broken zippers
Earth’s spin is inexplicably speeding up. While the hours of daylight certainly last longer in the summer, the full day of 9 July 2025 will be 1.3 milliseconds shorter than average. […] In 2020, the IERS noticed our planet was speeding up, and has been getting steadily faster ever since. […] for the dinosaurs of the Triassic Era 200 million years ago, a day was just under 23 hours long. Meanwhile, in another 200 million years, the day will have extended to 25 hours long. […] The IERS will occasionally add a leap second to the year to make sure high-precision clocks run on time. The most recent leap second was added on December 31, 2016.
On Thursday, June 26, a French pastry chef was tried before the criminal court of Beauvais (Oise) for acts of exhibitionism, sexual assault, and harassment, reports Le Courrier Picard. Between September 2019 and March 2021, the defendant walked around with his genitals exposed in the bakery in Mouy where he worked, in front of underage apprentices. His genitals had already brushed against some of them due to the cramped space. He also sent them photos of his penis among pastries. Some apprentices also discovered lingerie that he had slipped into their locker. “Sometimes my genitals were exposed because I had broken zippers,” the pastry chef, also a father, explained to the court. “Sometimes I wasn’t wearing underwear because I often have diarrhea and didn’t have a change of clothes.”
Perceptions of Creepiness and the “Kubrick Stare”
Stone has appeared under the guise of Madonna, pictured on the front row of the Diesel show at Milan Fashion Week… and as Lana Del Rey, photographed attending the Jean Paul Gaultier show during Paris Couture week in January 2024. In October 2024, Stone spent six hours transforming himself to become a version of Jack Nicholson from the late 1990s-early 2000s.
Centerville is testing a new program where recycling trucks use artificial intelligence to spot and report items that do not belong in the bin. […] the AI scans its contents and flags materials that do not meet local recycling guidelines. Residents whose items don’t meet the guidelines will be notified via a personalized postcard
The F.B.I. Is Using Polygraphs to Test Officials’ Loyalty — Some senior officials who took the test were asked whether they had said anything negative about the F.B.I. director, Kash Patel. [NY Times]
