                                    Perfect for trick or treating. Or a visit to the corner store.
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                            Probably not what the CDC had in mind.
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                        Nitinol wire paper clip. Especially for @oskay, I think.
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                    Coffee flair. Including an enamel aeropress pin
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          This device takes 256 easily-replaced SIM cards. It has 8 EDGE modems. You can control it over USB. It’s designed to send SMS spam.
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      Water-cooled...iPhone case‽‽‽
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    This iPhone parts store on Aliexpress has the best name.
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      Custom milled AirPods repair jig.
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          In case the water damage indicators in your macbook fall off.
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            That’s a fascinating lightning connector.
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                        I’m not sure I’d demonstrate my coffee grinder’s ability to make…beer bottle powder‽
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                          Guaranteed to have dead pixels.
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                            White Label Botox. The perfect swag for your Web 3 startup’s next trade show.
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                                      “programmer keycaps” - perfect for the emacs user in your life.
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                                        iPhone case with “real gold” - in the form of an ENIG circuit board.