Weird News Compilation

[nsaspook]

https://www.naplesnews.com/story/ne...jumps-up-catches-ball-golfer-says/2939466002/

 

[nsaspook]

Keeping Portland weird.
#1
https://www.kptv.com/police-officer-injured-by-hatchet-wielding-man-near-portland-middle/video_e37e81e3-efd5-5fd0-a801-2a78f26b7785.html
#2
https://www.kgw.com/video/news/loca...cars/283-d4c6352d-3b72-4fcd-a92c-34a741862ddc

 

[fresh_42]

Always a pleasure:

The "Real" Reason Scientists Are Lying About The Earth Being Round According To Flat-Earthers

"If some scientist revealed it tomorrow on CNN, or whatever, and it was broadcast that the Earth is not (round) --- there's potential for some real shock waves, some real upheaval. The first one is academic --- literally in every university in every country, astrophysics and astronomy would have to be shut down overnight. Those would not reopen."

https://www.brainjet.com/world/2456...earth-being-round-according-to-flat-earthers/

 

[Craftek_Ana]

Scientists Talked to Cats to Figure Out If They Know Their Own Names

https://gizmodo.com/scientists-talk...w-th-1833785466/amp?__twitter_impression=true

 

[fresh_42]

Scientists Talked to Cats to Figure Out If They Know Their Own Names

https://gizmodo.com/scientists-talk...w-th-1833785466/amp?__twitter_impression=true

Sure. They need to know what can be ignored!

 

[nsaspook]

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/lions-devour-rhino-poacher-trampled-123027303.html

Just Deserts!

 

[berkeman]

Tenderized!

 

[nsaspook]

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/...i-conformists-always-end-up-looking-the-same/

 

[Borg]

Somebody needs a CRISPR timeout.
Chinese scientists defend implanting human gene into monkeys' brains.

MIT Review - https://www.technologyreview.com/s/...-genes-in-monkeysand-yes-they-may-be-smarter/
The original paper - https://academic.oup.com/nsr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/nsr/nwz043/5420749

 

[nsaspook]

https://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/People-are-pooping-more-than-ever-on-the-streets-13778680.php

A dog can't walk the streets anymore.

 

[Borg]

Monty Python's killer rabbit?

 

[Craftek_Ana]

Monty Python's killer rabbit?

Better every loop

 

[Borg]

People who write machine learning programs can be pretty weird.

Deep Zip: an open fly detector

 

[phinds]

People who write machine learning programs can be pretty weird.

And have WAY too much spare time.

 

[nsaspook]

https://electrek.co/2019/04/26/tesla-sentry-mode-capturing-crazier-thing/

For example, a Model 3 owner got a Sentry Mode alert because someone was using his brand new car as photoshoot stage for her a dog

 

[diogenesNY]

Oxford Professor Argues Invisible Aliens Are Interbreeding With Humans

• Dr Chi claims that aliens share our biosphere and are acting to overcome the effects of climate change.
• Dr Chi outlined his views in a 2012 lecture and has since written a book.
• In April 2018, Dr Chi approached The Oxford Union to propose a debate on the subject. The proposal was not accepted.

The Oxford Student has learned that Dr Young-hae Chi, Professor at Oxford’s Oriental Institute, believes in a strong correlation between climate change and alien abductions.
In 2012, Dr Chi gave a lecture at the the Ammach Conference, titled ‘Alien Abduction and the Environmental Crisis’ in which he outlined his theory concerning the presence of aliens on earth.

...article continues...
https://www.oxfordstudent.com/2019/...theory-on-climate-change-and-alien-abduction/

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diogenesNY

 

[fresh_42]

This happens, if you don't maintain your espionage hardware! Uhm, I meant, feed, if you don't feed your ...

Last week, a group of fishermen had an ostensibly delightful encounter with a beluga whale off the coast of the Norwegian village of Inga, according to The Guardian. They say it was actively seeking their boats to try and pull straps and ropes from their sides, and seemed comfortable around humans.

Russia may be training killer beluga whales
and Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 isn’t
so silly now, is it?

 

[nsaspook]

https://www.sammobile.com/2019/04/29/samsung-vertical-tv-sero

 

[Ibix]

Oxford Professor Argues Invisible Aliens Are Interbreeding With Humans

Clearly true - here's the evidence.

 

[Craftek_Ana]

Oh my goodness

 

[fresh_42]

Oh my goodness

I don't get it. Sounds perfectly reasonable to me. I would do the same if I knew someone in Japan.

 

[Craftek_Ana]

I don't get it. Sounds perfectly reasonable to me. I would do the same if I knew someone in Japan.

I agree, I would love to get my hand on some of that chalk.

It's the way they fawn over it that gets me.


- I didn't want to become a chalk dealer,but I did like the idea that I could be the first stick is free, chalk dealer on the block in my department.

-I was probably be selling it regularly to maybe 8-10 colleagues.
I would reach into my cupboard in my office and pull out another box a d we'd do the deal in my office.

-When I'm teaching I get a feeling of energy, confidence, and the chalk absolutely helps.

I lost it

 

[fresh_42]

- I didn't want to become a chalk dealer,but I did like the idea that I could be the first stick is free, chalk dealer on the block in my department.

... and imagine the custom officers who desperately try to figure out what's hidden in that box of a white something if ordered per mail!

 

[nsaspook]

https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/artificial-intelligence-creates-never-ending-death-metal/

 

[nsaspook]

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/01/us/tire-theft-dealerships-trnd/index.html

 

[member 656954]

Robbers should all be so smart...https://www.foxnews.com/world/austr...ly-to-remove-the-bag-to-carry-out-stolen-cash

 

[fresh_42]

French school enrols sheep to keep class open
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...french-school-enrols-sheep-to-keep-class-open
Some say they couldn't tell the difference.

 

[Borg]

Do You Know the "Wow!" Child?
It's pretty cute to listen to.
https://www.classicalwcrb.org/post/do-you-know-wow-child#stream/0

 

[nsaspook]

https://www.khou.com/article/news/c...wife/285-1fcfe3b8-143a-4d1f-9e08-463ef31426cd



Yes, we know what the real crime was.

 

[jedishrfu]

A recent story about kids sprouting horns after using their cellphones for extended periods of time has been debunked:

https://arstechnica.com/science/201...out-smartphones-causing-kids-to-sprout-horns/

 

[Wrichik Basu]

Thanks for posting this. Mother was worried when I told her the news (which I read here on PF), and was (almost) preventing me from studying on my laptop and phone. I would be glad to tell her the sequel of the story.

 

[jedishrfu]

Extraordinary claims require Extraordinary proof unless its on night-time news or in the papers wherever they may publish.

 

[Borg]

Mysterious explosion in a German cornfield was probably a WWII bomb

Really? I wouldn't have guessed.

 

[fresh_42]

I fear the day the British Ammonal leftovers from WWI in Belgium will ignite.

 

[nsaspook]

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/26/us/google-maps-detour-colorado-trnd/index.html?no-st=1561671662

(CNN)Technology isn't always foolproof, as about 100 Colorado drivers learned when Google Maps offered them a supposedly quick way out of a traffic jam.
A crash on Peña Boulevard, a road leading to Denver International Airport, prompted the app to take drivers on a detour on Sunday.
But it was too good to be true.