Non-IT News Thread
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Virginia Uber driver was Somali war criminal
A US jury has found that a former Uber driver living in Virginia committed acts of torture during Somalia's civil war in the late 1980s.
Somali citizen Farhan Tani Warfaa testified last week in the Washington DC suburbs that ex-Somali colonel Yusuf Abdi Ali shot and tortured him.
So he is actually proven to be a war criminal now? Last time I read anything about this, there was nothing proven.
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London Underground to start tracking all phones using Wi-Fi starting in July
Starting on July 8th
Starting on July 8th, Transport for London (TfL) will start tracking passengers’ phones on the London Underground by default. -
Trump hits back at Democratic claims of 'cover-up'
US President Donald Trump has angrily lashed out at Democratic leaders' claims he is engaged in a "cover-up".
"I don't do cover-ups," the Republican president said in an unscheduled statement from the White House.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Trump hits back at Democratic claims of 'cover-up'
US President Donald Trump has angrily lashed out at Democratic leaders' claims he is engaged in a "cover-up".
"I don't do cover-ups," the Republican president said in an unscheduled statement from the White House.
More like he's to stupid to cover something up, it's not hiding anything if he does it in broad daylight!
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@DustinB3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Trump hits back at Democratic claims of 'cover-up'
US President Donald Trump has angrily lashed out at Democratic leaders' claims he is engaged in a "cover-up".
"I don't do cover-ups," the Republican president said in an unscheduled statement from the White House.
More like he's to stupid to cover something up, it's not hiding anything if he does it in broad daylight!
Or the simplest answer, he didn't do anything to cover up.
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lUS weather: Tornadoes kill at least seven people
At least seven people have been killed in weather-related deaths as tornadoes sweep across the US Midwest, local officials say.
Three fatalities were confirmed on Thursday in Golden City, Missouri.
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“Quacks” blamed for HIV outbreak that infected hundreds of kids
Local health officials say cheap charlatans are likely using contaminated equipment.
More than 600 people—most of them children, aged one month to 15 years—have tested positive for HIV in the southern Pakistani town of Ratto Dero, numerous news outlets have reported. -
SpaceX Rockets Were Imperiled by Falsified Reports, Prosecutors Say
James Smalley, who worked as a quality-assurance engineer at PMI Industries LLC in Rochester, is accused of forging inspectors’ signatures on at least 38 source inspection reports for space-vehicle parts purchased by Mr. Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX.
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Woman of 102 suspected of care home murder in France
A 102-year-old woman is suspected of having murdered her 92-year-old neighbour in a French retirement home.
The suspected killer is now in a psychiatric hospital. Earlier she told one of the carers that she had "killed someone", a prosecutor said.
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India election results 2019: Narendra Modi secures landslide win
Indian PM Narendra Modi has secured another five-year term after winning a landslide general election victory.
His Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looks set to win about 300 of the 543 seats in parliament, in what Mr Modi hailed as "a historic mandate".
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Pelosi calls for family 'intervention' with Trump
The US House of Representatives' Democratic leader has said President Donald Trump's family should stage an "intervention" with him.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi also said she was concerned for the president's well-being, a day after he abruptly cut short a meeting with her.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Speaker Nancy Pelosi also said she was concerned for the president's well-being,
Why, apparently his doctor says he's more fit than a horse. Or could fit a horse, IDK one or the other.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Pelosi calls for family 'intervention' with Trump
The US House of Representatives' Democratic leader has said President Donald Trump's family should stage an "intervention" with him.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi also said she was concerned for the president's well-being, a day after he abruptly cut short a meeting with her.
Nancy Pelosi calling out Trump about his well-being and saying he needed intervention....
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Trump says Huawei could be part of trade deal
US President Donald Trump has said Huawei could be part of a trade deal between the US and China, despite branding the telecoms firm "very dangerous".
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Theresa May to resign as prime minister
Theresa May has said she will quit as Conservative leader on 7 June, paving the way for a contest to decide a new prime minister.
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New scientific device creates electricity from snowfall
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https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/3/eaat8520
X-ray imaging of termite nests reveal intricate microscopic structures that explain how nests keep ventilated and cool
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@wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:
New scientific device creates electricity from snowfall
This almost reads like an April Fool prank lol
