A starry-eyed manifesto from the internet's dawn…

…now reads like it came from another Century. (Oh, wait…) 

A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace

Just getting with the program here

Voluntary Human Extinction Movement

The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT[A]) is an environmental movement that calls for all people to abstain from reproduction in order to cause the gradual voluntary extinction of humankind. VHEMT supports human extinction primarily because, in the group's view, it would prevent environmental degradation.

[From Wikipedia. No kidding.]

The only remaining question: Who will be the first extinctionist to run for Congress? 

Believe it or not…

Ripley’s Believe It Or Not museum to close in Atlantic City

Connelly [the museum's mamager] said the museum is closing because its local franchisee is reaching the end of its agreement with Ripley’s.

And also, its function is now performed by Twitter.

Pied Piper need not apply

Rat Attack: NYC seeks hands-on leader in anti-rodent fight

“The ideal candidate is highly motivated and somewhat bloodthirsty, determined to look at all solutions from various angles, including improving operational efficiency, data collection, technology innovation, trash management, and wholesale slaughter,” reads that ad.

Piping is just not slaughtery enough. 

The ghost in this tree…

 …looks perplexed.

The nature thing

Prayers? Bombs? Hawaii history shows stopping lava not easy

Thinking you should physically divert lava is a Western idea rooted in the notion that humans have to control everything, said Kealoha Pisciotta, a Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner. She said people need to adjust to the lava, not the other way around.

Which perfectly aligns with my position on lawn care.

 [I don't care if you do it, though. –ED]

Contrary to popular belief…

	Only In Boston ⁦@OnlyInBOS⁩ Frightening a pigeon is punishable by a $20 fine in Massachusetts.   11/30/22, 7:00 PM

…there are still some good things about Twitter. This public service announcement, for example. 

Everybody writes a note to Santa this time of year

WAR INDUSTRY LOOKING FORWARD TO “MULTIYEAR AUTHORITY” IN UKRAINE

Congress is “supportive of this. They’re going to give us multiyear authority, and they’re going to give us funding to really put into the industrial base — and I’m talking billions of dollars into the industrial base — to fund these production lines,” said the Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer, Bill LaPlante, in remarks reported by Defense News. “That, I predict, is going to happen, and it’s happening now. And then people will have to say: ‘I guess they were serious about it.’ But we have not done that since the Cold War.”

U.S. soccer team scores a goal: Great celebration ensues

The Painful Goal That Saved America at the World Cup

No kidding.

This was in fact the second goal our favorite team has scored in a mere three games, and was enough to put the U.S. kickers into the World Cup's Sweet Sixteen — or, as it's known in soccer circles, the "knockout round."

We are, of course, thrilled, and fervently hope they knock themselves out by scoring another goal some day, hopefully before the present tournament ends.

Go U.S.A.!

There's no business like…

Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell Will Eat You Alive: How ‘Bones and All’ Became the Year’s Sexiest Cannibal Love Story

Not very often do you see headlines like this. (It's from Variety.)

It's not only beans that make Boston famous

Oddball 6-foot ‘Lobsta Mickey’ statue returns to Boston

The 700-pound statue was last seen in the city nearly two decades ago at Quincy Market where it entertained tourists and shoppers — before slipping out of sight and into city lore after it was sold in 2005 at an auction organized by Disney.

 Also:

The British are Coming (again): Royal family chooses Boston for award ceremony

Three if by air.