Solar farms confuse migrating birds; ChatGPT poisoning; real warp drive; rabid bats; 'Frankenstein bunnies'; Almanac predicts"wild ride" this winter
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Knee Deep in the Hoopla
Trump's rambling Kennedy Center announcement and threat to send troops to more cities: A Closer Look. (Video)
RFK Jr.’s case against mRNA vaccines collapses under his own evidence. “Evidence” doesn’t support ending the research — it makes the case for expanding it
Why RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine campaign is working. The Trump administration’s COVID-revenge campaign has laid the groundwork for Kennedy’s larger agenda.
Infowars conspiracist Alex Jones is a big step closer to losing his studio and brand. A state judge in Texas Wednesday ordered Infowars' assets to be turned over to a newly-appointed state receiver, who will sell them to pay the families of the Connecticut children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
Scientists announce a physical warp drive is now possible. Seriously. TLDR: Not in your lifetime. Or your kids. Or…
The world's first ChatGPT poisoning (aka automation bias). (Video)
OpenAI brings back GPT-4o after user revolt. After unpopular GPT-5 launch, OpenAI begins restoring optional access to previous AI models.
Now that Google Is trash, it will let you pick your own news sources.
Scientists find vitamin that may lower blood sugar and prevent diabetes. TLDR: vitamin D, emphasis on “may”.
Scientists raise alarm over unexpected wildlife behavior around solar farms: 'Leading them off course'. Solar panel farms can confuse birds and bats during migration.
Deadly rabies outbreak feared as hundreds exposed to infected bats at Wyoming Grand Teton National Park.
Rabbits with ‘horns’ in Colorado are being called ‘Frankenstein bunnies.’ Here’s why.
The Farmers' Almanac forecasts "wild ride" for winter 25/26.
Florida woman arrested for posing as nurse, treating over 4,000 patients without license.
Quote of the Day:
You should always leave the party ten minutes before you actually do.
--Gary Larson (Wikipedia link)
(More Gary Larson quotes from the KGB Quotations Database)
Today’s holidays:
Color Book Day, National Creamsicle Day, National Financial Awareness Day, National Navajo Code Talkers Day, National Tattoo Removal Day, National Wiffle Ball Day, Social Security Day, Victory over Japan Day, and World Lizard Day.
Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA.
On This Day:
2023 – Former U.S. president Donald Trump was charged in Georgia along with 18 others in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election in that state, his fourth indictment of 2023.
2015 – The U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba re-opened after 54 years of being closed when Cuba–United States relations were broken off.
2003 – A widescale power blackout affected the northeast United States and Canada.
1994 – Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as "Carlos the Jackal", was captured.
1985 – Michael Jackson bought ATV Music, including publishing rights to most of the Beatles' song catalog, for $47.5 million; ten years later, he sold half of his interest to Sony for $150 million.
1969 – The Troubles: British troops were deployed in Northern Ireland as political and sectarian violence breaks out, marking the start of the 37-year Operation Banner.
1965 – Sonny & Cher’s single “I Got You Babe” hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. (Video)
1959 – Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
1948 – An Idaho Department of Fish and Game program to relocate beavers known as Beaver drop occurred. This program relocated beavers from Northwestern Idaho to Central Idaho by airplane and then parachuting the beavers into the Chamberlain Basin. (Video)
1936 – Rainey Bethea was hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
1935 – Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
1901 – The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Whitehead Number 21.
1893 – France became the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
1848 – Oregon Territory was organized by act of Congress.
(For comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
Some Birthdays:
1987 – Tim Tebow, American football and baseball player and sportscaster
1983 – Mila Kunis, Ukrainian-American actress
1966 – Halle Berry, American model, actress, and producer
1961 – Susan Olsen, American actress and radio host
1960 – Sarah Brightman, English singer and actress (Video)
1959 – Marcia Gay Harden, American actress
1959 – Magic Johnson, American basketball player and coach
1956 – Jackée Harry, American actress and television personality
1953 – James Horner, American composer and conductor (died 2015) (Video)
1950 – Gary Larson, American cartoonist
1947 – Danielle Steel, American author
1946 – Susan Saint James, American actress
1946 – Antonio Fargas, American actor
1945 – Steve Martin, American actor, comedian, musician, producer, and screenwriter (Video)
1941 – David Crosby, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)
1928 – Lina Wertmüller, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2021)
1926 – Buddy Greco, American singer and pianist (died 2017)
1925 – Russell Baker, American critic and essayist (died 2019)
1923 – Alice Ghostley, American actress (died 2007)
1851 – Doc Holliday, American dentist and gambler (died 1887)
(A more complete list of today’s birthdays.)
Some Deaths:
2024 – Gena Rowlands, American actress (born 1930)
2016 – Fyvush Finkel, American actor (born 1922)
2012 – Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (born 1919)
2006 – Bruno Kirby, American actor (born 1949)
1992 – John Sirica, American lawyer and judge (born 1904)
1988 – Enzo Ferrari, Italian race car driver and businessman, founded Ferrari (born 1898)
1985 – Gale Sondergaard, American actress (born 1899)
1980 – Dorothy Stratten, Canadian-American model and actress (born 1960)
1973 – Fred Gipson, American journalist and author of “Old Yeller”(born 1908)
1972 – Oscar Levant, American actor, pianist, and composer (born 1906) (Video)
1963 – Clifford Odets, American director, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1906)
1956 – Bertolt Brecht, German poet, playwright, and director (born 1898)
1951 – William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (born 1863)
1941 – Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (born 1894)
(A more complete list of today’s deaths.)
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