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[T & P]

It must have been a reaaaally quiet week up in Blackburn...

Man unhappy after profanity written into snowy windscreens over bad parking

A man has been left horrified after profanity was written into snowy and icy windscreens on cars parked along a Blackburn road.

www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk

 

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Man charged following theft of 200,000 Creme Eggs from Telford

A man has been charged after almost 200,000 Cadbury Creme Eggs were stolen from a unit in Telford.

www.shropshirelive.com

or

Police crack case of 200,000 stolen Creme Eggs in Telford

Officers say they helped "save Easter" by tracking down the chocolate valued at about £40,000.

www.bbc.co.uk

or

Chocolate thief poached 200,000 Cadbury Crème Eggs from unit

The confectionary crook struck at a unit in Stafford Park

www.birminghammail.co.uk

Other headlines do exist but very pleased that by recovering a few creme eggs easter has been saved!

 

[hitmouse]

Cat becomes Polish city's top-rated tourist attraction

Visitors from across Poland and even abroad have come to Szczecin to see Gacek the cat.

notesfrompoland.com

 

[8ball]

Cat becomes Polish city's top-rated tourist attraction

Visitors from across Poland and even abroad have come to Szczecin to see Gacek the cat.

notesfrompoland.com

Gacek certainly seems to have been enjoying some of the tourists’ treats.

 

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She smashed it
BBC News - Jeff Koons: Visitor breaks iconic Balloon Dog sculpture in Miami

Jeff Koons: Visitor breaks iconic Balloon Dog sculpture in Miami

The iconic Balloon Dog was knocked to the ground by an art collector in Miami.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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From The Guardian!

It’s not a darning tool, it’s a very naughty toy: Roman dildo found

Two thousand-year-old object found at Roman fort in Northumberland in 1992 has been reassessed by archaeologists

www.theguardian.com

 

[hitmouse]

A Japanese cafe fired a waitress and accused her of mixing her blood into the cocktails she served

The cafe apologized to customers, saying the waitress' behavior was "absolutely not acceptable." The cafe added that it is replacing all its glasses.

www.insider.com

 

[hitmouse]

Maryland License Plates Now Inadvertently Advertising Filipino Online Casino

A URL on the license plates of 800,000 Maryland cars now redirects to an online casino based in the Philippines.

www.vice.com

Roughly 800,000 Maryland drivers with license plates designed to commemorate the War of 1812 are now inadvertently advertising a website for an online casino based in the Philippines.
In 2012, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, Maryland redesigned its standard license plate to read “MARYLAND WAR OF 1812.” The license plates, which were the default between 2012 and 2016, have the URL www.starspangled200.org printed at the bottom.

Sometime within the last year, www.starspangled200.org stopped telling people about how Marylander Francis Scott Key was inspired to write the national anthem “The Star Spangled Banner” after watching British ships bombard Fort McHenry in Baltimore during the War of 1812 and started instead redirecting to a site called globeinternational.info, in which a blinking, bikini-clad woman advertises "Philippines Best Betting Site, Deposit 100 Receive 250."

...Domain registration information shows that starspangled200.org has been re-registered and transferred a handful of times within the last few years. It is not exactly clear when it stopped being a website about American history. The Internet Archive shows that as recently as December 2022, the website explained that “the young United States was embroiled in the War of 1812 and the Chesapeake Bay region felt the brunt of it.” A snapshot from today, however, explains that “Extremely lenient laws govern gaming,” in the Philippines. “This is a result of the growing popularity of gambling among tourists and the enormous casino resorts that have recently been built.”

 

[ouirdeaux]

URLs on number plates. What a time to be alive.

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

URLs on number plates. What a time to be alive.

won't catch on without a QR code though

 

[chainsawjob]

Decent boss shocker

“I am just hoping that whoever runs the country has integrity, is good at balancing the books and has a genuine social conscience – someone who acknowledges the unfairness of growing inequality as well as the danger this poses to social cohesion and happiness. I would also love our leader/s to please sort the disgraceful state of housing for far too many non-homeowners, as well as the NHS’s and the criminal justice system’s problems while they are at it… And when I say ’sort’ I obviously mean ‘invest as necessary’, including paying the real living wage as a minimum to allow working people to live decently, and banning evil zero-hour contracts when imposed on workers against their will. And don’t get me started on the water monopolies…”

Quite a few years ago Julian Richer was a Tory donor with a private jet, a couple of helicopters and several hundred million pounds to his name.

