Random stuff worth reading on the internet thread

[falafel]

That one almost killed my wife, or so it seemed. She was laughing so hard i was worried about her breathing. She's fine. And still laughing. I also liked "Hey Bjorn, check this out!", and "By Odin's beard."

Hey Bjorn!

[Northwestcoug]

Leif Erikson is one of my ancestors. Could be one of his I suppose.

Ooh let's crowd source for a DNA test!

[Jeff Lebowski]

That one almost killed my wife, or so it seemed. She was laughing so hard i was worried about her breathing. She's fine. And still laughing. I also liked "Hey Bjorn, check this out!", and "By Odin's beard."

Leif Erikson is one of my ancestors. Could be one of his I suppose.

[PaloAltoCougar]

Loaf Erikson

That one almost killed my wife, or so it seemed. She was laughing so hard i was worried about her breathing. She's fine. And still laughing. I also liked "Hey Bjorn, check this out!", and "By Odin's beard."

[Jeff Lebowski]

Loaf Erikson

[BigPiney]

I can still see the original and the new link works as well. That is the kind of thing that killed Elvis.

[chrisrenrut]

I'm sorry to give the foregoing post more attention that it deserves, but can anyone see the Instagram post I linked as part of that post? I could see it last night, but now i can't, and yet when I go to edit it to include the post, it shows the IG post as already there. This is elder abuse! Anyway, here's the link, again, for those who missed this important discovery. The fact i read the report last night when I was very tired may explain why I was laughing so hard.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DYIGKYvk...04bm94MA%3D%3D

The length is meh, but the girth is, uh, . . Impressive? That adjective might be a stretch. . .

[PaloAltoCougar]

I'm sorry to give the foregoing post more attention that it deserves, but can anyone see the Instagram post I linked as part of that post? I could see it last night, but now i can't, and yet when I go to edit it to include the post, it shows the IG post as already there. This is elder abuse! Anyway, here's the link, again, for those who missed this important discovery. The fact i read the report last night when I was very tired may explain why I was laughing so hard.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DYIGKYvk...04bm94MA%3D%3D

[PaloAltoCougar]

One can certainly question whether this is worth reading, and this will only confirm my appreciation of scatological humor, but I found this fascinating, and the comments are excellent.

[eldiente]

This is an excellent read on Ben Sasse and the perspective cancer has brought him.

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Ben Sasse’s podcast “Not Dead Yet” is thought provoking

[YOhio]

This is an excellent read on Ben Sasse and the perspective cancer has brought him.

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[Northwestcoug]

How many improperly removed organs does it take to have a medical license revoked?

It might depend on the state. For Florida, it's more than one!

[Pelado]

How much scrutiny does Florida pay to ensure rigorous medical standards exist so its residents do not get incorrect abdominal organs removed? Not enough, apparently:



https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/u...imes&smtyp=cur

How many improperly removed organs does it take to have a medical license revoked?

[Northwestcoug]

How much scrutiny does Florida pay to ensure rigorous medical standards exist so its residents do not get incorrect abdominal organs removed? Not enough, apparently:

When an Alabama man visited a hospital near Miami in August 2024, he reported a pain in his left side, near the spleen. Three days later, he died on the operating table, missing a different organ, his liver, on his right side...

..I.n follow-up interviews with the Health Department, Dr. Shaknovsky claimed that he dissected the spleen from its surrounding tissue when an apparent aneurysm in the spleen ruptured suddenly, and caused severe bleeding — an account that conflicts with those of other witnesses in the operating room. An autopsy revealed that his liver was missing, but his spleen was intact and there was no evidence of a ruptured aneurysm...

...Dr. Shaknovsky tried to persuade his colleagues in the operating room that the liver he removed from Mr. Bryan was his spleen, the Health Department said in its report.

The Health Department had sanctioned Dr. Shaknovsky before, finding that he erroneously removed part of another patient’s pancreas instead of an adrenal gland in 2023. Dr. Shaknovsky said at the time that the adrenal gland “migrated” to another part of the patient’s body, the documents say. State records show that Dr. Shaknovsky paid $400,000 to settle a medical malpractice claim in that case.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/u...imes&smtyp=cur

[dabrockster]

I have so many questions... And this guy is overcomes all obstacles to dump a body..


US quadruple amputee cornhole champion arrested on suspicion of murder

Dayton Webber, 27, accused over shooting death of Bradrick Wells in Maryland, reportedly after argument inside car

According to a statement from investigators with the sheriff’s office of Charles county in suburban Baltimore, Webber was driving his car with Wells as his front-seat passenger at about 10.25pm on Sunday when the pair began arguing in front of others who were in the vehicle.

Webber, 27, then allegedly shot Wells to death, pulled over in the community of La Plata, and asked the other passengers to help him remove the dead man from the car, the sheriff’s office said. The others refused, got out of the car and fled the scene while Webber drove away with the body of Wells, also 27, the agency added.

Two people who purportedly saw the killing waved down police officers on patrol in that area and reported what had happened, setting off a search for Webber.

A couple of hours later, a resident of nearby Charlotte Hall, Maryland, called investigators to report a body in a yard.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...layer-arrested