#InNewsoftheAbsurd Yes, I had to listen to it. #CoSoMusic #Music https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=wKKMMP3U-Sk&si=0pCWYGcT4L5d2yhC
This may not bode well...Colossal, a US firm that is aiming to revive lost species such as the woolly mammoth, says it now has a near-complete genome of the extinct thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger). https://www.newscientist.com/article/2452196-de-extinction-company-claims-it-has-nearly-complete-thylacine-genome/#Echobox=1729356135
#InNewsoftheAbsurd #FloridaMan who gained social media fame with TikTok posts as he was riding out two hurricanes in his boat has been arrested. https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-boat-lt-dan-malinowski-arrested-florida-c70d69966c7896b330abd20d0d039548
#Innewsoftheabsurd A dog was spotted on top of the second tallest of Egypt's Great Pyramids. #CoSoDogs #DogsofCoSo #dogs https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/dog-spotted-hanging-out-on-top-of-ancient-pyramid-in-egypt-1.7078934
Online bidding for Ohtani's historic 50-50 ball up to US$1.8M as litigation for proceeds continues. #baseball #Sports https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/online-bidding-for-ohtani-s-historic-50-50-ball-up-to-us-1-8m-as-litigation-for-proceeds-continues-1.7079092
Compounding disasters are set to increase in frequency and will require comprehensive new strategies for emergency planning and response. Webinar on October 25 from 12:30pm to 1:45pm ET
#climatechange #infrastructure #housing #disasters #resiliency https://events.nationalacademies.org/43774_10-2024_climate-conversations-housing-and-disasters
How money buys influence, useful idiots, and affect local governments to make your bidding. The Billionaire Behind the Bid to Break Dallas City Government. #Texas #politics https://www.texasobserver.org/dallas-hero-initiative-monty-bennett-crowds-on-demand/
A theme tune that's been around since the 80's and continued for decades...The Simpsons #80sThemeTunes https://youtu.be/aPzS3QYb868
… Believe it or not
I'm walking on air
I never thought I could feel so free eee eee
Flying away on a wing and a prayer
Who could it be?
Believe it or not it's just me
#80sThemeTunes https://youtu.be/e9Q3orQhEcA
Two large maneless male lions known as the "Man-eaters of Tsavo" terrorized workers constructing the Kenya–Uganda Railway until they were shot in 1898. Exact number of their victims is unknown, but they probably killed at least 31 people.. Lions were stuffed and displayed in museums. Ancient DNA confirms that the nineteenth-century carnivores hunted humans and a variety of wild game, including a surprising animal...humans. #nature #DNA #genetics https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03278-5
CDC confirms recent cases in California dairy workers as virus strikes 15 more farms. #birdflu #avianflu #California https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/cdc-confirms-recent-cases-california-dairy-workers-virus-strikes-15-more
Politics, power struggles, internal conflicts appear to be at forefront in Southern California and Metropolitan Water District. #water #politics #California https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2024-10-17/column-something-is-rotten-in-socals-metropolitan-water-district-boiling-point
His country trained him to fight. Then he turned against it. More like him are doing the same. #terrorism #domesticterrorism #military
#farright https://apnews.com/article/military-extremism-pentagon-veterans-terrorism-capitol-riot-jan-6-0c1fdd7b6b761e9c9e8556a9b9e45dc9
DHS Warns Law Enforcement Election Deniers May Attempt to Bomb Drop Boxes
In a series of reports reviewed by WIRED, analysts at the Department of Homeland Security warn of a “heightened risk” of right-wing extremists carrying out attacks around the election. #election2024 #rightwing #terrorism https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-election-denial-violent-attacks/
Water, Wastewater, microbiology, chemistry, Twain sarcasm, and common sense CoSo #4980