Weird News Compilation

[phinds]

How are they holding on to the rotating sphere?

Sheer animal magnetism

 

[Borg]

How are they holding on to the rotating sphere?

That's the blooper. The ship is rotating away from them.

 

[Swamp Thing]

Scientists charged absurd fees after speaking at webinars

 

[DaveE]

Thank goodness the dog is not facing any charges...

A driver in Colorado tried to switch seats with his dog to avoid a DUI arrest, police sayhttps://www.cnn.com/2023/05/16/us/colorado-dog-driver-dui-arrest/index.html

Yep, no blood test or breathalyzer required for that conviction. No sober person is that stupid.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

LOL! Too funny.

 

[berkeman]

When you fail a urine drug test, in the most embarassing way...

College Sports Corner​

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Come to find out, he got the urine from a female friend

... -Jon

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Colorado Changes 420 Mile Marker Sign to Ward Off Heists​

Reddit and
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/colorado-changes-420-mile-marker-sign-ward-heists-n8051

 

[Astronuc]

Hawk drops a snake onto a woman mowing her lawn, snake wraps itself around woman's arm, hawk attempts to retrieve snake, . . . .

https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-woman-seriously-injured-hawk-005655559.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/help-jesus-hawk-appears-drop-142216750.html

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/texas-woman-attacked-snake-hawk-180139076.html

 

[nsaspook]

https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/08/...o-are-dead-because-the-city-didnt-water-them/

Trees Planted By the City in East Portland Two Years Ago Are Dead Because the City Didn’t Water Them​

Schafer says watering trees is outside the bureau’s scope: “We only trim trees for visibility and clear brush. We simply are not set up for nor have the skills for tree maintenance beyond that.”

 

[berkeman]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/19/us/sayreville-nj-fish-power-outage-trnd/index.html

CNN —

An incident involving a bird gave new meaning to the term “fish fry” after an electric company suspected an osprey of dropping its meal onto power lines – triggering an outage in a New Jersey neighborhood.

A fish that fell from a bird’s grip landed on a transponder in Sayreville, located just southwest of New York’s Staten Island, according to Jersey Central Power and Light Company spokesperson Chris Hoenig.

“Animal contact is a common cause of power outages; however, fish are not on the list of frequent offenders,” Hoenig told CNN in an email.

The outage on August 12 impacted around 2,100 people and lasted less than two hours.

The Sayreville Police Department poked fun at the incident on Facebook, naming the deceased fish as Gilligan and pointing a finger at an osprey as “the suspect,” which was “last seen flying south,” the post read.

 

[Swamp Thing]

Self driving car drives itself into wet concrete....

 

[nsaspook]

 

[fresh_42]

Too tired, too lazy, or too stoned?The activists of the "last generation" stormed the Gamescom in Cologne. But nobody really noticed that.
The "Last Generation" had probably hoped for a little more resonance! On Sunday evening (August 27, 2023), the last day of the world's largest games fair in Cologne, two activists stormed the stage at a gaming tournament shortly before the award ceremony, but were hardly noticed!

The final of the esports tournament has just ended when the man and woman run onto the stage and splatter orange-colored powder in the air.

But: Neither the participants in the tournament nor the moderators of the event were impressed by the action and almost completely ignored the attempts at disruption on the stage in Cologne. After a few moments, security intervenes.

https://www.focus.de/regional/koeln...r-niemanden-interessiert-es_id_203043533.html

 

[nsaspook]

 

[Borg]

LOL. I just saw this on the news right before I clicked on this post.

 

[Ibix]

Were the "citable offences" moooving violations?

 

[nsaspook]

Were the "citable offences" moooving violations?

Yes, one was fertilizing the road.

 

[Ibix]

Yes, one was fertilizing the road.
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That charge is BS though...

(Sorry, sorry, couldn't resist.)

 

[Borg]

Yes, one was fertilizing the road.
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To be honest, it looks like most of it ended up in the car.

 

[nsaspook]

To be honest, it looks like most of it ended up in the car.

That's why Mongo rode his bull.

 

[nsaspook]

 

[nsaspook]

That's a big fish.

