News-Ish-Things
Cool! Radio signals from 1.5 Billion light years away…
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/radio-signals-fast-radio-bursts-frbs-galaxy-signal-repeated-space-scientists-a8719886.html
The problem is, if we send a signal back, it will also take 1.5 billion years to get there. No civilization lasts 3 billion years..
The UK faces “Loo Roll” (toilet paper) shortages because of Brexit
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-politics-46865944/could-no-deal-brexit-lead-to-loo-roll-logjam
Egyptian TV host gets a year in jail for interviewing a Gay man.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-46946612
Phillipines to Joing the China Naval parade (just to piss off America)
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2183198/philippines-bridges-troubled-south-china-sea-waters-sending
The Secrets Of Jumping Crystals
https://cen.acs.org/materials/Revealing-secrets-jumping-crystalsmotion/97/i3
Wildlife Photos By Marsel van Oosten
A Traveling Exhibition of 100 Stunning Selections from the 2018 Wildlife Photographer of the Year
The Katy Universe (short)
With my favorite, Mary Holland.
News Of The Week
That Coup failed.. Bad Soldiers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/soldiers-in-gabon-seize-state-broadcaster-announce-coup-against-absent-president/2019/01/07/ef87ecbc-1250-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.971852c5ca9f
Toronto Restaurant keeping microwave dinner traditions alive (joke)
Feel Good Story of the week:
Keep restricting abortion access, and more of this will follow.
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/baby-found-in-cooler-on-side-of-road-police-trying-to-find-owner-of-cooler/900446979
Those “sonic” attack on US Diplomats was likely Cricits:
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/scientists-suspect-crickets-sonic-attacks-us-diplomats
Russian Tank movie kills at the boxoffice
https://news.yahoo.com/patriotic-tank-film-busts-russian-box-office-record-131454902.html
Turkey’s housing boom is a bust (who would buy one of these?)
https://news.yahoo.com/building-boom-turning-bust-turkeys-economy-slows-033305403.html
Some New New News
India blocks large retailers from edging out local small vendors.
https://www.scmp.com/tech/e-commerce/article/2179588/india-tightens-e-commerce-rules-likely-hit-amazon-flipkart
Idiot builds house by cliff in Ireland, now wants everyone else pay to save the house before it crumples into the sea..
Trevor the Dog Balloon
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/what-caused-trevor-sausage-dog-14727570
Trump’s EPA imposes new way to kill kids
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-epa-finds-new-way-to-poison-your-kids-9dad7505aea1/
Canada want’s part of Minnesota
https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/petition-launched-to-give-part-of-minnesota-to-canada-1179995
Pete Mauney’s Time-Lapse Photography
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2018/12/time-lapse-airport-photography/Pete Mauney
BozThx Presents 