2017.07.25 Grow Your Own
Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient MarinerWe are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth. - Vernor Vinge
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' - Isaac Asimov
Recommendations
Wibbly: War Nerd podcast
McCool: Avoid a high fat diet
Gob: Grow your own
Colonel: Stunt Driving
F.U.
7 Eleven court penalties http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-25/7-eleven-court-penalties-now-top-1-million/8740706
Chinese wanted in on the porn http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-22/chinese-navy-spy-ship-rattles-talisman-sabre-war-games-off-quee/8732944
People setting other people on fire
Fireworks in truck may have set four people on fire: witness http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/four-people-catch-fire-witness-says-fireworks-involved-434817143.html
Woman set alight in Brisbane. NOT OK. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/woman-suffers-burns-to-chest-arms-airway-after-being-set-alight-in-brisbanes-north-20170725-gxiege.html
Not on fire, but very hot and dry https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/23/us/san-antonio-truck-walmart-trafficking.html
RIP (aka Things Coming to an End ... aka The End Times)
Alice Eather http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-25/alice-eather-aboriginal-suicide-brisbane-maningrida-fracking/8719016
Anne Dufourmantelle http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-25/french-philosopher-anne-dufourmantelle-drowns-rescuing-children/8740498
Wibbly says this is murder https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/22/florida-teenagers-who-filmed-drowning-death-will-not-be-charged-over-failure-to-help
Chester Bennington http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-25/linkin-park-remember-chester-bennington-and-his-demons/8740572
Microsoft® Paint http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-25/death-of-microsoft-paint-shocks-windows-users-everywhere/8740476
[Update: Reprieve for MS Paint? http://metro.co.uk/2017/07/25/microsoft-pledges-to-keep-paint-after-outpouring-of-support-by-fans-6804199/ ]
Alvey Reels http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-20/alvey-reels-to-close-down-qld/8726302
Yami Lester http://ab.co/2uJ4W3K
200 dead cocks http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/rspca-seize-186-birds-linked-to-illegal-cockfights-20170720-gxf1v4.html
Oldest American ... 111 [Gob: less than 120, right?] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Matthews_(supercentenarian)
Skynet News
Aircraft carriers and autonomous boats
NEWS
Water water
Proton loses weight https://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.033001
The First Nations of Australia
Kakadu discovery rewrites Out Of Africa http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/aboriginal-archaeological-discovery-in-kakadu-rewrites-the-history-of-australia-20170719-gxe3qy
Bananaland and Crocland
Seppo Land
Disney Sued for being Thieving Pirates http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/disney-facing-vfx-firms-injunction-bid-three-blockbuster-films-1021841
SPORT
Ethereum hack (not a sport) https://qz.com/1034321/ethereum-hack-a-coding-error-led-to-30-million-in-ethereum-being-stolen/
Le Tour
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-22/michael-matthews-secures-tour-de-france-green-jersey/8733856