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[bruce_the_loon]

So that's why fruit flies keep trying to get through my airlock.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8e772enngo

 

[Rish]

https://torontosun.com/news/weird/surgeon-fined-for-sharing-snap-of-patients-swastika-penis-tattoo

 

[Kent88]

I'm not clicking on that.

Nope.

 

[Skeeter686]

I'm not clicking on that.

Nope.

I'll save you from clicking. (No pix, BTW)

Dude was hospitalized because a homemade bomb blew up in his hands. He has Nazi symbols tattooed where I feel there should never be needles. I have a hard time feeling empathy for the "victim" here, but that's just me.

 

[Rish]

https://www.nationalworld.com/news/...-from-london-park-what-do-experts-say-5087470

 

[day_trippr]

Well there's a thought that would never have occurred to me

 

[jschein]

Hide your goats
https://nypost.com/2025/04/20/lifestyle/two-alligators-at-front-door-of-florida-home/

 

[Kent88]

https://www.audubon.org/magazine/more-birds-bring-more-happiness-according-science

 

[Skeeter686]

https://www.audubon.org/magazine/more-birds-bring-more-happiness-according-science

I really miss our bird feeders (and so do the wife's cats... they're indoor, so birds are safe). However, the chipmunks and mice are problematic, and birds are not tidy about eating.

 

[Kent88]

Maybe the mice and chipmunks shouldn't be safe...

 

[Rish]

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a...ought-back-his-own-stolen-honda-civic-type-r/

 

[Rish]

I wonder if possums ever shut down highways in Sydney?

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/us/runaway-kangaroo-shuts-highway-alabama-hnk/index.html

 

[balrog]

Is "A Runaway Kangaroo" a euphemism of which I'm unaware?

 

[lumpher]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/c...N&cvid=2ab6a55816e243bdbce0a27640d87441&ei=16

Crews work to retrieve 8 million dimes that spilled onto Texas highway:​

 

[balrog]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/c...N&cvid=2ab6a55816e243bdbce0a27640d87441&ei=16

Crews work to retrieve 8 million dimes that spilled onto Texas highway:​

It doesn't say whether it was caused by a runaway kangaroo.

 

[Pkrd]

Is "A Runaway Kangaroo" a euphemism of which I'm unaware?

Surely it should be hopaway?

 

[Kent88]

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/03/nx-s1-5384941/axolotls-mexican-wetlands

 

[jschein]

Animals trying to hide their stash
https://hudsonvalleypost.com/ixp/341/p/meth-pipe-raccoon-traffic-stop/

 

[Kent88]

Oh Florida

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...oon-holding-meth-pipe-traffic-stop-rcna205508

Wait, that's not Florida?!

 

[sweetcell]

Boy Hits Car Concert Canceled After Truck Hits Venue​

 

[balrog]

https://www.iflscience.com/worlds-f...272627864&mc_cid=fff55fc450&mc_eid=f3574cd758

Because, let's face it, when it comes right down to it, what could *POSSIBLY* go wrong with genetically engineering spiders?

 

[Konadog]

 

[bruce_the_loon]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwywdjjgvqqo

Where ginger cats come from.

 

[Kent88]

 

[bruce_the_loon]

Boy Hits Car Concert Canceled After Truck Hits Venue​

The recovery of the truck by Pepe's Towing Service.

 

[balrog]

Sad.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/20/entertainment/george-wendt-death

I had the "Cheers" board game.
Some of the tiles were George-isms.
There were some great ones.
"It's a dog eat dog world, and I'm wearing Milk Bone underwear"

 

[Kent88]

Not exactly a big headline, but I want to share and it fits here as well as anywhere

https://bsky.app/profile/paigebyerly.bsky.social/post/3lqoui3mask2r

 

[Rish]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...north-carolina-mom-school-fight-b2762906.html

 

[Northern_Brewer]

In US terms, this is the equivalent of "Dollar Tree company sold for $1"

Poundland sold to US investment firm for £1​

 

[Pkrd]

In US terms, this is the equivalent of "Dollar Tree company sold for $1"

Poundland sold to US investment firm for £1​

Well, how could it be sold for anything else?