Wk 31 - Notes and Links
Wk 31
It's August!
The coming Chinese Century is….over? A male-babies cultre means a demographic sinkhole is upon the nation. This ties int their next problem, much of China’s domestic wealth is a real estate bubble.
Brain Food: We’re learning alot about how fish sleep.
Here are some tips to improve your lousy passwords.
Police commander who wrote anti-drugs strategy smoked cannabis before breakfast.
A bonkers trailer for a new horror film. Sent in by one of you.
Infrared light reveals hidden portrait beneath 1943 René Magritte painting.
Doctors have their own diagnosis: 'Moral distress' from an inhumane health system.
How a one star Google review of a business helped solve a hit and run investigation years later.
Windows NT wants its headline back.
A new study found that people working in finance, sales and managerial roles are much more likely than others on average to think their jobs are useless or unhelpful to others. The study has been published in the journal Work, Employment and Society.
Amazing Obits
Ms. Kraus reunites with Benson.
The ability to identify dog emotions from their facial expressions appears to be influenced by a person’s age and prior experience with dogs. New research found that adults and 6-year-olds were more accurate in recognizing aggressive expressions in dogs than 4-year-olds.
This is how France manages to have such generous social benefits for its citizens.
Bringing sex toys out of the dark: exploring unmitigated risks - Microplastics and Nanoplastics.
How did the Corona pandemic and the measures taken to get it under control affect the quality of life and mental health of men and women? Differently, as it turned out.
Workers are less productive and make more typos in the afternoon -- especially on Fridays
Gene mutation may explain why some don't get sick from COVID-19
ChatGPT is suffering from model recursion where dumber content begets even dumber content.
California and the junk science behind a bill to regulate social media.
Performative shitheels being told by a US federal court that their new favorite law is illegal.
Christ, what an asshole; AI systems don’t get the jokes in New Yorker cartoons. (For those not in the know.)
Leprosy is a thing in Florida.
Ovarian cancer risk by occupation.
How wombats poop in cubes, sent in by one of you. The answer for why remains unsolved.
A song sent in by one of you: It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
Mega - A comedy podcast about a fictional mega church.
A true crime comedy podcast about two brides and one mysterious bowel movement.
Dead Eyes - Actor/comedian Connor Ratliff embarks upon a quest to solve a very stupid mystery that has haunted him for two decades: why Tom Hanks fired him from a small role in the 2001 HBO mini-series, Band Of Brothers.
The Lost Cat Podcast is a twice-monthly podcast detailing the things that have happened to the host while searching for my lost cat.
An interview with the ever-witty author Julian Barnes. Witty even when talking about grief and the death of his wife.
After an AI Armageddon that wipes out but one of humanity, John Doe, the last human, must make a fatal decision in this comedy. Will he resist his new AI overlords or succumb to their demands...
Podcasts sent in by one of you - The Bulwark Podcast with Charlie Sykes and Shield of the Republic with Cohen and Edelman which are apparent;y really excellent on American foreign policy. Of interest may be the recent one with Toomas Ilvas, the former Estonian president who discusses the Ukraine situation. These are American centre-right Republican podcasts such as The Hub: Conversations with Experts. It is also right-wing but they have some interesting guests sometimes like the one with Patrick Dineen. There is also Pod Save America, which lurches more to the left.
How to buy Gelato.
A flat Earther is confused by the moon.
The new Oppenheimer film is typical of US WW2 films - the allies get left out. Here’s a Wiki article about the UK’s contribution to the Manhattan Project.
John Mearsheimer: Ukraine won’t become a NATO member, and the war may last a long time. ‘I don't think it was so much cynicism I think it was stupidity I think you can't underestimate just how foolish the West is when it comes to the whole question of Ukraine and all sorts of other issues.
This member of the satirical Church of Satan explains evolution.
Unintended consequences and correlations
The death rate for heart attacks increases by 15 per cent on days when marathons are held in major US cities. This is thought to be due to road closures and traffic around the marathon route. Ambulance ride length increases by an average of four minutes on marathon days.
New research suggests that the spread of misinformation among politically devoted conservatives is influenced by identity-driven motives and may be resistant to fact-checking.
