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I am not an engineer, but somehow don't see how that thing could work.
Tides, wind, thing has loads of surface and he is running. But he once made it 25 miles, so almost made it over the Atlantic.

he seems to have failed in every one of his endeavours with it.

Only because 'the man' keeps stopping him*.

*for his own safety, possibly.

Loads of Friendly Floatees have made it across oceans. Reza just needs to work with the currents.

Oh that's cute, didn't know.

So they started in the northern Pacific and it took them 8 months to get to Alaska.
If he has a good meal before he starts I guess go with the flow and all will be good.

Reminds me a bit of that story back in the day of someone attaching a fuck tonne of helium balloons to a chair and flying.

Ah, yes, Lawn Chair Larry.

That's it!

So sad he killed himself.

Yeah, that was a sad ending. The darwin awards account and the wikipedia account differ significantly of the time he was in the air. Wikipedia - 45minutes, DA - 14hours.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-66742339

A yoga class was mistaken for a "ritual mass murder" scene after members of the public saw several people lying on the floor and reported it to police.

This could only happen in rural Lincolnshire:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-66742339

Narrow-minded idiots.

Twice in two days as well!

Ha ha! Fine snark there!

Don’t worry, only in America

I need some sort of AI to give me a daily rundown.

We had a Falschfahrer on the A8 between Karlsruhe and Stuttgart, the other week. I am not sure he reported himself though; it was probably his neighbour.

Falschfaher

"Falschfahrer"

Also known as "Geisterfahrer", 'ghost driver'.

Elon Musk's recent decisions may suggest a descent into mental illness https://twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1700076218530365612 He's now blaming the drop in Twitter's ad revenue on the Anti-Defamation League https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/05/elon-musk-sue-adl-x-twitter

'Musk said advertising sales for the business were down 60% and “based on what we’ve heard from advertisers, ADL seems to be responsible for most of our revenue loss”.'

First, I presumed he acted upon some coherent vision.

And on what basis would you do that m8?

Recent decisions spanning the past 8 years. Guy’s cursed with money, power and popularity, he was already up against the odds for preserving a state of good mental health. Add some psychotropic use and a penchant for blurring the line between scientific thought and fantasy, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he eventually outright snaps.

might be late but I couldn't find discussion on this topic

an investigation by The Telegraph has revealed

Finger right on the pulse there.

Obviously it's not great for non-psychiatrists to diagnose mental illness in people they don't know. So I wouldn't attempt it, except in those rare cases when someone has so much influence that their mental health is a matter of public concern, e.g. Trump.

Things are complicated even more by the strength of the outrage industry, in which fortunes can be made by promoting lies. How are we to know whether Musk believes his more irrational theories? Perhaps we'll get some clues if he takes his ADL beef all the way to a court hearing.

Oh I like that one as well. And excuse my wrong spelling; don't report me to the Ordnungsamt.

turkish man get 11,196 years in prison

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66752785

He'll be out in 5,598 for good behaviour.