#newsoftheweird — Public Fediverse posts

Read an article listed on a Lemmy post and almost died laughing.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/mar/16/usa.theobserver

The post: https://lemmy.ml/post/46906932

Honestly, not even sure what to add, never laughed so hard in my life.

#WeirdNews #NewsOfTheWeird #Judaism #Religion

And... in other news...

Illinois "Knight Rider" car framed for speeding in New York City;
A Kitt lookalike was filmed speeding in Brooklyn but the fine was sent to a museum where a replica is on display
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/14/chicago-knight-rider-kitt-car-new-york-speeding-ticket
#news #KITT #villainy #NewsOfTheWeird #télévision

All antsy in the pantsy.
(Well, somebody had to say it.)

Remember when smuggling meant drugs? It's a different world out there now.

"Chinese man jailed after trying to smuggle 2,200 ants out of Kenya in his luggage"

src: https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/15/africa/chinese-man-smuggle-ants-kenya-intl-scli

#Crime
#NewsOfTheWeird

> sudo shutdown -h NOW!!!!

Not that I'm telling anyone what to do but I'm going to live it up for the next four months.

I think that's how long we've got before we're all data miners sleeping in pods to provide energy to our new overlords.

But hey, I could be wrong.

https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openais-smartest-ai-model-was-explicitly-told-to-shut-down-and-it-refused

#AI
#NewsOfTheWeird
#MovingTowardsSciFi

Ok, ultrasonic data leak smart watch exfiltration what now?

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/smartattack-uses-smartwatches-to-steal-data-from-air-gapped-systems/

#newsoftheweird #attackvectors

This is still one of the best #TrueCrime news article of the last two decades.

https://web.archive.org/web/20131022032838/https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/Theft-victim-who-caught-up-with-crook-concerned-about-youth-fitness-17012012.htm

This legend is the director of Mythic Beasts hosting.

https://www.mythic-beasts.com

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