“Now he’s apolitical, uses his bus pass to get about, backs more than 400 charities and is on a mission to take on the bad bosses ruining the good name of business,” reported The Mirror in 2021.

Apolitical? "The good name of business"? But that aside, his heart seems to be in the right place

Huge praise for Richer Sounds owner's message to customers - reactions

Richer Sounds owner Julian Richer has been heavily praised for a message he sent to his staff and Peter Stefanovic loved it

www.spottednews.uk

 

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Car and hearse carrying balaclava-clad men crash Dunston vs Gateshead​

What we know as hearse and car carrying balaclava-clad men crash onto football pitch

A pre-season match between two non-league teams had to be abandoned after men wearing balaclavas drove a hearse on to the pitch and leaflets were…

www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

 

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Brand spanking new store to open in Northampton

https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/business/consumer/major-brand-sex-shop-set-to-open-huge-new-store-in-northampton-town-centre-as-old-shop-closes-down-4231826

 

[krtek a houby]

A Japanese cafe fired a waitress and accused her of mixing her blood into the cocktails she served

The cafe apologized to customers, saying the waitress' behavior was "absolutely not acceptable." The cafe added that it is replacing all its glasses.

www.insider.com

Heard about the sushi incidents but not this one. It's worrying that the cafe appears to turn mental health issues into a gimmick. But then again, Japan is piss poor when it comes to mental health issues/depression etc.

 

[PR1Berske]

"Off grid" family found mummified.

12ft

12ft.io

 

[petee]

"Off grid" family found mummified.

12ft

12ft.io

a happier, so far, off-the-grid sory

Missing Arizona teenager Alicia Navarro reunited with her family after four years

Alicia Navarro, 18, was found in a small Montana town after she vanished from her childhood home in Glendale, Arizona, in September 2019.

www.usatoday.com

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

always knew yoga was bad:
ritual mass murder
yoga teacher says:
"It's very dark in there. I just had candles and little tea lights lit the whole room, and I was just walking around playing my drum. I had a nice floaty top on with large bell sleeves," she said.

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

a clear case of never give up:
Serial bank robber, 71, charged with another heist after release from prison
He's already spent 40 years in federal prisons, probably won't come out again.

 

[newme]

a clear case of never give up:
Serial bank robber, 71, charged with another heist after release from prison
He's already spent 40 years in federal prisons, probably won't come out again.

At that point it seems they had very little to lose. Can't imagine the retirement for a 4 times failed ex bank robber looks all that great, either get away with the money and probably do the same when it runs out or go back to prison where theres at least food and four walls. Like a crap retirement home but they won't kick you out when the money runs out.

 

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a clear case of never give up:
Serial bank robber, 71, charged with another heist after release from prison
He's already spent 40 years in federal prisons, probably won't come out again.

40 years inside and 71 years old Probably institutionalised so chances of coping on outside not very good I would imagine

 

[hitmouse]

Freddy Bananas (RIP/z''l) was 72 when he got arrested for being the getaway driver at that Greek bank job, although I'm not sure if they ever actually prosecuted him for that one.

 

[hitmouse]

Is there a thread for discussing AI giant penis rat? I'm not sure I want to search for it. I've seen there is the "Expansion of AI and social/political impacts" thread, but don't quite know if that one's the right place.

Scientific Journal Publishes AI-Generated Rat with Gigantic Penis In Worrying Incident

AI-generated images in a new academic paper included a rat with a gigantic penis; a peer reviewer who spoke to Motherboard said it wasn't their concern.

www.vice.com

Spoiler: AI giant penis rat diagram

 

[PR1Berske]

I'm going to see that in my nightmares.

 

[hitmouse]

Oh yeah, on reflection that's probably the exact sort of thing the spoiler tag exists for, have now belatedly edited one in.

 

[petee]

Oh yeah, on reflection that's probably the exact sort of thing the spoiler tag exists for, have now belatedly edited one in.

thank you, because I really didn't want to see it.

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

French governement wants to ban Sniffy an energising white powder being sold on the internet and some tobacco shops, basically dehydrated energy drink thing.