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  1. https://www.newsweek.com/new-coronavirus-bat-chinese-lab-2034232 A new bat coronavirus that has the capacity to spread to humans, similar to the one that caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has been discovered. HKU5-CoV-2 was found by a Chinese research team led by virologist Shi Zhengli, known as "Batwoman" for her work on coronaviruses, especially at the Wuhan Institute, which has been at the center of the theory suggesting COVID-19 came from a lab leak—something Shi has denied. Why It Matters Hundreds of coronaviruses exist but only a few can infect humans, including SARS, SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) and MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome). This new one (HKU5-CoV-2) uses the ACE2 receptor to infect organisms—SARS-CoV-2 also uses the ACE2 receptor for infection. What is HKU5-CoV-2? HKU5-CoV-2 is a coronavirus belonging to the merbecovirusgroup, which also includes the virus that causes MERS. It has a higher potential to infect humans than other coronaviruses because of the way it binds to human ACE2, making it similar to SARS-CoV-2 and NL63 (a common cold virus). Researchers came to this conclusion after using a technique called Cryo-EM, which uses a powerful microscope. HKU5-CoV-2 was able to infect human cell cultures in the mini-human organ models the scientists used.
  2. Like me, I'm sure you asked... This is pretty common in Kashmir—people see copper utensils as both an investment and a status symbol. We’ve got massive samovars and other seriously heavy stuff, and it’s not cheap—this stuff can cost thousands of rupees. If you serve someone on a steel plate here, they might take it as an insult. The process of tinning copper utensils is called Kalai in Kashmiri. Honestly, this guy is being pretty careful compared to some. There are workers who straight-up wash copper with concentrated sodium hydroxide and breathe in the fumes like it’s no big deal. But why tin it? To protect them from corrosion. Copper develops a toxic layer of salts if exposed to atmosphere or acidic substances. Tin is s lot less reactive and hence safe.
  3. A LB returning punts is not something you see everyday. Dude is fast.
  4. Thread should be called, wait for it......Golf
  5. From various YT videos, Mac seems like a genuinely cool guy. Some of his shot shaping is damn amazing. He actually played in a Asian Tour event last October. Not surprisingly, I think he finished last. I think he shot in the 80s on first 2 days.
  6. Holy shit. Dumb people have kids.
  7. Dumb people vote. Dumb people now have billboards aka social media where they can shout dumb shit to each other. Our enemies learned that if you market to dumb people's primal nature and fears (racist, sexist, homophobic, reading), you can basically ruin the country. Yay for democracy run by dumb people.
  8. How money did Trump's companies and his family make from the Covid funding? Not a fucking word was mentioned about government spending then. Not a mention about it now. Fuck these hypocritical fuckheads.
  9. Why the fuck are they embarrassed about the A and M?
  10. Magats are masturbating to this.
  11. This is the most first world problem that I've read in a long time.
  12. magats are gonna masturbate hard to this. First, Gulf of fucking America and now "Red, White, and Blueland". This is the bullshit leadership that's coming from this administration, lowest common denominator shit. This is what happens when stupid people vote for stupid people who give them stupid shit to America, Fuck Yeah! about. Sell fake patriotism, get Mema and Pepa's loins wet. https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1161 H.R.1161 - To authorize the President to enter into negotiations to acquire Greenland and to rename Greenland as "Red, White, and Blueland".
  13. Golf is serious business. Who the fuck takes a gun to a golf course? Florida!!! America!!! https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2025/02/07/elderly-kings-point-golfer-robert-levine-shooter-claims-self-defense-tells-jury-he-was-the-victim/78288764007/ WEST PALM BEACH — A 77-year-old man who shot a dog walker in the ankle and beat him with a golf club at their shared senior community near Delray Beach overcame the worst of three criminal charges against him Thursday. Jurors acquitted Robert Levine of aggravated battery with a firearm and discharging a firearm in public, sparing him from a minimum mandatory sentence of 20 years in prison. Convicted only of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon — a bloodied golf club — he scores closer to two years in prison but could avoid it altogether. Circuit Judge Daliah Weiss will decide Levine's sentence on March 27. His side: Levine said he warned Merritt several times that he was not allowed to walk a dog on the course. When Merritt purportedly ignored him, Levine said he called him a "schmuck" — a Yiddish term that Levine said he believes betrayed the fact that he is an Orthodox Jew. Contrary to Merritt's testimony, Levine said Merritt called him a "Jew bastard" in response, an accusation Merritt denied Friday. Levine said the slur made him believe he was about to be the victim of a violent antisemitic attack. "To do nothing would have resulted in serious injury or death to Levine," said defense attorney Robert Gershman. Instead, Levine drove to Merritt on his golf cart. Gershman said that as soon as Levine stopped the cart, Merritt reached into Levine's golf bag, grabbed a club and began to swing it at Levine's head. Gershman said Levine tried to deflect the blow with his own golf club, then grabbed his semiautomatic handgun and fired warning shots into the ground. "Merritt went down," the attorney continued. "It appears that a ricochet fragment had hit his ankle. Levine breathed a sigh of relief and called 911." The victim's side: Merritt, now 67, disagreed. He said he was walking his 14-year-old Jack Russell terrier, Annie, in the grass next to the course when he noticed Levine using a golf club too powerful for the shot he had to make. Merritt said he remarked on Levine's choice, prompting Levine to approach him on his golf cart and begin arguing about Annie's proximity to the course. Merritt said Levine then pulled a handgun and aimed it at him. Merritt began to run. One witness, roused from bed by the sound of gunfire, said she saw Levine chase Merritt around a tree while shooting, striking him once in the left ankle. She and a man who watched from a nearby balcony said that after shooting Merritt, Levine retrieved a club from his golf cart and began striking Merritt while he sat bleeding, Annie's leash still in his hand. Deputies said they found four shell casings on the ground and two bloody golf clubs. They charged Levine with attempted murder, a first-degree felony for which he could have been sentenced to life in prison had prosecutors tried to convict him of it. Gershman said Levine is grateful for the jury's verdict and hopeful he'll receive a fair sentence. He theorized that Levine's belief that he was the target of antisemitic violence, combined with the many physical maladies that Levine said prevented him from acting how Merritt and the witnesses described, helped convince the jury that he acted in self-defense.
  14. That's THE hole and THE tourney to get a HIO. No where else will you have a live 20K people experience it and lose the minds.
  15. How it started. Correction to the title. He said ,"Trump is gonna deport your ass." How it ended. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14313119/racist-tourist-miami-beach-bar-michael-nixon.html 'Hola. English, motherf**ker,' he allegedly told the bartender. 'I live in America. You speak English.' Nixon then allegedly repeated 'English, b**ch' four times before adding: 'F**king Trump is going to deport your a**.' He then allegedly reached for the bartender and punched a different employee in the face, according to Local 10. He was arrested and booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a felony charge of battery with prejudice and misdemeanor counts of criminal mischief, defrauding an innkeeper and disorderly conduct, according to Local 10.
  16. Sack-of-Shit probably already texted the kid to see if he wants to get adopted.
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