The thread where you couldn't be bothered posting the article

[NineBerry]

At least 12 people have been killed after a 200-year-old oak tree fell into a crowd at a religious festival on the Portuguese island of Madeira.

A government official said 52 others were injured when the tree fell outside a church in the hills above the capital of Funchal on Tuesday.

The accident happened during a Roman Catholic festival marking the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven. The festival is called the Celebration of Our Lady of the Mount, the Atlantic island’s biggest annual religious festival, which draws large crowds.

God 0 - Treebart 1

[Rum]

I have to say much as any human death is sad I did experience a brief moment of glee when I saw this story on the news. How weird would it be if atheism had some sort of agency in the universe.

[Jason]

In many countries, the 39-year-old French president remains a symbol of youthful dynamism, a darling of social democrats shocked by Brexit and the ascent of Donald Trump. But in France, the man whose landslide victory in May marked the end of Europe’s populist surge is falling out of favor – and fast.

In view of the sky-high expectations for Macron, his initial slide in the polls was to be expected, political analysts say. After little more than three months in office, however, he faces a full-fledged nose-dive in public opinion. According to the latest YouGov poll, published at the beginning of August, just 36 percent of the French now approve of their president, roughly the same as the percentage of Americans who approve of Trump. On May 7, 66 percent of French voters supported Macron.

[pErvinalia]

He needs to hang out with J Trudeau more..

[Jason]

It turns out that people who are the furthest apart in their views on a scientific issue are often the most educated and informed, according to a study published yesterday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Looking at a nationally representative survey of views on stem cell research, the Big Bang, human evolution, nanotechnology, genetically modified views and climate change, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University found that respondents with the most education and the highest scores on scientific literacy tests had the most polarized beliefs.
On climate change, the researchers found that political identity was a more important signal of where respondents stood than their academic acumen or scientific sophistication.

[Brian Peacock]

Apple buried a secret job offer in their iOS system.

[pErvinalia]

The image is too small to read (I can make bits of it out).

[Brian Peacock]

I guess you won't be applying for the position then.

[Hermit]

The image is too small to read (I can make bits of it out).

One day you'll discover what Google is for.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-we-fou ... b-posting/

[pErvinalia]

That's so not in the spirit of this thread...

[Hermit]

the spirit of this thread

Got a link for that?

[pErvinalia]

Just look approximately 50 pixels above this response...

[Hermit]

Just look approximately 50 pixels above this response...

Just as well I couldn't be bothered posting the ar then, eh? A link to it doesn't break the spirit of this thread.

[pErvinalia]

Well played sir.

[Brian Peacock]

Slasher arrested at the palace. (Not Prince Phillip for a change).