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TIL: Peter Jackson made the decision to model one of the orc leader's face mask after Harvey Weinstein
No orcing way....
Whaddaya orcing know...
I can sort of see it.
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TIL: Peter Jackson made the decision to model one of the orc leader's face mask after Harvey Weinstein
No orcing way....
Whaddaya orcing know...
I can sort of see it.
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Reverse brain drain: What’s drawing Chinese researchers back from the US?
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Former Louisiana mayor sentenced to 90 days over rape of 16-year-old boy
Whoa! A Whole 80 days?
Well, you can't say a former governor got off easy. Those 70 days will be pure hell.
I mean imagine how she'll feel serving that long 60-day sentence.
She could get out for good behavior, maybe after half of that 50-day sentence.
Of course, the judge might make her serve that whole month so that she can set an example.
That week will probably make her regret what she did.
That'll probably be the longest weekend of her life.
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Ordinary WiFi can now identify people with near perfect accuracy
"This technology turns every router into a potential means for surveillance," warns Julian Todt from KASTEL. "If you regularly pass by a café that operates a WiFi network, you could be identified there without noticing it and be recognized later -- for example by public authorities or companies."
Later...
Inexpensive or older routers either don’t store history at all or keep it for a short time.
Newer models can store more information for more extended periods.
https://www.thetechwire.com/how-long-does-a-router-store-history/
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Would you reboot the router for a Scooby Snack?
While the image is "Gottfrid Svartholm, one of the co-founders of The Pirate Bay in his work station", he sure looks like Shaggy from Scooby Doo.
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‘No, You Cannot!’ Kristi Noem Denied Bathroom Access at Illinois Government Building
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The White House thought the shutdown would be quick. Now they’re frustrated.
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Russian Troops Accused of Cannibalism Amid Front Line Winter Food Shortages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru_(disease)
Kuru is a rare, incurable, and fatal neurodegenerative disorder that was formerly common among the Fore people of Papua New Guinea. It is a prion disease which leads to tremors and loss of coordination from neurodegeneration. The term kúru means "trembling" and comes from the Fore word kuria or guria ("to shake").[3][4] It is also known as "laughing sickness" due to abnormal bursts of laughter from the patients.
It was spread among the Fore people via funerary cannibalism.
Mad cow for people.
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South Park updated their profile photo in response to Kristi Noem calling them "sexist" for criticizing her appearance.
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Why is no news channel reporting on the school shooting in Canada?
So...
https://apnews.com/article/canada-shooting-british-columbia-66b021ac7c75e857885b81dc78a29d05
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/tumbler-ridge-canada-shooting-02-11-26
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LibreOffice Drama: The Document Foundation Removes Collabora Developers in One Sweep
The Document Foundation's official reply came from Italo Vignoli, a founder Collabora lists as having already exited TDF membership.
He has kept it short, confirming that the removals happened, pointing to TDF's recently adopted Community Bylaws as the basis. Those bylaws include a clause requiring anyone affiliated with a company in an active legal dispute with TDF to step down from membership.
Link to those bylaws from Jan 15
https://community.documentfoundation.org/t/vote-adopt-version-1-of-community-bylaws/13472
Quote from that link [bylaws] above
Members involved in legal claims for endangering the Foundation, eg. by means of putting the charitable status at risk, or misusing TDF’s funds, or by damaging any of TDF’s assets, or by attempting to do any of these must relinquish their membership by means of notification to the MC. If the legal claim, in relation to the mentioned matters, involves a company/organisation then also their affiliated members must relinquish their membership.
Back to the original linked article:
The stated rationale is that past situations saw people put their employer's interests ahead of the foundation's, and the clause exists to stop that happening again. The specifics of the legal dispute between TDF and Collabora are not mentioned by either party.
TDF also makes clear that a membership revocation is not a ban from contributing, with the project remaining open to anyone, and expects Collabora to keep contributing "when the time comes."
So without details, all the article really details is that this happened. The why is murky. It seems the TDF is trying to protect itself, but there's no description of Collabra or TDFs legal dispute.
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Nebraska Town Finds Out Town's Biggest Employer To Close
Per the article:
Tyson, the meatpacking giant that employs about 3,200 workers in the town, will leave all of them without jobs when the facility closes on Jan. 20.
Per Wikipedia:
As of the 2020 census, the population of Lexington, Nebraska was 10,348.
So about 30% of them are without jobs. That's a HUUUUUGE blow to their economy.
Per this article:
https://southernagtoday.org/2025/08/07/u-s-brazil-beef-trade-at-a-crossroads/
While expanding access to Asia, Brazil also made significant inroads into the U.S. market. In May alone, it shipped 175 million pounds of beef to the U.S., five times the volume of May 2024.
All they need to do is learn Portuguese and relocate to Brazil. FTFY.
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Women's sport: Why we need to talk about periods, breasts and injuries
Before you all get mad that this is about sports, there's a lot of discussion of the science of women's athletics, such as
It was fitted by Prof Joanna Wakefield-Scurr, from the University of Portsmouth, who proudly goes by the nickname the Bra Professor.
Here are her breast facts:
*Breasts can bounce an average of 11,000 times in a football match
*An average bounce is 8cm (3in) without appropriate support
*They move with up to 5G of force (five times the force of gravity), comparable to the experience of a Formula 1 driver
Laboratory experiments – using motion sensors on the chest – have revealed how a shifting mass of breast tissue alters the movement of the rest of the body, and in turn, sporting performance.
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Need to clean my keyboard
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Kid Rock music fest organizers beg for grace over string of hate from festival-goers
Organizers for Kid Rock's 'Rock the Country Tour' are begging for grace after attendees slammed the MAGA music festival over muddy conditions and extreme delays on day one.
The tour, which is a 7-show small-town festival celebrating the country's 250th anniversary, kicked off on Friday, May 1, in Bellville, Texas. Organizers pleaded for leniency as festivalgoers slammed the tour for having 'the worst event management' amid calls for refunds. Kid Rock is expected to close out the show on Saturday, May 1.
The complaints came after attendees were left stranded in the rain for hours on day 1 of the MAGA music festival.
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Don't act confused. Just say it
A pretty penny.
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'No one verified the evidence': Woman says AI-generated deepfake text sent her to jail
After eight months of legal wrangling by her attorney, prosecutors dropped the bond violation charge against her. And, last month, she went to trial on the battery charge and was acquitted.
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Cybertruck owner sues Tesla for more than $1m after Houston Autopilot crash
Per the article,
"Elon Musk is an aggressive and irresponsible salesman," the plaintiff said. "Who has a long history of making dangerous design choices, and overpromising features of his products."
The plaintiff now expects the American car brand "to properly design, test, market, inspect, repair, and recall the subject Cybertruck."
As of February 2026, Elon Musk's net worth is estimated to be around $852 billion according to Forbes.
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If A.I. is so fast and efficient, and CEOs are paid so much, why not replace CEOs with A.I.?
For a publicly traded business, this could greatly benefit the share holder with a more efficient AI CEO to steer the ship.
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Number 16, The Longest-Lived Spider On Record, Died At The Ripe Old Age Of 43
The research paper about her.