The Sword of Heaven is a katana blade made from a four billion-year-old meteorite



Samurai katanas are already cool enough because of what those ancient fighters were able to do with them.

However, there's a blade out there that is literally out of this world.

The 'Sword of Heaven’ katana blade is made from an ancient metal meteorite that's billions of years old.

This weapon would make the Kill Bill Hanzo Sword look like child’s play.

The Tentetsutou, or ‘Sword of Heaven’, is a powerful katana created by Japanese master swordsmith Yoshindo Yoshiwara.

CNET reports that Yoshiwara made the weapon from a vast Gibeon iron meteorite that fell in prehistoric times in Namibia.

Gibeon meteorites come from broken asteroid fragments or an exploded star created around four billion years ago.

For those of you wanting to see the katana blade in person, you’ll have to pay Japan a visit, as the blade is currently on display at the Chiba Institute of Technology.

"It is thought that the first human encounters with iron were with iron meteorites, and the Sword of Heaven truly symbolises the relationship between human technology and space," the Chiba Institute notes, as per CNET.

However, the Sword of Heaven is part of the long list of impressive blades forged from meteorites.

According to Ripleys, Mughal Emperor Jahangir had the hefty rock carved into a pair of swords and a dagger.

Gifted to him by a tax collector - I mean, only fitting - the man said that when they dug up the meteorite, the ground instantly grew hot, and the stone was molten.

His men had to wait for the surface to cool before removing it.



Historian James Sowerby also presented a meteorite sword to Czar Alexander I of Russia. However, it didn't take long for the Emperor to lose it for years before finding it again.

Yikes, you wouldn’t want that to fall into the wrong hands.

Also, as part of the Field Museum’s exhibit, First Kings of Europe in Chicago, make sure you keep your eyes peeled for a Bronze Age sword that’s said to be around 3,000 years old.

The sword was first discovered in the 1930s in the Danube River in Budapest, Hungary, and it’s believed to have ended up there as part of a ritual for the dead.

According to CNET, the museum initially believed the sword to be a replica; however, when Field Museum scientists ran the sword under an X-ray fluorescence detector, it turned out to be the real deal.

Bill Parkinson, a curator of anthropology at the museum who helped create the upcoming First Kings of Europe exhibition, said in a statement: “Usually this story goes the other way round.

“What we think is an original turns out to be a fake.”

https://www.unilad.com/technology/the-s ... 3-20230129

[johngriffen]

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Hero army dog who saved countless lives by sniffing out five IED bombs during raid against the Taliban is awarded animal version of the Victoria Cross

A heroic army dog who saved countless lives by sniffing out five IED bombs during a raid against the Taliban has been awarded the animal version of the Victoria Cross.

Bass, a Belgian Shepherd who served in the US Marine Corps, has become the 75th animal to win the PDSA's Dickin Medal. (Bass says; "This Award comes with Steak and Gravy, right?"?)

The award was launched by the UK charity in 1943 after its founder, Maria Dickin, realised the amount of lives animals - mostly dogs and carrier pigeons - saved in war.

Bass spent six years in the US Marine Special Operation Command and conducted more than 350 explosive sweeps in 46 missions in Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia.


Heroic army dog Bass who saved countless lives pictured with his Victoria Cross

Now aged 10 - about 53 in human years - Bass has retired and lives with his former handler, Staff Sergeant Alex Schnell, in San Antonio, Texas.

Bass was nominated for the award by former US Marine Corps dog handler Chris Willingham.

Jan McLoughlin, the director general of the PDSA, praised Bass for his devotion to duty.

She said: 'Bass displayed conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in aiding the success of his team's mission that evening in 2019; his actions undoubtedly prevented additional loss of life.

'Bass' life-saving actions on that night, make him a truly deserving recipient of the PDSA Dickin Medal.


Bass, a Belgian Shepherd who served in the US Marine Corps, has become the 75th animal to win the PDSA's Dickin Medal

'Whether they are working dogs like Bass, or pets in our homes, animals have a truly unique role in our lives.

