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Yeah, fine, they've spotted an UFO over Manhattan. How nice!

Mysterious orb zooming past NYC accidentally caught on film by local news chopper

However that's not my point now. My point is, UFOs must've become so boring at this point, some folks who haven't been taking their pills have gone waaaay beyond that, if you don't mind looking:

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#NEIOH - "This is a High Frequency Light Orb that is emitting Energy across the area in assistance to what is unfolding. It is able to clear lower Frequencies and promote a stabilization of calmness. These are utilized often with the Galactic Federation."

Oh well.

kiaa

Here we go again.

New deadly virus 'highly likely' to arrive in the UK in latest climate change warning

"A deadly virus that is killing nearly 50% of patients is "highly likely" to arrive in the UK along with other illnesses spread by insects which are "marching north" due to climate change"

"Ticks and other insects are heading north due to warmer weather"

Well, ticks are not insects, but yeah. We got the point. We're all gonna die. Right?

luzribeiro

It seems to be all the rage these days, AI. So here's some relevant news dump on the subject, feel free to comment.

DeepMind's CEO said there's a chance that AI could become self-aware in the future

AI makes non-invasive mind-reading possible by turning thoughts into text

AI presents political peril for 2024 with threat to mislead voters

Mass event will let hackers test limits of AI technology

And finally, a vid.
Google DeepMind Demos AI Training Robots to Play Soccer / Football:

Watch on YouTube

mahnmut

Sweden's LKAB finds Europe's biggest deposit of rare earth metals

- LKAB identifies over 1 mln tonnes of resources
- Company to apply for concession to develop site
- Mining of deposit still seen 10-15 years away
- Could in time reduce EU dependence on imports

Given the ongoing cold war between China and the US on the hi-tech / rare-mineral resource front, any guesses on how soon Sweden is going to be "liberated" by the powers that be?

mahnmut

It was a close match, but he managed to pull the win out of his... Well, you know.

Huge chess world upset of grandmaster sparks wild claims of cheating — with vibrating sex toy

mahnmut

Elon Musk: "Next I’m buying Coca-Cola to put the cocaine back in"

In fact Coca Cola did use to contain 3.5 grams of cocaine before being replaced by caffeine early on in ths company's history, so yeah. He might be on to something.

Btw if he was serious about his other idea that he might buy McDonald's to fix all the ice cream machines there, I might've really considered setting food into one of their premises for the second time in my life. But alas.

abomvubuso

Badass: Sean Bean orders another drink after getting stabbed in a bar

You don't mess with Sean Bean. I saw him take 6 arrows and still kill 10 more orcs.

luzribeiro

An infamous, conservative Christian radio host has died from Covid-19. Bob Enyart, 62, will be remembered by some for mocking those who died of AIDS. He used to read out AIDS-related obituaries on his TV show, Bob Enyart Live, in the 90s while playing Queen’s ‘Another One Bites The Dust’.

Anti-vax radio host who “gleefully” mocked AIDS victims on-air dies of COVID-19

So he used his TV show to mock people who died from AIDS? And he railed against vaccines and masks? Good riddance, you fake Christian POS. Thoughts and prayers to all the suckers who took you seriously, may they learn something from your death.
Sorry, can't feel sorry for the man. Another one bites the dust, I guess.

On a side note, isn't it weird that this virus is going after radio hosts, specifically? Wow that's crazy man. On a second thought, radio hosts sit on their fat asses all day so they are obese. In the UK for example, a report flags that out of 10,465 patients critically ill with confirmed COVID-19, 73.7% were overweight or obese. Quite frankly I'm surprised that so many Americans have avoided getting critically ill from COVID as the entire nation needs to go on a diet.

kiaa

Behold! The latest scientific experiment!

Experiments involving silicone rings on men's erect penises showed the length really does improve sexual pleasure for the woman during intercourse

- Scientists got men to place different-sized rings on their penis while having sex
- The rings reduced depth of penetration and in turn female sexual satisfaction
- Unfortunately for men with small penises, the results suggest size does matter

kiaa

The LHCb experiment at CERN has found some curious behavior by subatomic particles, specifically the bottom quarks, which are not decaying into the stuff the Standard Model of particle physics predicts. While the finding will certainly require a lot further investigation, particularly to eliminate all chance of statistical or measurement error, it's by any means a promising indication that there may be some new and yet unexplained physics involved, namely the existence of new, yet undetected particles.

