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- utopian4
Earth faces "biological annihilation" in sixth mass extinction, scientists warn
Over the last half-billion years, scientists say there have been five mass extinction events on Earth in which a wide diversity of species on this planet suddenly died off. Now, there's growing evidence that a sixth mass extinction is unfolding, according to scientists who track species around the globe. In a new study, researchers say the current mass extinction is even "more severe than perceived" and amounts to "biological annihilation" affecting thousands of species.
- perfect.********
- there's gonna be lot's of free meat just lying aroundGnash
- perfect.
- ********1
Bay Area Rapid Transit says showing crime videos would be racist
Public transportation officials serving California’s San Francisco Bay area have refused to release surveillance camera videos of crime incidents, saying that doing so would “create a racial bias” and accusing the media of exploiting them for ratings.- Everyone knows that nowadays black people commit more crime than white people...********
- ... but if you take in to account the british empire and the crusades, I think black people still seem a little bit nicer.********
- Poverty = crime, not race, dickbutts.********
- Seems counter productive not to release footage of suspects when trying to capture them.instrmntl
- yupmoldero
- Everyone knows that nowadays black people commit more crime than white people...
- ********0
Chinese scientists just teleported an object into Earth's orbit for the first time.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/chines…
When they say 'object' they mean a photon, so knickers officially untwisted for now, but still pretty cool...
- Surely they transmit the condition of the Earthbound partner in a previously-entangled pair, thereby changing the state of the Orbiting partner...detritus
- ...rather than physically relocating the actual photon itself?detritus
- ^ ya, they're transmitting information, not the photonGnash
- they don't mention time-frame in the article. how long did it take?Gnash
- theoretically, quantum entanglement happens instantly, regardless of distance.Gnash
- Just had a daydream set on a future earth where they had successfully teleported hundreds of inanimate objects and try it on the first human...********
- ... Only to have the body arrive in perfect physical condition, yet a vegetable. Leaving the disembodied soul at the other end...********
- .. Destined to wander the earth alone for eternity.********
- I imagine there'd probably be at least a few disembodied rats and pigs there already, that he could hang out with.********
- but ultimately this could lead to instantaneous communication no?
other planets, other galaxies etc?_niko - ^ I think the particles would need to start off entangled,Gnash
- Gmash, sadly, afaik, entanglement's limited to the speed of light.detritus
- G*N*ash, sorry! :\detritus
- My hope is that one day we can have super dense quantum arrays that can transmit through the planet direct. Would knock off some ping for FPS vs. AUS/NZdetritus
- Would be kind of cool - you'd send an 'egg' of 'entangled quantumness' to a trusted partner, and forever more you'd be able to maintain a direct SoL connection.detritus
- re: teleportation, I want to read this
https://en.wikipedia…detritus - set, you should read Stephen King's short story, The Jauntmonospaced
- hahaha :)detritus
- wow, detritus, we posted the same thing at the same timemonospaced
- Entanglement, baby!detritus
- one of my favorite stories as a child, and definitely the most spine tingling in my memorymonospaced
- @det, it's a tough one to wrap my head around. I read stuff like this: http://www.nature.co…Gnash
- but your are correct. it's all relative :)Gnash
- 'spooky action at a distance' and is indeed faster than the speed of light - something that sent Einstein to his grave a v.unhappy man.fadein11
- I'm always confused why speed of light etc. are even mentioned in relation to quantum entanglement though. Surely its nothing to do with space/distance?fadein11
- utopian3
Toxic Industrial Chemicals Found in 10 Types of Macaroni and Cheese Powders
- dried up cheese, not even refrigerated, something's wrong with that shitmoldero
- you're an idiot if you eat anything in a box. it's your own fault. barely anything in a grocery store is good for you, let alone a box of preservatives. ffsimbecile
- who eats shit like this. and why is it even legal?fadein11
- preach fade!imbecile
- thank fucking god we dont have this shit in Holland.sureshot
- FEBO!!!!!********
- or you're poor, and we are systematically killing the poor and turning them into addictssarahfailin
- it's cheaper to buy pasta and basics and live a little longer.fadein11
- you guys act like it's radioactive or some shitmonospaced
- A life of that shit isn't far off.fadein11
- kraft mac and cheese gave me dick cheesemoldero
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- utopian1
What do all the bottom of the barrel sad states have in common?
Waikkke up white people!
