The Weekly Whatever: This isn't the Brexit I voted for
Quote of the week
One day somebody will explain to me why it is that, at a time when science has never been wiser, or the truth more stark, or human knowledge more available, populists and liars are in such pressing demand.
Woodpecker engineering
- Miami-Dade elections office was hit by a ransomware attack in 2016, but the IT manager at the time was into child porn and decided not to report the problem to authorities. But hey, they're pretty sure no election results were affected.
Wait, what?
- Now available: timeshares for doomsday preppers.
Threat Level Orange
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Trump proposes complete elimination of National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Russian government radio station Sputnik now broadcasting in the US midwest.
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Trump has changed the way kids are bullied at school.
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Drone strike which assassinated Iran's top general and nearly started another war was not in response to any imminent threat.
Well, fancy that!
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Mark Zuckerberg destroyed his notebooks for "privacy reasons".
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Brexiteer: "Absolutely disgusting service at Schiphol airport. 55 minutes we have been stood in the immigration queue. This isn’t the Brexit I voted for." "I didn’t vote to stand in a queue for over an hour why [sic] some jobsworth checks our passports."
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Pipe bomb left for civil war reenactors was left by civil war reenactor, not antifa.
We're fucked
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Scientists warn that multiple overlapping crises could trigger a global systemic collapse.
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Two more studies confirm massive drop in insect population.
Sick, sad world
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KFC releases chicken drumstick themed Crocs.
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Televangelist Jim Bakker now selling 'snake oil' colloidal silver product claiming it cures coronavirus.
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Six-year-old points finger gun; school calls police.
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Sean Spicer offered custom Valentine's Day messages.
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"Pedophilia doesn't kill anyone" says Catholic priest.
Late stage capitalism
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Uber Eats and Grubhub are serving up take-out from ghost kitchens impersonating real restaurants.
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Target's Shipt service has workers buying gifts for customers and offering to walk their dogs in the hope of getting better feedback.
Extreme awesome
- New app issues you a fake virtual credit card number to give to robocallers, then uses the credit card transaction to automatically obtain their contact details and sue them for $3000 per call.
The Guillotine Marketing Board
- Guy whose bank helped cause the 2008 economic crash says Bernie Sanders would ruin the economy.
Schadenfreude Saturday
- DoorDash drivers use forced arbitration clause to force DoorDash into arbitration.