Man dies after eating raw octopus that was still moving and got stuck in his throat

Via: Hal A. Lujah  •  News & Politics  •  39 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  2 years ago

“The 82 year old man, passed away choking on a piece of octopus, known as san-nakji, with its tentacles still moving in the southern city of...”

Pictorial: Nissan's "Urban EV GoKart" 20-30 Concept

Via: Hal A. Lujah  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  11 Comments  •  6 Likes  •  2 years ago

“Today EVs represent 16% of Nissan's total sales in Europe, part of a total electrified sales mix of 50%, which in the coming three years is...”

Nissan has released the first imagery of its 20-30 Concept, a sporty Micra-sized EV with bold sports styling. The plan is that by 2028, Nissan EVs will have solid-state batteries, reducing the cost of electrical energy storage by 65%, and enabling pocket rocket hot hatches just like this. While...

Inventor ponders ethics of wiring human brain tissue into computers

Via: Hal A. Lujah  •  Health, Science & Technology  •  23 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  2 years ago

“Cortical Labs is an Australian company doing some mind-boggling work integrating human brain tissue, grown from stem cells, into silicon...”

Louis CK - Christians won

By: Hal A. Lujah  •  Entertainment  •  6 Comments  •  4 Likes  •  2 years ago

Parasite turns hapless ants into zombies at sunrise and sunset

Via: Hal A. Lujah  •  Stranger Than Fiction  •  1 Comments  •  4 Likes  •  2 years ago

“Hijacking the body of another animal is nothing new in the opportunistic world of parasitism. But for the first time, scientists have observed how...”

Danish artist ordered to repay museum after delivering blank canvases : NPR

Via: Hal A. Lujah  •  Photography & Art  •  10 Comments  •  4 Likes  •  2 years ago

“Denmark's Kunsten Museum loaned artist Jens Haaning about $76,400 to create two pieces of modern art. Instead, he submitted two blank canvases and...”

Oliver Anthony Is a Huge Improvement Over Kid Rock and Ted Nugent

Via: Hal A. Lujah  •  News & Politics  •  8 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  2 years ago

“Oliver Anthony has become MAGA favorite. But his spare, mournful songs make him a vast improvement over the schlock-rock that conservatives usually...”

Longshot targets $10/kg launch costs with Nazi uber-cannon on steroids

Via: Hal A. Lujah  •  News & Politics  •  2 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  2 years ago

“And might I add, any conference speaker that leads off with "OK listen up, assholes" is welcome to my full attention.”

A 13-Year-Old Girl Is Apparently The New Leader Of the JFK-QAnon Cult

Via: Hal A. Lujah  •  News & Politics  •  40 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  2 years ago

“"Tiny Teflon," whose mother is also in the cult, has announced her plan to indoctrinate more children into it.”

Melania Concerned That Trump Will Be Unavailable to Attend Divorce Proceedings

Via: Hal A. Lujah  •  News & Politics  •  70 Comments  •  9 Likes  •  2 years ago

““ I know that stealing documents, falsifying business records, and subverting democracy are serious matters, but should prosecuting him mean—and,...”