'Every day in our Pet Hospitals, PDSA's vets and vet nurses see and protect the incredible bond between pets and their owners, which is why PDSA continues our founder Maria Dickin's mission - to ensure no pet suffers because of their owners financial circumstances and to honour the incredible role they play in our society.

'Bass is a wonderful example of how vital animals are. His exceptional abilities and determination were apparent to all who served with him, and he was a clearly respected member of the team. I am proud to present him with the PDSA Dickin Medal.'

Mr Schnell, said: 'It is truly one of my greatest honours to see Bass awarded the PDSA Dickin Medal.

'Bass is an incredible dog and I hope his story helps to demonstrate just how important animals are to our armed forces, and the key, sometimes life-saving, roles that they play.

'We are all incredibly proud that PDSA has recognised Bass in this way.'

Mr Willingham, who nominated Bass, said: 'Bass and Alex made an incredible team and were amongst the top five per cent of Marines I had the honour of serving with.

'Bass' service and skill demonstrates the finest traditions of K-9 and I am thrilled to see his achievements recognised with the PDSA Dickin Medal.'

During a night-time raid to capture a Taliban bomb-maker in Helmand Province in May 2019, enemy soldiers opened fire and detonated an IED.


Now aged 10 - about 53 in human years - Bass has retired and lives with his former handler, Staff Sergeant Alex Schnell, in San Antonio, Texas

In order to avoid a frontal assault against the barricaded enemy position, the team began clearance of a nearby building to allow them to gain a safer vantage point

Bass took the lead in the clearance and immediately identified an IED located adjacent to the doorway of the building.

After finding another entry to the building, Bass continued to sweep the structure and identified four additional IEDs.

The PDSA Dickin Medal is a large, bronze medallion bearing the words 'For Gallantry' and 'We Also Serve' all within a laurel wreath.

The Medal has been awarded 75 times to 38 dogs, 32 pigeons, four horses and one cat.

(Dogs are wonderful, they're therapeutic, brave, smart and probably the best friend us humans could ever ask for. Congratulations gorgeous Bass)

Two missing tamarin monkeys found in closet of abandoned home




A pair of emperor tamarin monkeys, missing from the Dallas Zoo, have been found inside of a closet in an abandoned home. Police say they are searching for a man they believe may have stolen the animals.

The tamarins were discovered Tuesday evening after investigators received a tip that the monkeys could be inside of a vacant house about 15 miles away in Lancaster, Texas, according to the Dallas Police Department.

"Dallas Police, with the help of the Lancaster Police Department, located the two missing tamarin monkeys from the Dallas Zoo at an abandoned home in Lancaster," the Dallas Police Department tweeted showing a photo of one of the monkeys inside of the closet. "The monkeys have been returned to the zoo."

"On Monday Morning (January 30), Dallas Zoo alerted the Dallas Police Department after the animal care team discovered two of our emperor tamarin moneys were missing. It was clear the habitat has been intentionally compromised," read a post on the Dallas Zoo's Facebook page.

"Emperor tamarin monkeys would likely stay close to home," the post continued. "Based on the Dallas Police Department's initial assessment, they have reason to believe the tamarins were taken."

On Tuesday, the Dallas Police Department posted a surveillance photo of a man they believe may have stolen the monkeys.

"Dallas Police are looking for the public's help in identifying the pictured individual. Detectives are looking to speak with the man in regard to the two tamarin monkeys missing from the Dallas Zoo," the department tweeted.

The monkeys' disappearance Monday follows a string of suspicious incidents, including the temporary disappearance of a clouded leopard and the death of a lappet-faced vulture.

Earlier this month a clouded leopard named Nova went missing from her habitat before being discovered unharmed several hours later. Police later said that fencing around Nova's enclosure had been "intentionally cut."

The zoo increased security but lost an animal less than two weeks later when a lappet-faced vulture named Pin died unexpectedly. "Circumstances of the death are unusual, and the death does not appear to be from natural causes. Given the recent incidents at the Zoo, we alerted the Dallas Police Department," the Zoo said in a statement on Facebook.

In a post Tuesday evening, the Dallas Zoo shared the news that the monkeys had been recovered safely.

