The Off Topic Topic

[Admiral Yi]

 

[DGuller]

So the first of what I'm sure will be many corruption scandals of Mayor Adams involves... Turkey?  That's unexpected.  Why would Turkey need to have a NYC mayor in its pocket?

[Sheilbh]

Money laundering? Real estate and construction opportunities are a big part of that I think? See the whole Londongrad decades (which wasn't just Russian money, plenty of Turks and others too).

Those always seem to be the sectors at the heart of every local government scandal - and if you're a global city, then it's global.

[Admiral Yi]

Bankman-Fried guilty on all counts.

[HVC]

What happened/ happens with his accomplice girlfriend?

[Valmy]

Bankman-Fried guilty on all counts.

A rare instance of justice in the golden age of fraud.

Granted he fucked up by stealing from important people and institutions.

[Legbiter]

Looks like we're going to have our fourth volcanic eruption in less than 3 years on the Reykjanes peninsula very soon but this time the magma intrusion has reached under the Blue Lagoon (one of the most popular tourist traps destinations in Iceland) and the adjacent power plant. They really ought to shut down operations while we wait and see. Hundreds of flash-boiled tourists would be bad PR.

[Syt]

1920 pamphlet. Yikes. 

[HVC]

Hey, at least they're independent

[Syt]

Illustrative of Hungarian sentiment towards Romania?  

[Iormlund]

Return the South West to Spain.
Tens of millions finally have affordable healthcare.
You're welcome.

[Admiral Yi]

Question for the Yuros.  I know Halloween has made some inroads in ye olde world, wondering if it has gotten to kids trick or treating.

[The Brain]

Question for the Yuros.  I know Halloween has made some inroads in ye olde world, wondering if it has gotten to kids trick or treating.

Halloween is a big kid thing in Sweden these days, but anecdotally I have yet to encounter trick or treating.

[Admiral Yi]

Halloween is a big kid thing in Sweden these days, but anecdotally I have yet to encounter trick or treating.

Then what do kids do?  Here getting loot is pretty much the whole point for kids.

[Jacob]

Question for the Yuros.  I know Halloween has made some inroads in ye olde world, wondering if it has gotten to kids trick or treating.

I saw a Danish language Reddit thread on Hallowe'en. From it it seemed that there were neighbourhoods were trick-or-treating or leaving out a bowl of candy were a thing. Seemed like the majority opinion (in the thread, no idea how representative) was that trick-or-treating was a thing that people in a neighbourhood put on for their kids by agreement, with some folk complaining about parents who brought their kids to a "good" neighbourhood other than their own.