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[balrog]

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[Kent88]

All my nopes

Super-size trapdoor spider discovered in Australia

 

[balrog]

Another nope from Germany:
https://newatlas.com/lifestyle/powdered-beer/

 

[Northern_Brewer]

This is more like it, glad they worked that one out
https://www.space.com/space-bricks-potato-starch-mars-moon-dirt

 

[Kent88]

 

[balrog]

So Windows updates have, in the past, with few exceptions, to be succinct, unmitigated onerous whack a mole exercises in surreal insanity.

I'm *SURE* this can only.....help? "...modernize the OS with AI, faster updates..."

https://www.windowscentral.com/soft...ows-corepc-modern-platform-hudson-valley-2024
(Maybe the addition of AI will simply have never ending popups to tell users to switch to Linux)

 

[Kent88]

(Maybe the addition of AI will simply have never ending popups to tell users to switch to Linux)

 

[Sailingeric]

Man arrested for ‘chasing pedestrians’ with a stolen forklift, police say​

https://www.koin.com/news/portland/...edestrians-with-a-stolen-forklift-police-say/

 

[bleme]

Man arrested for ‘chasing pedestrians’ with a stolen forklift, police say​

https://www.koin.com/news/portland/...edestrians-with-a-stolen-forklift-police-say/

Is Portland OR the new 'Florida Man'?

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Good for Kiwi firefighters for acknowledging the world as it is, not how it might be in theory... I once had a housemate who tried to make onion bhajis - deep fried and everything - after a night out, without having ever made a bhaji before. It didn't go very well, but it's a miracle he didn't burn the house down.

https://www.thesouthafrican.com/new...e-cookbook-for-drunks-breaking-30-march-2023/
The recipes are here - they're nicely written, eg "Release the beans from their tin prison", "Open up the dates down the middle. Ask about their dreams and aspirations."
https://fireandemergency.nz/yourecooked/

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Trust the US legal system to make this story even weirder :

https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvn...caine-hippos-are-legally-people-says-us-judge

And the latest news from Pablo Escobar's cocaine hippos, is that Colombia is paying $3.5m to move them to Mexico and India :

Drug lord Escobar's hippos in $3.5m move plan

 

[El Whedo]

Winnie The Pooh Escapes Copyright Hell, Grabs Some Weapons, And Immediately Gets Kicked Out Of Hong Kong​

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/03/29...and-immediately-gets-kicked-out-of-hong-kong/

 

[doug293cz]

Winnie The Pooh Escapes Copyright Hell, Grabs Some Weapons, And Immediately Gets Kicked Out Of Hong Kong​

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/03/29...and-immediately-gets-kicked-out-of-hong-kong/

Moderator note: This post can stay, as it is a valid news item. However, any discussion of copyright law would need to take place in the "Debate" forum, and any posts in this thread commenting on copyright law will be deleted.

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[sweetcell]

Ukrainian hackers hacked into Russian blogger's AliExpress account and ordered $25,000 worth of dildos instead of drones for the Russian army​

 

[sweetcell]

this one isn't so much about the headline as it is about that second image...

At least 25 cars of a freight train derail in western Montana​

 

[day_trippr]

Great Train Robbery?

 

[pvtpublic]

this one isn't so much about the headline as it is about that second image...

At least 25 cars of a freight train derail in western Montana​

I need to get my a$$ over there! Hey @grampamark wanna join in? Haha

 

[Broken Crow]

Great Train Robbery?

For it to be "Great" the haul should actually have some value.

 

[day_trippr]

Now now, don't be churlish, looking at that crew they probably think it's their Christmas

 

[Northern_Brewer]

"Finally, somewhere we can dump this crap my wife bought without the embarrassment of someone seeing us...wait a minute, who's that guy on the other side of the river with a zoom lens?"

 

[balrog]

Have these eejits never watched a single SciFi movie to know not to do this kind of crap??!!

physicists-simulated-a-black-hole-in-the-lab-and-then-it-started-to-glow

https://www.sciencealert.com/physic...k-hole-in-the-lab-and-then-it-started-to-glow

 

[sweetcell]

any engineers out there care to defend this "research"? didn't think so. no more beer for you!

This insect flings pee from a 'butt catapult.' Now engineers are studying practical uses

 

[homebeerbrewer]

“So this moose walks into a medical building...”

 

[bleme]

“So this moose walks into a medical building...”

I saw that video last week and just thought "Someone shoot those idiots that are blocking the exit!"
You could see the moose kept thinking about going that way, then it saw them.
You would think they have never herded an animal in their life or something...

 

[Northern_Brewer]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-65274023

 

[balrog]

The cocaine hippos are back in the news

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...escobar-cocaine-hippo-killed-suv/11664162002/

 

[Northern_Brewer]

As an alternative to cocaine hippos, how about an elephant down the pub?
https://londonist.com/london/history/elephant-ye-olde-cheshire-cheese-pub

 

[jschein]

https://nypost.com/2023/04/16/mets-sny-broadcasters-switch-booths-in-oakland-due-to-possum-poop/

 

[Kent88]

New Zealand feral cat-killing competition for children axed after backlash

 

[Sailingeric]

When you gotta go! Boston Marathon runner caught pooping in stranger’s yard in doorbell video

 

[Dland]

Seems like a waste, but not that much of one...

https://news.yahoo.com/finance/news/calling-beer-champagne-leaves-french-114313245.html

 

[Northern_Brewer]

When you gotta go! Boston Marathon runner caught pooping in stranger’s yard in doorbell video

That's nothing, Paula Radcliffe did the same on national TV and still won the 2005 London marathon in the third-fastest time in history.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/4454315.stm

 

[Kent88]

Huh, who knew Daniel Radcliffe's sister was so BA.

 

[shoengine]

Man tries to steal Bremerton ferry with ax for ‘revolution’

 

[Northern_Brewer]

It gets weirder - what this headline misses out is that the cat belonged to the San Marino tourism minister....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/65428878

 

[Kent88]

 

[Kent88]

 

[jschein]

https://www.nj.com/middlesex/2023/0...j-stream-its-now-a-local-political-issue.html

 

[GrogNerd]

I'd question those in charge of "Spaghetti Night" at the local VFW

 

[Northern_Brewer]

That's tortelli disgusting.