Ancient shells — found in American West — may have been used as trumpets, study says. #history #archeology https://www.courant.com/2024/05/03/ancient-shells-found-in-american-west-may-have-been-used-as-trumpets-study-says/

Gaslighting: Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its #PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world. https://www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story

Financial genius and money guru #TFG new investment scheme (Trump Media and Technology Group) is on fire: burning more money than it makes. #comedy #humor https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/trump-truth-social-media-q1-2024-revenue-net-loss-1236010937/

@CinnamonGirlE looks yummy for the tummy😋

@Priestess I specifically use Google Voice phone number when asked to provide number by vendors or online...this way, it keeps my personal number out of databases. Any calls or texts get routed to my personal phone number.

#InNewsoftheAbsurd Person climbs powerline tower to take selfie, gets electrocuted & falls 40 feet...and survives. Time to buy a lottery ticket. https://abc45.com/news/nation-world/person-climbs-powerline-tower-take-selfie-gets-electrocuted-falls-40-feet-portland-fire-rescue-oregon-high-power-line-volt

Internet does not wait: hilarity ensues. Rumors, conspiracy theories, mocking, and plain old sarcasm running rampant in news cycle. #Iran #tragedy

@TheNewsOwl ...and here I thought I was the only one. I just wait until the automatic water sprinklers that spray vegetables come on to get my fingers moist. Don't want to lick them.

Perusing through Costco yesterday and found an unexpected exotic citrus plant: lo and behold, a Finger Lime (aka Caviar Lime) plant...and just like kumquats, it'll bear fruit in Winter. #backyard #plants #fruit

#Innewsoftheabsurd US police departments quietly sell untold numbers of their used guns. Thousands of those guns have turned up at crime scenes. #cops #guns #crime https://www.cbsnews.com/police-selling-guns/

#Innewsoftheabsurd Taco shop was denied opening of its new restaurant because initial written commitment for the development at a plaza Quintana owns limits the business to “a sandwich bar-style restaurant....”. So Quintana sued. Superior Court Judge Craig Bobay ruled Monday that the plan commission acted correctly when it denied Quintana's proposed amendment. But...“The Court agrees that tacos and burritos are Mexican-style sandwiches..." https://archive.ph/F94VB HuuH? #foodpron #FoodPorn

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Resnicks having lost a series of motions before the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board to delay a mandate that it reach a contract with the UFW as soon as June 3 or have terms imposed by the board, Wonderful on Monday unleashed a nuclear attack: a lawsuit seeking to have the 2022 and 2023 state laws governing the unionization process declared unconstitutional. #labor #workerrights #farmworker #UFW https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-05-16/inside-the-effort-by-two-beverly-hills-billionaires-to-kill-a-state-law-protecting-farm-workers

What is Texas' State Motto? #Comedy #humor No, it ain't "Remeber the Alamo" #Texas https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sDmH5e4kDyM?feature=share

#Innewsoftheabsurd Philly narcotics cops secretly used surveillance cameras. Video proved some of their testimony false. #Cops #video #drugs https://archive.ph/7vDLn

#Innewsoftheabsurd Recently elected GOP Texas school board member campaigned against schools indoctrinating kids. Then she read the curriculum...and lo and behold, The pervasive indoctrination she had railed against simply did not exist. #texas #children #books #criticalracetheory #CRT https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/15/texas-granbury-isd-school-board-courtney-gore/