Nobody Cares if it's Off Topic

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Something from “space” may have just struck a United Airlines flight over Utah

NTSB gathering radar, weather, flight recorder data."

arstechnica.com

Looks like the culprit was likely more sky-based than space-based.

It wasn’t space debris that struck a United Airlines plane—it was a weather balloon

WindBorne says its balloons are compliant with all applicable airspace regulations.

arstechnica.com

 

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A trash can glacier.



Maglink

 

[Isabeau]

Didn’t read the article (cause I don’t care) but enjoyed all the responses under the Bluesky post!

Exclamation marks! Why do women use them three times as much as men?

The Guardian (@theguardian.com)

Exclamation marks! Why do women use them three times as much as men? https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/28/exclamation-marks-why-do-women-use-them-three-times-as-much-as-men?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1761659952

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[Free]

Didn’t read the article (cause I don’t care) but enjoyed all the responses under the Bluesky post!

Exclamation marks! Why do women use them three times as much as men?

Because! Bitch!

 

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

Because! Bitch!

Indeed! Punctuated! For! Emphasis!

Punctuated! For! Emphasis! - TV Tropes

Describe! Punctuated! For! Emphasis! HERE!!! LINES. DELIVERED. WITH. EXTREME! EMPHASIS! ON⦠EVERY! WORD! ESPECIALLY. THE. ENDING!!!! Basically, this is what you get when dialogue is transformed into spectacle. It is normally …

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[Free]

This is a great story.

Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo

Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.

apnews.com

When 15-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux realized an Associated Press photo of him at the Louvre on the day of the crown jewels heist had drawn millions of views, his first instinct was not to rush online and unmask himself.

Quite the opposite.

A fan of Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot who lives with his parents and grandfather in Rambouillet, west of Paris, Pedro decided to play along with the world’s suspense.

With a name and attitude like his, if he isn't destined for greatness he should force his way in.

 

[Free]

Years back, there was some discussion of the "Batman Effect," the changes in one's behavior, lessening anxiety or increasing ones confidence, through the creation of an alter ego of sorts.

However, a lot of us are not keen on the idea of doppelganging our way through life. We just want to be our normal, regular selves. However, many of us when we're out and about are self-absorbed jerks.

So, what if Batman were to just show up among us as we were being our normal, jerky selves?

The Batman effect: The mere sight of the 'superhero' can make us more altruistic

If "Batman" appears on the scene, we immediately become more altruistic: in fact, research conducted by psychologists from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, shows that the sudden appearance of something unexpected—Batman—disrupts the predictability of everyday life and forces people to be present, breaking free from autopilot.

The study was published in the journal npj Mental Health Research, and was led by Francesco Pagnini, Full Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology, Università Cattolica.

Prosocial behavior, or the act of helping others, is essential to social life, yet the spontaneous environmental factors that trigger such behavior remain little explored. This study tested the ability of an unexpected event, such as the presence of a person dressed as Batman, to increase prosocial behavior by interrupting routines and increasing people's attention to the present moment.

 

[Soen Eber]

This is a great story.

Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo

Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.

apnews.com

With a name and attitude like his, if he isn't destined for greatness he should force his way in.

That kid would probably make a great actor

 

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[Veritable Quandry]

Read and lead don't rhyme. Neither does read and lead. But read and lead do.

 

[Free]

"Firefly" is the opposite of "waterfall."

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Read and lead don't rhyme. Neither does read and lead. But read and lead do.

So does read and lead!

 

[Free]

So does read and lead!

What about if you say them in "piker" English?

 

[Noodles]

Read and lead don't rhyme. Neither does read and lead. But read and lead do.

Thanks I hate it.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Columbia Sportswear is launching a new marketing campaign whose central gimmick is basically just making fun of flat-earthers, lol. Called "Expedition Impossible", the company is offering $100,000's worth of company assets to whomever finds and successfully photographs the actual edge of the flat Earth.

 

[Casey Pelous]

Columbia Sportswear is launching a new marketing campaign whose central gimmick is basically just making fun of flat-earthers, lol. Called "Expedition Impossible", the company is offering $100,000's worth of company assets to whomever finds and successfully photographs the actual edge of the flat Earth.

I knew Tim's sister and brother-in-law and got to meet Gert Boyle before she passed. The whole family is super-smart, modest, hilarious, and nice as can be. How rare is that in corporate USA?

 

[Isabeau]

The company is putting assets valued at $100,000 on the line, inclusive of outdoor gear, office plants, mannequins and more.

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

Bold of them to copy Sun Microsystems logo.

 

[Free]

Bold of them to copy Sun Microsystems logo.

Sun Microsystems was founded in 1982.

Columbia Sportswear adopted the graphical "weave" part of their logo in 1978.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Sun Microsystems was founded in 1982.

Columbia Sportswear adopted the graphical "weave" part of their logo in 1978.

OOOOOOOH in ya FACE