“Leprechaun hotline, how can I help ye?”
Also…
I’m Irish deal with it.
Ooh, the backstory and mythology built into Mad Sweeney… American Gods is worth the price of admission just for him. I could talk to you about that all day long.
You know what’s missing an epic series of movies? The Táin Bó Cuailgne. Or the saga of Fionn mac Cumhail. I’d even take a telling of the rise of Niall Naoigiallach or of Brían Borumha. Irish myth and history is a largely untapped resource of story.
Sweeny and was definitely worth the price of admission to that series. And dead wife of course.
Aircraft can’t land safely due to interference with upcoming 5G C-band broadband service
The new 5G C-band wireless broadband service expected to rollout on 5 January 2022 in the US will disrupt local radio signals and make it difficult for airplanes to land safely in harsh weather conditions, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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I’m putting this in “Odd Stuff” just because of the “Duh Factor.”
Not based on Irish mythology, but wasn’t there a film recently that was in Irish? Yes and set during the famine…
this is pretty neat…
“The USGS’s critical minerals list provides vital information for industry, policymakers, economists and scientists on the most important minerals when it comes to U.S. supply chains,” said Tanya Trujillo, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science. “The statistics and information are crucial to understanding America’s vulnerability to disruptions in the supply of critical minerals, including data on the worldwide supply and demand for minerals and materials essential to the U.S. economy and national security.”
Unobtainium!
That is weird, because the penalty after fleeing the scene tends to be higher.
I was thinking that as well. I also figured the Tour would want to make an example of her, and that the court would be sympathetic to that. Tant pis.