Earth Oddity Podcast

News Links for the Week: Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT event visitors blame lighting at ApeFest for ‘severe eye burn’ caused by unprotected exposure to ultraviolet rays: https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/11/06/bored-ape-yacht-club-nft-visitors-blame-lighting-apefest-severe-eye-burn-unprotected-exposure-ultraviolet-rays-photokeratitis/ Sam Bankman-Fried convicted of multi-billion dollar FTX fraud: https:/...

News Links for the Week: Italian woman wins court case to evict her two sons, aged 40 and 42: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/26/italian-woman-forced-to-court-to-evict-her-two-sons-aged-40-and-42 50-year-old man competes against 13-year-old girls in swimming competition: https://www.theblaze.com/news/50yrold-male-swimming-teen-girls Restaurant adds $50 ‘unable to parent’ fee for rowdy k...

News Links for the Week: Netflix plans to open brick and mortar locations: https://www.npr.org/2023/10/14/1205971022/netflix-house-brick-and-mortar-locations Amish men ‘shunned’ after nationwide emergency alert outs them for having phones: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/amish-phone-us-government-alert-b2426792.html 'Extraterrestrial' Video Footage Can Earn You $1 Million: https:...

News Links for the Week: Japan startup unveils 15-foot robot suit for space exploration: https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/japan-robot-suit-gundam-exoskeleton-b2422233.html WYOMING FATHER & SON BLEACHED PENIS SHAPES ON COWS AS PAYBACK TO RANCH NEIGHBOR: https://www.outkick.com/wyoming-father-son-bleached-penis-shapes-on-cows-as-payback-to-ranch-neighbor-according-to-investigators/ Canadian ma...

News Links for the Week: New details in F-35 'mishap' as mystery remains about how jet was lost: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/new-details-f35-mishap-questions-remain-jet-lost/story?id=103313514 New Orleans school calls mom on son's misbehavior. She beats him up on campus: https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/kipp-central-city-academy-mother-beats-up-son-on-campus/article_5a3b388a-59ae-11ee-85...

News Links for the Week: ‘Alien corpses’ shown to Congress as UFO expert forced to testify under oath: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alien-corpses-in-mexico-found-congress-ufo-b2411144.html Dad gets 667 tattoos of daughter's name, reclaims world record: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/09/11/Guinness-World-Records-Lucy-tattoos/3681694454606/ Elon Musk and Grimes thought of cha...

News Links for the Week: Coast Guard arrests a man trying to run a giant hamster wheel across the Atlantic: https://www.npr.org/2023/09/07/1198252469/coast-guard-hamster-wheel-reza-baluchi-atlantic-ocean Family rushing to save dog’s life held at gunpoint by police: https://www.krqe.com/news/investigations/video-family-rushing-to-save-dogs-life-held-at-gunpoint-by-police/ Teen’s death leads to outp...

News Links for the Week: China's Great Wall damaged by workers looking for shortcut: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-66714547 Man abandons wife at airport, boarding the flight without her: https://www.jpost.com/omg/article-757631 Appearance of Pirates in San Francisco Bay Leaves Boaters and Marinas On Edge: https://www.boatblurb.com/post/appearance-of-pirates-in-san-francisco-bay-leaves-...

News Links for the Week Man with three parrots wanted for robbery in Fairfax County: https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/virginia/fairfax-county/man-with-three-parrots-wanted-for-robbery/ Georgia Man Arrested for Stealing His Neighbors’ Entire Front Porch: https://themessenger.com/news/georgia-man-arrested-for-stealing-his-neighbors-entire-front-porch Florida woman’s finger severed in librar...

News Links for the Week: Neuroscientists Re-create Pink Floyd Song from Listeners’ Brain Activity: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/neuroscientists-re-create-pink-floyd-song-from-listeners-brain-activity/ Woman learns she’s half a credit shy of graduating high school, 16 years after receiving diploma: https://www.weau.com/2023/08/14/woman-learns-shes-half-credit-shy-graduating-high-schoo...

News Links for the Week: California based wine company has 2,000 bottles seized for fermenting wine in ocean illegally: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/08/11/ocean-fathoms-wine-seized-illegal-fermenting-ocean/70579629007/ Argentina cracks down on football fans who tear up money to taunt locals: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-66470506 Tampa Mayor Went Fishing, Caught 7...

News Links for the Week: Whistleblower tells Congress the US is concealing ‘multi-decade’ program that captures UFOs: https://apnews.com/article/ufos-uaps-congress-whistleblower-spy-aliens-ba8a8cfba353d7b9de29c3d906a69ba7 Singer divorces 'devilishly handsome' ghost of a Victorian soldier after less than a year: https://news.sky.com/story/singer-divorces-devilishly-handsome-ghost-of-a-victorian-sol...

News Links for the Week: Armed 8-year-old carjacked car, led cops on a chase: https://www.magnoliastatelive.com/2023/07/12/armed-8-year-old-carjacked-car-led-cops-on-a-chase-alabama-police-say/ White House cocaine culprit unlikely to be found: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/05/white-house-cocaine-culprit-unlikely-to-be-found-law-enforcement-official-00104742 An otter in Santa Cruz is hassli...

