Round-up
Thanks Ant, Neutronbeam, and Max.Stories
- Reusable water bottles have more bacteria on them than dog bowls and toilet seats, study finds - CBS Minnesota.
- ‘World’s deadliest chick’ hatches in Cotswolds bird park - Yahoo! News. Guess the Tiger King/Chimp Crazy crew is heading to the UK next.
Science
- Polaris Dawn Astronauts in SpaceX Dragon Reach Record Orbit Above Earth - The New York Times. No one's been that high since the 70s, man. Thanks brother 19.
- Slippery Situation- Japanese Eels Have Evolved the Ability to Escape a Predator’s Stomach After Being Eaten - The Debrief. Just ask John Hurt.
- Early puberty may be linked to a common chemical used in personal care products - NBC.
- New air-powered propellers could replace diesel engines on ferries - Interesting Engineering.
Media
- Construction Fails.
- Closing Ceremony - Paris 2024 Paralympics.
- Terry Crews Eats His Last Meal. Now if we could get him to do his last pecs pop. Thanks RedEye9.
Creature Features
- Dogs being idiots part 146. Thanks VideoSift.
Follow-up
Burrito of Peace wrote on Sep 11, 2024, 19:10:PHJF wrote on Sep 11, 2024, 17:59:
You know, I work on an army base and there is surprisingly no fanfare anymore about it being 9/11. I got one email about it from some department head and nobody else mentioned it. Guess it's going in the bin next to 12/7 and 6/6.
9/11 has turned from a solemn remembrance of a national tragedy (though not an unforeseen one) into a day of the year where what is most seen are liquored up hillbillies screeching "NEVAR FURGIT" while waving flags and posting memes of a crying bald eagle. Plus the added dash of Islamophobic racism. A recent poll showed 23% of Americans don't have any connection to it since they weren't alive when it happened 23 years ago. For them, 9/11 has as much relevance as the Vietnam War does to Gen X or World War 1 does to Boomers. It's just something that exists in history books.You mentioned December 7th but does anyone on your base pause on the 15th of February? Probably not since not only is it the wrong branch of the service but it also occurred so long ago that it's just another date. Another decade or so and 9/11's relevance will be just as meaningless to an even larger portion of the population because Gen Z will be adults by then, almost all the Boomers will have died off, and a full third of Millennials weren't that cognizant of it in the first place as a "I lived through that" event since they were quite young at the time.
Nobody mentioned it during work today, either. The mood wasn't any different than it would be on any other Wednesday. The usual kvetching, memes, and jokes happened as usual. Most of the places I visited online today didn't mention at all and it was also business as usual.