Monday Overnight Open Thread (12/18/23)

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“Our assessment so far is that this appears to be a lunatic, because a sensible person would not jump into the den, Zaheer Anwar, Bahawalpur Deputy Commissioner

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“BlackRock has agreed to use all of the assets in their portfolio to push the net-zero agenda. If you have a dollar invested in BlackRock, you’re invested in an ESG fund.” Will Hild, the executive director of Consumers’ Research

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"Progress in our understanding of how brains compute using neurons is hampered by our inability to simulate brain like networks at scale," ICNS director and Western Sydney professor André van Schaik

Missing socks? Nah, can't be. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

Laundromat Donates Over 900 Pairs Of Socks To Local Charities

Today's good news story comes from Bangor, Maine.

Mainers understand the significance of having clean, dry socks - especially in the winter.

The Laundry Basket, a local laundromat, has ingeniously turned a common problem into a charitable initiative to ensure everyone has this

After taking the Fabulous to Camp Misanthrope to the off grid cabin for years, I was just looking out for her.

Scientists Warn Of Toilets Emitting Invisible 'Plume' With Deadly Bacteria

The idea of an outhouse seems pretty uncomfortable - having to leave your home just to go to the bathroom, sometimes in the freezing cold or pouring rain, but it turns out that outhouses might be safer than the toilets in modern bathrooms. That's because when you flush your toilet, according to scientists, you are releasing a "toilet plume" filled with germs and bacteria like Legionella, noroviruses and E. coli - some of which can be deadly.

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder were able to use lasers to illustrate how it and they published what they discovered in Scientific Reports. Speaking about those discoveries, lead author John Crimaldi stated, "People have known that toilets emit aerosols, but they haven’t been able to see them. We show that this thing is a much more energetic and rapidly spreading plume than even the people who knew about this understood."


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I bet this new requirement won't apply to Lurch John Fvcking Kerry.

President Biden has directed federal employees to take public transportation, ride bikes or rent electric vehicles when traveling for work, in a move the administration says will save taxpayer money and reduce the government’s carbon footprint.

The new guidance was announced in a memo from the Office of Management and Budget and a General Services Administration bulletin updating federal travel regulations.

Agencies were also encouraged not to send employees on business trips at all, with the GSA guidance adding, “In every case, the trip not taken is the least expensive and most sustainable.

It is time a Catholic Priest revisit and relive the posting of the 95 Theses.

Pope: Priests Can Bless Same-Sex Couples
Those seeking God's love and mercy shouldn't be subject to 'exhaustive moral analysis' to get it

But HotAir says the media has misrepresented the Pope's take.

Media Mudders: No, Pope Francis Did Not OK Blessings for Same-Sex Relationships

What are the most dire words that any Catholic journalist can hear in the mainstream media? “Today, the Vatican/Pope Francis said …” Some of that can be blamed on the pontiff’s lack of precision and care in his off-the-cuff comment, but not today. After chewing on the issue of blessing same-sex unions for the last few months, the Vatican issued a new and reasonably clear statement from its Prefect of the Doctrine of Faith … if one bothers to read it.

An entire Generation of Genius Award Winners.

US Army faces 'TikTok mutiny' as Gen Z recruits whine about low pay, 'sh***y' food and FITNESS TESTS while on bases in uniform
Brazen posts represent audacious challenge to top brass amid recruitment crisis
One of the posts by military influencer Anthony Laster slams Army life
Says he spent whole day watching TikToks while supposedly fighting the Taliban

The US Army is facing a TikTok mutiny as Gen Z recruits are taking to social media to whine about low pay, 'sh***y' food and fitness tests.

The brazen posts - by uniformed troops on US bases - represent an audacious challenge to top brass amid a recruitment crisis. The Army fell short of its target by 25 percent last year.

One of the posts by military influencer Anthony Laster slams Army life for having 'No Privacy, The Pay Sucks, Sh***y Food, Disrespectful Leadership, NO SLEEP!' and has been viewed more than 600,000 times.

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