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Friday, June 17, 2022

Twitter Called Elon Musk’s Bluff About Bots. It Could Backfire

(Forbes)
20/05/2022 Conectividade e Proteção da Amazônia com Elon Musk

CEO Elon Musk's deal to buy Twitter
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"Let me see bot-count study, or I walk!"
Anagram: Josiah Winslow
Image: Ministério Das Comunicações

Why did Lord Geidt resign?

(MSN)
Official portrait of Lord Geidt crop 2.jpg

Christopher Edward Wollaston MacKenzie Geidt
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PM, who disregarded law (Note - not like Ethics Czar)
Anagram: Chris Sturdy
Image: UK Parliament / Wikimedia

Suspeito "Pelado" confessa ter matado Bruno Pereira e Dom Phillips

(exame.)
Police car - policia

Suspeito "Pelado" confessa ter matado Bruno Pereira e Dom Phillips
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Post headline as biopirates locate, murder, dispose of popular men
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Mark Hillary

Mudslides close Yellowstone

(The Guardian)
Yellowstone flood event 2022: North Entrance Road washout (3)

Mudslides close Yellowstone
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Suddenly lets owls, mice loose
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Yellowstone National Park

Friday, June 10, 2022

Justin Bieber cancels shows after half of face left paralysed by virus

(The Guardian)
Justin Bieber @ Q102 Jingle Ball

Justin Bieber cancels shows after half of face left paralysed by virus
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This was true - Bell’s palsy affects raffish juvenile baby-faced crooner
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Stephen Eckert

Is house dust mostly dead skin?

(LiveScience)
HOUSE DUST MITE

Is house dust mostly dead skin?
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Husk died, lost a mess… so untidy!
Anagram: Mark McNamara
Image: Gabriel Trujillo

Hot, New Electric Cars That Are Coming Soon

(Yahoo!)
General Motors Chair and CEO Mary Barra confirmed during her 2022 CES keynote address that Chevrolet will launch the Chevrolet Equinox EV in the 2024 model year.

The Chevrolet Equinox EV
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Quote: Oh, rev next vehicle!
Anagram: Aronas Pinchas
Image: GM/Jun Masuda

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Jailed for losing a pregnancy

(The Guardian)
155/365 A much loved teddy

Jailed for losing a pregnancy
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Final jeopardy censoring gal
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: clog

Monday, June 6, 2022

Johnny Depp v Amber Heard: Depp's urgent celebrity rehab stunt with the orphaned badger community

(The New Zealand Herald)
johnnyJoking

It's a desperate move by a desperate man, who's now facing an uphill battle to rebuild his Hollywood career
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Yeah, womanless cinematic failure Depp holds a sooty teetotal vulnerable orphaned British badger - wow!
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Renegade98

God’s Bath Swimmer Found Deceased

(myMotherLode.com)
Stanislaus National Forest

God’s Bath Swimmer Found Deceased
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Sad show; nut died, member faces God
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: J. Stephen Conn

Russian man accused of Alexander Litvinenko killing dies of Covid-19

(BBC)
Alexander Litvinenko, Highgate Cemetery

The Russian man accused of Alexander Litvinenko killing dies of Covid
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It is official - karma excels and denounces Kovtun’s hard-line evildoing
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Duncan C
Also see the anagram: Litvinenko inquiry: the key players

Thursday, June 2, 2022

Hot air balloon's crash injures three

(NBC News)
Blue Moon over Fairbanks Ranch

Hot air balloon's crash injures three
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Airborne sail course, then harsh jolt
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Michael J. Slezak

5 people dead at Tulsa medical building, in the 233rd mass shooting of 2022

(National Public Radio)
2018.03.24 March for Our Lives, Washington, DC USA 00847

The Warren Clinic mass shooting in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Last week, a school. This morning, an ICU. Ah...it's *normal*?
Anagram: Josiah Winslow
Image: Ted Eytan

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

The Ludicrous Beauty of Top Gun: Maverick

(The Atlantic)
Tom Cruise

The Ludicrous Beauty of Top Gun: Maverick
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Oh, our plucky but deaf vintage Tom Cruise
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Gage Skidmore

The weird reason dolphins drink each other’s pee

(LiveScience)
Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

The weird reason dolphins drink each other’s pee
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Ah, tasters horn in on piddle… decipher ‘kosher’ wee!
Anagram: Mark McNamara
Image: Gregory Smith

Mona Lisa attacked by cake thrower

(New York Post)
Leonardo Da Vinci's Masterpiece

Mona Lisa attacked by cake thrower
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Yokel, in boast, cream-whacked at art
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Storm Crypt

Sunday, May 29, 2022

Is Putin Dead? Pay Attention When Russia Starts Broadcasting 'Swan Lake'

(Newsweek)
Vladimir Putin

The Russian leader's death
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I heard assault ends there
Anagram: Aronas Pinchas
Image: elkokoparrilla

Vladimir Putin may already be dead with body double taking his place, MI6 chiefs claim

(Mirror)
Resurrection of Evil

Pundits’ idea ~ Putin is dead
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Larry Barnes

Friday, May 27, 2022

Crime author convicted of murdering husband

(The Guardian)
IMG_3848 Nunez_Sigrid, © 2018 Nancy Crampton

Crime author convicted of murdering husband
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Bravura gun homicide constructed, end for him
Anagram: Russ Atkinson
Image: Hudson Valley Writers Center

Thursday, May 19, 2022

Vangelis, composer of Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner soundtracks, dies aged 79

(The Guardian)
Ode to Vangelis

Vangelis
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Sing vale
Anagram: Julian Lofts
Image: Patrick Verstappen