Random thoughts

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Tuesday 3rd Nov,finally arrived FFS
your god be with you,likely not

 

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thinking homoerotic thoughts

 

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BEAUTY,natural life
yes

 

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The biggest lie we are ever told is not to question.

 

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The biggest lie we are ever told is not to question.

Ironically it’s the first lie we should question. It’s also the one that lead most of us to begin to question.

 

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Zombie diet: 10 real-life examples of humans eating humans
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e n joy

as awaiting the MELBOURNE CUP,in 20 odd
not giving up on something iveb followed all my life hahsa


mmmmm,going thru a growthng phase
he said

sounds
terribly like
my love of 'girth' days ha
those were,thev days yay'

 

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not often that happens,bt cool,nonthless


SMARTNEWS Keeping you current
In Fluke Accident, Sculpture of Whale Tails Saves Train From 33-Foot Plunge
Aptly named “Saved by the Whale’s Tale,” the art installation prevented a potentially deadly accident in the Netherlands

On November 2, a metro train shot through a stop block at the De Akkers metro station outside of Rotterdam but narrowly missed catastrophe. (Photo by Robin Utrecht / ANP / AFP via Getty Images)
By Nora McGreevy
SMITHSONIANMAG.COM
3 HOURS AGO



Early yesterday, a Dutch train and its operator narrowly avoided an accident after ploughing through the barrier at the end of the metro’s elevated rails. Luckily, instead of plunging 33 feet and crashing into the ground below, the car landed precariously on an enormous sculpture of whale tails that flanks the end of the tracks.


The train operator, who was the only person on board at the time of the crash, was able to free himself from the wreckage and sustained no injuries, writes Daniel Boffey for the Guardian. As first reported by Dutch news agency Media TV, the accident occurred at the De Akkers station in Spijkenisse, a suburb of Rotterdam, around 12:30 a.m. local time. No other people were harmed in the incident.


Officials don’t yet know the cause of the accident, but they’ve launched an investigation to determine how the train’s safety features failed, Ruud Natrop, a spokesman for safety in the Rotterdam-Rijnmond area, tells Isabella Kwai and Claire Moses of the New York Times. Police interviewed the conductor but found no indication that he had done anything wrong, Natrop adds.

By mid-morning Monday, word of the crash had spread, and dozens of people gathered to catch a glimpse of the spectacular near-disaster. As the Associated Press reports, local authorities urged crowds to disperse, reminding them that Covid-19 precautionary measures were still in effect.

“It’s like the scene of a Hollywood movie,” Natrop tells the Times. “Thank God the tail was there.”

Now-retired architect Maarten Struijs designed the sculpture—which consists of two large whale tails raised about 33 feet above the ground—in 2002. Coincidentally, notes Agence France-Presse (AFP), the artwork is named Saved by the Whale’s Tail. It riffs on the idea of a “tail track,” the phrase used to describe the bit of track where trains park at the end of service, reports Dutch news website DUIC.


Struijs tells DUIC that he received a phone call notifying him of the accident while reading the newspaper with his morning cup of coffee. He expressed shock that the sculpture, which is made of reinforced plastic, was able to support the weight of the train car.

“I could never have imagined it that way, but it saved the operator’s life,” Struijs tells Dutch broadcaster RTL. “The damage is an afterthought,”

He adds, “I am amazed that it is so strong. … When plastic has stood for 20 years, you don’t expect it to [hold up] a metro train.”

Speaking with Dutch broadcaster NOS, Struijs says that the image of the damaged metro balancing on his sculpture resembles, in his eyes, “a work of art in itself.” He notes that photos of the scene remind him of Rode BMW (or Red BMW), a 1987 conceptual art piece by Kunst & Vaarwerk that features a life-size red car protruding through a parking garage wall as if frozen mid-fall.


As of Tuesday morning, an operation to salvage the train with two large cranes was ongoing, writes the Associated Press in a separate report. On Monday, Carly Gorter, a spokeswoman for the local security authority, told the AP that officials were working to figure out how to safely extract the train from its perch.

The removal will be “tricky,” noted Gorter.

Photographer Joey Bremer arrived at the scene shortly after the crash. His images of the lofted metro car won viral acclaim on Twitter; as Bremer tells the Times, he woke up on Monday to thousands of retweets and hundreds of messages.

