NSA Orders Employees to Spy on the World “With Dignity and Respect” (theintercept.com)
Air Canada customers kicked off plane for refusing vomit-covered seat (globalnews.ca)
Delta flight returns after passenger has diarrhea ‘all the way through’ plane (www.theguardian.com)
Coast Guard arrests a man trying to run a giant hamster wheel across the Atlantic (www.npr.org)
The Government is funding over $20 million for the development of Surveillance Clothing called SMARTePANTS (www.iarpa.gov)
Investigator assures that [presidents] Evo and Arce donated 12 stolen cars (latin-american.news)
After the controversy that arose from the donation to Conamaq of a stolen vehicle in Chile, the director of the Vehicle Search Group (GBV), Hugo Bustos, revealed to this medium that there are at least 12 cars with reports of theft in Chilean territory that were donated to the governments of Evo Morales and Luis Arce.
Suspected Drunk Driver Calls 911 On Himself After Going The Wrong Way Down A Highway (jalopnik.com)
The driver was heading northbound on southbound Highway 77....
Musk threatens Anti-Defamation League with defamation lawsuit (arstechnica.com)
U.S. Spy Agency Dreams of Surveillance Underwear It’s Calling "SMART ePANTS" (theintercept.com)
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is throwing $22 million in taxpayer money at developing clothing that records audio, video, and location data....
Grilled Ice Is Apparently a Real Street Snack in China (www.odditycentral.com)
Videos of people grilling ice cubes and seasoning them with sauces and spices have been doing the rounds on Chinese social media and leaving people with unanswered questions....
Indian Government Workers Wear Motorcycle Helmets as Protection from Falling Debris (www.odditycentral.com)
Government employees working in a decrepit building in Telangana, India, have taken to wearing motorcycle helmets to prevent slabs of concrete from the ceiling falling on their heads....
India erects life-size cutouts of langurs to deter monkeys before G20 (www.aljazeera.com)
Officials also hire more than 30 ‘monkey-men to scare away the primates as global leaders make their way to New Delhi....
Amazon Workers Delivered Packages During Destructive Tropical Storm (www.vice.com)
“It was tough being on the road,” said one driver who delivered in California the day it experienced flooding and record rainfall....
Man pulled over for driving with massive bull riding shotgun in Nebraska (nypost.com)
Even better - The bull’s name is Howdy Doody....
5 million bees fall off a truck near Toronto; drivers asked to close windows (www.npr.org)
Prisoners want to extend time in custody due to Canada’s housing crisis, says criminal defence lawyer (nowtoronto.com)
We also have people driven to assisted suicide because they can’t afford to live....
Woman named Barbie Oppenheimer encounters difficulties amid Barbenheimer craze (www.independent.co.uk)
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16-year-old girl stabbed to death by another teen during McDonald's sauce dispute (www.cbsnews.com)
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5 million bees fall off a truck near Toronto; drivers asked to close windows (www.npr.org)
Nuclear Weapons Partly Responsible for Radioactive Wild Boars, Researchers Say (gizmodo.com)
Will Donald Trump be allowed conjugal visits with Melania if he's sent to prison? (www.the-express.com)
A 13-Year-Old Girl Is Apparently the New Leader of the JFK-QAnon Cult (lemmy.world)
TV news crew in Chicago robbed at gunpoint while reporting on robberies (thehill.com)
Donald Trump campaign raises more than $7m by selling mugshot merchandise (www.aljazeera.com)
There Are So Many Explosives-Laden Drones Flying Over Southern Ukraine That They’re Running Into Each Other (www.forbes.com)
There was a time, not long ago, when the Ukrainian armed forces had a drone advantage over the Russians. The Ukrainians had more and better drones than the Russians did—and used them more effectively....
