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jeudi 21 mars 2024, 19:08
Zookeepers at the Tobu Zoo recently practiced catching a white tiger as if it had escaped from its enclosure. To make the drill more, um, realistic, they had a staff member dress the part of a tiger. The scenario was that an earthquake had damaged the glass of the tiger's...
The British Royal Family has entered a season of roiling public relations crisis as the King is treated for something cancer and Princess Catherine, after mystery surgery, remains incognito but for amateurish photoshop fakery and a shopping trip so ineptly orchestrated even...
A mother's tragic decision, fueled by QAnon conspiracy theories, led to the deaths of her 13-year-old son and sister in the remote Colorado wilderness. Rebecca Vance, believing lies about a 'Great Reset' plot by elites to control the world, fled her home with her son Talon...
A 44-year-old woman has been charged with robbing a bakery in Richmond, Australia in the middle of the night. Curiously, she seems to have prepared for the heist by doing some yoga in the parking lot. Her flow was caught on security camera. — Read the rest The post Burglar...
A 62-year-old Massachusetts man is the first transplant patient to receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig. And so far, his recovery is going well. Richard Slayman, battling end-stage kidney disease, checked into Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Saturday. ...
The days of green bubbles for non-iPhone users in iMessage may be numbered. According to The New York Times, 'The Justice Department joined 16 states and the District of Columbia to file an antitrust lawsuit against Apple on Thursday, the federal government's most...
Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert recently bragged about securing over $20 million in water and infrastructure projects for her district — despite having voted against the very funding that made it possible. As political commentator Luke Beasley points out in his...
Kyle Rittenhouse suddenly bolted off a stage when faced with questions from a Black man at the University of Memphis. Yes, this is the same chap known for blubbering his way out of a guilty conviction after killing two people with an AR-15-style rifle at a BLM demonstration...
TL;DR: Meaningful reflection and stress relief are hard to find on your own. Fortunately, Groodles promotes thoughtful self-expression and healing with non-clinical art therapy, and this app is now only $39.99 (reg. $149)! Nowadays, it's impossible not to feel anxious,...
I love the striations in Jankycaps's experimental 100% recycled plastic keycaps, at once beautiful and hideous. They remind me of William Gibson's descriptions of East German light fittings made in similar fashion. [via Hackaday] We pick and mix a few different colours of...
French gourmands may have to bid adieu to one of their favorite dishes — frog legs. France gobbles up over 4000 tons of cuisses de grenouille every year, and that appetite is endangering species on the other side of the planet. — Read the rest The post Environmentalists...
Wicliff Yves Fleurizard, 26, was charged with stowing away after boarding a flight at the Salt Lake City airport by taking a cellphone photo of another passenger's ticket and displaying the photo to the boarding scanner. He was caught only because the flight was full and he...
I'm trying hard to figure out why this is fun, but I guess that's what makes the world go 'round. As the New York Post reported: This takes punch-drunk to a new level. Spring Breakers in Fort Lauderdale, Florida are cramming into a local bar for shots and slaps — but...
Many of us think we know what goes on at a Trump rally — we see snippets on the news or a clip on social media. But I don't think anyone, even including the average Trump supporter, really understands how off-the-rails, demented and dangerous these events are. — Read the re...
There aren't many movies that are not only 'must see' but are 'must see in a theater.' Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, which hits theaters May 24th, is definitely one of those movies. A prequel to the epic, mind-blowing Mad Max: Fury Road, the first teaser trailer for Furiosa just ...
Triple Hugo Award-winning author Vernor Vinge died Wednesday at 79. Vinge sold his first science-fiction story in 1964, 'Apartness', which appeared in the June 1965 issue of New Worlds. In 1971, he received a PhD (Math) from UCSD, and the next year began teaching at San...
Why do I have wired security cameras? Because Amazon sells WiFi jammers. I'm fine with that, but the Federal Communications Commission is not. In a rare statement publicly confirming the probe, FCC spokesperson Will Wiquist said the FCC has 'several ongoing investigations...
M. Emmet Walsh, 88, specialized in playing good old boys with bad vibes and starred in Blade Runner, the Coen Brothers' Blood Simple, and more recently Knives Out. You know the score, pal. When you're not a cop, you're little people. — Read the rest The post M. Emmet...
Rankin County sheriff's deputy Christian Dedmon is the fourth member of the department's 'Goon Squad' to be sentenced in the beatings, torture, rape and attempted murder that took place when they terrorized Eddie Parker and Michael Jenkins, two black men, in a January 2023...
Imagine owning one of the most iconic mid-century homes in Phoenix and wanting to tear it down. That's what's currently in store for 'White Gates,' a 1954 house designed by famed mid-century architect Al Beadle that sits on the south slope of Camelback Mountain. — Read the re...
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