Yesterday I came across this article about an invasive species of hornet known as Asian giant hornets, also called murder hornets. After reading the article I realize they're called murder hornets because of the way kill honey bees; however, as someone who is quite allegic to bee stings and other insect venoms (including hornets) the thing that ( Read more... )

Last NightSeveral shots rang out in a neighborhood startling the residents. Seconds later, a man rushed around a corner carrying the shooting victim. Setting the victim down, the man started CPR. More than one resident placed a call to 911. The police were the first to arrive at the scene, followed by an ambulance. Unfortunately, despite the man's ( Read more... )

From here:

LJ's IP is listed in the Spamhaus Blocking List because LJ is allowing Russian pharma spammers to abuse their service. Spamhaus is one of the most respected anti spam organizations in the world, and being listed there means they've ignored spammers on their network for quite a while and virtually no large ISP/email host wants their mail ( Read more... )

Ever since early this morning my internet has been going in and out. And when it is working, it's going at the speed of an old 14k dial up! I don't know if it's my ISP, or my router, or what. I did rule out my laptop by trying a different computer and getting identical results.

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Well, I was complaining to some friends last night that it was hot. I admitted that I don't handle it as well some days. So, I attributed my increasingly unfortable feeling to just me having a rough day ( Read more... )