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Avenger
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Imagine,... putting a timepiece in a phone. Will wonders never cease?
Chinacat
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I'm not surprised by this at all 
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Severe depression eased by single dose of synthetic 'magic mushroom' | CNN
A single treatment of synthetic psilocybin, the mind-altering ingredient in magic mushrooms, improved mood in people with treatment-resistant depression within three weeks, new company-sponsored research found.
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Boy, 8, turns the tables on deadly cobra and bites back, killing it
David Strege
Thu, November 3, 2022 at 11:01 AM
An 8-year-old boy in India turned the tables on a deadly cobra after getting bitten by it. He bit back and killed the poisonous snake.
In what The New Indian Express aptly called “a bizarre incident,” the boy named Deepak was playing in the backyard of his house on Monday when he was bitten.
“The snake got wrapped around my hand and bit me,” Deepak explained to The New Indian Express. “I was in great pain. As the reptile didn’t budge when I tried to shake it off, I bit it hard twice. It all happened in a flash.”
The boy was rushed to a health care center.
“He was quickly administered anti-snake venom and kept under observation for the entire day, and discharged,” Dr. Jems Minj told the Express.
“Deepak didn’t show any symptoms and recovered fast, owing to the dry bite when the poisonous snake strikes but no venom is released,” snake expert Qaiser Hussain told the Express. “Such snakebites are painful and may show only local symptoms around the area of the bite.”
The incident occurred in the remote Pandarpadh village in Jashpur district.
“Jashpur is a tribal district, which is also known as Naglok (abode of serpents) because it has over 200 species of snakes,” the Express wrote.
Cobra dies of child bite in Chhattisgarh!
RAIPUR: In a bizarre incident, an eight-year-old boy bit a cobra snake to death after it got wrapped around his hand in remote Pandarpadh village in Jashpur dis
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Boy, 8, turns the tables on deadly cobra and bites back, killing it
David Strege
Thu, November 3, 2022 at 11:01 AM
An 8-year-old boy in India turned the tables on a deadly cobra after getting bitten by it. He bit back and killed the poisonous snake.
In what The New Indian Express aptly called “a bizarre incident,” the boy named Deepak was playing in the backyard of his house on Monday when he was bitten.
“The snake got wrapped around my hand and bit me,” Deepak explained to The New Indian Express. “I was in great pain. As the reptile didn’t budge when I tried to shake it off, I bit it hard twice. It all happened in a flash.”
The boy was rushed to a health care center.
“He was quickly administered anti-snake venom and kept under observation for the entire day, and discharged,” Dr. Jems Minj told the Express.
“Deepak didn’t show any symptoms and recovered fast, owing to the dry bite when the poisonous snake strikes but no venom is released,” snake expert Qaiser Hussain told the Express. “Such snakebites are painful and may show only local symptoms around the area of the bite.”
The incident occurred in the remote Pandarpadh village in Jashpur district.
“Jashpur is a tribal district, which is also known as Naglok (abode of serpents) because it has over 200 species of snakes,” the Express wrote.
Cobra dies of child bite in Chhattisgarh!
RAIPUR: In a bizarre incident, an eight-year-old boy bit a cobra snake to death after it got wrapped around his hand in remote Pandarpadh village in Jashpur diswww.newindianexpress.com
Chuck Norris can do that.
wader
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McDonald’s Is Facing Another Coffee-Related Lawsuit—And This One Is Even Worse!
McDonald’s is enduring yet another coffee-related lawsuit— this time, as Insider reports, an Alabama woman has filed a $13 million lawsuit against the fast food chain after being was served a cup of coffee that contained harmful chemicals and r...
McDonald’s is enduring yet another coffee-related lawsuit— this time, as Insider reports, an Alabama woman has filed a $13 million lawsuit against the fast food chain after being was served a cup of coffee that contained harmful chemicals and resulted in damage to her throat and organs.
wader
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Aquarius
Angler
Probably when he was 8 months old.when he was 8 years old??
wader
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Man who stole $14 in 2002 released from prison after 20 years
20 years into serving a life sentence for stealing $14, a Black man was released from a California prison last […] The post Man who stole $14 in 2002 released from prison after 20 years appeared first on TheGrio.
