return of the news
I’m dipping my toes back in the water tonight, so just a quickie.
Starting with something local for my bike people:
Portland bike light enforcement starts soon
Portland Police have been giving out warnings and bike lights for the past week to those cyclists they catch without a front white light – but they’re about to run out, and when that happens, they’ll start giving out tickets instead.
Stone Age man took drugs, say scientists
They found ceramic bowls, as well as tubes for inhaling drug fumes or powders, which appear to have originated in South America between 100BC and 400BC and were then carried 400 miles to the islands.
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They consider that drugs were being used to induce spiritual or trance-like states by people who had religious beliefs.
Britain releases UFO files, dispels some mysteries
U.S. pilot was ordered to shoot down UFO
And finally, it’s long been known that defending against zombies has been an essential element of homeland security. It’s good to see, then, that alert citizens are on the lookout:
Student Arrested For Terroristic Threatening Says Incident A Misunderstanding
“My story is based on fiction,” said Poole, who faces a second-degree felony terrorist threatening charge. “It’s a fake story. I made it up. I’ve been working on one of my short stories, (and) the short story they found was about zombies. Yes, it did say a high school. It was about a high school over ran by zombies.”
(by way of Green Is The New Red, thanks to Katie Monster)
