The unimportant news thread

[Pohjolas Daughter]

no, you're right: ticks carry Lyme.

No, I realize that they can carry Lyme.  I wasn't certain if they could also carry other diseases.

PD

[Karl Henning]

No, I realize that they can carry Lyme.  I wasn't certain if they could also carry other diseases.

PD

Ah. That's more than I can speak to.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Ah. That's more than I can speak to.

Er, now I'll be the harbinger:  https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/diseases/index.html   

PD

[Karl Henning]

Er, now I'll be the harbinger:  https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/diseases/index.html 

PD

That's a passel!

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Business sectors that are most likely to be taken by AI.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/ranking-industries-by-their-potential-for-ai-automation/

[T. D.]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66028403

A teacher in Italy who was sacked for 20 years of absence in 24 years at schools near Venice has vowed to tell her side of the story.

Cinzia Paolina De Lio was dismissed in 2017 after she reappeared for four months and triggered complaints.

Italy's highest court confirmed the dismissal after a legal battle, saying her absences showed a "permanent and absolute ineptitude".

Ms De Lio has condemned the ruling and vowed to "reconstruct the truth".

The secondary school teacher, who specialises in history and philosophy, said she had documents to prove her story but told Repubblica newspaper: "Sorry, but right now I'm at the beach."...

[Karl Henning]

The secondary school teacher, who specialises in history and philosophy, said she had documents to prove her story but told Repubblica newspaper: "Sorry, but right now I'm at the beach."...

Love it!

[Pohjolas Daughter]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66028403

A teacher in Italy who was sacked for 20 years of absence in 24 years at schools near Venice has vowed to tell her side of the story.

Cinzia Paolina De Lio was dismissed in 2017 after she reappeared for four months and triggered complaints.

Italy's highest court confirmed the dismissal after a legal battle, saying her absences showed a "permanent and absolute ineptitude".

Ms De Lio has condemned the ruling and vowed to "reconstruct the truth".

The secondary school teacher, who specialises in history and philosophy, said she had documents to prove her story but told Repubblica newspaper: "Sorry, but right now I'm at the beach."...

Yes, I saw that article...hard to believe!

PD

[DavidW]

In other news the search for Julian Sands started up again.  If you recall, he was lost when hiking around Mt. Baldy.  That was several months ago, I think it is clear that they are just searching for his body now.

They did find his remains.  He was most known for A Room with a View.

[Karl Henning]

They did find his remains.  He was most known for A Room with a View.

I knew him as Liszt in the romantified Chopin movie, Impromptu.

[Florestan]

I knew him as Liszt in the romantified Chopin movie, Impromptu.

Yes. May God rest him in peace.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

They did find his remains.  He was most known for A Room with a View.

Well, I'm glad that they found him for his family's sake.

PD

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Cool article from the BBC:

'Scientists have picked up shock waves from the orbit of supermassive black holes at the heart of distant galaxies as they begin to merge.

This may be the first direct evidence of giant black holes distorting space and time as they spiral in on each other.

The theory is that this is how galaxies grow. Now astronomers may soon be able to watch it happen.

These distortions are happening all the time, all across the Universe.

One of the groups that made the discovery is the European Pulsar Timing Array Consortium (EPTA), led by Prof Michael Kramer of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn.

He told BBC News that the discovery had the potential to change astronomers' ideas about the cosmos forever.

"It could tell us if Einstein's theory of gravity is wrong; it may tell us about what dark matter and dark energy, the mysterious stuff that makes up the bulk of the Universe, really is; and it could give us a new window into new theories of physics."'

More here:  https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66039810

Hard to imagine!

PD

[Todd]

The North Atlantic is experiencing a 'totally unprecedented' marine heat wave

[Pohjolas Daughter]

The North Atlantic is experiencing a 'totally unprecedented' marine heat wave

Shudder!

PD

[Karl Henning]

New York Yankees' Domingo Germán becomes first MLB player since 2012 to throw a perfect game

[Karl Henning]

Oh, lawd!

Pepsi introduces Colachup, a cola-flavored condiment for hot dogs.

[LKB]

Oh, lawd!

Pepsi introduces Colachup, a cola-flavored condiment for hot dogs.

*barf*... hard pass.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Oh, lawd!

Pepsi introduces Colachup, a cola-flavored condiment for hot dogs.

I suppose that I should add:  Don't say anything 'til you try it, but I'd much rather have my soda on the side me thinks.

PD

[Karl Henning]

Diver cleaning ocean finds a working iPhone in a waterproof bag and returns it to its owner.