Man who stole $14 in 2002 released from prison after 20 years
TheGrio Staff
Sat, November 5, 2022 at 4:06 PM
David Coulson, 55, was incarcerated from 2002 to 2022 in California under the Three Strikes law, 1990s legislation mandating life sentences following a third felony offense.
20 years into serving a life sentence for stealing $14, a Black man was released from a California prison last month following a recommendation from the state’s department of corrections and rehabilitation.
David Coulson, 55, was incarcerated from 2002 to 2022 in California under the Three Strikes law which mandated life sentences following a third felony offense. The law was adopted in many states nationwide as fears of crime and “habitual offenders” swept the United States. Nearly half of those behind bars due to the law today are Black, as reported by The Guardian.
Coulson, who was 35 at the time of his 2002 arrest, stole miscellaneous items from an open residential garage while he was homeless in Long Beach amid lifelong challenges with abuse, mental illness and drug addiction, according to the outlet.
wader
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World's tallest woman takes her first plane flight after airline removes 6 economy seats to make it possible
The world's tallest woman could fly on a plane for the first time after the airline removed six economy seats to accommodate her.
Rumeysa Gelgi, who stands at 7 feet, 0.7 inches tall, was named the world's tallest woman by Guinness World Records last year.
Turkish Airlines adapted one of their planes to allow her to travel to San Francisco in September, removing six seats and replacing them with a special stretcher for her to travel on the 13-hour flight, MailOnline reported.
Gelgi, 24, had never previously been able to travel on a plane due to her stature, caused by a condition called Weaver syndrome that causes bone overgrowth, among other things. Even as a child, she was too large to fit in plane seats, according to the outlet.
She typically uses a wheelchair or walker to move around due to her condition.
Gelgi shared a series of images of herself on the journey on Instagram and said that it was "a flawless journey from start to finish."
"This was my first flight, but it certainly won't be the last. From now on, I will be very honored and happy to fly to different parts of the world with @turkishairlines. A heartfelt thank you to every single person involved in my journey," she wrote.
Gelgi went to California to spend time advancing her career in software development and working with Guinness World Records, per the MailOnline.
Gelgi won her first Guinness World Record in 2014, when she was recognized as the world's tallest living teenager before officially becoming the world's tallest woman in 2021.
She also holds the record for being the woman with the largest hands, longest finger, and longest back in the world.
24-year-old Turkish woman Rumeysa Gelgi (L), who stands 7 feet, 0.7 inches tall and has been confirmed as the world's tallest living woman by Guinness World Records, is seen in front of her house in Karabuk, Turkey on October 14, 2021.Orhan Kuzu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Rick67
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Is it a plane for smurfs? She has like 10” on me.
World's tallest woman takes her first plane flight after airline removes 6 economy seats to make it possible
The world's tallest woman could fly on a plane for the first time after the airline removed six economy seats to accommodate her.
Rumeysa Gelgi, who stands at 7 feet, 0.7 inches tall, was named the world's tallest woman by Guinness World Records last year.
Turkish Airlines adapted one of their planes to allow her to travel to San Francisco in September, removing six seats and replacing them with a special stretcher for her to travel on the 13-hour flight, MailOnline reported.
Gelgi, 24, had never previously been able to travel on a plane due to her stature, caused by a condition called Weaver syndrome that causes bone overgrowth, among other things. Even as a child, she was too large to fit in plane seats, according to the outlet.
She typically uses a wheelchair or walker to move around due to her condition.
Gelgi shared a series of images of herself on the journey on Instagram and said that it was "a flawless journey from start to finish."
"This was my first flight, but it certainly won't be the last. From now on, I will be very honored and happy to fly to different parts of the world with @turkishairlines. A heartfelt thank you to every single person involved in my journey," she wrote.
Gelgi went to California to spend time advancing her career in software development and working with Guinness World Records, per the MailOnline.
