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

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

Tildes is a very serious site, where we discuss very serious matters like bubbles.ai, transgender and world economic forum. Tags culled from the highest voted topics from the last seven days, if anyone was befuddled.

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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  2. mycketforvirrad
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    Kazakh court jails 3 Belgian football fans who dressed up as Borat Politico – Ferdinand Knapp – 22nd January 2026

    Kazakh court jails 3 Belgian football fans who dressed up as Borat

    A Kazakh court sentenced three Belgian football fans to short jail terms after they dressed in mankini swimsuits made famous by the Borat film.

    Police detained the Belgian citizens during the Champions League match between Kairat Almaty and Club Brugge on Tuesday evening, according to the news agency Belga. Police said the men were drunk, removed their clothes and caused a disturbance. On Thursday, an Astana court sentenced the men to five days of administrative detention for disrupting public order.

    Politico – Ferdinand Knapp – 22nd January 2026

    2 votes
  3. DefinitelyNotAFae
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    Mystery Prototaxites tower fossils may represent a newly discovered kind of life | Scientific American First please click and see what a Prototaxite looks like. Then come back and read my highly...

    Mystery Prototaxites tower fossils may represent a newly discovered kind of life | Scientific American

    First please click and see what a Prototaxite looks like. Then come back and read my highly selective quoting.

    It feels like it doesn’t fit comfortably anywhere,” says Matthew Nelsen

    Idk about that Matthew. I feel like people are willing to try.

    trying to shove it in the fungi is not productive.

    Who said anything about shoving it in?!

    People have tried to shoehorn it into these different groups,

    Gently!

    “it’s something weird doing its own thing.”

    Aren't we all?

    How that actually works energetically,” Cooper says, “is still a complete mystery.”

    Carbo loading, Cooper, and a lot of patience.

    2 votes