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I would argue that all "recognized” art is overpriced due to basically being priced on social prestige. But that’s sort of innate to the social metagaming that surrounds anything the rich involve themselves with.

Most employers frown severely on unofficial break rooms. Partly because corporate-think BS, but also partly legitimately because unofficial, hidden break rooms almost always correspond with slackers taking unofficial breaks as well...

To be honest, the guy almost certainly drowned and was then partially eaten by piranhas post-mortem. While they are indeed carnivorous, piranhas are not even remotely as aggressive as the pop culture image spawned from low budget monster movies.

I'm not going to blame a defense attorney for trying *everything*, but that comparison is deeply distasteful in the changed context.

Also, the algae blooms aren't actually visible from orbit; they're only "visible" to Simularity's AI software analytics. The accuracy of that method -- and how much of that model is actually image analysis as opposed to model projection -- is fairly dubious.

The image you linked, and the recent controversy, are over a report from the analytics firm Simularity which claims that their AI-based satellite image processing shows massive environmental damage in the South China Sea due to waste dumps from Chinese fishing ships. Note that what you're seeing...

I would point out -- having recently learned this via boater safety course -- that all ships dump sewage in the ocean. Under the terms of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, signatory nations only agree to prohibit the dumping of unprocessed marine sewage...

I wouldn't be surprised to see such a replica built, but I'll bet it gets built in Vegas as a grand expansion of Ceasar's Palace rather than anywhere in Rome.

Given the hypogeum elevators, the Colosseum would make a fascinating theater venue; indeed, the Romans *did* use it for that as well as the better-known gladiatorial games.

That said, who wouldn't like to see a fully restored and operational Colosseum?

I would point out that this is not necessarily absurd; proposals to restore the Colosseum to a working venue of some form go back hundreds of years, with the Catholic Church itself planning several plans to do so in the 16th and 17th centuries. The article cited is simplifying things -- as...

And this is being mentioned on the prosecutor's court filings for why this guy should be denied bail. Can you imagine the look on the defense attorney's face when he finds out what his client did? "The defendant should be denied bail because he tried to pull a Bond Villain Escape just this...

PETA are raging ideological lunatics, always have been, and probably always will be.