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maximus otter said:

San Francisco Police Are Fighting Crime By Dressing up in Inflatable Chicken Costumes to Catch Drivers Speeding Through Crosswalks​


SFGate reported Monday on San Francisco police Lt. Jonathan Ozol wearing the costume while walking down a crosswalk on Alemany Boulevard near the intersection of Rousseau Street. The idea, Capt. Amy Hurwitz explained, is for drivers to take notice and yield to pedestrians.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1837552485193646497

https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog...-to-catch-drivers-speeding-through-crosswalks

maximus otter
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:rofl:

There are days that you just have to ask - Did you ever think you would ever be paid to do this?
 
World’s oldest cheese found in necklaces on mummies in China

At an ancient burial site in Xinjiang in northwestern China, at least three bodies entombed thousands of years ago were buried with something apparently very dear to them: Cheese.

These small lumps of fermented dairy, laid around the necks of the deceased, represent the longest-aged cheese ever discovered–at about 3,500 years old. Not only is the ancient cheese incredibly well-preserved, but a new assessment of the chunks reveals long-hidden information about human culture and a potential path for how dairying practices may have spread across Asia.

https://www.popsci.com/science/worlds-old-cheese-china-mummies/

maximus otter
 
brownmane said:
I also wonder if people know it is illegal to film others without their consent.
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Actually, in the US it's generally legal to film anything going on in public places. There may be issues with publishing (as in, for example, posting online) images of individuals but it's not as cut and dried as saying you must always have permission to do it.

As for someone's brain being exposed while he is still functioning, I doubt it. In fact I find it difficult to believe that even significant exposure of the dura mater would be sustainable outside a very controlled environment.
 
ChasFink said:
Actually, in the US it's generally legal to film anything going on in public places. There may be issues with publishing (as in, for example, posting online) images of individuals but it's not as cut and dried as saying you must always have permission to do it.
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Actually, that is what I meant - to post someone's picture online without their permission. Especially one who is very recognizable. It is one thing to post "I was out for a walk and these are the places I went" than "Look at this person with something drastically medically wrong/weird".
 
brownmane said:
Actually, that is what I meant - to post someone's picture online without their permission. Especially one who is very recognizable. It is one thing to post "I was out for a walk and these are the places I went" than "Look at this person with something drastically medically wrong/weird".
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Yes, but it's still a muddy area, in both civil and criminal law. You probably wouldn't have much of a case against simple non-commercial posting of images of people on the street. In this case, the man in question might have a leg to stand on if he claims libel, defamation, or the like. I still doubt it would rise to the level of a criminal offense.
 
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