"We are thrilled beyond belief to share that our two emperor tamarin monkeys have been found. DPD located the animals early this evening, and called our team to come secure and transport the tarmarins back to the zoo," the Dallas Zoo tweeted. "They will be evaluated by our veterinarians this evening."

[Fatima99]

Adorable Moment When Baby Gorilla Stands Up for the First Time



A three-month-old western lowland gorilla named Bruno recently had his first steps caught on film.

He wobbles a bit and leans on his mother Gracie for support before finally dropping back to the ground.

Bruno (and what a perfect name for a gorilla) was born at Fort Worth Zoo in Texas in the early hours of November 6th to Gracie and his father Elmo.

He was estimated to weigh between four and five pounds at the time of his birth, which is normal for the species, the zoo said.

He’s the second gorilla to be born at the zoo, after his older brother Gus was born in 2015.

“Are you seeing what we’re seeing? Baby Bruno is standing (with help from Mom),” a zoo spokesperson said.

“You’ll notice him squirming around a lot more these days, reaching out or crawling on his mom when she’s trying to nap.”

Gracie is keeping her baby close while he gets acclimated to the zoo’s World of Primates habitat and meets other troop members.

Zookeepers say the pair are continuing to bond but are fully integrated into the troop.

Bruno can be seen by visitors in both indoor and outdoor areas of the habitat, depending on the weather and his activity level, the zoo said.

Robot turns itself to liquid to escape cage and then reforms just like in Terminator 2



It's official, we're living in the darkest timeline in which The Terminator may become reality.

Researchers from America's Carnegie Mellon University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong have just created a new type of material that can mimic the powers of the T-1000.

Yikes.

To those people: no one said you couldn't, we said you shouldn't.

But it turns out the little melty men might have the chance to save some lives with their newfound skills, so it's not all bad.

In a video released by researchers, a tiny little robot akin to a T-1000 Terminator cyborg can be seen escaping a teeny weeny jail cell.

The robot can be seen melting down into a liquid form to move through bars.

Once free, it returns itself to its solid state.

Move buffs will remember the scene from Terminator 2: Judgment Day, in which the solid metal T-1000 shapeshifts to a watery substance in order to glide through a set or bars that was blocking its way while trying to kill Sarah Connor.

Researchers did assure the world that their robot mini was never tasked with the murder of John Connor, so that's nice.

Senior author Professor Carmel Majidi explained the science behind the shape shifting robot, revealing that magnetic particles come into play in two ways to facilitate the liquidation.

"One is that they make the material responsive to an alternating magnetic field, so you can, through induction, heat up the material and cause the phase change." she said, as per Matter.

"But the magnetic particles also give the robots mobility and the ability to move in response to the magnetic field.

She added: "Future work should further explore how these robots could be used within a biomedical context.

"What we're showing are just one-off demonstrations, proofs of concept, but much more study will be required to delve into how this could actually be used for drug delivery or for removing foreign objects."

Doctor Chengfeng Pan explained how the robot could be utilized in modern medicine.



"Giving robots the ability to switch between liquid and solid states endows them with more functionality," he said, as per Matter.

"Now, we're pushing this material system in more practical ways to solve some very specific medical and engineering problems."

Pan, who is team leader on the research project, explained they also used the robots to remove a foreign object from a model stomach and to deliver drugs on-demand into the same stomach.

Impressive, and potentially medically groundbreaking.

Welcome to the future. Population: you.

https://www.unilad.com/news/robot-turns ... 0-20230125

[PennySerenade]

Scientists put a 2,000-year-old mummy through a CAT scan and, boy oh boy, that’s a little too much detail!



Meet Golden Boy: A wealthy Egyptian teenager who’s waited a very long time for his first CAT scan.

Over two millennia, in fact.

The cloth wrapped and embalmed mummy of the adolescent, encased in an elaborate sarcophagus, was fed into the scanner by Egyptian scientists curious to see what was within its burial container.

In doing so, the wooden coffin, first discovered more than a century ago in a cemetery south of Cairo, will remain closed, ensuring the child continues to rest easy.