“I stood there full of disbelief,” the photographer says. “I’ve been doing this job for about years, but this is one to remember. You can’t make this up.”

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BOASTFUL BASTARDS
what humankind has tuned into recently
forever smarmily proclaiming
'the best state,FFS
think,theyre shithot opening borders,after months being closed/people suppressed to long,no reason
pathetic,embarrassing

 

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Hurricane Eta Heads to Nicaragua, Shell Oil Questions Public, U.S. #1 in Plastic Pollution, Environmental Instagram, The Coolest White Paint

Hurricane Eta, 28th Named Storm of 2020, Menaces Nicaragua



keep the rest of our world flowing,please people

 

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love
not supposed to be ruled by idiots
closing a golf course in case folk got infected FFS
and,that was in february

use.

AAP Image/James Gourley
90% of buildings in bushfire-prone areas aren’t built to survive fires. A national policy can start to fix this
Mark Maund, University of Newcastle; Kim Maund, University of Newcastle; SueAnne Ware, University of Newcastle; Thayaparan Gajendran, University of Newcastle

The bushfire royal commission handed down its final report last week, but stopped short of recommending a national town planning policy.

Nicholas Williams
Urban golf courses are biodiversity oases. Opening them up puts that at risk
Nicholas Williams, University of Melbourne; Amy Hahs, University of Melbourne; Caragh Threlfall, University of Sydney; Stephen Livesley, University of Melbourne

COVID-19 restrictions led to calls to open up golf courses to the public. But these are such precious refuges for native flora and fauna that access will have to be carefully managed.

 

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LOVE TRAIN TRAVEL
trans-siberian,3 months 1st class European rail

 

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not sure why we,RNZ in particular
our main media source is showing so much interest in the USAs elections
thinking its because everyone else is

 

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heres looking at you honey


Denmark Plans to Kill 15 Million Mink to Prevent Spread of Mutated Coronavirus on Fur Farms | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine

me,as well

How Surfing Suckerfish Stick to Whales
Scientists discover the secret behind remoras’ ability to cling to their hosts in fast-flowing waters

Remoras aren’t necessarily hanging on for dear life. In fact, the suckerfish could freely move around on the whale, feeding and socializing even when their ride raced through the ocean at five meters per second.(Stanford University & Cascadia Research Collective)
By Tara Wu
NOVEMBER 5, 2020 3:11PM

 

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EW ZEALAND POLITICS
19 minutes ago
'No' vote for cannabis legalisation shrinks to 50.7 percent after final votes
19 minutes ago
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The cannabis referendum result has narrowed significantly under special votes, but the 'no' vote has still prevailed.

Photo: wollertz 201/ 123rf

After the special votes were counted, a total of 50.7 percent voted against cannabis law reform, while 48.4 percent were in favour of new legislation.

Just 67,662 votes separated the votes.

The End of Life Choice Act gained 65.2 percent support on election day, and after today's results has barely dropped to 65.1 percent.


fatr enough
people have spoken
superglad we were given then option
rathrer than our politicians'concioius vote'
again
thank you Jascijnda,our PM

i voted yes in our referendum btw
young/fwd thiking,none of this oldie/staid/negative/BS Authorative shit
48 pc originally wanted it,too bad

 

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Numbers matter

Votes matter

Standing up for democracy matters

 

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cheersd mj NO DENYING ab champion

 

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a very favourite guy,always been

 

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Court Tosses Youth Climate Lawsuit Against Canada

look after your heritage guys/gals

definitely
dont trust us bullshit adults to
yes

 

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GREASING UP NZ TOURISM DOLLARS, HUH ALL OF AUS

after
your state premiers,denied your own Aussies
under the pretennce of CV
keeping your states safe duh

NSW/QLD/VIC/TAS,all greasing
am sure WA DOES not wabtbto be left out

 

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and ive been thinking
your next/hopeless PM/NOT SCOMO
will
wither/kowtow to CHINA
FAR SUPERIOR THAN AUS,in the grand scheme of things ... huh

esp
after what GERMAANYS done
YOU HAVE all got the shits,re bidens likely win haha

HOWVCAN NLOSERS EVER WIN!