So far, the Standard Model looks like this:

All the atoms in the Universe are built using only the electrons and the ‘up’ and ‘down’ quarks. These interact with each other and stick together with the help of gluons and photons. The other particles also fit into the model by taking part in various interactions such as the weak force. Exactly where a potential new set of particles would fit into the picture, if at all, remains to be seen.

This is potentially promising to be the most exciting discovery in particle physics since the detection of the long predicted Higgs boson, the God particle, which is responsible for giving particle mass.

luzribeiro

This piece has made my day. Apparently, a barista at a San Diego Starbucks cafe has refused to serve a customer who didn't wear a mask (against the Starbucks policy). She got angry, and decided to take a pic of him, and then rant about it on her FB wall, hoping to embarrass the guy (named Lenen Gutierrez).

Things didn't turn out good for her, though. ;-)

"Meet lenen from Starbucks who refused to serve me cause I’m not wearing a mask. Next time I will wait for cops and bring a medical exemption."

The whole thing backfired very badly eventually. An overwhelming majority of the readers mocked her for her behavior, and one even started a tipping campaign in favor of Lenen.

He got $ 60K within a week from about 5K donations. He's now planning to invest the money to start a dancing school for kids.

Curiously, the lady was exposed as an anti-vaxxer, a mother of 3 (poor little kids, I pity them), and, apart from that spat in the cafe, she doesn't seem to mind frequently wearing all sorts of masks, as is seen from her photos (as multiple FB users have noticed and pointed out in the comments).

This of course potentially brings up a lot of points about entitlement, flouting the rules of public safety for various pretexts, public responsibility, even some race issues from what I'm hearing around the comment sections... For what it's worth, I'm just glad the whole thing has played out the way it has. Gives me a little more hope for humanity - or at least, the American part thereof. ;-)

airiefairie

Dubstep artist Skrillex could protect against mosquito bites

"According to a recent scientific study, the way to avoid mosquito bites is to listen to electronic music - specifically dubstep, specifically by US artist Skrillex."

Not surprised. Who wouldn't be repelled, and lose appetite, by the sound of dubstep? (I kid. I actually like it... in a way)... =)

Besides...

"Skrillex & Mosquito Repellent Advertisement" (Watch on YouTube)

kiaa

Serving junk food on silver platters is a perfect metaphor for Trump's entire presidency so far. ;)

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luzribeiro

Breaking: five accusers now. Two new ones, anonymous, just surfaced today. Five. And counting.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/senate-probing-new-allegation-misconduct-against-kavanaugh-n913581

Yea but they MUST all be liars... right?!?! I mean ask any Republican and they will tell you that all 5 of them are just making it up. Even though they don't actually know that. They also don't know Kavanaugh personally. They also weren't there. They also don't know any of the women personally. But just ask them and they will tell you... Fake News and dirty liars. All 5.

Here is Sarah Huckabee Sanders response, "Last I can remember we're still a country where you're innocent until proven guilty; except when you're a conservative Republican. It's absolutely shameful what the Democrats have done and the way they've turned this into a political process".

Pot, meet kettle, I suppose?

( But seriously. )

johnny9fingers

Poor old Jules has missed yet another opportunity to escape the confines of his self-imposed incarceration:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/21/julian-assange-russia-ecuador-embassy-london-secret-escape-plan

Looking at the journalist's take on this it appears that Julian's moonlight Christmas Eve flit was called off at the last moment because it was deemed too risky.

Right at the moment Julian still has a friend in the White House. I'd opine, if he were a really sensible lad, that he'd walk out of the Embassy, give himself up, be extradited to the US and hope that Trump is still in office when he gets there. In reality I'd say he should have walked out of the door the minute Trump took his oath of office. He may still get into that critical window if he hurries.