Analysis of the scans found Golden Boy’s name is well deserved – his family were evidently high up in during Late Ptolemaic Egyptian society.

He was decorated with dozens of amulets – mostly gold – carefully arranged on top or within his body.



A golden heart scarab amulet was placed within his chest cavity and a golden tongue within his mouth.

The detail of the scan even detected a two-finger amulet – exclusively given to the Egyptian dead – next to his uncircumcised penis.

Dr Sahar Saleem from Cario University who led the study says the mummy is an important example of burial rituals practised by the ancient Egyptians.

“This mummy’s body was extensively decorated with 49 amulets, beautifully stylised in a unique arrangement of three columns between the folds of the wrappings and inside the body cavity,” Saleem says.

“These include the Eye of Horus, the scarab, the akhet amulet of the horizon, the placenta, the Knot of Isis, and others. Many were made of gold, while some were made of semiprecious stones, fired clay, or faience.

“Their purpose was to protect the body and give it vitality in the afterlife.”

Golden Boy was, in real life, aged around 14-15, around 128cm and, according to the researchers, the possessor of an impressive dental record: no cavities, tooth loss or disease.

Aside from his evident wealth detected in the CT scan, he was also found wearing a golden head mask and white sandals, which Saleem says were “probably meant to enable the boy to walk out of the coffin”, upon entering the afterlife.

“Bouquets of plants and flowers were placed beside the deceased at the time of burial: this was done with the mummies of the New Kingdom kings Ahmose, Amenhotep I, and Ramesses the Great.”

While Golden Boy’s heart remained in place, most of his other internal organs were removed.

His heart was protected – as described in the Book of the Dead – by a scarab, which is intended to quell the Egyptian’s heart when it was judged. The researchers suggest this finding indicates ancient Egyptians valued their children and sought to protect them as they passed into the afterlife.

Despite spending two millennia in the Nag el–Hassaya cemetery, and the last century sleeping soundly in the museum’s basement, Golden Boy is now set for a noisier future as part of the main display upstairs.

[goldie0608]

Calif. Cops at 'Loss for Words' After 3 Cars Fall into Sinkhole on Marked Closed Road: 'This Can't Be Real'

California Highway Patrol's Tracy Division has advised motorists not to "drive around the barricades" during the closure of Kasson Road



Three cars have crashed into the same sinkhole in California in the last two weeks — despite the road being clearly marked with "Road Closed" signs.

California Highway Patrol's Tracy Division announced the "long term" closure of Kasson Road between Durham Ferry Road and the entrance to the San Joaquin River Club on Jan. 17 after a compromised retention pond caused the roadway to erode, and eventually collapse.

Authorities have advised motorists not to "drive around the barricades" during the closure, but multiple people have not heeded the warning.

"THIS CAN'T BE REAL!" the department wrote in a Facebook on Jan. 26 following another crash at the site.

The first crash occurred on Jan. 17, the same day Kasson Road was first closed.

Photos from the incident, shared by CHP Tracy, show an SUV partially submerged in the floodwaters directly next to the "ROAD CLOSED" sign.

Nine days later, a silver sedan plunged into the sinkhole. CHP Tracy shared photos of the vehicle's precarious position, as well as the various barricades it had to avoid beforehand.

"We're at a loss for words. If only there were signs and/or barriers that could have prevented this…" the department wrote.

The latest incident occurred when a four-door pickup truck descended into the sinkhole after avoiding the signage.

"It happened again. We can't make this stuff up," the department wrote on Saturday.

CHP Tracy said that the crash was "100 percent preventable," and that the driver had been cited.

"There is no excuse," the department wrote. "The signs are clear, visible, and unobstructed."

Many motorists commute to Stockton, Manteca and Modesto via Kasson Road, according to CHP Tracy.

The department said it understands that some drivers "are frustrated about the road closure," but urges them to follow the rules of the road.

CHP Tracy listed three alternate routes around Kasson Road in its Jan. 18 post on their Facebook page.

"If you come across a road closure, turn around, and find a different route," the department wrote Saturday.

