Non-IT News Thread
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The 'zombie fungus' and the climbing dead
It's just bizarre... and utterly beautiful at the same time.
Those aren't some strange arrangement of antennae on a beetle but the fruiting bodies of a "zombie fungus" that has taken control of the insect. Its conquest complete, the fungus is about to spread its spores to the wind to find new victims to consume.This fascinating picture by Frank Deschandol is a Highly Commended image in this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPY) competition.The overall winners will be announced by London's Natural History Museum (NHM) next month. -
Exclusive: US extracted top spy from inside Russia in 2017
In a previously undisclosed secret mission in 2017, the United States successfully extracted from Russia one of its highest-level covert sources inside the Russian government
Multiple Trump administration officials with direct knowledge told CNN. A person directly involved in the discussions said that the removal of the Russian was driven, in part, by concerns that President Donald Trump and his administration repeatedly mishandled classified intelligence and could contribute to exposing the covert source as a spy. The decision to carry out the extraction occurred soon after a May 2017 meeting in the Oval Office in which Trump discussed highly classified intelligence with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and then-Russian Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak. The intelligence, concerning ISIS in Syria, had been provided by Israel. -
Dad posts adorable video of toddler 'besties' running toward each other in NYC
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Kenyan schoolgirl takes her own life after 'period shaming'
A schoolgirl in Kenya has taken her own life after allegedly being shamed in class for having her period and staining her uniform.
The 14-year-old's mother said her daughter hanged herself after being humiliated by a teacher, Kenyan media reported. Police used tear gas to disperse a crowd of about 200 parents protesting outside the school, reports said. Kenya passed a law in 2017 to provide free sanitary towels for schoolgirls. However, a parliamentary committee is currently investigating why the programme is yet to be rolled out across all schools. -
Young man caught posing as senior citizen to fly to US
It was an impressive disguise: the snow-white beard, the oversized glasses, the wheelchair.
But it was when the seemingly frail and elderly passenger reached security at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport -- India's busiest airport -- that he caught the attention of staff.
At around 10.45 p.m. on the evening of September 8, the individual was hoping to get on an overnight flight to New York. "He posed as if he was very old and incapacitated," Shrikant Kishore, a senior official with the Central Industrial Security Force, told CNN. Dressed in a white tunic and trousers, with a white turban and black slippers, the passenger proved reluctant to be frisked.
"Our screener asked the person in the wheelchair to stand. He said that he cannot stand. Our screener asked if he would stand with support. He reluctantly stood up." -
After vaping-related illness, teen now has lungs like 'a 70-year-old's'
Adam Hergenreder's vaping habit almost killed him.
Late last month, the 18-year-old student athlete in Gurnee, Illinois, was hospitalized after using e-cigarettes for more than a year and a half. Now his lungs are similar to those of a 70-year-old adult, doctors told him. "It was scary to think about that -- that little device did that to my lungs," Adam said, remembering the news from his doctors about his lung health. Adam is among the hundreds of e-cigarette users in the United States who have been sickened with mysterious vaping-related lung illnesses, many of them young people. Investigators haven't yet identified the cause of the illnesses. -
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
After vaping-related illness, teen now has lungs like 'a 70-year-old's'
Adam Hergenreder's vaping habit almost killed him.
Late last month, the 18-year-old student athlete in Gurnee, Illinois, was hospitalized after using e-cigarettes for more than a year and a half. Now his lungs are similar to those of a 70-year-old adult, doctors told him. "It was scary to think about that -- that little device did that to my lungs," Adam said, remembering the news from his doctors about his lung health. Adam is among the hundreds of e-cigarette users in the United States who have been sickened with mysterious vaping-related lung illnesses, many of them young people. Investigators haven't yet identified the cause of the illnesses.uh - vaping? just maybe?
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@Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
After vaping-related illness, teen now has lungs like 'a 70-year-old's'
Adam Hergenreder's vaping habit almost killed him.
