Out of the Blue [Jul 04, 2024, 11:26 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
It's Independence Day here in the US, an annual celebration of our divorce from
Great Britain a couple of centuries back. Most of the festivities involve
cooking out and blowing stuff up, an unlikely, yet popular combo. We're casual participants here in the
BlueTower, but we do have a surprisingly good view of the local fireworks from
the comfort of our living room, so we can get a lot of the experience without a
lot of effort.
Here's hoping you have fun if you are celebrating, but please be careful, as driving and fireworks aren't compatible with the excess drinking that can also mark this occasion.
Here's hoping you have fun if you are celebrating, but please be careful, as driving and fireworks aren't compatible with the excess drinking that can also mark this occasion.
Independent Round-up
Thanks Ant, Neutronbeam, and Max.Brunch Links
Stories
- Joey Chestnut Opens Up About Fourth of July Hot Dog Contest Ban - SI.com. Thanks RedEye9.
- Caesar salad turns 100: It was born July 4, 1924 in Tijuana - NPR. How Roman! Thanks Mr. Tact.
- Jaws is finally getting the Lego treatment with a brick-built boat and shark - TechRadar. Smile, you son of a brick!
Science
- A polyester-dissolving process could make modern clothing recyclable - MIT Technology Review (may require registration or subscription).
- Scientists find desert moss ‘that can survive on Mars’ - The Guardian. Invasive species. Thanks Slashdot via A.M.
Media
Creature Features
- More Dutch Eaglet Shenaningans. Thanks Frans.
Follow-up
NKD wrote on Jul 4, 2024, 13:23:You obviously are not aware how easily it can be done.
Are people just memeing or do y'all actually think Boeing literally hired some hitman to kill those whistleblowers?
Not saying they aren't willing, but the idea is so incredibly fantastical when you look at the details of the deaths. Like the first one
The guy shoots himself with his own gun (purchased 24 years ago), one time, in his own truck (locked, windows up, running, with the keys in his pocket) in a public parking lot which has surveillance cameras, leaving behind a suicide note in his own hand writing. After years of bad health, alcoholism, the death of his wife, and harassment by Boeing lawyers, right in the middle of another stressful legal proceeding.
How the fuck is a hitman going to pull that off? Is he a fucking sorcerer too? In what way is this equivalent to some guy shooting himself twice in the back of the head as the joke goes?
/obvious sarcasm, before anyone throws a hissyHere's a brief, well sourced documentary on the subject of how Mi5 planned the assassination of Princess Diana
That Mitchell and Webb Look - Diana Assassination
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