New Mexico considers roasted chile as official state aroma



The sweet smell of green chile roasting on an open flame permeates New Mexico every fall, wafting from roadside stands and grocery store parking lots and inducing mouth-watering visions of culinary wonders.

Now one state lawmaker says it’s time for everyone to wake up and smell the chile.

Sen. Bill Soules’ visit with fifth grade students in his southern district sparked a conversation about the savory hot peppers and the potential for New Mexico to become the first state in the nation to proudly have an official state aroma, a proposal now being considered by lawmakers.

“It’s very unique to our state,” the Las Cruces Democrat said of roasting chile. “I have tried to think of any other state that has a smell or aroma that is that distinctive statewide, and I can’t think of any.”

For New Mexico, chile is more than a key ingredient for every meal. It’s life. It’s at the center of the official state question — “Red or green?” — and is one of the state’s official vegetables.

New Mexico produced more than 60% of the U.S. chile pepper crop in 2021 and is home to Hatch, an agricultural village known as the chile capital of the world for the unique red and green peppers it has turned out for generations. The famous crop also is used in powders, sauces and salsas that are shipped worldwide.

Legislation recognizing roasted chile as the official aroma passed its first committee on Tuesday, and supporters say it’s not likely to fire up much debate — other than lawmakers sharing their own stories about how they can’t go a day without eating it, from red chile lattes to smothered breakfast burritos to plates of enchiladas and tamales infused with the peppers.

“Chile is in the hearts and on the plates of all New Mexicans, and the smell of fresh roasting green chile allows us to reminisce on a memory eating or enjoying our beloved signature crop. We like to call that memory a person’s ‘chile story,’ and each of us as New Mexicans have a chile story,” said Travis Day, executive director of the New Mexico Chile Association.

Officially recognizing the aroma could also pay off as another way to market New Mexico to visitors.



A legislative analysis of the bill noted that peak tourist season typically begins in March and tapers down toward the end of October, meaning it overlaps with the time for chile roasting. The analysis also noted that New Mexico has consistently lower visitation rates than neighboring Colorado, which reported 84.2 million visitors in 2021 compared with about 40 million in New Mexico.

“The new state aroma could help draw visitors away from Colorado, which, for some reason, thinks it has green chile comparable to that of New Mexico,” the analysis quipped, in a nod to an ongoing feud between the two states.

Soules, a former teacher and elementary school principal, has been using the aroma legislation as an opportunity to teach the fifth-graders about the legislative process. The students have been researching state symbols in New Mexico and elsewhere as part of preparing to testify on behalf of the bill.

“They’re learning how to lobby, how to write letters to legislators to support this bill, they’re practicing their public speaking,” Soules said. “They’re learning lots about other things as part of their curriculum around this as a topic, so it’s a good education too.”

https://apnews.com/article/new-mexico-s ... a806449118

[Misstee]

6 doctors swallowed Lego heads for science. Here's what came out

Short Wave

January 26, 202312:30 AM ET
Regina Barber, photographed for NPR, 6 June 2022, in Washington DC. Photo by Farrah Skeiky for NPR.




Gabriel Spitzer


Lego figure heads are displayed on the opening day of BRICK 2014 at the Excel Centre on November 27, 2014 in London, England.
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Editor's note: This episode contains frequent and mildly graphic mentions of poop. It may cause giggles in children, and certain adults.

When Dr. Andy Tagg was a toddler, he swallowed a Lego piece. Actually, two, stuck together.

"I thought, well, just put it in your mouth and try and get your teeth between the little pieces," he says. The next thing he knew, it went down the hatch.

As an emergency physician at Western Health, in Melbourne, Australia, Andy says he meets a lot of anxious parents whose children succumbed to this impulse. The vast majority of kids, like Andy, simply pass the object through their stool within a day or so. Still, Andy wondered whether there was a way to spare parents from needless worry.

Sure, you can reassure parents one-by-one that they probably don't need to come to the emergency room—or, worse yet, dig through their kid's poop—in search of the everyday object.

But Andy and five other pediatricians wondered, is there a way to get this message out ... through science?
A rigorous examination

The six doctors devised an experiment, and published the results.

