[Hieronymus Bosch‘s Butt Music found here.]
Category: True Stories
Woman Attacked For Taking A Selfie In A Zoo.
She entered the zoo enclosure illegally, turned her back on a predator to take a selfie and fortunately survived the attack. The jaguar was held for questioning and released on its own recognizance. Authorities are trying to determine if this was a hate crime as the jaguar is black.
The Leaning Tower of Britten
Brilliant.
Ralph Britten purchased a water tower from the nearby town of Lefors, Texas, transported it to Groom. The tower was intended to supply Britten’s remote truck stop /restaurant and tourist information center with water, but he found a cheaper supply and installed the empty tower as an advertisement on Route 66.
Britten’s business burned to the ground, but his water tower still stands.
Resonantly Oscillating Magnetic Hot Links
Make America Grate Again!
Cowboy ethics [h/t Nancy H].
Something happened in January 2017.
One full minute of Holy Crap They’re Idiots.
“Keeping it real with people.” Idiocy on parade.
Charity hits the donation jackpot but doesn’t get jack [via].
Billy Gibbons sums up the longevity of ZZ Top in two words.
Obnoxious, offensive and shameful. “Environmental Injustice?”
“We are building an army of young people to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process. This dark time in America must come to an end.”
– Sunrise MovementSara Blažević and Varshini Prakash started the Sunrise Movement. Both are amazing pieces of work.
Sara Blažević, a student from Swarthmore College said, “Communities all over the world are currently feeling the effects of extreme climate change and environmental injustice. This global crisis will only continue growing unless society’s power-holders throw their weight behind solutions to climate change, instead of remaining complicit with environmental destruction.”
Progressive Growing of GANs for Improved Quality, Stability, and Variation creeps me right out [via]. If that doesn’t bother you, this should.
[Top image from here:
“Illustration of a spin in a Bloch sphere showing
a) precession in the laboratory frame due to a static magnetic field followed by
b) the usefulness of considering this in a rotating frame and finally
c) the magnetic resonance effect due to a resonantly oscillating magnetic field.”]
[Bonus Update: Trailer for upcoming movie.]
Driftwood Charlie’s Contribution To The World
In 1947 the doctors said that Charles Kasling had only a short time to live unless he moved to a hot, dry climate. First he moved to the Death Valley area, and in 1960 he left for Yuma, Arizona, where Driftwood Charley’s World of Lost Art was created.”
Social Security records indicate Charles Kasling was born July 10, 1901 and passed away in March of 1985, a testament to desert living.
Unfortunately most of his artwork has been destroyed by vandalism and the elements.
[Postcard image found here. More about Driftwood Charlie here and here.]
Occasional Cortex Hot Links
Veinte Ideas Increíbles Con WD-40.
“History never repeats itself, but it rhymes.”
-Mark Twain (or someone).
Dude is amusing. Death metal meets the Beatles.
Toyota key fob battery dead? Locked out? Can’t start your car? Try these hacks. Might work for other brands, too.
Fun Facts To Know & Tell: Every amoeba is a clone. If someone named Cathy owned one for a pet, it would be Cathy’s Clone.
Gary Sinese (aka “Lt. Dan” in the movie Forrest Gump) received a surprise tribute from service members, 1st responders & Hollywood celebs.
Universal Basic Income: Finland’s experiment (to reduce their 9% unemployment rate by handing out free money) lasted a little over one year. [h/t rightymouse]
What Americans Must Know About Socialism.
Venezuelan immigrants speak out: “You do not ever want anything close to socialism.”
[Top image: Alexandria Occasional Cortex & Friends. h/t Octo.]
The Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Hot Links
On “White Privilege.”
On “Democratic Socialism.”
“My cat is pregnant and she’s very upset.”
“I’ve got to go to work at 5AM.“
Wanna know how to win the Lottery? Pay attention.
Wanna know how to win a game show? Pay attention.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day: Zoo will name a cockroach after your ex, then feed it to a meerkat on camera. (h/t Kat)
They had feathers, were about the size of a turkey, didn’t live in the Jurassic Period and were about as intelligent as a board with a nail in it. The Truth About Velociraptors.
These Velocipedes were large and fast, but they were not predators.
[Top image: Those hipster shades are pre-1844.
These prescription sunglasses and carrying case were owned by Hyrum Smith, brother of the Prophet Joseph Smith.
Costumes Bretons: What the Brits wore
She was only 10 years old when that photo was taken, 13 when it was hand-tinted. She was a professional postcard model known as Mary, Jane, or Semolina. Not sure of any of this, but the pic is cool.
[Found here.]
Rams vs. Patriots Hot Links
THIS is how I use the Waze App.
Dogs hate these smells [via]. Now prove it.
On eating chili, playing foosball and “white privilege.”
No.1 is easy to guess; not No.50. State and local tax collection per capita for fiscal year 2016 [via].
According to one source, Ariana Grande’s new tatt ‘七輪’ means Japanese style bbq grill (or “tambourine” according to Google Translate).
Some moron in Phoenix Arizona actually complained to a restaurant manager about an historic photograph of Welsh miners in a pub. I’d like to hear his take on this one.
[Top .gif compiled from Rams & Patriots helmet design/logo history found in here.]
Et Tu, Ar-Too?
[Found here.]
Tacky Raccoons 