Go on go on go on go on go on
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events
My personal favourite is the woman whose chicken laid eggs with “Christ is coming” etched on them. Turned out she was writing on the eggs herself and pushing them back up the chicken’s bottom.
And with all that piffle, they never actually tell what it’s made from. I assume some kind of acrylic? In which case it will snag and pill like crazy and look complete crap within a month.
I should start knitting these for Christmas gifts.
You’ve just reminded me of my late sister, who insisted she could access my WiFi from 300 miles away. “How else am I getting internet?” A mystery for sure.
I’ve been reading up on the front-runners for Pope and some of them are super old school illiberal. Though the fellow from Ghana does apparently concede that the laws on homosexuality in some African countries are a bit harsh.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/21/who-next-pope-francis-potential-candidates-succeed
From the Guardian: "The export figures from Heard Island and McDonald Islands are even more perplexing. The territory does have a fishery but no buildings or human habitation whatsoever.
"Despite this, according to export data from the World Bank, the US imported US$1.4m (A$2.23m) of products from Heard Island and McDonald Islands in 2022, nearly all of which was “machinery and electrical” imports. It was not immediately clear what those goods were.
“In the five years prior, imports from Heard Island and McDonald Islands ranged from US$15,000 (A$24,000) to US$325,000 (A$518,000) per year.”
So my best guess is that someone is running some kind of money laundering scheme involving fictitious imports… I have no idea how this would work, but those figures are insane.
The Norfolk Island tariffs are also barking.
I use WhatsApp because everyone else does. My hobby groups, all my friends, family, everyone. The very few that don’t, contact me on FB Messenger. Yes, I have to have a FB account. Turning this situation around would be like raising the Titanic. I doubt most of my friends have even heard of Telegram. (In my youth a telegram was a pay-per-word message delivered urgently to tell you someone had died or been born.)