"Each of them swallowed a Lego head," says science journalist Sabrina Imbler, who wrote about the experiment for The Defector. "They wanted to, basically, see how long it took to swallow and excrete a plastic toy."

Recently, Sabrina sat down with Short Wave Scientist in Residence Regina G. Barber to chart the journey of six lego heads, and what came out on the other side.

The study excluded three criteria:

A previous gastrointestinal surgery
The inability to ingest foreign objects
An "aversion to searching through faecal matter"—the Short Wave team favorite

Researchers then measured the time it took for the gulped Lego heads to be passed. The time interval was given a Found and Retrieved Time (FART) score.
An important exception

Andy Tagg and his collaborators also wanted to raise awareness about a few types of objects that are, in fact, hazardous to kids if swallowed. An important one is "button batteries," the small, round, wafer-shaped batteries often found in electronic toys.

"Button batteries can actually burn through an esophagus in a couple of hours," says Imbler. "So they're very, very dangerous—very different from swallowing a coin or a Lego head."

For more on what to do when someone swallows a foreign object, check out the American Academy of Pediatrics information page.

[lush]

“Traumatized” Man Sues Love Interest Who Only Wanted to Be His Friend
February 1st, 2023*

A Singapore man ended up suing the woman he hoped to become romantically involved with after learning that she only viewed him as a friend.

Mr Kawshigan and Ms Tan met in 2016 and gradually became friends. Friction between them first appeared around the year 2020, when it became clear that they viewed their relationship very differently. While Tan regarded Mr Kawshigan only as a friend, he considered her to be his “closest friend” and confessed to wanting to be more than friends. At this point, the woman asked that her friend acknowledge the need for boundaries and expressed her desire to reduce the frequency of interactions between them. In response, Mr Kawshigan sent her a letter threatening to sue her for emotional trauma and “possible defamation”.


Photo: Tom the Photographer/Unsplash

Any reasonable person would have cut off all communication with the “friend” threatening legal action, but Ms Tan apparently wanted to reason with her friend, so she attempted to explain that she was genuinely disturbed by his attitude. Mr Kawshigan doubled down on his threats, saying that she could either give in to his demands to deepen their relationship or suffer irrevocable damage to her personal and professional life.

In the middle of the two parties’ negotiations, Mr Kawshigan’s counselor intervened and asked Ms Tan to take part in his client’s therapy sessions. The woman agreed, thinking that the counseling would help Kawshigan come to terms with her decision not to pursue a romantic relationship with him. She was wrong…

After a year and a half of therapy, Ms Tan decided to stop accompanying Mr Kawshigan, as she considered it a futile effort to make him see reason. He did not take it very well. The man started harassing Ms Tan with messages and phone calls, and she had no choice but to start harassment proceedings against him in April of 2022. By mid-May, she ceased all communication with him, because she couldn’t deal with his constant demands that they spend more time together.


Photo: Gabrielle Henderson/Unsplash

On July 7 of last year, Mr Kawshigan filed a High Court claim against his love interest, claiming that due to negligence and certain remarks on her part, he suffered both emotional trauma that resulted in costs incurred in rehabilitation and therapy programs and a loss in earning capacity and business partnerships.

A month later, Mr Kawshigan filed a magistrate’s court claim, alleging a breach of an agreement to improve their relationship, whatever that means. A Singapore Judge threw out his case, arguing that it amounted to an abuse of the court process. However, the High Court case, in which Kawshigan is asking for $2.3 million in compensation, is fixed for a pre-trial hearing on Feb 9.

OMG that poor woman. She better counter-sue him back! The entitlement, sheesh.

[johngriffen]

I sometimes get REALLY DEPRESSED reviewing the news these days.
It's always about a global pandemic threatening life as we know it,
protests around the world, stupid politicians, natural disasters,
or some other really bad story.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

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Amusing photographs from Germany show the man running after the animal to try and claim the plastic bag back.
But the cheeky boar and its two piglets appear to be too quick for the sunbather, who can't keep up with their speedy little trotters.
As the incident unfolds, groups of friends and family sat on the grass watch on and laugh.
Heads are seen turning in surprise and amusement in the hilarious photographs.
The incident happened at Teufelssee Lake - a bathing spot in the Grunwell Forest in Berlin, Germany.