Gelgi won her first Guinness World Record in 2014, when she was recognized as the world's tallest living teenager before officially becoming the world's tallest woman in 2021.
She also holds the record for being the woman with the largest hands, longest finger, and longest back in the world.
24-year-old Turkish woman Rumeysa Gelgi (L), who stands 7 feet, 0.7 inches tall and has been confirmed as the world's tallest living woman by Guinness World Records, is seen in front of her house in Karabuk, Turkey on October 14, 2021.Orhan Kuzu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
wader
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This year, GOP election deniers got a free pass from Twitter and Facebook
Mark Finchem, the Republican candidate seeking to oversee Arizona's election system as that state's secretary of state, made a last-minute fundraising pitch on Wednesday using one of his favorite talking points: the looming threat of voter fraud. Finchem falsely argued on Facebook and Twitter...
Mark Finchem, the Republican candidate seeking to oversee Arizona's election system as that state's secretary of state, made a last-minute fundraising pitch on Wednesday using one of his favorite talking points: the looming threat of voter fraud.
Finchem falsely argued on Facebook and Twitter that his Democratic opponent, Adrian Fontes, is a member of the Chinese Communist Party and a "Cartel criminal" who has "rigged elections before."
For years, Facebook and Twitter have pledged to fight falsehoods that could confuse users about America's electoral system by tagging questionable posts with accurate information about voting and removing rule-breaking misinformation. But this electoral cycle, at least 26 candidates have posted inaccurate election claims since April, but the platforms have done virtually nothing to refute them, according to a Washington Post review of the companies' misinformation labeling practices.
That's in contrast to the 2020 election cycle, when Facebook and Twitter collectively added labels to scores of election-related posts from Donald Trump that pointed readers to authoritative information about the electoral process or alerted readers that the information was misleading. Facebook labeled at least 506 Trump posts between Jan. 1, 2020, and Jan. 6, 2021, according to a study from the left-leaning Media Matters for America, and Twitter also added labels to Trump's tweets questioning the validity of the election or voting process.
But such labels have been nonexistent this election cycle, the Post review showed, when hundreds of congressional seats as well as thousands of state and local positions are being decided.
wader
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Stepdad waterboarded children he forced to bake and sell brownies in Louisiana, feds say
“This case is proof that human trafficking doesn’t just happen in other countries,” a prosecutor said.
Boy, would I be pissed!!!
The rumors had been circulating through the hallways of El Paso High School for days: Students had seen test papers strewn across busy Mesa Street on Oct. 28, and the pencil-filled Scantron bubbles were a dead giveaway — these were SAT tests, just like the ones that 315 students had taken at the school in Texas the day before.
“I was driving on Mesa Street back from the gym and all of a sudden, I see like, a bunch of papers just everywhere,” said Freddy Chavez, a senior at El Paso High School. “I really didn’t think much of it until a few days later, when I heard rumors that those are actually SATs. I connected the dots right away.”
Students were called to a meeting during last period on Nov. 2 and told the news: the SAT tests they had taken on Oct. 27 had flown off a UPS truck that was transporting them. Pablo Villa, the director of Community Engagement at the El Paso Independent School District, said it was not yet clear exactly how the tests had ended up scattered on the street, describing it as “a unique situation.”
UPS is still conducting an investigation, but was quick to own up to its error. “We have apologized to the school and extend our apologies to the students,” UPS said in a statement. “The driver’s actions in this case are not representative of UPS protocols and methods, and we have addressed this with him. Safely and reliably meeting our service commitments is UPS’s first priority.”
Ezra Ponzio, a senior, said that when students first heard the rumors, they all hoped that it wasn’t their tests on the road. According to the El Paso ISD, all but 55 of the 315 tests were recovered. Mr. Ponzio said even though most tests were found, they were still considered compromised, so everyone would have to take the test again.
“They were like, ‘Hey, this is not our fault whatsoever. It’s on the UPS, but you still have to retake it,’” Mr. Ponzio said. “So that was annoying.”