News Links for the Week: The circus around Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg's much-vaunted fight is getting even stranger, with suggestions the bout could happen in the Colosseum: https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-v-mark-zuckerberg-could-happen-in-romes-colosseum-2023-6 Woman arrested during employment meeting with Sheriff's Department: https://wsbt.com/news/local/woman-arrested-employment-me...

News Links for the Week: Trump offers ‘food for everyone’ at restaurant – then leaves without paying: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/15/donald-trump-miami-versailles-cuban-restaurant-pay A man accidentally shot himself in his sleep while dreaming about a home invasion. He's now been charged with 2 felonies: https://www.insider.com/man-shot-himself-sleep-after-dreaming-home-invasion-c...

News Links for the Week: INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS SAY U.S. HAS RETRIEVED CRAFT OF NON-HUMAN ORIGIN: https://thedebrief.org/intelligence-officials-say-u-s-has-retrieved-non-human-craft/ Enormous 9-foot-long catfish caught in Italy could break world record: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2023/06/08/catfish-caught-italy-po-river/70301201007/ US Has 12 Or More Alien Spacecraft, Say Military And Int...

News Links for the Week: Lawyer’s AI Blunder Shows Perils of ChatGPT in ‘Early Days’: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/lawyers-ai-blunder-shows-perils-of-chatgpt-in-early-days Nun whose body shows little decay since 2019 death draws hundreds to rural Missouri: https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/nation-world/nuns-body-missouri-draws-faithful/507-c4297158-f6f0-4775-b44d-ec7f2fc0fd...

News Links for the Week: Orcas Sink Another Boat In Europe, And The Behavior Is Spreading: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/orcas-sink-boats-europe_n_6468dc44e4b0ab2b97e7c8a0 I can’t fit in the plane aisle — it feels like discrimination: https://nypost.com/2023/05/18/i-cant-fit-in-the-plane-aisle-it-feels-like-discrimination/ Auschwitz museum criticizes ‘tasteless’ ice cream stand near iconic ‘Death...

News Links for the Week: SBF says “dishonesty and unfair dealing” aren’t fraud, seeks to dismiss charges: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/sbf-says-dishonesty-and-unfair-dealing-arent-fraud-seeks-to-dismiss-charges/ Rep. Nancy Mace says people want to see her Jell-O wrestle with Marjorie Taylor Greene: https://www.businessinsider.com/nancy-mace-marjorie-taylor-greene-jell-o-wrestling-mc...

News Links for the Week: Father of hundreds gets sperm donation ban from Dutch court: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/father-hundreds-gets-sperm-donation-ban-dutch-court-2023-04-28/ The White House grounds are safe after a toddler breached the fence: https://www.npr.org/2023/04/18/1170669361/toddler-white-house-fence 'Dwarf Bullfighting' Banned In Spain: https://www.huf...

News Links for the Week: Japanese café waitress fired for mixing own blood in cocktails: https://nextshark.com/japanese-waitress-mixing-own-blood-in-cocktails Dead birds get new life- New Mexico researchers develop taxidermy bird drones: https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/dead-birds-get-new-life-new-mexico-researchers-develop-taxidermy-bird-drones-2023-04-13/ Dog 'addicted to alcohol' a fir...

News Links for the Week: Top Secret Military Docs Go on a Minecraft Adventure: Discord Users Too Busy Building to Notice: https://gamerscave.net/top-secret-military-docs-go-on-a-minecraft-adventure-discord-users-too-busy-building-to-notice/ Federal agents barge into wrong Boston hotel room during training, handcuff pilot: https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/revere-hotel-boston-fbi-botched-training...

News Links for the Week: Texas man uses Apple AirTag to track down person who stole his truck, then kills him: https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-man-uses-apple-airtag-track-person-stole-truck-kills-police Nebraska law enforcement will pay to get you drunk this April: https://www.klkntv.com/nebraska-law-enforcement-will-pay-to-get-you-drunk-this-april/ Man ends his life after an AI chatbot 'encourag...

News Links for the Week: Chat-GPT Pretended to Be Blind and Tricked a Human Into Solving a CAPTCHA: https://gizmodo.com/gpt4-open-ai-chatbot-task-rabbit-chatgpt-1850227471 MAN CHARGED WITH DRUG TRAFFICKING AFTER DRUGS ARE FOUND HIDDEN IN THE ROLLS OF HIS STOMACH: https://www.wvua23.com/man-charged-with-drug-trafficking-after-drugs-are-found-hidden-in-the-rolls-of-his-stomach/ Mexican president bla...

News Links for the Week: OJ Simpson said he believed Alex Murdaugh 'more than likely' killed his wife and son: https://www.insider.com/oj-simpson-believes-alex-murdaugh-more-than-likely-killed-family-2023-3 Arizona Republican Issues Statement Amid Backlash Over Drug Cartel Claims: https://www.newsweek.com/arizona-republican-issues-statement-amid-backlash-drug-cartel-claims-liz-harris-1784550 Over...