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[R011]

12 hours ago, Ivanhoe said:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0r5nkyyyeo
 

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Horrible way to discover a drug-smuggling operation.

Fortunately, the "candy" tasted so bad that the few people who tried them spat them out before they could be poisoned by them.

[Ivanhoe]

This could be bad;

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/lifestyle/bad-omen-rain-pyramid-collapse-michoacan/

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-pyramid-mexico-collapse-rains-2523535

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Archaeologists believe that the collapsed pyramid was used for human sacrifices made to Curicaueri or “Great Fire,” a deity associated with victory and sunlight.

I guess the locals went too long without a human sacrifice to Curicaueri.

[sunday]

3 hours ago, Ivanhoe said:

This could be bad;

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/lifestyle/bad-omen-rain-pyramid-collapse-michoacan/

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ancient-pyramid-mexico-collapse-rains-2523535

I guess the locals went too long without a human sacrifice to Curicaueri.

Not if the pyramid was exorcised during the Conquest, and the demons vanquished from it.

[TrustMe]

These Russians are extremely cunning  

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cje2p3z8nlyo

[Ssnake]

Looks like it fell out of a high window.

[Ivanhoe]

Russian spy belugas must be named Boris or Natasha.

[R011]

3 hours ago, Ssnake said:

Looks like it fell out of a high window.

Or ate polonium flavoured fish.

[sunday]

4 hours ago, TrustMe said:

These Russians are extremely cunning  

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cje2p3z8nlyo

Other countries make politicians out of them!

Edited September 2, 2024 by sunday

[Ivanhoe]

How could this possibly end well?

https://www.sciencealert.com/engineers-gave-a-mushroom-a-robot-body-and-let-it-run-wild
 

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An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Cornell University in the US and the University of Florence in Italy took steps to find out, putting a culture of the edible mushroom species Pleurotus eryngii (also known as the king oyster mushroom) in control of a pair of vehicles, which can twitch and roll across a flat surface.

Through a series of experiments, the researchers showed it was possible to use the mushroom's electrophysiological activity as a means of translating environmental cues into directives, which could, in turn, be used to drive a mechanical device's movements.

"By growing mycelium into the electronics of a robot, we were able to allow the biohybrid machine to sense and respond to the environment," says senior researcher Rob Shepherd, a materials scientist at Cornell.

 

 

[Ivanhoe]

https://www.newsweek.com/ruby-ship-ammonium-nitrate-russia-nato-norway-1952792

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A damaged Malta-flagged cargo ship carrying 20,000 tons of ammonium nitrate from Russia was spotted near a military base in NATO-member Norway, days after it was ordered to leave a port amid growing concerns about the safety of nearby inhabitants.

For comparison purposes, the ammonium nitrate that blew up at the port of Beirut was 2750 tons. So imagine if the MV Ruby blows, seems like tactical nuke levels of excitement.

 

[Murph]

That could be a very very bad thing.

[urbanoid]

Do we have a 'Because, India' thread?

 

[Ivanhoe]

https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/nutria-spread-in-bay-area-19811411.php?sfnsn=mo

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Close to a thousand nutria have been hunted down in California this year alone, and wildlife officials are urging people to share reports of the invasive, 2.5-foot-long rodents in the Bay Area as recent sightings caught on camera show they’ve spread to Contra Costa County, posing a risk to a critical watershed. 

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The wildly destructive rodents’ presence is cause for widespread concern. Now that they’ve made their way into the delta, which helps channel water to cities and farms across the entire state, it will be easier for them to disperse into other regions. Once there, they’ll continue tearing through wetland habitat, lead to significant losses in crops, and “weaken levees to the point of failure” as a result of their burrowing, Slattengren explained in an email. 

"Attack of the Ravenous Nutria" starring some talentless busty blonde and some other B-list actor.

