Tootfinder

I would love to have seen a 15kg echidna
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-14/ice-age-giant-echidna-fossil-found-in-east-gippsland/106561526?utm_source=…

Giant echidna fossil rewrites understanding of Victoria's prehistoric past
A fossil hidden in a museum collection for 119 years has revealed giant echidnas once roamed Victoria's east, filling a major gap in Australia's prehistoric record.

The small town of Festus, Missouri
— a community made up of just under 14,000 people
— has become a focal point over the growing backlash against
AI data centers entering communities across the country.
Following the approval of a $6 billion data center project,
voters removed four of the eight members of the Festus city council,
as well as started a petition to remove the remaining city council members and the mayor, reports Politico.

Small Missouri town ousts half its city council after $6 billion AI data center approval — petition calls for mayor's removal as frustration (and violence) over AI data centers mounts
A lawsuit is also seeking to undo the project's approval.

Mass pilot whale stranding in Indonesia raises questions about ocean health https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/03/mass-pilot-whale-stranding-in-indonesia-raises-questions-about-ocean-health/

Mass pilot whale stranding in Indonesia raises questions about ocean health
Villagers in central Indonesia rescued 34 short-finned pilot whales following a mass stranding on March 9, but despite their overnight efforts were unable to save 21 others. Mongabay Indonesia’s Ebed De Rosary reports that residents first discovered the pod in the shallow waters off Deranitan village, in East Nusa Tenggara province, at approximately 3:30 p.m. […]

Paramount will absorb BET at the beginning of June, following Paramount's acquisition of Tyler Perry Studios' equity stake in BET (Nellie Andreeva/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/03/bet-plus-folded-paramount-plus-tyler-perry-1236752222/

BET+ To Be Folded Into Paramount+ As Tyler Perry’s Stake Is Acquired By Paramount
BET+ will be folded into Paramount+ after Paramount has acquired Tyler Perry's equity stake in the BET streamer. EXCLUSIVE

Doin' US taxes again. Super blah without a donut!!
Last year my personal filing was about 200 pages long. (We also do a separate corporate filing.)
And once again my taxes will far, far, far exceed the actual disposable income I have received.
Yes, this is an upper-middle-class, first world problem.. But I do hate paying what amounts to big wads of $$ to pay for El Cheato's destruction of the US.

Die #Stadtwerke #Flensburg treiben den Bau einer #Großwärmepumpe voran.
Ab 2027 soll sie Wärme aus dem

Stadtwerke Flensburg: Bau der Großwärmepumpe kommt voran
Ab 2027 soll die Großpumpe Wärme aus Fördewasser gewinnen und rund 23 Prozent des Wärmebedarfs der Stadt decken.

Sigh. The world is falling apart in Ukraine and the Middle East, and all journalists can talk about is Starmer's mistake in appointing Mandelson.

Mon pere a fait une demande d'aide a mourir. C'est aujourd'hui qie va se passe.
L'infirmière est ici pour installer un catheter.
C'est un feeling étrange...

If Alito steps down (My feeling is that he deserves to be thrown out) then the Senate D's should refuse to confirm any Cheato nominated successor.
Better to let the SCOTUS seat stay empty rather than have yet another trump sycophant.
https://slate.com/news-and…

It Sure Looks Like This Supreme Court Justice Is Getting Ready to Retire
A flurry of recent hints has prompted new speculation that the court’s most reliably partisan conservative is eyeing the exit.

Iraq oil ports halt operations after tanker attacks – report
Iraqi officials are saying oil ports have “completely stopped operations” while commercials ports continue to operate after an attack on a fuel tankers, according to Iraqi state media.
Iraqi port security officials have said two foreign tankers carrying Iraqi fuel oil were in flames after being attacked by Iranian boats laden with explosives, killing a foreign crew member.
Iraq’s General Company for Ports chief Fa…