Wake Up Q

Smell Bacon? Check Your Phone! Monday Morning Funnies…

There’s a new gadget from Japan that plugs into your smartphone, and releases a scent . . . to make your notifications smell like BACON?

Learn more

A woman named Sharidan Sotelo was an assistant editor on “Breaking Bad”.  And now she’s reimagined the series, using professional ICE SKATERS to play all the parts.

See It

One of the weirdest videos on YouTube was posted in 2011, and it’s called Going to the Store.  It’s a computer generated nude MANNEQUIN, who dances down the street like something out of a bad dream.  And it’s been viewed over 15 MILLION times.

Now the person who made it has released a SECOND video, and it’s the exact same idea.  But it’s three times as long, and it might actually be WEIRDER.

Headlines

58 minutes ago in Sports, Trending

Jalen Hurts and the Eagles win their second NFC East title in a row by beating the Commanders 29-18

Fresh

As the percussive horns of Stevie Wonder's "Sir Duke" filled the air, Philadelphia Eagles coach Nick Sirianni — wearing a black T-shirt bearing the words, "Been there, won that" — made the rounds in the locker room, offering hand clasps and back slaps to his players after they accomplished something that hadn't happened in two decades: win a second consecutive NFC East title.

1 hour ago in National

Hundreds mourn Brown University sophomore Ella Cook, killed in campus shooting

Fresh

A Brown University sophomore who was killed in an attack at the Rhode Island university was remembered Monday as "smart, confident, curious, kind, principled, brave," at a funeral in her home state of Alabama.

10 hours ago in Business, Community, Environment, Lifestyle, Local, Politics

Cortland County farm wins $35K microenterprise grant award

Dylan Barber Farm in Marathon won a microenterprise grant award for $35,000 in a unanimous vote.

10 hours ago in Community, Local, Politics

Cortland mayor explains 8% tax rate increase

In the 2026 budget adopted last week by the Cortland Common Council, property taxes are going up eight percent, double what was expected.

11 hours ago in Community, Crime, Education, Local

Bath PD trace school threat to Geneva woman

A call to Steuben County 911 on Dec. 19 making unspecified threats to the Bath Central School District was traced back to Carrie McChesney.

11 hours ago in Community, Lifestyle, Local

City of Ithaca parking rates to increase January 5

In 2026, the hourly rate for on-street parking in the ParkMobile/electronic pay station zones will increase to $2.50 per hour.