News of the weird

[Carcassdragger]

I ASKED FOR IT!! Half a block from home I snark "Let's see if our snake buddy's back" There he is in the gloaming up against the garage door soaking up the remnant heat. Where's my push broom! Banshee shrieking dancing with a rattling pressure cooker HOT DAMN it just don't get no betternis!

Damn dude, need to relocate him further away.

Honestly though, lethal control is a legit component of any integrated program to manage pests. Just sayin.

[dovecanyoncat]

I ASKED FOR IT!! Half a block from home I snark "Let's see if our snake buddy's back" There he is in the gloaming up against the garage door soaking up the remnant heat. Where's my push broom! Banshee shrieking dancing with a rattling pressure cooker HOT DAMN it just don't get no betternis!

Damn dude, need to relocate him further away.

Honestly though, lethal control is a legit component of any integrated program to manage pests. Just sayin.

If he emerges in daylight I'll call 911 and in 15 minutes the nearby FD will be here. He has a right to live a life terrorizing rodents elsewhere.

[Merkin]

Forty-Three Monkeys Are on the Loose in South Carolina After Escaping a Research Facility When a Door Was Left Unsecured


https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-ne ... sFF0ggAmWA

[Chicat]

Anti-vaxxers

[dovecanyoncat]

Anti-vaxxers

Nearly half a Senate worth.

[Chicat]

Not a slow news day…

[Chicat]

Not a slow news day…

Getting weirder…

[Merkin]

Camera Films Humpback Whale Briefly Swallowing Kayaker Off Chilean Coast

https://youtu.be/4gAiQzLOPhc

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-lt-ch ... QNIACca-6A

[UAEebs86]

https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cjr8wexly4xo


Peruvian policeman in capybara costume makes Valentine's drug bust

Police bodycam footage shows the moment officers used a capybara costume to carry out a drug raid in Peru's capital Lima.

The Escuadron Verde (Green Squad) police group is a specialised unit of the Peruvian National Police who often disguise their agents in fancy dress during festivities such as Valentine's Day, Halloween and Christmas.

The head of the unit, Col Pedro Rojas, has said: "On this occasion, Valentine's Day, lover's day, we sought to camouflage ourselves with the character of the capybara."

Peruvian police have previously dressed their officers up as Marvel characters Spiderman, Captain America, Thor and Black Widow to carry out a drug raid.

[George Costanza]

Was that wrong?


Brooklyn man's Seinfeld joke turns out to be multi-million dollar scam

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nai ... 2287157007

Thomas John Sfraga, 56, was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for defrauding investors of over $2 million for companies including the Vandelay Contracting Corporation.


A Brooklyn crypto influencer who convinced friends to invest in a bogus company referencing the show Seinfeld was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for the multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, Department of Justice officials announced Friday.

Thomas John Sfraga, a one-time popular podcaster who used the alias "TJ Stone," defrauded at least 17 people of over $2 million that he convinced them to invest in his business ventures, including the Vandelay Contracting Corporation, a reference to a running gag on the hit show.

Investments in Sfraga’s Vandelay company proved just as phony as Vandelay Industries — a supposed latex manufacturing company — on Seinfeld. On the TV show, George Costanza concocts the company to convince state bureaucrats he’s looking for work so that he can receive unemployment checks.

But Sfraga, 56, wasn’t looking to fool government workers; he robbed friends, neighbors, old classmates and even his child’s baseball coach, according to federal court papers.

[UAEebs86]

Maybe this is why Trump put tariffs on those penguins:


Penguin crashes helicopter: Bizarre incident after bird nudges the controls

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... frica.html

A helicopter in South Africa crashed after a penguin nudged the controls.

The penguin was inside a cardboard box which slipped off the lap of a researcher after the helicopter set off from Bird Island, in the Eastern Cape Province, on January 19.

The penguin box hit the aircraft's pitch lever, causing it to tilt violently to the right before the rotor blades smashed into the ground.

[dovecanyoncat]

DEI pilot

[Chicat]

I won’t spoil it for you so check out the article to see the rendering. It’s worth it.



https://ktla.com/news/local-news/sperm- ... s-angeles/

[Chicat]

The son of a CIA deputy director died in Ukraine fighting for Russia because he really loved Lord of the Rings and the cartoon Adventure Time.

https://bsky.app/profile/reshetz.bsky.s ... n45o737c2f

[UAdevil]

https://www.kold.com/2025/05/06/police- ... -smoke-it/

Police find pet raccoon holding meth pipe during traffic stop: ‘He’s trying to smoke it’

Bodycam video shows the officer hardly being able to contain his laughter.

“I sh*t you not, come here,” he tells the other responding officer. “The raccoon has her meth pipe. He’s playing with a meth pipe right now.”

He keeps laughing.

“The raccoon’s playing with her meth pipe,” he says. “He’s trying to smoke it! There’s no way.”