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message 501: by Scout (new)

Scout (goodreadscomscout) | 8073 comments I've had people tell me so many times that there's one last good day before death. It happened with my grandmother and, recently with my dog Gracie. It's a blessing to have that one good day.


message 502: by Nik (new)

Nik Krasno | 19850 comments I hear it too - that brief, miraculous betterment in condition before a total collapse. Wonder whether the respective statistics support it as a "rule"


message 503: by J. (last edited May 17, 2023 02:55PM) (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments The weird turns of tracking down a possible viral orphan source radiologic event:
https://youtu.be/VMyNQCVS410


message 504: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments Videos show purported ivory-billed woodpeckers as US moves toward extinction decision
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Technology...


message 505: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments Killer whales are teaching each other to sink boats, say experts after orca pod launched terrifying Med attack on British couple
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...


message 506: by Nik (new)

Nik Krasno | 19850 comments Just don’t give them torpedoes


message 507: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments New footage emerges of suspected UFO sighting over California military base
https://nypost.com/2023/05/23/new-foo...


message 508: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments Nik wrote: "A killer whale: https://censor.net/en/video_news/3420..."

That seems more appropriate for the Exotic Weapons thread.


message 509: by Nik (new)

Nik Krasno | 19850 comments Moved


message 510: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments A ‘1 in 10 million’ bison is born at Wyoming state park. See photo of the rare calf
https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-wo...

Legend of the White Buffalo
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-w...


message 511: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments It seems an incorruptible has turned up in Missouri.

Thousands flock to Missouri to see exhumed body of nun who shows little decay since 2019 death
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/missouri...


message 512: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments UFO spotted outside Harry and Meghan’s mansion – as NASA releases info
https://nypost.com/2023/06/01/ufo-spo...

Could David Icke have been right?


message 513: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments UFO Reverse-Engineering Project Should Be Made Public: Ex-Intel Official
https://www.newsweek.com/ufo-reverse-...


message 514: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments Is this a UFO caught on a police body cam?
https://youtu.be/GkwkrxEBXzM


message 515: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments The horrors of one war reveal the horrors of an earlier war.

Skulls left scattered after Ukraine dam breach may be from second world war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...

I wonder how soon people will start claiming to have seen the ghosts of WWII on the current battlefield?


message 516: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments Transient Lunar Phenomena
http://user.astro.columbia.edu/~arlin...


message 517: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments Pre-Sputnik satellites?

Exploring nine simultaneously occurring transients on April 12th 1950
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159...


message 518: by Nik (new)

Nik Krasno | 19850 comments And maybe pre-Gagarins too, without a return ticket though. In stalin time a comeback would not be expected.


message 519: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments Nik wrote: "And maybe pre-Gagarins too, without a return ticket though. In stalin time a comeback would not be expected."

Yep.
https://youtu.be/9ZLLch28Gis


message 520: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments This one happened in the spring before the Coof.

Indian army says it found yeti footprints in the Himalayas
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/in...


message 521: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments Scientists report creation of first human synthetic model embryos
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/14/health...


message 522: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments J. wrote: "From the Times of Israel:

Israeli-American physicist: Meteor that hit Earth in 2014 could be alien tech
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblo......"


Recovery efforts are under way.
https://youtu.be/2OPfAbipRIA


message 523: by Ian (new)

Ian Miller | 1857 comments Bit of a let-down if all it turns out to be is a simple meteorite


message 524: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments I'm listening to the interview, now. So far they have found a curious magnesium "wire" which contains cerium. Odd.


message 525: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments Loeb is blogging about the expedition here.
https://avi-loeb.medium.com/

The blog is free to read.


message 526: by Ian (new)

Ian Miller | 1857 comments J. wrote: "I'm listening to the interview, now. So far they have found a curious magnesium "wire" which contains cerium. Odd."

Actually, it is mainly manganese. The next most common oxide is aluminium. The analysis noted in the blog don't make sense, thus MnO is 2.109 with a Mn content of 0.6355. One of those two figures has to be wrong,


message 527: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments Mea culpa, I misheard manganese as magnesium when I was listening earlier. The result of a lifetime of factories and firearms, I guess.

