Dumb news stories

[benji]

[Potato]

The Guardian opinion pages are really knocking it out of the park lately. 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/12/artemis-crew-made-it-through-10-days-in-space-but-could-they-survive-my-first-office-job

The Artemis II crew made it through 10 days in space together – but could they have survived my first office job?

Four people have joined the tiny percentage of humans who can say they have come back to Earth with a bump, literally. Welcome home, Artemis II crew: you have much to be proud of after following in the illustrious footsteps of Katy Perry and Jeff Bezos’s missus. Most importantly, you survived. Not in space – although obviously that too – but, far more impressively, you made it through an extended period trapped in extremely confined quarters with colleagues. As anyone who has worked in an office can verify, this is the greatest test of endurance known to humankind.

There isn't enough   in the world for this...

[benji]

Guy who really thinks the pittance spent on space crap somehow dwarfs all the efforts at these things. NASA's all-time budget over ~70 years isn't what the federal government spends on this other stuff in a single year. Just the one famous Biden climate change bill was bigger than NASA's spent all-time. 

[benji]

[Potato]

Damn, that final comment!

[benji]

Speaking of comments, some of them on Twitter want these dudes fired for putting people in danger:

Other replies have to ruin the outrage and note that this is totally normal on this frequency and better than what's normally said on there as if that's not proof there needs to be a bigger investigation and crackdown.  

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[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

After reading the spoiler I'm convinced those pilots should be executed.

[benji]

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[benji]

[killamajig]

I believe in California, theft is generally a felony if the value of the stolen property or services exceeds $950



someone call Kash, Legos aint cheap

[benji]

[chronovore]

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Glad she’s continuing to invest in herself. I’m recall8ng she was fairly smart, but had some weird right wing leanings that didn’t make much sense.

[killamajig]

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/city-birds-appear-more-afraid-of-women-than-men-and-scientists-have-no-idea-why/

European Great Tits and 36 other bird species on the continent are more afraid of women than they are of men, according to a recent study—and researchers have no idea why.

In the study, men could get about a meter closer to birds than women could before the animals flew away, according to the results. This pattern remained regardless of what the men and women were wearing, what their height was or how they tried to approach the creatures. That suggests birds may be able to suss out the sex of a human, though the researchers aren’t sure how.

[DavidCroquet]

Especially since humans struggle with the distinction themselves.

[benji]