2023 - Today I learned...

[shri]

Something about people in glass houses... Filled with cocaine...

But his fit of road rage has cost him dearly after police busted him and three others on Thursday for drug possession, with officers seizing 1.7 kilograms of suspected cocaine. Police said the defendants will be remanded in custody until March 10.

CBS News: Road rage captured on video leads to arrest of fugitive — with help from Hong Kong's "most educated minibus driver".


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/video-r...inibus-driver/

[sarsi]

claiming to be a triad member... is a crime in Hong Kong

Didn't know.. can't even pretend to act gangster, that's no fun at all..

I get road rage but dun get the ones who also have it against bus drivers.. it just goes a bit flat when you can't tell if he drives like that or bcuz of bus schedule..not as strong an urge to run him over.. ;p

[shri]

I have a feeling this will trigger one or two folks in here..

Anne Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip, a Thai billionaire, out trans woman and C.E.O. of JKN Global Media, is Miss Universe’s new — and first female — owner.

[huja]

Today I learned (again) that the wife is the boss. Actual text thread from about an hour ago.

[hullexile]

Tony Blair is still active in politics through the modestly named "Tony Blair Global Institute". Clearly not short of a penny either.

https://mb.com.ph/2023/01/18/marcos-...nspo-projects/

[Andy SNK]

Today I learned (again) that the wife is the boss. Actual text thread from about an hour ago.

what coffee table?

[sarsi]

😵 My whole life has been a lie.

[shri]

Something about Scotland and colonies...

Was Patten ever called a Governor General or Lt Governor?

Nicola Sturgeon has accused the Scotland secretary of acting “like a governor general” in a further escalation of hostilities between the Westminster and Holyrood governments.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...droidApp_Other

[hullexile]

Something about Scotland and colonies...

Was Patten ever called a Governor General or Lt Governor?




https://www.theguardian.com/politics...droidApp_Other

Isn't that the title used in Australia and Canada?

[shri]

A fair bit about why the US is not metric..

The Register: It's been 230 years since British pirates robbed the US of the metric system.

https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/...tric_imperial/