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[ozswede]

Ornithology charity is locked out of its Twitter account after posting about woodcocks

A bird conservation charity was locked out of Twitter after posting about woodcocks.

The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) lost access to its account after messaging followers about the endangered wading bird.

Attempts to contact Twitter fell on deaf ears until BBC Birdwatch presenter Chris Packham tweeted the US firm to reinstate the 'well-respected' organisation.

The account took flight again after eight days – followed by a tweet from Twitter's owner Elon Musk who wrote: 'Most ironic thing I've read in a while. How much wood could a woodcock…'


The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) are now fearful other words such as tits or shags, which are bird names,
could also see them lose access to their account

But the BTO now fears mentioning other species such as tits or shags could trigger another ban.

Spokesman Tom Stewart revealed staff were now on tenterhooks, explaining: 'We think the algorithm misunderstood the word 'woodcock' and the rest is history.

'There are other words that may cause problems, like all the tits, then there's a bird called a shag, cock appears in various other places and there's a family of birds called boobies.

'We're hoping it's a one-off and now it's been brought to wider attention we hope it won't happen again. But you never know.'

The charity's Twitter account – which has 116,000 followers – was shut down on January 20 after putting out a series of tweets about a nationwide survey of woodcocks during breeding season this spring. The bird is on the red list of species, meaning it is threatened.

'It didn't say the account had been suspended. It looked like the account had been deleted,' said Mr Stewart.


I wonder what the algorithm would say about the Andean cock-of-the-rock

'It came in the middle of BBC Winterwatch and the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch, so the worst possible timing.'

A member of staff followed prompts to try and reinstate the account but is believed to have inadvertently fallen foul of rules about the minimum age of users.

A number of people have access to the BTO account and Twitter's automated services are believed to have gone into meltdown because the individual was under the age of 13 when the account was originally set up in 2009.

Mr Packham, who has long-standing links to the BTO, tweeted a plea to restore the page, explaining it was comprised of 'well-respected scientists and educators working to support critical conservation projects'.

The account reappeared on Saturday, with billionaire Tesla and SpaceX tycoon Musk, 51, sending out his comment yesterday.


Twitter owner Elon Musk, tweeted i 'Most ironic thing I've read in a while. How much wood could a woodcock…'

Twitter has been in turmoil since Musk bought it for £37billion in October and purged the board before sacking thousands of workers.

Critics had been using the social media platform to criticise the BTO ban, with one saying: 'OMG, he shouldn't have sacked all those experienced workers.'

Another commented: 'Yet Trump reinstated…'

Mr Stewart, who said he was 'conscious of the irony of a bird charity being locked out of Twitter', added: 'If there's one good thing to come out of this, it's that people that might never have heard of the BTO now know about it. We're always looking for volunteers.'

Twitter were contacted for comment.

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Metal detectorist unearths Tudor gold pendant linked to Henry VIII in Warwickshire



Charlie Clarke had been metal detecting for just six months when he stumbled across what he calls his “once in a lifetime – no, once in 30 lifetimes”, find. He was exploring a Warwickshire field, turning up “junk” and about to call it a day, when a clear beep on his detector led him to dig to the depth of his elbow. What he saw there caused him to shriek “like a little schoolgirl, to be honest. My voice went pretty high-pitched”.

What the Birmingham cafe owner had discovered was a huge and quite spectacular early Tudor pendant and chain, made in gold and enamel and bearing the initials and symbols of Henry VIII and his first wife, Katherine of Aragon.

When Rachel King, curator of Renaissance Europe at the British Museum, first heard about the discovery, she had to sit down. Nothing of this size and importance from the Renaissance period had been found in Britain for more than 25 years, she said.