- bible thumpersmoldero
- least educatedmoldero
- hottest mean temperature?Gnash
- highest average precipitation?Gnash
- racist?moldero
- baby rapist?moldero
- http://images.mental…Gnash
- wait till we add Puerto Rico, all those states will get a big bump uprobotron3k
- worstest edukation? Fuck, my tooth hurts.BusterBoy
- PonyBoy0
Studio: Kermit actor fired for 'unacceptable' conduct
Whitmire had been with the Muppets since 1978, and took over as Kermit after the untimely death of Muppets founder Jim Henson in 1990.
The Muppets Studio did not detail the nature of Whitmire's "repeated unacceptable business conduct," but said it spanned "a period of many years," adding that "he consistently failed to address" his employers' feedback.
- He was such a bad employee, they fired him immediately after only 27 years.dopepope
- Dunno, it's since transpired that Henson's offspring had regretted handing him over to Disney because of his cuntery.detritus
- ha, I'm sure the real behind the scene stories are delicious.dopepope
- god i hope it's for fucking pigsscarabin
- Gnash0
Turkey Leaks Secret Locations of U.S. Troops in Syria
http://img.thedailybeast.com/ima…
Ankara has long been angered by the alliance between Washington and Kurdish factions. But a new report exposing secret American bases is a dangerous way to strike back.
- chukkaphob0
- Why is my first guess Florida???Ramanisky2
- like willard but with squirrelsmoldero
- Squirrels? Cause she's... nuts! hahaKrassy
- is it a joke. geezBennn
- Hahaha, real-life Squirrel Girl!face_melter
- lol @ Floridasureshot
- can't stop laughingBluejam
- Isn't World News Daily Report one of those Sunday Sport-like bullshit vehicles?detritus
- shes a batman villain********
- penguins wife.moldero
- utopian3
- Flori... yup.moldero
- where's BLM?********
- ...they only show up if white people were somehow involved unfortunately. BLM but not to other black people._niko
- it's fucking sad but they would have lost their shit if white kids were laughing, filming this._niko
- but seriously, put down the phone jump in and at least try to save the dude. I think if he saw people swimming towards him trying to help he would have held on_niko
- last year on vacation, at the beach, my kid's inflatable raft blew out into the ocean, I started swimming for it but it was moving faster and faster away from_niko
- me, away from land. In the short distance, a man was snorkelling in a reef, I yelled out to him as the raft drifted past him. He saw what was happening and star_niko
- starts swimming towards it but not gaining. After about 1 minute he gave a big push, or the wind slowed a bit and was able to grab it. I caught up to him a_niko
- minute or two later and thanked him profusely for saving my kid's raft, as I took it and started swimming back with it. It was then that he started calling out_niko
- under his snorkel/mask combo, that he needed help, he couldn't breath or was too tired after that swim to go on, so i grabbed him and helped him hold on to the_niko
- raft as I swam us back to shore. I can't imagine what would have happened if the raft wasn't there to hold on to, I don't think I could have held up and swam_niko
- back with a full grown man especially if he was too tired to swim a bit as well. Scary stuff._niko
- horrible. they can't prosecute the kids but they can at least name them.robotron3k
- truemoldero
- damn. sad humansGnash
- Sounds noble, but would not jump in. Florida waters are infested with alligators. The kids laughing either shows that they're lacking a sense of reality...********
- or dealing with the grim reality that they do not know what the fuck to do as 15-year olds in that situation.********
- kids today are taught this in the media... if you see something, video tape it. That's the only way you'll receive true justice in today's black society.********
- by black, I meant dark. not a race thing.********
- robotron3k-2
I don't this this NYT writer is accurate in calling it "racism" by "white women" on the streets of New York, but I think he's onto something... I don't think it's even isolated completely to white wome in NY, but there are some real asshole women in NY and you typically come across them on the sidewalk and subway.
If I've seen 10 arguments on the subway, 7-8 of them will be started by women. If a pregnant woman gets on subway, a guy with crutches or an old person, women hardly if ever get up and offer a seat. One time I gave a pregnant women my seat and when I got up another woman jumped in the seat. But he's def right to say they are buried in their phones and could give fuk all to anyone on the sidewalk... today 3 women were walking, side-by-side, towards me on the sidewalk and not one of them budged or made room for me, so I found myself squeezing around them on the side, they didn't even blink. So it's not racism, more like entitled-ism or ass-hole-ism.
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NY Times reporter accuses white women of racism on city sidewalksThe New York Times is facing blowback on social media after publishing an essay by an African-American reporter who accused white women of racism for not ceding space on city sidewalks to black men.