 

[Astronuc]

https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/weird-news-compilation.878428/post-6915482

AirTag works again - A teen who lost his $12,000 bike while flying from Europe found it in an airport with an AirTag, but said neither United nor Brussels Airlines would help him retrieve it

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/ne...rlines-would-help-him-retrieve-it/ar-AA1giXDN

A 16-year-old cyclist who remotely located a $12,000 bike he lost during a flight from Europe said he and his family found frustration trying to get it back.

Luke Barnett and his son Gray, a cyclist with the EF Pro Cycling team's junior development program, spoke to CNN about how, after traveling back from Europe — where he raced over the summer — Gray's bike did not return with him.

However, using an Apple AirTag, the son quickly found his bike in the Brussels Airport, where Gray hopped on a connecting flight. This set off days of speaking to the two airlines he flew with — United and Brussels — who Barnett said were unhelpful with his requests.

 

[berkeman]

That footage obtained by The Associated Press showed Ruddy apparently attempting to leverage his position to blunt the fallout from a Fourth of July crash in which he is accused of drunkenly striking another vehicle and leaving the scene.


But despite being charged, the 59-year-old Ruddy remained on the job for two months, representing the United States in court as recently as last week to notch another win for the sprawling task force he helped create two decades ago targeting cocaine smuggling at sea.

On Wednesday, a day after the AP asked the Justice Department about Ruddy's status, the veteran prosecutor was pulled off three pending criminal cases. A Justice Department spokesman would not say whether he had been suspended but said that Ruddy, while still employed, had been removed from his supervisory role at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Tampa. The case also has been referred to the Office of Inspector General.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federa...-cops-business-card-dui-crash-arrest-bodycam/

 

[nsaspook]

View attachment 331668https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federa...-cops-business-card-dui-crash-arrest-bodycam/

This guy could have killed someone.

 

[berkeman]

Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha' gonna do...

After initiating the traffic stop, the trooper asks where McKee is headed, and McKee informs him he’s heading home from the Huck’s gas station with a can of gas, as he gestures to the back of the plastic Jeep.

“Where’s your gas can at?” The officer asks.

“Oh man, I left it back there!” McKee responds.

After checking with dispatch regarding the situation the trooper then administers field sobriety tests, which McKee fails.

 

[fresh_42]

Cow 'Bonnie' flees from the slaughterhouse and joins a herd of deer.

https://www.oe24.at/buzz24/kuh-bonn...ank-hat-sich-rehherde-angeschlossen/566619778​

 

[berkeman]

I don't know which is weirder: whether a pet python enjoys surfing, or that this guy got fined by the Aussie government for taking his pet snake surfing (which she seems to enjoy)...

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/18/aust...hon-snake-fine-gold-coast-intl-hnk/index.html

A surfer who rode the waves with his pet python has been fined by Australian authorities for taking the snake out in public after a video of the duo’s unusual adventures aired on local media.

Higor Fiuza and his carpet python Shiva were frequently seen at beaches on the Gold Coast, a tourist hotspot on the country’s east coast, according to CNN affiliate Nine News.

Shiva, who would wrap herself around Fiuza’s neck or dangle on the edge of his board, appeared to enjoy the sport, her owner told Nine News earlier this month.

“She goes for a swim a little bit and then comes back to the board. She’s just cruising waiting for a wave … for the perfect wave,” he said.

But the good times weren’t to last as Fiuza has been slapped with a fine of around $1,500 for breaching the terms of his pet’s license, according to a statement from Queensland’s Department of Environment and Science.

While he held the correct permit to keep the reptile, he was not allowed to remove it from its licensed premises, the statement said.

“The man was brought to our attention when he appeared in local media taking his python into the surf,” said senior wildlife officer Jonathan McDonald. “We do not want permit holders to be displaying their native animals in public unless it is done for a specific approved purpose and in a way that best provides for the welfare of the animal, the safety of the public and complies with the relevant codes.”

 

[BillTre]

If its a non-native species, then that might be the reason for the large fine.
Once a reproducing population of non-native animals is established, it can be difficult to get rid of them.
Otherwise, don't know why it would be in their pet license.

 

[Borg]

A few weeks ago, I ordered nachos at a restaurant and there was a thin strip of plastic melted in with the cheese. Now there's a story about Kraft recalling American Cheese slices due to a thin strip of individual film that may remain on the slice after the wrapper has been removed. I guess that I know what they made my nachos with.