Florida is having difficulty hiring teachers. Hmm… I wonder why?
Billions spent but salmon stocks are no better.
Regulations imposed in 2020 by the United Nations's International Maritime Organization have cut ships' sulfur pollution by more than 80 per cent and improved air quality worldwide.
There's a side effect. The reduction has also lessened the effect of sulfate particles in seeding and brightening the distinctive low-lying, reflective clouds that follow in the wake of ships and help cool the planet.
That trend is magnified in the Atlantic, where maritime traffic is particularly dense. In the shipping corridors, the increased light represents a 50 per cent boost to the warming effect of human carbon emissions.
Dumb Criminals
Milk is always a good idea except when it isn’t your milk.
Just a common variety murder masquerading as a religious fanatic.
Man raised $30 million to send Bibles to China but found better uses for the money.
Man faces multiple charges for stealing multiple charges.
This guy ticks all the boxes.
Strange Headlines
if you're going to write a sex-and-murder novel about your hometown, perhaps you shouldn't use real names.
Parachuting beavers. You read that correctly.
Florida Sheriff: Please Stop Calling Cops on Manatee Orgies!
This is probably some violation of the US flag handling code.
Wonderful Wiki
The ABCD system of aircraft maintenance. A and B checks are routine checks, while C is more intensive. D checks happen every 6-10 years and require the entire plane to be disassembled and the paint stripped.
A Tepid Dystopia
Christians on a podcast debate bringing back stoning and replacing the US Constitution with he Old Testament.
Trump loves me! No, he loves me more!
Ex-U.S. Ambassador: Trump Will Be the Law and Order President. Yep, the dude with 76 felony indictments.
‘Democracy is a tool of Satan’ - The murky world of Orthodox.
Sure, you can have your room filled with rodents, bodily fluids, and diseases but as soon as an illegal Chinese lab starts doing it in California, everyone freaks out.
This week’s nincompoop is one of Trump’s lawyers
As Donald Trump entered a Washington, D.C., courthouse Thursday to be arraigned for his alleged role in trying to overturn the 2020 election, his lawyer was busy outside, undermining his entire case.
Typos of the Week
This is a definite typo of the week.’
‘This is why you usually see an extra layer of cloth on most women's underwear in the crouch area.’ The crouch?
The War
Russia has paid trolls all over social media. How to deal with it?
After Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, Armenia unexpectedly became the world’s fourth-largest exporter of semiconductors ready for combat to Russia. Armenia doesn’t have any such technology to produce semiconductors.
Russian embassy staff in Helsinki departs in large numbers after spy expulsion.
They want the land, not the people. They'll kill everyone in that whole area if it helps them win.
Russian propaganda leaks into the on-line world of video games.
Slot car racing- a mania that came and went.
I had no idea I spoke Australian.
Discussion; Which profession has the most f**ked up people in it?
‘Almost still shines’: 3,000-year-old sword unearthed in Germany. Also, Emperor Nero’s theater unearthed in Rome.
I love this woman more than life itself. She is the most selfless, supportive, and loving person I have ever met. Every single day I am with her I am a better person for it. That being said:
She sleeps like an asshole.
We start all cuddled up like a Disney movie, snug as a bug in a rug. And then, when she falls asleep, we begin the nightly turf war that is our bed.
She will often start with a classic starfish maneuver, spreading her arms and legs to establish a beachhead to begin her insurgence. She will then begin to slowly rotate her body in a counterclockwise fashion, until she is sleeping diagonally across the bed, establishing an ingress with her feet and legs.
Then, with a classic pincer executed as ruthlessly as Hannibal himself, she brings her upper body forward, pinning me in and leaving me exactly 2 inches for my insomniac ass to try and sleep on. I then try to slowly slide out of bed, and sleep on her side, in which her reaction is to do the same thing 5 minutes later.
I have tried everything. We bought a California King for our tiny bedroom. I establish a green zone with pillows. I have even gently picked her up and slid her to her side, to no avail. The thing is, I can’t sleep in an empty bed anymore because I love this dummy so much. It has literally kept me up nights that I end up going to work with no sleep, and I can only sleep the next night out of sheer exhaustion. She also works hard, so I can’t wake her up but fuck I am tired.
