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Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news

Posted by mycketforvirrad
Tags: ask.discussion, recurring.weekly, offbeat fridays, offbeat

Tildes is a very serious site, where we discuss very serious matters like faa, menslib and linux. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was taking notes.

But one of my favourite tags happens to be offbeat! Taking its original inspiration from Sir Nils Olav III, this thread is looking for any far-fetched offbeat stories lurking in the newspapers. It may not deserve its own post, but it deserves a wider audience!

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  1. mycketforvirrad
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    Mouse secretly filmed tidying man’s shed every night The Guardian – Charlie Moloney – 7th January 2024

    Mouse secretly filmed tidying man’s shed every night

    Photographer who noticed his items were mysteriously moving around discovered an industrious rodent was organising his workbench.

    Holbrook, from Builth Wells in Powys, Wales, set up a night vision camera on his workbench to find out what was happening, and captured footage reminiscent of the 2007 animated movie Ratatouille, where a rodent secretly cooks at a restaurant.

    The Guardian – Charlie Moloney – 7th January 2024

    8 votes
  2. cfabbro
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    Feds charge eBay over employees who sent live spiders and cockroaches to couple; company to pay $3M Related article from NYT a few years ago: Inside eBay’s Cockroach Cult: The Ghastly Story of a...

    Feds charge eBay over employees who sent live spiders and cockroaches to couple; company to pay $3M

    Online retailer eBay Inc. will pay a $3 million fine to resolve criminal charges over a harassment campaign waged by employees who sent live spiders, cockroaches and other disturbing items to the home of a Massachusetts couple, according to court papers filed Thursday.

    Related article from NYT a few years ago:
    Inside eBay’s Cockroach Cult: The Ghastly Story of a Stalking Scandal - Mirror

    6 votes
  3. arch_mage
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    Illegal tunnel under New York City synagogue destabilized nearby buildings

    Illegal tunnel under New York City synagogue destabilized nearby buildings

    Inspectors with New York City’s building safety agency uncovered a tunnel that was 60 feet (18.3 meters) long and 8 feet (2.4 meters) wide beneath the Chabad-Lubavitch global headquarters in Crown Heights. It connected four buildings owned by the Hasidic group through openings cut into basement walls.

    2 votes