The two week feint, getting paid to move, cat fur vests, Florida man (again)
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Knee Deep in the Hoopla
“Descending into a rathole of retaliation”- Iran-Israel latest news, world news. KGB’s suggestion for tv news coverage: BBC.
US warns of ‘heightened threat environment’ after strikes on Iran. Thanks for the heads up, guys. You might as well say you feel a disturbance in the Force.
The computer-science bubble is bursting. Artificial intelligence is ideally suited to replacing the very type of person who built it.
Experts identify the simple emotion that gives life meaning - and it's not happiness. Define “meaning”. For that matter, define “Experts”.
Elon Musk concerned that reality has infiltrated his "Grok" AI. Elon Musk is once again fuming against his own AI model, Grok, because he doesn't like that its answers don't line up with his personal politics. Too bad reality hasn’t infiltrated Musk himself.
Why SMS two-factor authentication codes aren't safe and what to use instead.
Boy struck by lightning in New York City’s Central Park says he feels lucky
A Florida man broke into a random house and hung out there for several days to avoid going home to his angry wife after the couple had a fight, according to officials.
Cat fur being secretly used in clothing by popular fashion brand.
Seven surprising mistakes that could be inviting spiders into your home. Spiders are not bad to have in your home, within reason. I had a wolf spider that visited me at my desk every day for two years, and she kept the silverfish and other insectoid vermin at bay.
Seven U.S. states, cities and towns that will pay you to move there. How about the ones that will pay you to leave?
Why Dr Pepper comes in three different bottle shapes. A puzzle of the ages, solved at last.
Quote of the Day:
My visions of the future are always pretty much standard issue. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer... and there are flying cars.
--Joss Whedon (Wikipedia link)
(More Joss Whedon quotes from the KGB Quotations Database)
Today’s holidays:
International Dravet Syndrome Awareness Day, International Widows' Day, International Women in Engineering Day, Let It Go Day, National Detroit-Style Pizza Day, National Hydration Day, National Pecan Sandies Day, National Pink Day, Olympic Day, Pink Flamingo Day, Runner's Selfie Day, SAT Math Day, Typewriter Day, United Nations Public Service Day, World Female Ranger Day, and World Whistleblowers Day.
New feature:
Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA.
On This Day:
1611 – The mutinous crew of Henry Hudson's fourth voyage sets Henry, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in what is now Hudson Bay; they are never heard from again.
1860 – The United States Congress established the Government Printing Office.
1868 – Christopher Latham Sholes patented the QWERTY typewriter.
1894 – The International Olympic Committee was founded at the Sorbonne in Paris.
1926 – The College Board administered the first SAT exam.
1938 – The Civil Aeronautics Act was signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
1947 – The United States Senate followed the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act.
1960 – The United States Food and Drug Administration declared Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world.
1961 – The Antarctic Treaty System, which set aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and limited military activity on the continent, its islands and ice shelves, came into force.
1969 – IBM announced that effective January 1970 it would price its software and services separately from hardware in response to the federal government’s antitrust allegations.
1972 – Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman were recorded talking about illegally using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.
1972 – Title IX of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 was amended to prohibit sexual discrimination to any educational program receiving federal funds.
1979 – "My Sharona" single by The Knack first charted. (Video)
1980 – "The David Letterman Show" debuted on NBC-TV daytime. (Video)
1989 – The film "Batman", starring Michael Keaton, was released. (Video)
1991 – Sonic the Hedgehog was released in North America on the Sega Genesis platform, beginning the popular video game franchise.
1993 – Lorena Bobbitt maimed her husband with a kitchen knife.
2013 – Nik Wallenda became the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope.
2016 – The United Kingdom voted in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%.
(For comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
Some Birthdays:
1894 – Alfred Kinsey, American entomologist and sexologist (died 1956)
1894 – Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom (died 1972)
1910 – Jean Anouilh, French playwright and screenwriter (died 1987)
1912 – Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (died 1954)
1925 – Art Modell, American businessman (died 2012)
1927 – Bob Fosse, American actor, dancer, choreographer, and director (died 1987)
1929 – June Carter Cash, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (died 2003)
1943 – Vint Cerf, American computer scientist and Internet pioneer
1948 – Clarence Thomas, American lawyer and jurist
1957 – Frances McDormand, American actress
1964 – Joss Whedon, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1980 – Melissa Rauch, American actress
(A more complete list of today’s birthdays.)
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