The heart-shaped pendant, attached to a chain of 75 links and made of 300 grams of 24-carat gold, is decorated with a bush bearing the Tudor rose and a pomegranate, Katherine’s symbol, and on the reverse the initials H and K. Ribbon motifs carry the legend TOVS and IORS, which King called “a beautiful early English Franglais pun” on the French word “toujours” and “all yours”.

Despite initially seeming almost too good to be true, said King, careful scientific analysis has proved the pendant to be genuine. What experts have not been able to uncover, however, despite scouring inventories and pictures of the time, is to establish a personal link to Henry or Katherine.

“Nonetheless, its quality is such that it was certainly either commissioned by or somehow related to a member of the higher nobility or a high-ranking courtier.”

One hypothesis, based on careful analysis of its iconography and other historical records, is that the pendant may have been commissioned to be worn or even given as a prize at one of the major tournaments of which Henry was so fond, around the time of the famous Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. Though its size suggests it would only fit a woman, it may not have been meant to be worn at all.

Nothing remotely similar survives from the period, said King. “In the British Museum, we’ve got the largest collection of objects from the early Tudor periods in precious metal; none of them are anything like this.”

But what on earth was it doing in Warwickshire? On that, she said, they were still “feeling their way”. “We don’t know why it was in Warwickshire and who had it there. At least not yet.”

Discovered before the start of the pandemic, the pendant was unveiled at the launch of the annual reports of Treasure Act for 2020 and the Portable Antiquities Scheme for 2021. A total of 45,581 archaeological finds were recorded in that period, of which 1,085 are classed as treasure – 96% were found by detectorists, most on cultivated land.

The Tudor pendant has not yet been valued but is certain to be worth a highly significant sum which Clarke will split with the landowner of the field. He said it meant his four-year-old son, also called Charlie, would have “the best education possible”. “That’s all it’s really about. Birmingham is a bit of a rough place, and I think any parent … would want the best education for their children.”

Inevitably, Charlie wants to be a treasure hunter when he is older, says his dad. “He wants to go to the jungle and find a box of pirate treasure. At that age, it must be so intriguing.

“People say it’s like winning the lottery; it’s not. People actually win the lottery. When was the last time a crown jewel was unearthed?”

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Florida Mom of 2 Sues After Allegedly Being Banned from Sons' School Because of OnlyFans Account

Mom Victoria Triece says she was banned from volunteering at her children's school due to her NSFW OnlyFans page



A woman is suing a Florida school district after she claims she was banned from activities at her sons' school when her OnlyFans page was discovered.

In 2021, mom Victoria Triece claimed that a parent at her children's elementary school alerted staff to her NSFW OnlyFans account, where she shared intimate pictures of herself that were only accessible with a paid subscription.

She said soon after the administrators were alerted to the content, she was not allowed to volunteer at school activities. However, she had regularly helped organize events up until that point.

Now, Triece is suing Orange County Public Schools to make sure other parents do not experience the same treatment, according to WKMG.

"The main reason I'm doing this is not for myself," Triece said during a Jan. 25 press conference, according to the outlet. "I can only imagine who's been through this and couldn't fight it and they've been told we don't know how to fight this and how many people are to come that do the same exact thing I do."

"And they're going to be told one day they're going to have somebody that just doesn't agree morally with what they're doing," she added. "And they're going to have somebody do the same situation and I don't think any mom, any dad, anybody in the position that I'm in should be going through that."

PEOPLE contacted Orange County Public Schools for comment on Wednesday. When previously reached by PEOPLE, a school district representative said they did not "comment on potential, pending or ongoing litigation."

Attorney Mark NeJame is representing Triece along with attorney John Zielinski.

"It's kind of like having a scarlet letter on her head," NeJame claimed in the lawsuit, as noted by the Orlando Sentinel.

"What she does in her off time is not illegal, yet we have a morality police with the Orange County school board and whatever administrators made this horrific decision," he continued.

NeJame did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment. Per the Sentinel, he claimed the only factor that disqualifies school volunteers is a criminal record, which Triece's legal team said she does not have.

The Washington Post said Triece's sons are 11 and 7 years old.

"The most exciting part of being a mom was to be so involved in their lives," Triece told the outlet. "That was all I wanted for my kids."