Odd Stuff (Part 3)

IT manager’s ‘think outside the box’ edict was, for once, not (only) a revolting cliché

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The game designer obviously just chose a bunch of random names from The Silmarillion.

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Koch-funded group sues US state agency for installing ‘spyware’ on 1m Android devices

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health conspired with Google to secretly install a COVID-19 tracing app onto more than 1 million Android users’ devices without their knowledge and without obtaining warrants, according to a class-action lawsuit filed this week by the New Civil Liberties Alliance.

The New Civil Liberties Alliance claims to be a “nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group.” Its biggest donors include right-wing backers such as the Charles G. Koch Foundation and the Charles Koch Institute. In September 2020, the group represented a Virginian landlord who sued the Centers for Disease Control to allow him to evict tenants during the pandemic.

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“We realized that fire is a great motivator – particularly if the board are meeting in the building when the alarms go off. So over the past few years we’ve managed to get the crappy aircon replaced, the lights upgraded and the gas boiler removed from the roof.”

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Thx. I’ll just delete it.

I’m sure it won’t be the last “weird teenage orgy” we ever hear about!

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The happiest place on earth!

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Never heard of Outer Dimensional Forces.

QAnon Anonymous Episode 209: The Outer Dimensional Forces UFO Cult

Government raids, attempted assassination by pipe bomb, a UFO bus stop, and swarms of bees. The Weslaco, Texas based UFO cult known as the Outer Dimensional Forces is quite a story. This episode, which was written by Brad Abrahams and Allie Mezei, also includes an interview with a family member of some of the cult followers.

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Indoor beehives is an interesting idea.

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And that picture make me think that Buckaroo Banzai really let himself go.

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No Way GIF by GIPHY Studios Originals

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Ms Manners plumbing the depths:

The other day, I walked into the restroom just as a gentlewoman colleague was furiously unleashing an unpleasant barrage of waste from her bowels. It was both noisy and aromatic.

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Welp. There goes breakfast. And not, Miss Manners reluctantly assures you, by the same means as your unnecessarily graphic description.

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“The “Boner 4ever” and “Forever Boner” tags on the Buery Building’s north and south sides, spanning an impressive seven floors”

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Miss Manners advice is particularly bad in this instance. It is against the building code to put a lock on restrooms intended for multiple users. Their boss is not going to be able to do it.

Better advice would be buying the potty training book, “Everyone Poops” and review it carefully.

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Is there no such thing as true love?

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