The El Paso Independent School district said in a statement that the tests had been “securely submitted to UPS” and that the school was working with the College Board, which administers the tests, to remedy the issue. The College Board said in a statement that it was working to ensure the affected students could retest as soon as possible.
“I’ve spoken with a lot of my friends and they’re just very upset,” said Mr. Chavez, who didn’t sit for the SATs on Oct. 27. “This is just really, really unfair.”
Compounding the problem were the upcoming deadlines for early admission into colleges. Mr. Ponzio was hoping to apply early to his first-choice school, Texas A&M University, but now his test scores won’t be submitted in time. He said he may apply using the “test optional” alternative, but he worries that will affect his chances of getting in.
“It kind of puts a strain on things,” Mr. Ponzio said. “I don’t see it affecting the whole of my senior year, but I feel like it’s just like an added stressor on the side.”
The El Paso ISD offered waivers to affected students to take the ACT on Dec. 10 free of charge. Mr. Ponzio said he wouldn’t be doing that, because he prepared for the SAT and still hopes to take the test he’s more familiar with.
“It’s our senior year, we’re trying our best to get into these colleges and I feel like it could really hurt some of our chances to get into them,” Mr. Chavez said. “It really does affect people.”
Texas High Schoolers Must Retake SATs After Tests Fly Off UPS Truck
Seniors who sat for the SATs last month at El Paso High School will have to retake the test after many of the sheets with their answers were scattered on the street.The rumors had been circulating through the hallways of El Paso High School for days: Students had seen test papers strewn across busy Mesa Street on Oct. 28, and the pencil-filled Scantron bubbles were a dead giveaway — these were SAT tests, just like the ones that 315 students had taken at the school in Texas the day before.
“I was driving on Mesa Street back from the gym and all of a sudden, I see like, a bunch of papers just everywhere,” said Freddy Chavez, a senior at El Paso High School. “I really didn’t think much of it until a few days later, when I heard rumors that those are actually SATs. I connected the dots right away.”
Students were called to a meeting during last period on Nov. 2 and told the news: the SAT tests they had taken on Oct. 27 had flown off a UPS truck that was transporting them. Pablo Villa, the director of Community Engagement at the El Paso Independent School District, said it was not yet clear exactly how the tests had ended up scattered on the street, describing it as “a unique situation.”
UPS is still conducting an investigation, but was quick to own up to its error. “We have apologized to the school and extend our apologies to the students,” UPS said in a statement. “The driver’s actions in this case are not representative of UPS protocols and methods, and we have addressed this with him. Safely and reliably meeting our service commitments is UPS’s first priority.”
Ezra Ponzio, a senior, said that when students first heard the rumors, they all hoped that it wasn’t their tests on the road. According to the El Paso ISD, all but 55 of the 315 tests were recovered. Mr. Ponzio said even though most tests were found, they were still considered compromised, so everyone would have to take the test again.
“They were like, ‘Hey, this is not our fault whatsoever. It’s on the UPS, but you still have to retake it,’” Mr. Ponzio said. “So that was annoying.”
The El Paso Independent School district said in a statement that the tests had been “securely submitted to UPS” and that the school was working with the College Board, which administers the tests, to remedy the issue. The College Board said in a statement that it was working to ensure the affected students could retest as soon as possible.
“I’ve spoken with a lot of my friends and they’re just very upset,” said Mr. Chavez, who didn’t sit for the SATs on Oct. 27. “This is just really, really unfair.”
Compounding the problem were the upcoming deadlines for early admission into colleges. Mr. Ponzio was hoping to apply early to his first-choice school, Texas A&M University, but now his test scores won’t be submitted in time. He said he may apply using the “test optional” alternative, but he worries that will affect his chances of getting in.
“It kind of puts a strain on things,” Mr. Ponzio said. “I don’t see it affecting the whole of my senior year, but I feel like it’s just like an added stressor on the side.”
The El Paso ISD offered waivers to affected students to take the ACT on Dec. 10 free of charge. Mr. Ponzio said he wouldn’t be doing that, because he prepared for the SAT and still hopes to take the test he’s more familiar with.
