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:

“News about weird nature, unusual happenings, and fringe claims. #anomalies #animals #nature #Fortean #paranormal #cryptids #weather”

~Moderator

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.

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.

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 This article has not been peer reviewed so, I don’t think it boosts the idea of panspermia very much.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”.

The state wants to ban all mention of gender and sexuality in schools because they don’t think children need to learn about that (even though that’s real life). Sexual and gender issues are a necessary part of the AP psych curriculum, therefore, teachers cannot teach the complete course without facing legal ramifications. The state has failed to clarify this so nothing has been resolved.

It really is infantilizing kids of high school age to make them deliberately ignorant (and therefore reject) people who have different preferences. It’s horrific and is doomed to fail. The real world has a way of catching up.

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.

OOPS! My bad. When I added the photo for the post, it deleted the news link. Now fixed. Video is available at the link. Sorry.

I’ll take whales jumping over whales dying any day.

Always be tenacious, click on the link. (Now fixed.)

Here is a breakdown of why it’s not a lion. https://tetzoo.com/blog/2023/7/20/kleinmachnow-lion-not-a-lion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35dgio4HQOQ

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

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

Very dubious that the video cuts off. Looks like the source was a Twitter account? Hmm. Any German speakers have an update?