The unlikely headline game

[Swatopluk]

I got to see the video on youtube (with black censorship blocks over the offending parts) in a clip from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Then I just followed the displayed link to the NYP piece and assumed that that would conatin the original video.

[Griffin]

Oh well............ not sure I'll follow it to YouTube. Too tired just now. Maybe sometime. The article was quite interesting. Material not covered by David Attenborough https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Attenborough

[Aphos]

World Octopus Day


No, really.

[Swatopluk]

Indian couple float to their wedding in a cooking pot along flooded streets
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/19/indian-couple-float-to-their-wedding-in-a-cooking-pot-along-flooded-streets

[Aphos]

The people Kyle Rittenhouse shot can't be called 'victims', a judge says.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/31/kyle-rittenhouse-shot-victims-judge

[Bluenose]

Wombats take over Australian parliament, Australians rejoice

[Swatopluk]

Here's a whole collection of classics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObK11YyLGcI

[Aphos]

Squid Protest Wombat Takeover
Claim Anti-invertebrate Bias

[Aphos]

(A real headline - from the Economist)


Ivermectin May Help COVID-19 Patients, But Only Those With Worms

[Swatopluk]

I would not be surprised at all, if this would lead some people to infest themselves with worms in order to increase the effectiveness of their ivermection in fighting Covid even more.

[Griffin]

The last few are all very good, but there is no "Like" button.

[Swatopluk]

Millipedes Have Been Living a Lie
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/12/true-millipede-1000-legs/621030/

[Swatopluk]

You Have No Idea How Hard It Is to Get a Hamster Drunk
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/12/alcohol-consumption-hamster-drunk/621125/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_term=2021-12-26T23%3A27%3A27

[Aggie]

Heh, I mentioned Everclear in the Last Post thread first... I've drank Everclear and orange juice during an early-morning final exam before, but certainly not at hamster levels (did OK on the exam, from what I can recall).

(A real headline - from the Economist)


Ivermectin May Help COVID-19 Patients, But Only Those With Worms

Interesting article, that one (I subscribe)....  I'd been wondering about the careful wording the CBC was using about Ivermectin and COVID in its reporting.  There was a push for a time to discourage the Ivermectin junkies, but it did sound like they were dancing around some possible effectiveness. Apparently the worms in question tend to explode in population in people treated for COVID with dexamethasone, with some associated mortality.  Ivermectin takes out the worms, and leads to better outcomes.  The article solved the mystery in the way it was being reported, and will be a good point of conversation with my local anti-vaxxer libertarian plumber.

Now, there's some indication that long covid may be an auto-immune disease, and other evidence that infection with certain parasitic worms prevent auto-immune diseases, so the best idea is to ingest some worm eggs first, then get COVID, and then take the ivermectin.

[Swatopluk]

After roughly 200 failed attempts and 120 years Congress passes anti-lynching law.