Using Fahrenheit to explain how good superconductors are is the most counterintuitive thing ever.
Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
I (27 F) want to wear a mermaid tail to my apartment pool but I am kinda scared. I can’t stop thinking people will think I am odd or mentally unstable but I want to swim with a tail so badly.
Baby blue is a great color to be braless in.
Your brain is not a quantum computer. Especially not YOUR brain, which can barely handle being an upside-down calculator sometimes.
Conspiracy theories often need an out group, which is why this thinking tracks toward antisemitism.
Republicans have absolutely scorched any resemblance of the truth and fabricated a version that they know sells ad space and snapback hats.
You can’t think your way out of a freeze response.
Anyone outraged by this is a clinical moron and not worth your time
Psychology Today is a right-wing propaganda site.
Has anyone lost a duck? Our dog just brought one home. Or it followed him. Anyway, call me if you’re out one duck.
I prefer to weigh myself nude, so if you don’t like that then you can go to a different CVS.
He's being a deonontologist he's not being a non quentisensialiam-ist.
Jesus only washed the feet of his disciples, Where did I miss the butt-washing passage? what testament?
After ripping out my front door, I learn there are different sizes for doors.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their tattoos.
A patient was being rude. He was in a lot of pain and the pain medication wasn’t doing the trick. I call the doctor and get it changed to Percocet … and he says… “Will this even work?” And I respond… “I mean… they write rap songs about it for a reason…”
Is it just me or does religion seem like a random DLC that isn’t even that good?
“It’s illegal to record me without my permission?” Ma’am, wait till you find out about security cameras.
I'm not saying Ron DeSatanist is a fascist...but then, who am I to argue with his base?
Life coaches are people who want to be psychologists without going through the work of actually becoming a psychologist
The government is only hiding aliens to protect them from sexual harassment
We had a French-Canadian Sea King pilot in Shearwater who we called "Captain Chalice" because when he debriefed the techs every third word would be "Chalice".
Why is the government involved in my Medicare?
The constable reported that he’d been attacked and fired his sidearm “defensively” at the victims. It was later determined he had been struck by bird droppings.
“I need to take that shirt off!”? Let me get my Scottish accent ready first.
He appeals to libertarians on the right and the idealist paranoics on the left.
Did anyone else's period make them an atheist?
What if they lied and the heat death of the universe is actually happening tomorrow?
All right, who had a major regional war in Africa on their 2023 bingo card?
Sometimes I fantasize about talking back to my wife.
He also thought Mussolini was the guy on the Beefaroni can.
Had a patient come in having STEMI. He looked at me, sincerely terrified and asked, "Am I going to die?" I said, "Hell no. That's eight pages of paperwork." He looked at me, stunned for a minute, then started laughing. He said, "I like you. See you when I get out of surgery."
Nerf guns with spring-loaded magazines work much better if you powder up the darts. The darts have a tendency to get stuck in the feeding mechanisms and the powder keeps them slippery.
A guy who lives on my street rang my doorbell and said, "Are you the lesbian who saves the cats?" And I said, "Yes. That's exactly who I am. Let me get my coat"
I would like a Disney-themed orgy.
Trump’s chances of winning the 2024 election are substantially higher than the chance of him going to prison.
I think I'm allergic to my wife's poo.
Does it count as losing my anal virginity if hypothetically I was able to fit my penis in my own asshole?
Any business owner saying their company is "a family" should let the employees inherit their firm, house, and money because they are the children.
There are four types of infections: viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic, and your naturopath is the only person who’s discovered a new one?
After you’ve finished a case of beer, both you and the beer are drunk
My wife waxed my sack and crack and now every time I fart it sounds like I have a trumpet in my arse! Can anyone verify that after going hairless they’ve experienced a noticeable decibel increase in flatulence?
I frequently tell my kids that I screw them up differently than how I was screwed up, and they will screw their kids up differently than how I screwed them up... As long as it isn't the same screw-ups, it is growth. :)
I have a medical condition. Actually, it’s more like a fetish.
He lies like an eyewitness.
My life coach can’t handle rejection.
Only 50 per cent of parents are above average.
I may not need therapy. I may just need a friend.