But what does the panel think?

mahnmut

US doc: Hey dude?
Vietnamese: Yep?
US doc: Remember how I chopped your arm off with a machete while you were sleeping?
Vietnamese: Suuure! T'was that night when you massacred our village while we were asleep, and you dropped napalm and watched the villagers burn, and your soldiers raped our women, but in the end you lost?
US doc: That's the one.
Vietnamese: Oh, thanks a lot then. By the way, which arm do you use to wipe your ass?

mahnmut

Donald Trump lookalike from Spain named Dolores Leis stumbles into unexpected fame on social media

I think she's his secret twin sister. His papa banged a woman in Spain back in the day and this is what we've got.

luzribeiro

Apparently, 3 baboons briefly escaped from a biomedical research facility in San Antonio, TX, using a 55 gallon barrel which they rolled over to help themselves jump over a fence.

Watch on YouTube

The fourth baboon must have had second thoughts, because at the last minute it changed its mind and went back.

Locals saw people in medical masks chasing after the primates, who were rounded up within half an hour.

While it may seem funny to you, this and similar facilities are a threat both to the staff who work there, the communities hosting them, and let's not forget the animals that are being kept there like prisoners, whose only purpose in life is to escape the nightmare that is the lab.

As for the baboon folk, anyone who has been anywhere near the Cape province of South Africa or who is a resident of Cape Town like myself, would attest that they're the most industrious, courageous and, well, charmingly obnoxious little motherfuckers on the planet.

asthfghl

A villager saved a flock of storks who were almost frozen to death after arriving too early from the south. Winter still won't go away here, and the new snow has surprised both plant and beast, not to mention us humans. Fortunately, there are good people like this guy who have a huge heart and are always willing to help those in distress.

His example was soon followed by many others.

Watch on YouTube

kiaa

20 years after NASA launched the Cassini probe toward Saturn, and 305 years after the death of its namesake, the bus-sized gadget is having the last moments of its mission. In a plunge into the atmosphere of the 5th planet, it will send a last batch of images, and will be no more. Just after 6:32 a.m. ET, Cassini will turn into a meteor, and burst to pieces.

Links for watching live:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwMDvPCGeE0
http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv

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mahnmut - Friday WTF. The magic orb though!
kiaa - Friday offtopic. Time to get scared (again) +1 comment
luzribeiro - Off (on?) topic: AI news dump +2 comments
mahnmut - Friday wow news: Rare minerals found up north +2 comments
mahnmut - Friday WTF... New way of cheating in chess, I guess? +1 comment
mahnmut - Friday nonsense. Richest troll in town +2 comments
abomvubuso - Friday wow... You don't just kill Boromir +2 comments
luzribeiro - Did he try horse paste? +3 comments
kiaa - Friday lol/news. Size does matter after all?
kiaa - Friday off-topic. New physics found at CERN? +1 comment
luzribeiro - Entitled bitch gets owned +8 comments
airiefairie - Friday news... Beware, mosquitos!
kiaa - Friday fun. Junk at the White House! +3 comments
luzribeiro - Kavanaugh +8 comments
johnny9fingers - Oh Julian... +6 comments
mahnmut - Friday WTF. Bygones... +2 comments
mahnmut - Friday WTF. May the conspiracy theories ensue!
luzribeiro - Friday LOL. Baboons do the darnedest things. +2 comments
asthfghl - Friday offtopic. Saving storks +2 comments
kiaa - Cassini: the Grand Finale +1 comment

Talk politics.

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Entries tagged with news

Friday WTF. The magic orb though!

Friday offtopic. Time to get scared (again)

Off (on?) topic: AI news dump

Friday wow news: Rare minerals found up north

Friday WTF... New way of cheating in chess, I guess?

Friday nonsense. Richest troll in town

Friday wow... You don't just kill Boromir

Did he try horse paste?

Friday lol/news. Size does matter after all?

Friday off-topic. New physics found at CERN?

Entitled bitch gets owned

Friday news... Beware, mosquitos!

Friday fun. Junk at the White House!

Kavanaugh

Oh Julian...

Friday WTF. Bygones...

Friday WTF. May the conspiracy theories ensue!

Friday LOL. Baboons do the darnedest things.

Friday offtopic. Saving storks

Cassini: the Grand Finale

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