Whats going on in the World

[cany]

Hope nobody is on the road...

Philadelphia I-95 overpass collapses after tanker bursts into flames: ‘The roadway’s gone’

The massive smoky blaze broke around 6:30 a.m. on Cottman Avenue right beneath an Interstate 95 northbound overpass, parts of which were reduced to rubble as the stretch of the major highway collap…

nypost.com

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Prolly why peeps still smelling smoke in the air

 

[jpd]

See it: NYC straphanger casually shoots up during morning commute

The disturbing 31-second clip shows the fashionably dressed, long-haired man tie off his right arm with a blue plastic band before injecting an unknown substance into his vein just before 10 a.m. o…

nypost.com

 

[wader]

Belarus starts taking delivery of Russian nuclear weapons - president

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said his country has started taking delivery of Russian tactical nuclear weapons, some of which he said were three times more powerful than the atomic bombs the US dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The deployment is Moscow's first move of...

www.yahoo.com

 

[wader]

hell of a story - there could be a movie based on this..............

Mom of children who survived 40 days in Amazon was alive for days after plane crash, father says

Four children who survived 40 days in the Amazon jungle after a plane crash endured the death of their mother in front of them and used supplies from the wreckage to stay alive, authorities and a family member said.

www.yahoo.com

 

[wader]

now this is some scary stuff that's got me a bit frazzled & maybe - just maybe - this topic deserves its own thread?

My ethical compass tells me that it is very unwise to create these systems when we know already we won’t be able to control them, even in the relatively near future. Discernment is knowing when to pull back from the edge. Now is that time.

We should not open Pandora’s box any more than it already has been opened.

Here’s Why AI May Be Extremely Dangerous—Whether It’s Conscious or Not

Artificial intelligence algorithms will soon reach a point of rapid self-improvement that threatens our ability to control them and poses great potential risk to humanity

www.scientificamerican.com

 

[CELLFISH]

the sign says “ hello we’re immigrants and we need help”… cellie…
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[Rick67]

YAY!

 

[Chinacat]

Hopefully this dude will have to sit in a jail for awhile before they execute him?

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/16/us/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-trial-friday/index.html

 

[CELLFISH]

CONEY ISLAND 41st annual MERMAID ?‍ PARADE, today…

Coney Island USA

www.coneyisland.com

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[jpd]

Hey - they let him out of the nursing home today....

 

[CELLFISH]

look at the worry in Jill face… wow

 

[longcast]

He really does not know where he is. And she is frightened what he is going to say. Obviously a terrible wife for NOT protecting her husband. Very sad.

 

[Rick67]

Yep Family friendly event.

 

[cany]

Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way

Rescuers are searching for a submersible used to take tourists and experts to view the famous wreck.

www.bbc.com

 

[jpd]

Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way

Rescuers are searching for a submersible used to take tourists and experts to view the famous wreck.

www.bbc.com

That's not sounding good if it hasn't surfaced and released EPIRB.
It lost contact almost 2 hours into its descent - catastrophic hull failure?
$250k a seat.

 

[cany]

That's not sounding good if it hasn't surfaced and released EPIRB.
It lost contact almost 2 hours into its descent - catastrophic hull failure?
$250k a seat.

They were just saying if its on the bottom they gonna have a hell of a time finding it

 

[dsedy]

No thanks! Couldn't pay me enough to take an expedition like that.
Hope everything works out well for the crew and that they find them and bring them back safely.

 

[jpd]

They were just saying if its on the bottom they gonna have a hell of a time finding it

 

[wader]

very sad

 

[JackPrintMD]

It’s ridiculous, you can watch footage of the ship down there, why in the world would someone need to go down and see that in a can.