“It’s our senior year, we’re trying our best to get into these colleges and I feel like it could really hurt some of our chances to get into them,” Mr. Chavez said. “It really does affect people.”
Guess this hasn't made the Yahoo News feed yesterday...
Tempting as it may be, please don’t lick the toads.
The U.S. National Park Service made the plea last week to help protect the Sonoran desert toad, which secretes a toxin unlike any other found on the planet.
The effects of the toxin depend on your perspective. Some call it a dangerous poison that can make people sick and can even be deadly. Others call it the “God molecule,” a hallucinogenic so potent it is often compared to a religious experience.
But maybe keep your tongue off the toads, the Park Service said in a cheeky Facebook post lined with puns.
“As we say with most things you come across in a national park, whether it be a banana slug, unfamiliar mushroom, or a large toad with glowing eyes in the dead of night, please refrain from licking,” it wrote alongside a creepy night-vision photo of a beady-eyed toad. “Thank you.”
Demand for the toad’s secretion has boomed in recent years, with a growing retreat industry serving those seeking the psychedelic experience. In some cases, the experience is treated as a ceremony, with participants paying hundreds or thousands of dollars. It typically lasts for 15 to 30 very intense minutes.
Licking the toads is not the way most people go about it. A substance in the toxins that the toad excretes when threatened, 5-MeO-DMT, can be dried into crystals and smoked in a pipe. It is illegal in the United States, where it is classified as a Schedule 1 controlled substance, but it is legal in Mexico.
It was not clear how often people have tried to lick the toads; the National Park Service did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But smoking the toxin — commonly called Five or Bufo — is a practice that goes back decades.
Rising interest in the experience has brought new dangers to the animal, which is also known as the Colorado River toad and is found primarily in the Sonoran desert in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. They are typically targeted by predators like raccoons and run over on roads, but they are now also the target of poaching, over-harvesting and illegal trafficking.
People collect the substance by stroking under the toad’s chin, initiating a defensive response. It then releases a substance that can be scraped, dried and smoked.
National Park Service Asks Visitors to Please Stop Licking Toads
The Sonoran desert toad’s toxins create an intense psychedelic experience, but that’s not an excuse to put one in your mouth.Tempting as it may be, please don’t lick the toads.
The U.S. National Park Service made the plea last week to help protect the Sonoran desert toad, which secretes a toxin unlike any other found on the planet.
The effects of the toxin depend on your perspective. Some call it a dangerous poison that can make people sick and can even be deadly. Others call it the “God molecule,” a hallucinogenic so potent it is often compared to a religious experience.
But maybe keep your tongue off the toads, the Park Service said in a cheeky Facebook post lined with puns.
“As we say with most things you come across in a national park, whether it be a banana slug, unfamiliar mushroom, or a large toad with glowing eyes in the dead of night, please refrain from licking,” it wrote alongside a creepy night-vision photo of a beady-eyed toad. “Thank you.”
Demand for the toad’s secretion has boomed in recent years, with a growing retreat industry serving those seeking the psychedelic experience. In some cases, the experience is treated as a ceremony, with participants paying hundreds or thousands of dollars. It typically lasts for 15 to 30 very intense minutes.
Licking the toads is not the way most people go about it. A substance in the toxins that the toad excretes when threatened, 5-MeO-DMT, can be dried into crystals and smoked in a pipe. It is illegal in the United States, where it is classified as a Schedule 1 controlled substance, but it is legal in Mexico.
It was not clear how often people have tried to lick the toads; the National Park Service did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But smoking the toxin — commonly called Five or Bufo — is a practice that goes back decades.
Rising interest in the experience has brought new dangers to the animal, which is also known as the Colorado River toad and is found primarily in the Sonoran desert in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. They are typically targeted by predators like raccoons and run over on roads, but they are now also the target of poaching, over-harvesting and illegal trafficking.
People collect the substance by stroking under the toad’s chin, initiating a defensive response. It then releases a substance that can be scraped, dried and smoked.
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