The unimportant news thread

[Kalevala]

"Australian man charged with stealing Labubus worth $5,000"

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg4d47r1wzo

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[Kalevala]

Vegan burgers are losing the US culture war over meat.



https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/sep/12/vegan-burgers-meat-vegetarian

Interesting to see what is happening to Beyond Meat's stock price at the moment.  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cew4kqg09j8o

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[Todd]

Doctor is arrested while performing illegal penis enlargement procedures in the back of his Toyota Corolla

Yelp reviews, indeed.

[Todd]

From Forbes: The Highest-Paid Dead Celebrities Of 2025

American royalty tops the list again, with the King of Pop taking the top slot.  Top cumulative earnings of estates over the past twenty-five years (or less, as may be the case):

[JBS]

From Forbes: The Highest-Paid Dead Celebrities Of 2025

American royalty tops the list again, with the King of Pop taking the top slot.  Top cumulative earnings of estates over the past twenty-five years (or less, as may be the case):

25 years includes (just barely) the release of all of the Peter Jackson films (Fellowship was released in 2001). Jackson must have driven a pretty hard bargain.