Not sure if I’m being overly sensitive but my therapist compared me to a serial killer.
I dropped a fork, stepped on it, and banged my head against the corner of the dinner table. Taaah-daah!
Weinstein had his scrotum removed due to Fournier's gangrene. It's delightful!
As an old man, I miss the days when people like this got their asses kicked in real-time.
Can you clarify what "genocide of the highest order" is?
I have a joke about trickledown economics, but 99 % of you will never get it.
Contrary to popular belief, there are other countries with their own issues.
What would be a good "civilian job" for a female assassin/contract killer?
Did everyone get naked and fight? Because every time I see a naked fighting person I assume they’re on PCP.
She was on top when I heard a dull pop from within. Pulled out and blood was dripping from my penis. Turned out I snapped my banjo string.
Poetic justice – an expression customarily used by Holy Joes to cloak the vindictive pleasure they feel when some enterprising fellow trips.
Russians, in my experience, are part-drunk most of the time, but if there’s a sober soul between the Black Sea and the Capsian for weeks after the Rostov kermesse he must be a Baptist hermit.
My violin for Putin is as small as his table is long.
I’m 33. I just watched Tiktok for the first time. After 4 min I’m ready for climate change to wipe us all out.
Our world is now a combination of Idiocracy and Fahrenheit 451.
All I've ever wanted was an honest week's pay for an honest day's work
I don't get how half the country walks around filming fucking everything on a live stream and the other half think cameras haven't been invented yet.
First, they cheered for the “patriots” to storm the Capitol. Next, they turned around and accused them all of being feds/ANTIFA to avoid being associated with it. Now, the “patriots” are back to being heroes who were misled by a few “bad actors”. These fuckers are getting to have their cake and eat it, too and I fucking hate it.
Viagra commercials used to say that if someone has an erection for more than 4 hours, to go see a doctor. What would a doctor do about it apart high-fiving you?
I fuck better than I drive.
Convincing your girlfriend that she's crazy is called gaslighting and it's a dick move. Convincing her that she's a robot with artificial intelligence and implanted memories is called bladerunning and it's a Philip K. Dick move.
Having oed nurse help you on the toilet is better than five nurses having to pick you up from falling off the toilet
You tend to lose when your entire political resume is doubling down on shit nobody asked for.
What security does a right-thinking coward have, if he loses his sense of panic?
My darling was one degree more snobbish than a penniless Spanish duke.
How to wish someone “Happy Birthday” in a semi-hostile way?
While dating, my partner and I bonded over a shared love for Marvel movies. Now we're hitched, partner admits it was an act, has always hated them, and refuses to watch. Is this grounds for couples therapy, divorce, or a Papal annulment?
The advantage to being a wicked bastard is that everyone pesters the Lord on your behalf.
My narcissistic mom has a “secret” Instagram account where she posts false information about her life
Pansexuality could be summed up with the phrase "as long it's a human".
Unfortunately, the government picked the wrong men to do the investigating – MacNeill and Tulloch – for they turned out to be honest and reported that indeed our high command hadn’t been fit to dig latrines, or words to that effect. Well, that plainly wouldn’t do, so another commission had to be hurriedly formed to investigate afresh, and this time get the right answer, and no-nonsense about it. Well, they did, and exonerated everybody, hip-hip-hurrah and Rule, Brittania.
I’m the head of HR at a growing to medium-sized company. I just gave a course on acceptable behavior in the workplace. Two hours later I accidentally flashed some coworkers? FML.
Being a nurse has changed 98 per cent of how I view family drama.
It's said that Helen of Troy had a face that launched a thousand ships. Therefore the current Greek navy is 81 milliHelens.
I told my son I broke my arm in two places this morning...... Little shit told me to stop going to those places!
Should I get expelled because my dad gave the teachers herpes?
How about a reality TV show showing Ron DeSantis personally experiencing the benefits of slavery.
Genius managers decided to lay off the people without notice with immediate cutoffs and told a bunch of suppliers a hard stop was now in place and they were using the End of Service clauses. You’ll never guess what happened to our web site and the support desk. Ops VP is walking around like everyone’s best pal now, saying we all have to pull together like a family.
