Odd Stuff (Part 2)

I would have gone with “Pro-Seed,” but to each his/her own.

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Folllw-up:

Radioactive hybrid terror pigs break out of nuclear hellscape home and into people’s hearts

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Browsing Flightradar24 as insomnia relief and spotted one of the USAF hurricane hunters out of Biloxi MS flying patterns through Elsa.

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Australian geoboffins have zoomed in and enhanced CSI -style soil analysis: Bung it in a machine, find the crime scene

The University of Canberra and Australian Federal Police have detailed a new method for digging up dirt on crims – and it could mean an end to literally digging up dirt on crims.

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The new approach was highlighted in a keynote presentation by de Caritat at the Goldschmidt2021 conference on geochemistry and related subjects this week; the paper has been published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences.

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Wasn’t that an episode of “King of the Hill?”

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What new and creative ways can humanity fuck up our environment today… :neutral_face:

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Just something fun to read:

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norm GIF

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Children who want to stay up late do have one tiny chance of escaping the ban: Tencent says its cloudy facial recognition code is 99.8 per cent accurate, so one kid in 500 might slip through the net if they look prematurely aged. Staying up all night playing games can help with that.

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After 15 years and $500m, the US Navy decides it doesn’t need shipboard railguns after all

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new york city esports GIF by NBA 2K League

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Still, multiple former FBI agents and ex-US intelligence officials with no knowledge of the operation expressed scepticism over whether Washington’s involvement in the operation took place as described by the newspaper’s sources.

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As to why there are so many old cars in Alaska (not just this town):

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That one time the D&D party ignored the gazebo

Gazebo

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I found this amusing and odd

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Not cool, England.

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Not a baaa-d idea: Embracing the eunuch lifestyle slows ageing – for sheep anyway

If you’re a gentleman looking to counteract the effects of ageing, a new study on sheep may have the answer – but you’re going to have to say goodbye to your family jewels in return for a slowdown of your DNA’s ageing process.

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The full paper has been published in the journal eLife, but El Reg disavows any responsibility should readers decide to take experimentation into their own hands – or, indeed, trousers.

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