The blog is the initial report. Official publication is months if not years away, so the numbers may change. Of course, it's also possible that alloys found in an extra solar meteor are different from what we find on Earth.


message 528: by Ian (new)

Ian Miller | 1857 comments The manganese was reported as an oxide; MnO is about 22.5% oxygen, the rest manganese. So 2.109 units of MnO would have 1.63 units of Mn. Maybe the 0.63 should have been 1.63 and was a typo.


message 529: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments The Old Man Who Claimed to Be Billy the Kid
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles...


message 531: by J. (last edited Jun 27, 2023 11:11AM) (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments Philip wrote: "Not that fringe but Pizza anyone?

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cps...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-euro..."


According to Virgil, pizza was invented by Aeneas.
http://publish.illinois.edu/litlangli...

Yet another reason that the Trojans were better than those duplicitous Graecoi.


message 532: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments This past June 5th was the 55th anniversary of the assassination of RFK. This is his son's opinion on the shooting.
https://youtu.be/Nc6O4KXcHzQ


message 533: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments Ouch.

Janitor heard ‘annoying alarms’ and turned off freezer, ruining 20 years of school research worth $1 million, lawsuit says
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/27/us/jan...


message 534: by Nik (new)

Nik Krasno | 19850 comments The road is paved with good intentions 😎


message 535: by Papaphilly (new)

Papaphilly | 5042 comments OOPS


message 536: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments J. wrote: "Loeb is blogging about the expedition here.
https://avi-loeb.medium.com/

The blog is free to read."


The expedition has finished this round and is heading home with their samples.
https://avi-loeb.medium.com/on-the-wa...


message 537: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments Today, July 2, is the 86th anniversary of the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. The strongest current explanation is that she died as a castaway after crashing near Howland Island.

Amelia Earhart 'may have survived for months as a castaway', researchers say
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/pe...

A surprising twist in the hunt for Amelia Earhart’s lost plane
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...

Maybe, but I've read a lot of alternate stories with similar evidence over the years. What do y'all think?


message 538: by J. (last edited Jul 03, 2023 04:20AM) (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments Mexican mayor weds crocodile in harvest ritual
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-660...


message 539: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments Scientists have found part of the brain that triggers out-of-body experiences
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/03/118586...


message 540: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments The Gray Man Is A South Carolina Ghost Said To Warn Locals Before Hurricanes
https://www.southernliving.com/news/t...


message 541: by Nik (new)

Nik Krasno | 19850 comments A more authentic weather forecaster


message 542: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments Bison That Became Extinct in the Middle Ages Born in Europe
https://www.newsweek.com/bison-extinc...


message 543: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments Orcas are attacking boats. But is it revenge or trauma?
https://www.popsci.com/environment/or...


message 544: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments Harvard physicist says meteor fragments might be pieces of ‘technological gadget’ from outer space
https://fox59.com/news/national-world...


message 545: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments Philip wrote: "Not that fringe but Pizza anyone?

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cps...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-euro..."


If you're interested, the linked video goes into baking an approximation of the depicted "pizza".
https://youtu.be/eEgSGkp8nMA


message 546: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments Ancient pendants made from giant sloth bones suggest humans were in Americas earlier than thought
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/12/americ...


message 547: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments An Archaeologist Claims He Has Found the Real Kingdom of David
https://www.popularmechanics.com/scie...


message 548: by Nik (new)

Nik Krasno | 19850 comments J. wrote: "An Archaeologist Claims He Has Found the Real Kingdom of David
https://www.popularmechanics.com/scie..."


Interesting, although debatable


message 549: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments Scientists May Have Stolen Metallic Spherules Found on the Ocean Floor
https://www.popularmechanics.com/spac...


message 550: by J. (new)

J. Gowin | 7977 comments Bigfoot warning in Taos County
https://www.koat.com/article/bigfoot-...


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