 

[Rick]

A joke or art?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8705j33jyzo

[Ivanhoe]

I might just buy it and rename it to Vault 33;

 

 

[Ssnake]

Why vault 33; it's a boring control group. There are so many others with inspirational and fun themes:

https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_known_Vaults#Vaults_in_canonical_materials

[Stuart Galbraith]

Much better as a Dr Evil lair, ideal for the launching huge weiner shaped ICBM's and laughing manically as you drop another hapless double O in the Shark Tank.

These have proven popular with survivalists in the past, and some have been converted into entire survival communities. The trick is to buy one where there isnt high groundwater, because they leak like a sieve.

 

[X-Files]

*sigh*  You people....

 

 

Austrian man amputated his penis with an axe after eating psilocybin psychedelic mushrooms | Euronews

 

[Ivanhoe]

Darwin chuckles.

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Speaking of irreversible events...

https://cointelegraph.com/news/peter-todd-who-is-the-man-hbo-named-satoshi
 

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On Oct. 8. HBO’s documentary Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery identified Peter Todd as Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator — Satoshi Nakamoto.

Todd denied being Nakamoto both before the documentary’s debut and after it aired, bluntly posting on X, “I’m not Satoshi.”

However, the question remains: Who is Peter Todd, and why do some people believe he is Satoshi Nakamoto?

 

That guy's life is now over, he's going to be the target of every government agency, organized crime family, and WEF commando squad.

I can almost hear the Black Rock helicopters now...

 

[X-Files]

Varmit Cong wave attacks

 

 

Video shows nearly 100 raccoons swarm woman's yard, prompting 911 call in Washington
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/10/08/raccoons-swarm-washington-home-video/75570742007/

[X-Files]

A Canadian widow has written a gripping memoir, in which she details consuming her late husband’s ashes soon after learning he’d had a number of affairs and sought the company of several high-priced escorts.

Widow ate dead husband's ashes after discovering his cheating (nypost.com)

[sunday]

UK woman terrified by a Polish home intruder that did some domestic chores.

https://www.latintimes.com/terrified-woman-forced-flee-home-after-stranger-breaks-cleans-floor-takes-out-trash-561287

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A UK woman was left confused and shaken after a stranger broke into her house, rearranged items, emptied the trash bins, and even cooked a meal for himself, according to a report

Damian Wojnilowicz, 36, admitted in court on Thursday that he entered the woman's home on July 16 in Monmouthshire, Wales, without permission, while she was away at work. Upon her return, the victim found several items out of place and noticed a few household chores had been taken care of, according to BBC.

She discovered her laundry hung out to dry, refilled birdfeeders, cleaned floors, groceries put away, the recycling bins emptied, and a note written by Wojnilowicz. The message read, "Don't worry, be happy, eat up and scratch."

The unnamed woman also found that Wojnilowicz had consumed items from her kitchen, including a bottle of wine.

I've read that other ladies have expressed interest about meeting that intruder.

Another source

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Jailing the defendant for 22 months, Recorder Christian Jowett told him: “You pose a significant risk to the public.”

It is good public officials know how to identify risks to the public, yes!

Edited October 11, 2024 by sunday

[TrustMe]

Giant runaway pumpkin   

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cgq85gq87qqo

[Ivanhoe]

Only question is, did Rover get his man?

 

[X-Files]

The Kentucky woman accused of killing and dismembering her mother and then cooking her severed head and other body parts was an aspiring actor in California who went by a different name, according to a report.

Torilena May Fields, 32, was arrested on Oct. 9 following an 11-hour standoff with state police after a worker found a disemboweled human torso in the backyard of her mother’s home.

Fields has since been charged with the murder of her mother, Trudy Fields, after she emerged covered in blood from the Mount Olivet, Ky. home where investigators found a charred and severed head, hands, feet and forearm in a “still warm” pot in the oven, Fox56 reported.

Kentucky woman who allegedly cooked her mother's severed head had alias as aspiring actor: report (nypost.com)

Edited October 16, 2024 by X-Files