News Miscellany

[JoeP]

Well, that's all fine then.

[JoeP]

In much more serious news:

'Christmas dinners may be affected': brussels sprouts block road | UK news | The Guardian

There’s been a bit of a #BrusselSprouts accident at the roundabout at Admiralty Road, #Rosyth. Please avoid the area if possible. Traffic and #Christmas dinners may be affected. Apologies for any delays... pic.twitter.com/pfVZm6ODOq

— South West Fife Police (@SWFifePolice) 16 December 2019

[Ari]

A great read about a cryptocurrency scam and why investors are demanding the dead CEOs body exhumed for testing.
The Secret Life and Strange Death of Quadriga Founder Gerald Cotten | Vanity Fair

[specious_reasons]

Originally Posted by Ari

A great read about a cryptocurrency scam and why investors are demanding the dead CEOs body exhumed for testing.
The Secret Life and Strange Death of Quadriga Founder Gerald Cotten | Vanity Fair

Amazing. I'm generally interested in bitcoin, but I was way too wary of these "exchanges" to buy bitcoin, and I was too lazy to set up mining, and I feel it's too late now. I continue to feel justified in being wary of bitcoins exchanges.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

I see reviews of the decade about to end and different cultural milestones that defined us but I believe few moments represent the '10s better than this: a common person taking a complex task in their hands with no skill or preparation delivering a perplexing result for posterity pic.twitter.com/qXdtPvH9ns

— Flavia Dzodan (@redlightvoices) December 20, 2019

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Looks kinda soylent.

Greenish 'mystery' liquid spews from wall of I-696 in Madison Heights

[erimir]

Mountain Dew actually comes from natural springs like that.

[JoeP]

Originally Posted by Kamilah Hauptmann

Looks kinda soylent.

Greenish 'mystery' liquid spews from wall of I-696 in Madison Heights

I wonder where that is ...
I-696 ... no idea
in Madison Heights ... no idea
— about ½-mile before the Oakland-Macomb county line at Dequindre ... thanks guys, but not really helping here
Michigan ... OK I know roughly where that is

Which leads me to my main question: isn't Flint also in Michigan ... and isn't this just regular tap water for the area?

[Sock Puppet]

VM needs to post a video wherein he uses his hand as a map and points to wherever the hell Madison Heights is in Michigan.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Notre Dame rector says fragile cathedral might not be saved | PBS NewsHour

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Mass shooting, Canada style:

Two men taken to hospital after beating each other with hockey sticks | CTV News

[JoeP]

H - e - double hockey sticks?

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

From the Interesting file:

Secretary #HillaryClinton will serve as @QUBelfast’s new Chancellor, for a period of five years, with effect from 1 January 2020.

More: https://t.co/6NlonwYmXK #LoveQUB pic.twitter.com/y4fjafLMdH

— Queen's University Belfast �� (@QUBelfast) January 2, 2020

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Surveillance video from Jeffrey Epstein's first apparent suicide attempt 'no longer exists'

[JoeP]

You wanted the "mysteriously newsworthy" thrad.

[specious_reasons]

Had so many places I could put this: Bob the Angry Flower - False News

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Found y'all a new freedom chicken

[JoeP]

That story is a load of shit.

Also reeking and corrosive vomit.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

The Fed is ramping up its repo operations to head off year-end funding issues

pic.twitter.com/5xg6MhXU4N

— Posts Master General (@rfcapa) January 10, 2020

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Catholic Church Shields $2 Billion in Assets to Limit Abuse Payouts - Bloomberg

[JoeP]

Again ...

Originally Posted by JoeP

You wanted the "mysteriously newsworthy" thrad.

[ceptimus]

Miisa will like this.

Thousands of tubes of Pringles burnt to a crisp - BBC

[Crumb]

She likes her Pringles extra crispy?

[ceptimus]

She has a strong dislike / hatred / phobia of Pringles, and would prefer every one of them destroyed.

[JoeP]

Chargrilled flavour.