Did you see that?!?!

[Rich]

https://twitter.com/i/status/1402700658713767941

The internet has picked up the phrase “Jessica, we are live,” thanks to a viral faux pas between two newscasters.

Squabbles and frustrating moments between coworkers are nothing new. It just so happens that when presenters Elmarie Kapunda and Jessica Kaimu, from Namibia, had theirs, it was broadcast live. During an airing on the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation, Kapunda introduced Kaimu’s sports segment. But Kaimu was not having it.

“No, you’re not going to do that. You’re just going to greet me, and say, ‘Take it away,'” Kaimu told Kapunda.

“Jessica, we are live,” Kapunda responded.

Then there was nothing but dead air and some tense staring between the two women. Eventually, a news graphic appeared and transitioned into a new segment.

https://news.yahoo.com/news-anchors-...152816628.html

[bundabergdevil]

Couple of guys recreate the Dumb and Dumber trip on the mini-bike...

[Dr. Rosenrosen]

Illegal fireworks blow up inside police bomb disposal truck. Me thinks there may have been something more powerful than plain old fireworks in there.

https://jalopnik.com/fireworks-explo...-tr-1847210186

[DukieInKansas]

Illegal fireworks blow up inside police bomb disposal truck. Me thinks there may have been something more powerful than plain old fireworks in there.

https://jalopnik.com/fireworks-explo...-tr-1847210186

They added to the article. Apparently, it wasn't the fireworks that were inside the truck. From the article -

"UPDATE/CORRECTION: To clarify, it wasn’t the bulk of the fireworks themselves that caused the catastrophic explosion, but rather improvised explosives—40 soda can-sized ones, and 200 smaller ones."

[BigWayne]

They added to the article. Apparently, it wasn't the fireworks that were inside the truck. From the article -

"UPDATE/CORRECTION: To clarify, it wasn’t the bulk of the fireworks themselves that caused the catastrophic explosion, but rather improvised explosives—40 soda can-sized ones, and 200 smaller ones."

Supposedly only 10 pounds worth also. I guess it was a more powerful explosive than they thought it was.

[camion]

Supposedly only 10 pounds worth also. I guess it was a more powerful explosive than they thought it was.

How many of the soda sized cans did they try to detonate at once? 40 x soda sized > 10 lbs.

[Rich]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57832053

A US gun company is facing a backlash for producing a pistol that looks like a children's toy made of Lego.

Culper Precision said its customised Glock weapon, named Block19, was developed to "highlight the pure enjoyment of the shooting sports".

But Danish toymaker Lego has written to the company demanding that it stop producing the weapon, which is covered in what looks like Lego bricks.

Gun control campaigners described the pistol as irresponsible and dangerous.

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[JasonEvans]

I'll never write a move review this good...

[brevity]

I think Jeff Goldblum's character in Thor: Ragnarok could deliver the rap parts of Evanescence's "Bring Me to Life" ironically.

Anyway, here's Kevin Parry magically turning into random objects.



He also has short videos that explain how he did each transformation.

[bundabergdevil]

I think Jeff Goldblum's character in Thor: Ragnarok could deliver the rap parts of Evanescence's "Bring Me to Life" ironically.

Anyway, here's Kevin Parry magically turning into random objects.



He also has short videos that explain how he did each transformation.

What magic is this?!?!

[-jk]

https://today.duke.edu/2021/07/how-l...-my-whale-eyes

In the film, James Robinson, who graduated in 2020, shows what it feels like to live with several disabling eye conditions that have defied an array of treatments and caused him countless humiliations. Using playful graphics and enlisting his family as subjects in a series of optical tests, he invites others to view the world through his eyes.

“I don’t have a problem with the way that I see,” he says. “My only problem is with the way that I’m seen.”

-jk

[JStuart]

https://today.duke.edu/2021/07/how-l...-my-whale-eyes

In the film, James Robinson, who graduated in 2020, shows what it feels like to live with several disabling eye conditions that have defied an array of treatments and caused him countless humiliations. Using playful graphics and enlisting his family as subjects in a series of optical tests, he invites others to view the world through his eyes.

“I don’t have a problem with the way that I see,” he says. “My only problem is with the way that I’m seen.”

-jk

Speaking as an ophthalmologist, this is really well-done. I'll have to take exception to his comment (can't remember the exact phrase) that the eye surgeon 'messed up" his 2 strabismus muscle procedures, as one of the postop photos showed him to be 'straight'. Those procedures are incredibly difficult to calculate and predict, and the neurologic forces of Exo and Esotropia are powerful, but I can absolutely understand his discouragement. Don't want to get any further into the weeds of strasbismology, as the big message he gives is a fine one.
JStuart

[DevilHorse]

Now this is good Olympic planning:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1420894400981393416

Larry
DevilHorse

[bundabergdevil]

Now this is good Olympic planning:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1420894400981393416

Larry
DevilHorse

That’s great, thanks for sharing. Not too long before those police drones with nets will be coming for you and me (not specifically, mind you).

[DevilHorse]

That’s great, thanks for sharing. Not too long before those police drones with nets will be coming for you and me (not specifically, mind you).

If I get that high in the air, I might pay for the ride!!

Larry
DevilHorse

[budwom]

Nice piece in the Times today about a guy who hired two chaps to kill his wife and they both ended up drowning in a canal.

[bundabergdevil]

Nice piece in the Times today about a guy who hired two chaps to kill his wife and they both ended up drowning in a canal.

I can’t spork but this really made me laugh.

[camion]

Nice piece in the Times today about a guy who hired two chaps to kill his wife and they both ended up drowning in a canal.

That's almost as bad as an own goal in soccer?

[budwom]

That's almost as bad as an own goal in soccer?

Very Fargo-esque. Except they actually did kill the wife in that one.

[DevilHorse]

That's almost as bad as an own goal in soccer?

I suppose killing yourself is embarrassing when you're trying to kill someone else, but you can't be embarrassed if you're dead. Own goal might be worse, although dead is pretty bad. I'm on the fence. Jockey falling off the horse as they cross the finish line (disqualification) is fairly embarrassing, although there is a clip of one jockey who held onto the neck of the horse, which is allowed, and won.
Here is a clip of a loser (about 2:00 mark):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjqbIQwTja4
Here is a clip of a winner (not the one I was thinking of):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SeL9wSNKT4

Larry
DevilHorse