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[BeBMan]

Swedish firm deploys crows to pick up cigarette butts

Clever corvids become newest weapon in Södertälje’s war against street litter

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/01/swedish-crows-pick-up-cigarette-butts-litter

Remember "Life of Brian"? A central question IIRC was "the birds - do they have jobs?"

Finally someone answered

[Wezil]

"Any last requests"?

Oklahoma death row inmate who requested firing squad is executed by lethal injection

So there's that.

[Wezil]

You'd think they would have mentioned the reason for pulling him over this time.

[Broken_Erika]

Man drove without licence for more than 70 years

A man stopped by police told officers he had been driving with no licence or insurance for more than 70 years.


While on patrol, police pulled over the man near Tesco Extra, in Bulwell, Nottingham, on Wednesday evening.

Officers said the driver - born in 1938 - told them he had been driving with no licence or insurance since he was 12 and had never been stopped by police.

On Facebook, the Bulwell, Rise Park and Highbury Vale Police team said thankfully he had never had a crash.

The team added: "Thankfully he had never had an accident, caused anyone an injury, and never made anyone lose out financially, by hitting them whilst uninsured!

"Due to the increased number of ANPR cameras in Nottingham, even on the small trips, you are likely to hit a camera, so make sure your documents are in order... because it will catch up with you... one day."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-60159649

[BeBMan]

5G may be responsible for Covid in Boeings or somesuch

[Wezil]

Boeing. Again.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/5g-airlines-wireless-1.6319999

[Uncle Sparky]

Siddiqui is a very common surname. We have a few hundred in Winnipeg.

[SlowwHand]

The name. Imran's rabid relative.

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

[Uncle Sparky]

Would you like Freedom Fries with that?

[Wezil]

US gun crime could support it's own Forum. Threads for school shootings, religious building takeovers, drive by shootings, toddlers shooting parents.....

We could call it the Freedom Forum.

[SlowwHand]

https://abcnews.go.com/US/armed-man-takes-hostages-texas-synagogue-source/story?id=82285896

[Dauphin]

It's not far from my office. lol

[Broken_Erika]

Hamilton neighbourhood covered after plant malfunction sends 'beans raining down'

Company 'implementing corrective action' after area showered in bean hulls

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/soybeans-hamilton-neighbourhood-bunge-plant-1.6307601

[Uncle Sparky]

I recognize the address... it's right across from a coffee shop I used to hang out at... at the corner of Queen & John.