In a Wednesday essay titled "Was That Racist," reporter Greg Howard singled out white women for forcing him "off the sidewalk completely" when walking toward him, not allowing a straight path.
"In seven years of living and walking here, I’ve found that most people walk courteously — but that white women, at least when I’m in their path, do not," Howard writes.
"Sometimes they’re buried in their phones. Other times, they’re in pairs and groups, and in conversation. But often, they’re looking ahead, through me, if not quite at me," he continues.
"When white women are in my path, they almost always continue straight, forcing me to one side without changing their course. This happens several times a day; and a couple of times a week, white women force me off the sidewalk completely. In these instances, when I’m standing in the street or in the dirt as a white woman strides past, broad-shouldered and blissful, I turn furious," Howard said.
- Gnash2
It's about time.
'A misuse of scarce funds': NHS to end prescription of homeopathic remedies
https://www.theguardian.com/life…
- sarahfailin1
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/201…
You probably don't need worry about the chemicals in your mac and cheese
- renderedred1
wow. this is now more serious than i thought it would be.
- detritus1
2017, British Isles:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-nor…
Mr Thompson explained that for him, 'RIP' is a prayer and he did not encourage prayers for the dead.
"From a Protestant point of view, we believe, when death comes, a person either goes to be with Christ for all eternity, or into hell.
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Hope you're happy with your lot, Theresa... SHIT! A CATHOLIC NAME - BURN HER!
- utopian1
Bill O'Reilly Says Jared Kushner Is Innocent Because He Looks Like a Child, but Trayvon Martin Was a Gangsta
- When you look at cancer cells really closely, on a microscope, they all have O'Reilly's face. True fact.face_melter
- lolmoldero
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Ehsan Abdulaziz: Saudi millionaire who said he 'accidentally tripped and penetrated' teenage girl cleared of rape- Wasn't there a Diesel Jeans or antiAids advert a few years back that riffed this ridiclousness?detritus
- I wonder how long it will take for the Proles to realise how much Forin West End 'Londoners' mock their very existence? Cum the revolution...detritus
- I suppose that includes me, eh?
*pitches fork, bonfires vanities*detritus - I'm gonna start walking around in public, cock out and shit, and accidentally be getting hand jobs every time I see a female hand.VectorMasked
- Great idea. Then you can accidentally fall out of a shop with £500 worth of stock in each hand********
- And then fall in to someone's car and drive home********
- is this real life?utopian
- it's just fantasy for the rest of us.detritus
- wtf is wrong with that jury? they must have had some odd instruction from the judgeGnash
- oh i fell over, oh i fell over again! https://i.makeagif.c…sarahfailin
- https://aotw-pd.s3.a…imbecile
- https://www.youtube.…
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etc etcimbecile
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Jeff Bezos dethrones Bill Gates as world's richest
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has overtaken former Microsoft chief Bill Gates as the world's richest person, according to Bloomberg's rankings of the world's wealthiest. Thanks to increases in Amazon's stock value, Bezos was worth $90.9 billion soon after the market opened, versus Bill Gates' $90.7 billion.
- Bill gates is only worth $90.7 Billion?
sadmoldero - pretty sure it's all from my daily ordersscarabin_net
- LOL at the photo. Looks like J. K. Simmons on the set of a cheesy action movie.Krassy
- first world problemsjabstract
- Gates had already given away $28bn as of 2013. I'm sure it's risen since. His plan is to give away $100bn by the time he dies.imbecile
- This is out of this world... they could help almost the entire Humanity with that much moneyBennn
- it's vapour. it only exists theoretically.Gnash
- Bennnn, even schmucks like we are in the top 1% of the world's richest people. What % of your earnings do you give away to solve the world's ills?detritus
- Gates has given 31.1 billion so farernexbcn
- The real rich families are the trillionaires not listedpinkfloyd
- Saudi family for onepinkfloyd
- Putin https://www.theatlan…ernexbcn
- Jeff Bezos dethrones Bill Gates and he's pissed!drgs
- and Drumpf has 3.5. <sad trombone>severian
- https://en.wikipedia…sted
- lol that was fast: https://www.theverge…sted
- lolpinkfloyd
- haha... was just about to post that, sted... one more 'Prime Day' event and he'll be back on topPonyBoy
- J. K. Simmons!pango
- He might be taking testosteronespinkfloyd
- I think he's about a gajillion times smarter than that.detritus
- Bill gates is only worth $90.7 Billion?
