As much as that is preferable, that’s not the Federal holiday. As noted below, there is nothing listed for Oct 14.

FYI: This type of news is stretching the appropriate subjects for this Community:

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They can last a while in there. I used my shop vac for spotted lantern flies. They didn’t die.

No one else heard it so, doesn’t tick the boxes.

It’s not “finders keepers”. In this case, the owner was identifiable. There are laws in most states that require you report found valuables or cash and make an effort to find the owner. It’s at least a misdemeanor if you don’t.

Cult of Personality.

This was not a new photo, as noted. The photo was apparently with the Centre for Fortean Zoology and they determined it was NOT genuine.

We should remember that it’s a mistake to judge other cultures by our 21st century Western standards. Education is the key to stopping it. Humans have terrible trouble attributing bad outcomes to chance; we need to blame someone. Witch accusations remain a social problem in several places worldwide.

Jetpacks? Puh-leeze. Don’t they read the real news!? L.A. Jetpack man was probably a balloon https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59167345

The molecule has been found in space, but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t also have formed on earth pretty easily. This article has not been peer reviewed so, I don’t think it boosts the idea of panspermia very much.

Ha. I thought the same thing. Dogs don’t like “spa day”.

This is a rural area, the houses are very far apart. He was aiming for it, but hit a drainage ditch and became airborne. If he hit the ground floor, it could have been tragic rather than just so bizarre.

This looks new. Needs a lot of work. I looked at the earthquake lights and ball lightning pages and I would have to spend days updating it. That’s the trouble with unknown things, there is a lot that has been tried already that might be relevant towards an explanation but we’re not there yet.

well, yeah. That’s what the article says. It’s always good to read the link.

I’m on Bluesky. It’s vapid. Boring. I forget about it, check it once a week and nothing happens except people make a huge deal about cancelling someone. Not worth the hype at all.

Zoologist says this is not a lion https://tetzoo.com/blog/2023/7/20/kleinmachnow-lion-not-a-lion

I am a geologist that also has a lifelong interest in anomalous natural phenomena and paranormal claims. So I do a website called Spooky Geology. I think I can count the number of people who can do this on one hand. Like me and one other person I know of. So, that seems very niche. I also have a community here for weird news. !strangetimes@lemmy.world