News of the Weird - this just in!

[Dannie Boy]

I think she’s struggle to influence me!!


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[pharvey]

I think she’s struggle to influence me!!

Indeed, but I think I would have been in trouble for pi$$ing myself if I had the fortune to witness her being stuck in a Revolving Door.... On that note, when on a flight how does she fit in the loo or escape chute (or escape quickly) - isn't that a threat to safety? And if so, surely the airline has the legal right to refuse her as a passenger purely regards to "Duty of Care" towards staff and other passengers?

I really wish I could type what I'm thinking out aloud right now..... Hey Ho.

[STEVE G]

^The cargo airline I work for is experienced in that kind of thing:
Cargolux completes beluga whale flight
https://www.aircargonews.net/airlines/f ... le-flight/

Cargolux has successfully completed the transport of two former captive whales, Little Grey and Little White, to Iceland following a 6,000 mile flight from China.

The SEA LIFE Trust confirmed that Little Grey and Little White arrived yesterday afternoon at Keflavik Airport after having successfully completed the first leg of their landmark journey.

[Nereus]

^The cargo airline I work for is experienced in that kind of thing:
Cargolux completes beluga whale flight
https://www.aircargonews.net/airlines/f ... le-flight/

Cargolux has successfully completed the transport of two former captive whales, Little Grey and Little White, to Iceland following a 6,000 mile flight from China.

The SEA LIFE Trust confirmed that Little Grey and Little White arrived yesterday afternoon at Keflavik Airport after having successfully completed the first leg of their landmark journey.

You might want to check the date of when that happened. I remember looking at several years ago. (I didnt see you there!)

[Nereus]

Little children that also have nuclear playthings!

North Korea sends about 900 garbage balloons to South Korea in a week, as Seoul seeks revenge

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-03/ ... /103925784

South Korea says it will soon take "unbearable" retaliatory steps against North Korea over its launch of hundreds of garbage-carrying balloons across the border and other provocations.

In the past week, North Korea has floated about 900 huge balloons over the border to dump rubbish on South Korea, simulated nuclear strikes against its neighbour, and allegedly jammed GPS navigation signals in the South in an escalation of animosities between the rivals.

Early on Sunday, South Korea's military said about 600 balloons were spotted between Saturday night and Sunday morning, and they were coming across the border at a rate of between 20 and 50 an hour.

Since 2022, North Korea has sharply increased its pace of weapons tests to build a bigger nuclear arsenal.

Last week, it fired a barrage of nuclear-capable weapons into the sea in a drill simulating a pre-emptive attack on South Korea.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-29/ ... /103908072

South Korea on alert after over 90 balloons from North Korea reportedly drop trash and excrement near border

[STEVE G]

^The cargo airline I work for is experienced in that kind of thing:
Cargolux completes beluga whale flight
https://www.aircargonews.net/airlines/f ... le-flight/

Cargolux has successfully completed the transport of two former captive whales, Little Grey and Little White, to Iceland following a 6,000 mile flight from China.

The SEA LIFE Trust confirmed that Little Grey and Little White arrived yesterday afternoon at Keflavik Airport after having successfully completed the first leg of their landmark journey.

You might want to check the date of when that happened. I remember looking at several years ago. (I didnt see you there!)

Actually, I was there!

[pharvey]

You might want to check the date of when that happened. I remember looking at several years ago. (I didnt see you there!)

Actually, I was there!

[STEVE G]

Here's one from my local news in Europe:

Kangaroo 'Sammy' on the loose in eastern Luxembourg

On Tuesday an image of a kangaroo in someone's garden began to circulate on social media after the animal was spotted in eastern Luxembourg.
The author of the Facebook post wrote that the kangaroo was extremely fearful and warned people not to chase it in the event of further sightings.
The kangaroo is believed to be privately owned and is said to be well looked after in usual circumstances. It is likely to have escaped from its home following a fright. The Facebook poster said they were in contact with the animal's owner.
A local veterinarian has already been informed of the situation, and the animal will be taken care of as soon as it is caught.
In a social media video, the kangaroo can be seen on the route between Consdorf and Müllerthal.

