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6.1 quake kills at least 1000 in Afghanistan
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A massive 6.1 richter earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan leveling entire villages and killing at least 1000 people.
2022-06-22
Face mites found to have anuses
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Demodex mites, skin mites that live and feed off human skin including your face, have been found to have anuses thanks to a team of scrappy dedicated scientist rebels who have sequenced the genome for the cute little guys. Science marches ever onward. And hopefully upward.
Gmail business email goes pay
If you have been using gmail free for your business or use your own domain instead of @gmail.com you are going to have to pay. Gmail is going back on their promise of free email to those olden days legacy gmail accounts.
CloudFlare outage takes down internet
An undisclosed issue on CloudFlares networks caused a global outage of many popular but mostly useless websites. Internet was restored eventually.
2022-06-21
Boris Johnson faces no confidence vote
British Prime Minister faces a no confidence vote that could oust him from power.
2022-06-06
Andy Fletcher dead at 60
Keyboardist and founding member of Depeche Mode, Andy Fletcher has passed away at the age of 60. No cause of death given.
2022-05-27
Ray Liotta dead at 67 from natural causes.
Ray Liotta dead at 67 from natural causes. No further information available.
2022-05-26
Texas school shooting
A mentally ill person shot up an elementary school in Texas. Still no talk about mental health reform.
2022-05-25
US Supreme Court degrades Bill of Rights
Shinn v Martinez Ramirez has effectively destroyed the sixth amendment to the US constitution. This guarantees a competent defense in court. The Court has ruled justice is only for the wealthy.
2022-05-24
Monkey Pox not that dangerous
A scary sounding disease has struck a couple of people and might strike several more before it is done. It is not very infectious and easily treatable, not a danger to most people but it does have a clickable name and so is making a lot of news.
Vangelis, legendary musician dead at 79
Historically important musician Vangelis has died at the age of 79. The musician was known for his soulful and melodic music, winning an Academy award for his soundtrack for the movie Chariots of Fire. He was also known for his soundtrack for the movie Bladerunner.
2022-05-19
Fred Ward died
Legendary actor Fred Ward star of Tremors and Remo Williams has passed away at the age of 79.
2022-05-13
Tourist murdered in Colombia
A prosecutor from Paraguay was murdered while on vacation in Colombia. He was crusading against drug gangs in his home country.
2022-05-12
F5 BIG-IP appliances have a critical bug
F5 BIG-IP appliances have been found to contain a critical and easily exploitable vulnerability allowing root access. A patch has been released.
2022-05-11
Cuba hotel collapse kills at least 40
An explosion at a Cuban hotel caused its complete destruction. The explosion was caused by a heating gas system.
2022-05-10
Officer involved in inmate escape, Vicky White, killed
Vicky White, the law enforcement officer involved in the escape of a violent inmate she had a romantic relationship with, was killed in the pairs apprehension. The escaped inmate, Casey White, is in custody.
Dave Chappelle attacked on stage but is fine
A knife wielding man attacked Dave Chappelle with a knife but was detained by security before hurting anyone.
2022-05-05
Bird Flu ravaged poultry industry in USA
36 million chickens and counting have been killed or culled due to the multi year bird flu epidemic. This flu poses very little threat to humans.
Anti freedom ISPs lose again in court
California’s net neutrality law has been upheld a third time in US courts. The three ISPs that brought the suits have given up trying to litigate its repeal.
US Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade
The US Supreme Court has overturned Roe v Wade effectively criminalizing abortion federally. The ruling also is a blow to individual privacy rights for all Americans.
2022-05-03
Elon Musk buys Twitter
Twitter has confirmed they are allowing Elon Musk to purchase Twitter with 43 billion US dollars. Musk says he will create an era of openness and eliminate spambots and non humans from the platform.
2022-04-25
Orin Hatch dies
Orin Hatch retired Utah Senator died. He was 88 years old.
2022-04-24
Macron wins French Presidency
Macron has won the French Presidential election.