Late last month, the 18-year-old student athlete in Gurnee, Illinois, was hospitalized after using e-cigarettes for more than a year and a half. Now his lungs are similar to those of a 70-year-old adult, doctors told him. "It was scary to think about that -- that little device did that to my lungs," Adam said, remembering the news from his doctors about his lung health. Adam is among the hundreds of e-cigarette users in the United States who have been sickened with mysterious vaping-related lung illnesses, many of them young people. Investigators haven't yet identified the cause of the illnesses.uh - vaping? just maybe?
Yeah like who knew inhaling on this thing for hours a day could possibly be bad for me in any way shape or form. . .
This kid is a darwinism award winner, him and everyone else who's so completely inept.
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Isn't vaping like an oil that they burn? Like, that sounds like a horrible idea!
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Isn't vaping like an oil that they burn? Like, that sounds like a horrible idea!
It's a chemical that gets turned into a gaseous vapor. (How do you get vapor - with a lot of heat).
The content that is turned into vapor I'm unsure of, but I wouldn't want it in my body.
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Isn't vaping like an oil that they burn? Like, that sounds like a horrible idea!
It's a chemical that gets turned into a gaseous vapor. (How do you get vapor - with a lot of heat).
The content that is turned into vapor I'm unsure of, but I wouldn't want it in my body.
Especially once they add flavouring. Now it's whatever bad base material, plus whatever drug (if any) is added, plus the liquified fruit loops or whatever!
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Loud sex mistaken for fight leads to gunshots at Days Inn Hotel
Police responded for a fight inside a hotel room, then it turned out it was just two women having loud sex
That’s what charging documents say happened Monday afternoon at the Days Inn Hotel in the 8700 block of Loch Raven Boulevard in Towson. It all started when two clerks working at the front desk of the hotel got a call from one of the rooms. During the call, the workers reportedly heard two people fighting in the background, prompting the on-duty security guard to call police. Arriving officers spoke with two women who were supposedly in the room when the commotion was heard. Each told police they were not fighting but were having sex. At the request of the security officer, police ordered the women to pack up and leave the hotel. -
@mlnews how was that not in Florida?
But OMG MD gets trashy, too.
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The remains of a man missing for 22 years have been found — thanks to Google Earth
For over two decades, William Moldt’s family was left with unanswered questions about his disappearance.
Now they can have closure — all because of a startling discovery made while browsing Google Earth. Moldt, who was 40 at the time, seemingly vanished from Palm Beach County, Florida, on November 7, 1997. That evening, he called his girlfriend from a bar to tell her he would be home soon, according to CNN affiliate WPTV. Shortly afterward, he was seen leaving the bar, alone and getting in his vehicle. He reportedly did not appear intoxicated, according to WPTV. That night 22 years ago was the last time anyone would see him alive. A previous resident of a neighborhood in Wellington, Florida, was searching around on Google Earth when they noticed something in the water, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. In the images from Google Earth, you can see what appears to be a car in a retention pond that is flanked by homes. -
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
you can see what appears to be a car in a retention pond that is flanked by homes.
And no one has noticed a car in this pond for 22 years?! It's not so far in the water that it isn't plainly visible..
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
And no one has noticed a car in this pond for 22 years?! It's not so far in the water that it isn't plainly visible..
In the article it mentions the water "shifting" or something making the car appear now.
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Look at the angle... not surprisingly that would not be visible from the sidewalk there. It's barely visible from satellite. You have to look through a lot more water to see it from the oblique angle of a standing person.
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BBC News - Magpie attack: Australian cyclist dies while fleeing swooping bird
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
BBC News - Magpie attack: Australian cyclist dies while fleeing swooping bird
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-49711147Magpies can be agro bastards. I had to rescue a small child from one having a go at him. Jumping/swooping, getting in his face.
PSA via meme. (No disrespect to the poor bloke in the article)
