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  1. Tinker Grey

    There's a new pope

    Who it is hasn't been announced yet. https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/new-pope-conclave-day-two-05-08-25
  2. Tinker Grey

    Biden signs a bill officially making the bald eagle the national bird of the US

    Learn something new everyday: Apparently it was never done before. The bird was a national emblem, but not the national bird. https://apnews.com/article/biden-bill-sign-bald-eagle-bird-national-7d9ae832ac8d249891d5daf11bf3ceb2
  3. Tinker Grey

    Gravitons?

    OK. A few days ago I watched a video by Sabine Hossenfelder about detecting a quantum of gravity. (Link below) I thought it was more or less settled that mass warps space. What role would a graviton have if it existed? I get the Higgs (for a peculiar definition of "get") -- it's a field that...
  4. Tinker Grey

    James Earl Jones has died, 93

    He will be missed: https://apnews.com/article/james-earl-jones-dies-19ea259ff3f44b91b2ed8730b702c23f
  5. Tinker Grey

    Bob Newhart died

    I loved everything he did. https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/18/entertainment/bob-newhart-death/index.html
  6. Tinker Grey

    Hunter Biden, is convicted of all 3 felonies in federal gun trial

    https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-gun-trial-federal-charges-delaware-5dd8a9380235c6360a1ddb691ef24a06
  7. Tinker Grey

    Trump found guilty on all 34 counts

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/donald-trump-verdict-hush-money-trial-rcna152492
  8. Tinker Grey

    Donald Trump fraud verdict: $364 million penalty in New York civil case

    https://apnews.com/article/trump-civil-fraud-verdict-engoron-244024861f0df886543c157c9fc5b3e4 NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge imposed a $364 million penalty Friday on Donald Trump, his companies and some executives, ruling that they engaged in a yearslong scheme to dupe banks and others with...
  9. Tinker Grey

    Colorado kicks Trump Off Ballot for 2024

    https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/colorado-trump-14th-amendment-12-19-23/index.html
  10. Tinker Grey

    Andre Braugher, star of ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ and ‘Homicide: Life On The Street,’ dies at age 61

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/12/entertainment/andre-braugher-obit/index.html This is sad. I enjoyed his work. both serious and comedic.
  11. Tinker Grey

    Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and Nobel winner, dies at 100

    https://news.yahoo.com/news/henry-kissinger-american-diplomat-nobel-014412893.html
  12. Tinker Grey

    New World's hottest pepper

    https://www.npr.org/2023/10/17/1206450553/worlds-hottest-pepper-guinness-record-pepper-x I have hot sauce made from this pepper. It's amazingly hot. You can find it here: The Last Dab: Xperience | Hot Ones Hot Sauce | HEATONIST The burn doesn't last too long, so recovery is fast.
  13. Tinker Grey

    Matthew Perry dead at 54

    https://www.npr.org/2023/10/28/1209291002/matthew-perry-dead-friends Actor Matthew Perry, best known for playing Chandler Bing on the hit TV show Friends, has died, according to multiple media outlets. He was 54 years old. Perry was found dead of an apparent drowning at his Los Angeles home on...
  14. Tinker Grey

    Jimmy Buffet has died

    He was 76. https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/02/entertainment/jimmy-buffett-death/index.html
  15. Tinker Grey

    Math videos and other click bait (e.g., 6÷2(1+2) )

    So I ran across a video (didn't watch) asserting that calculator's lie (literally, the videographer's words). What you find out there in the wild is those that assert PEMDAS before everything else; AND others why PEMDAS is wrong. (Parens, Exponents, Mulitplication, Division, Addition...
  16. Tinker Grey

    Rosalynn Carter turns 96

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rosalynn-carter-96-birthday-jimmy-carter_n_64df897ae4b0f4cf3ed74e4a May Jimmy and Rosalynn have a few more years.
  17. Tinker Grey

    Good cop story

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-carolina-officer-rescues-woman-help-me-traffic-stop-north-myrtle-beach/
  18. Tinker Grey

    Jeff Beck dies, age 78

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jeff-beck-guitarist-obit_n_63bf33ece4b0cbfd55ef27c1 One of my favorite covers ever: Beck with Seal covering Dylan's Like a rolling stone
  19. Tinker Grey

    Another quiz: Difficult Person Test (Hey, it's science-y)

    https://www.idrlabs.com/difficult-person/35-45-60-40-15-20-35/result.php I'm just now taking this, so we'll see. ETA: I'd say the questions are reasonably written, but it's one of those things that if you have to ask "am I a difficult person", you probably are.
  20. Tinker Grey

    Pelé died yesterday

    https://apnews.com/article/pele-obituary-213a93033c7efa629dad27e27b9f67e4?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_04 He was one of the greatest. “Pelé changed everything. He transformed football into art, entertainment,” Neymar, a fellow Brazilian soccer player, said on...
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