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He’s Popeye the Failure Man.

A bodybuilder who injected petroleum jelly into his biceps to make them freakishly large — getting him nicknamed the “Russian Popeye” — may now lose both arms because of a severe infection, according to reports.

Kirill Tereshin, 29, has been told he may need a double amputation after years of injecting them with synthol, according to reports in his native Russia on Sunday.

The freakish-looking gymgoer shared stomach-churning footage of how his bicep had “burst,” leaving a large hole with rotting tissue underneath.

PHILADELPHIA — The final 1-cent coin pressed by the U.S. Mint on Wednesday cost more than a pretty penny to make. In fact, it cost about three of them, and some change.

The end of the 232-year-old coin comes after President Donald Trump, in a social media post in February, called for the Treasury secretary to halt the production of new pennies.

One penny costs 3.7 cents to make, according to the latest 2024 U.S. Mint Annual Report. That is about 270% more than they are worth.

Penny production cost has been on the rise in recent years. It grew about 20% from 2023 to last year.

Since 2000, the cost of a penny has more than quadrupled.

There's more of the story at the article, but here I have compiled some excerpts about the rice, how rice is assessed, etc.

Usually, the chef would perform several test runs with a new rice to figure out the best soaking times, water levels and cooking temperatures. But with only 420 grams of Kinmemai Premium to play with, he’s had to improvise.

Fujimoto rinsed the rice for a mere second and soaked it for 30 minutes — 30 minutes less than the recommended time — before adding it to the pot.

His initial assessment? “Nice, clear color. I like it.” His wife Ai’s take? “Whoa. Shiny.”

“Like a diamond,” adds Fujimoto. “You can see every grain standing out, which usually indicates good quality. The shape is beautiful, and the aroma is nicely balanced — not too strong.”

Tasting it, he gives his approval.

“The flavor is well-balanced. The texture is good. It has nice moisture. This rice will appeal to everyone.”

Is he tempted to buy the rice for his restaurant?

“No, no, no. It’s too expensive — we’d have to triple our prices,” he laughs.

Like Toyo’s in-house chef, he also believes the rice is better served plain, more suited to a kaiseki restaurant, an establishment serving traditional refined dishes. “I think this rice isn’t really suited for sushi. It might get mushy if mixed with vinegar,” he says.

Chef Nansen Lai owns several Hong Kong restaurants including Flower Drum and Lai’s Kitchen – the latter of which specializes in clay pot rice. He also sampled the Kinmemai Premium, comparing it with his house blend — a mix of Thai fragrant rice and Koshihikari, another high-quality grain, from Japan’s Niigata prefecture.

“It looks stickier and doesn’t have as strong a rice fragrance as Thai rice, which is a normal difference between Thai and Japanese rice,” he says.

He takes a bite.

“It’s delicious, with a much more complex taste and flavor than our house rice,” says Lai, before inviting his staff to try it.

“From a restaurateur’s perspective, we can’t afford rice like this. We also need a firmer rice, like Thai rice, that can stand up to stronger sauces. But this rice is so tasty you could eat it plain.”

I'd like to make note of my observation this morning at quarter to seven it looked as dark as 5:30am, even a week before the clocks change, which I found interesting,

so we can't entirely blame the shitty darkness on our shitty government-mandated clock changes. It's just a matter of where the earth is in relation to the sun at any given time of year.

When we change our clocks next week, technically the winter clocks are the astronomically accurate time, and we've been lying to ourselves all summer, though I'm still not sure why.

Everyone hates changing the clocks and for at least three decades citizens have been imploring the govt to stop the practice, but you know how slow the government is to change any standardized thing. Decades & decades of slowness & stupidity.

As slow as if USA ever comes to its senses & adopts the metric system.

Daniel Naroditsky, populary known as Danya, had worn the hats of author, commentator, and content creator apart from being the chess U.S. Grandmaster. In a recent shock to his fans and fellow chess champions, Daniel's family announced that he had passed away on October 19, 2925. Although the cause of death has not been revealed yet, Russian Grandmaster, Vladimir Kramnik has hinted towards foul play. Daniel's fans have also raised questions about his strange behaviour

Daniel Naroditsky was also a Twitch streamer and YouTube content creator, apart from a Grandmaster. His content revolved around chess. Daniel often played the game on Chess.com and Lichess.com. He was ranked very high frequently on both the website's leaderboard. The Grandmaster also used to educate his subscribers about chess through these streams. Daniel's easy and educational way of making people understand chess had made him one of the most popular streamers of the game around the world.

However, during his last stream, the viewers had found his behaviour to be strange. One Redditor wrote, "He just uploaded a new speedrun video a few days ago after being MIA for months. He didn’t look well. Really looked disheveled." Another comment said, "If you watched his last stream, you'd understand. He was indeed having a bit of a mental break it seems. His jaw was rocking back and forth and his eyes were super wide while he spoke noticeably incoherently, sometimes in Russian. I was really worried since watching it." Another Redditor stated:

"He streamed a few days ago and was very clearly unwell. Falling asleep, rambling, tilting, it looked really bad and someone had to go to his place to get him to end the stream and he was talking about Kramnik. I’d imagine since that he may be pulling back from his online presence."

In 2024, Daniel got into a controversy when he was accused of cheating in online chess by World Champion and Russian Grandmaster, Vladimir Kramnik. Daniel, who was known for not holding back and being upfront, called the Russian Grandmaster 'worse than dirt'. Now, after the passing of Daniel, Vladmir took to his X account and posted a screenshot of a text that he had received from someone after Daniel's last stream on Twitch. The texts showed concern about Daniel and alleged that it looked like he was on some substance. Vladimir then tweeted with the screenshot:

"What exactly happened? Because I received this two days ago from a friend of mine chess fan, and at least did what I could to warn people to do something urgently in my posts. To those who prefer blaming and shaming instead of helping. Awfull tradegy, hope properly investigated."

