Monday Overnight Open Thread (4/8/24) Shrinkflation Edition

We interrupt your regularly scheduled ONT for the following news. You still have time to celebrate It's April 8th - Let's Celebrate Dog Farting Awareness Day!

You're welcome. Carry on..........

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‘I mean, what do you need more than a death to prove that it’s unsafe? Multiple deaths prove that even more,’ Francine Turner

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“But the answer is not to take from the women that for over 50 years, Billie Jean King, title nine.This is not the answer. And I had no idea that that would be controversial. To stand up for women.” Sage Steele

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“The recent disaster at the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland is a harrowing reminder of what could happen if we fail to prioritize the integrity of our infrastructure," Staten Island Assemblyman Charles Fall (D)

Oh I suppose I would eat a slice if it were offered. But no way am I going out of my way to find this at the local pizzeria.

Stuff Your Pizza Crust With Hot Dogs

Pigs in blankets are always welcome, and that's how you know this is a good idea.

I had a vision recently. It was a 90s-style pizza commercial where a slice gets pulled away from the pie to reveal a crust stuffed with mozzarella—but it wasn’t mozzarella. The crust was stuffed with hot dogs. Although I still think this was a weird fever dream, it turns out Pizza Hut and Dominos have been dabbling with this pigs-on-a-pie idea on and off since 2015. There doesn’t seem to be a recent promotion, so my vision remains unexplained. Regardless, it’s genius, and you should make one soon to improve your day.

I have taken taxi rides and Uber/Lyft rides in Minneapolis. All of the drivers are immigrants. Minneapolis plans to become a second rate city.

Here’s what we know about Uber and Lyft’s planned exit from Minneapolis in May

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The future of Uber and Lyft in Minneapolis has garnered concern and debate in recent weeks after the City Council voted last month to require that ride-hailing companies pay drivers a higher rate while they are within city limits.

Uber and Lyft responded by saying they would stop serving the Minneapolis area when the ordinance takes effect May 1, causing the city to weigh the ordinance it passed. The state could also take action, while riders and drivers are left wondering what could come next.

The site is Good News Network. Is this good news? I don't think so. Insect Farm Hatches Plan for Greener Animal Feed for Chickens and Pigs

There’s been a lot of talk in the media over the last few years about insect protein, whether used in fake beef, protein bars, or other processed applications, but a startup in the UK has come up with a way to integrate bugs into the food supply chain in a way that not only cuts emissions, but doesn’t upset the stomach.

The now 9-year-old start-up Entocycle uses bugs to replace corn, soy, and fishmeal as high-quality animal feed for pigs and chickens.

Of the major meat sources around the world, chickens and pigs are known in the industry as ‘monogastrics’ meaning they have one stomach as compared with other meat sources like beef, sheep, and goat, which are ruminants, meaning they have several stomachs.

Once the animals accept this crap, we are next, well not John F. Kerry, Male Prostitute.

Do you trust Harvard? Not Science Fiction: Harvard Scientists Have Developed an “Intelligent” Liquid

Scientists have developed a metafluid with programmable response.
Scientists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a programmable metafluid with tunable springiness, optical properties, viscosity and even the ability to transition between a Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid.

The first-of-its-kind metafluid uses a suspension of small, elastomer spheres — between 50 to 500 microns — that buckle under pressure, radically changing the characteristics of the fluid. The metafluid could be used in everything from hydraulic actuators to program robots, to intelligent shock absorbers that can dissipate energy depending on the intensity of the impact, to optical devices that can transition from clear to opaque.

The research is published in Nature.

“We are just scratching the surface of what is possible with this new class of fluid,” said Adel Djellouli, a Research Associate in Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering at SEAS and first author of the paper. “With this one platform, you could do so many different things in so many different fields.”

Everything about Fanni Willis' case is weak, except for the size of her briefs.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ office urged a Georgia appeals court Monday not to take up defendants’ appeal of the decision allowing her to stay on the case against former President Donald Trump.

Willis told the Georgia Court of Appeals in a filing Monday it should reject defendants’ continued efforts to disqualify her, noting that Judge Scott McAfee found “the evidence insufficient to establish any actual conflict of interest and declined to dismiss the indictment.” McAfee’s March ruling allowed Willis to remain on the case if special prosecutor Nathan Wade, who she was in a relationship with and was accused of financially benefiting from appointing, stepped down.

There is at least one good reason to wear a seat belt. Genius Award Winner (SFW Video)

Weekly commenter stats for week of 4-7-2024


Top 10 commenters:
1 [469 comments] 'Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)' [65.88 posts/day]
2 [442 comments] 'Bulgaroctonus'
3 [387 comments] 'jim (in Kalifornia) '
4 [350 comments] 'Ciampino - It's a choo-choo train'
5 [288 comments] 'Skip'
6 [282 comments] 'Alberta Oil Peon'
7 [257 comments] 'AZ deplorable moron'
8 [256 comments] 'Catch Thirty-Thr33'
9 [253 comments] 'Braenyard'
10 [244 comments] 'Montec'

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [322 names] 'Ciampino - It's a choo-choo train' [45.23 unique names/day]
2 [90 names] 'Quarter Twenty '
3 [75 names] 'General Burkhalter'
4 [68 names] 'Auntie Miklos Zeituni '
5 [44 names] 'pookysgirl, fighting a cat for control of her keyboard'
6 [31 names] 'Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden'
7 [31 names] 'Moron Analyst'
8 [29 names] 'Count de Monet'
9 [28 names] 'browndog still has playoff hopes'
10 [27 names] 'fd

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