RTL spoke to Consdorf mayor Marco Bermes, who said he was alerted about the animal due to the social media post. At first he thought it was a fake, but it turned out to be true.
https://today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/2203988.html

[Big Boy]

I hope it does better than the recent Chiang Mai escapee .

[STEVE G]

Photographer Disqualified From AI Image Contest After Winning With Real Photo

Miles Astray entered a real, albeit surreal photo of a flamingo into the AI category of the 1839 Color Photography Awards which the judges not only placed third but it also won the People’s Vote Award.

“I wanted to show that nature can still beat the machine and that there is still merit in real work from real creatives,” Astray tells PetaPixel over email.

The color photography contest is judged by people who work for The New York Times, Getty Images, Phaidon Press, Christie’s, and Maddox Gallery, among others. None could apparently tell that Astray’s photo was real.
https://petapixel.com/2024/06/12/photog ... eal-photo/

[pharvey]

Photographer Disqualified From AI Image Contest After Winning With Real Photo

It's truly frightening these days - personally, I've given up, but the likes of DM could even make themselves look good in a photo (or dating site)...

[STEVE G]

Photographer Disqualified From AI Image Contest After Winning With Real Photo

It's truly frightening these days - personally, I've given up, but the likes of DM could even make themselves look good in a photo (or dating site)...

Yes, AI imaging is amazing now:

[pharvey]

Sour Grapes perhaps......

The World's Oldest Wine....

"Although wine dates back to the earliest human societies, actual samples from ancient cultures are rare to find. Thanks to a well-preserved tomb and a little luck, however, a team of archeologists and chemists from Spain’s University of Cordoba recently announced what they believe to be the oldest known wine ever discovered. At over 2,000-years-old, the vintage libation also contains a macabre additive—the skeletal remains of a Roman aristocrat.

Back in 2019, archeologists uncovered two glass funerary urns while excavating a six-person tomb from the first century CE near Carmona, Italy. Inside one of them, the cremated bones of a man named Senicio were immersed in a red-tinged liquid that researchers believed was wine.

Interring bones inside an urn with wine was a popular burial ritual among the Roman elite, but the custom was largely reserved for men due to societal prohibitions on women drinking alcohol. Just how rigidly women upheld this standard is likely up for debate, but when it came to a final resting place, Roman men were solely those receiving a boozy trip to the afterlife. Women—such as Hispana, who occupied the tomb’s other glass urn—were traditionally accompanied by jewels, perfumes, and fabrics like silk."

https://www.popsci.com/science/oldest-w ... dium=email

[STEVE G]

A news report that the UK would be seeing a heatwave for 48 hours at 26 degrees Celsius left Indians, being scalded by 40+ degrees, shocked. How did the British rule us for 200 years, many asked.

https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/h ... 2024-06-18

The British tabloid The Mirror reported that the UK would be hit by a 48-hour heatwave of 26 degrees Celsius. This left Indians, reeling under a severe heatwave of above 40 degrees Celsius, gobsmacked.

How did the English stay here and rule us for 200 years, asked many on social media platforms.

The British colonised the entire world. They observed the cracks in a regime and used it to their advantage to become rulers of the land. Not much bothered them, except the weather in countries like India. Even today, the British are troubled by even a little heat. As the temperature rose to 26 degrees Celsius, the British Met Desk called it a "heatwave".

The weather forecast predicted that at the end of June, the temperature might go as high as 30 degrees Celsius. The harshest weather will be seen in these cities: Birmingham, Cardiff, London, Manchester, and Newcastle. The "heatwave" is expected to be seen from June 26 to June 28.

But Indians asking how the British endured the harsh summers to rule them for two centuries is a valid question.

While each country has its own threshold of how much temperature they can endure. The British rule in India had come up with a solution for the harsh summers here: shipping ice and moving to the hilly areas of India.

[pharvey]

^ It's a "Different Heat" in the UK!!