The Weekly Whatever: Dregs of 2019 edition
Quote of the week
Stars like Adam Driver and Daisy Ridley lit up the 'Star Wars' premiere blue carpet, but noticeably absent were creator George Lucas and Carrie Fisher.
— USA Today
Woodpecker engineering
- US Navy installed touch-screen steering systems in the USS John McCain to save money.
Dystopia technologica
- Chinese aircraft flight systems jammed by pig farmer.
For science!
- Science Channel: What if the Mayans didn't mysteriously vanish, but instead moved to Florida?
Threat Level Orange
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Trump hotel spikes room rates 13x for the weekend of a Trump fundraiser.
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Stephen Miller devised plans to use detained migrant children as bait to lure in adults for deportation.
Well, fancy that!
- Doctors who receive money from big pharma relating to specific drugs, tend to prescribe more of those drugs.
We're fucked
- Water thieves steal 80,000 gallons in Australia.
Sick, sad world
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Lyft asks Candice Poon, Mike Finger and Cara Dick to change their names to something that aligns with community guidelines.
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Australia planned peacekeeping mission to the Solomon Islands called SIRAM — which in the local language means "your c***".
Not The Onion
- Puma introduces new $100 socks to improve your video game performance.
Late stage capitalism
- Sonos speaker "recycling" mode actually permanently bricks the speakers so they can't be recycled.
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