I saw this one and still have no intention of getting any closer but it did raise a valid point worthy of discussion.

See, they're apparently trying to be an exception to the toxic thing that dating apps are. But the whole concept of dating apps is toxic, and that can never be fixed. Because attraction & love don't work like that.

Unless it's just shallow people seeking other shallow people. That's the best outcome dating apps can provide.

it would make it much more fun

His daughter, Nakita Colville, 27, who witnessed the ordeal in July, claimed the "unbothered and clueless" staff on board "just stood there watching". She said the barman declared him dead before staff covered his body and face with a towel.

The coastguard arrived and Peter was taken to hospital where he was confirmed to have died. And while the family - including two of his grandchildren - were taken off the boat, the party continued, with crew hosting a foam party for the remaining traumatised passengers, Nakita claims.

Nakita, an admin assistant, from Woking, Surrey, said: "When my brother-in-law came back out the sea after swimming, he turned around when he realised my dad was no longer behind him. Then we heard people yelling for help and saw my dad in the water, face up, with people trying to get him out.

"One of the other guests began giving CPR while the crew members just stood there with their arms crossed. Other guests were screaming and crying, my family was hysterical. We were living the worst moments of our lives but as soon as we were taken off, the crew just apologised to guests because the foam party was delayed, I've been told.

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One Tripadvisor review from the day read: "He was laid on the deck – and then nothing. No proper procedures, no clearing the deck from onlookers, no immediate CPR. A crew member looked into his eyes and declared him dead."

Another said: "After the life guard come to take the guy away we were simply told the emergency was over and they continued to play loud music and try to sell more photos."

A third added: "The way it was handled by the crew was nothing short of horrifying. It is unsafe, unprofessional, and the crew is neither trained nor emotionally capable of handling emergencies - or tragedies. A man died. And they carried on like it meant nothing."

“Upon arrival, many new elephants, still plagued by paranoia and lack of trust, take weeks before they will lie down,” the rescue wrote. “However, Grandma Somboon defied the norm. Exhausted from her journey and a lifetime of hardship, she promptly sought the sand pile prepared for her, sleeping soundly amidst the bustling activities around her.”

Somboon spent her whole life standing, and when she finally arrived somewhere she knew she was loved, she was so excited to finally get off her feet and have a rest.

A daughter is opening up about the chilling way she learned that her mother traveled to Switzerland to end her life without their family’s knowledge.

On July 8, Maureen Slough — a 58-year-old from Cavan, Ireland — told her family she was going on vacation to Lithuania with a friend. However, she confided in two friends that she was actually traveling alone to Switzerland.

The following day, her daughter Megan Royal was contacted by one of her mother’s friends with concerns about her real plans.

“A close friend of hers messaged me on the Wednesday night, possibly at like 10 p.m. I was in bed with the baby,” Royal, a mom of two, recalled to the Irish Independent. “He just replied like, ‘Your mom’s in Switzerland.’ He’s like, ‘You have a right to know. I was sworn to secrecy. She’s there and she wants assisted suicide.’ I was so scared in that moment.”

Royal said she immediately called her dad, who tried to contact her mother in Switzerland. She said Slough ultimately promised that she would return home. However, the following day around 1 p.m. she received a text message on WhatsApp informing her that her mother had died.

“What was worse was not only did I get the text on WhatsApp, they had advised me that her ashes would be posted to me in 6-8 weeks,” she said. “In that very moment, because I was alone, I just sat there with the baby and cried… I just felt like my world ended.”

Royal explained that the text message came from Pegasos, an assisted dying nonprofit organization in Liestal, Switzerland. She learned that Slough had quietly filed an application and paid £15,000 to end her life.

Assisted suicide has been legal in Switzerland since 1942, according to Dignity in Dying, a British organization. ​​It's different from euthanasia — which is illegal — because the patients themselves administer prescribed drugs to end their lives, rather than a doctor.

Following Slough’s death, her family is now looking for answers as to how the assisted suicide happened without their knowledge.

Royal described her mother as a “fiery, smart and dedicated woman.” However, she told the outlet that Slough had a long history of mental illness and even had a past suicide attempt while struggling to cope with the deaths of her two younger sisters.

As another man who once worked with me declares himself saddened by my beliefs on gender and sex, I thought it might be useful to compile a list for handy reference. Which of the following do you imagine makes actors and directors who aren’t involved with the HBO reboot of Harry Potter so miserable?

Is it my belief that women and girls should have their own public changing rooms and bathrooms?

That women should retain female-only rape crisis centres?

That men don’t belong in women’s sport?

That female prisoners shouldn’t be incarcerated with violent men and male sex offenders?

That women should remain a protected class in law, because they have sex-specific needs and issues?

That language should reflect reality rather than ideological jargon, especially in a medical context?

That women shouldn’t be harassed, persecuted or fired for refusing to pretend humans can change sex?

That women should not be threatened with violence and rape when they assert their rights?

That freedom of speech and belief are essential to a pluralistic democratic society?

That troubled minors, especially those who are gay, autistic and trauma-experienced, should be given mental health support instead of irreversible surgeries and drug treatments on non-existent evidence of benefit?

That gay people shouldn’t be pressured to include the opposite sex in their dating pools, nor should they be smeared as ‘genital fetishists’ when they don’t?

That cross-dressing heterosexual male fetishists aren’t actually oppressed, but having the time of their lives piggybacking off gender identity ideology?

That said ideology, and the privileged, blinkered fools pushing it because they suffer zero consequences themselves, have done more damage to the political left’s credibility than Trump and Farage could have achieved in a century?

Let me have your thoughts.