Can it transport a person on a litter?  Or is it just for hauling around EMTs and their gear?  Because it seems to me it’d be a poor choice for an ambulance.  A station wagon would be a better pick if you wanted kind of a small ambulance.

It’s happening to me even in the middle of reading some articles.

What’s with the weasel word “claims” in the final sentence? It’s a simple fact that reentry opportunities exist through August. Strictly speaking, it’s been true for the entire mission — reentry opportunities have always existed.  That’s just how it works.

There’s a whole range of particularly nasty eww that can happen. Just . . . don’t. And yeah, I know what kind of injury you’re referring to, and not embedding the image is appreciated for those who haven’t seen it before and may possibly be enjoying a meal right now.

I guess it’s the nautical equivalent of a combi?

Well, as long as they don’t become a projectile, I’m okay with that.

Oh my lord, that is the most cringetastic when you think of the sorts of injuries that will result in an accident.

That one is definitely the stupidest. “I’m tough, and I will prove it by paying large sums of money to sit in silence for hours.” I mean . . okay? That’s . . . fine? I guess? But it baffles me what they think they are proving, and to whom.

It’s a stretch, I agree, but it’s about all I can think of.

I am petite, and safety aside, that posture looks EXTREMELY uncomfortable for sleeping. Now, I have been known to sit sort of on my hip and pull my knees up a bit into the seat, especially if I’m lucky enough to get a window seat, so I’m basically curled up against the fuselage. I can still have the seatbelt on…

Well, in theory, a French bulldog could be trained as a medical alert dog or to retrieve items for a patient who has limited mobility. (A similar job as a service monkey.) They’d need a suitable temperament, of course, and that’s often the clincher for small dogs.

The only conceivable argument I can think of is if the flight delay caused her to miss a critical chemo appointment, but even that seems like a stretch, given that cancer has an unpredictable course and treatment itself only offers odds, not guarantees.

Can we blame it on hiring a South African immigrant as CEO? ;-)

Well..... Soyuz has had some fairly serious problems, actually. And not just in the distant past, when it experienced two separate Loss of Crew incidents. During the ISS program, they’ve had a launch abort and multiple ballistic reentries, including at least one that injured a crew member on landing. Soyuz is a…

You can get shaved ice here in Minnesota too, but you definitely have to pay attention to the signage if you want shaved ice and not crushed ice, because yeah, if it just says snowcone, it’s gonna be crushed ice.

There’s an XKCD for that:

Reminds me of when my aunt got back from a vacation. She’d left her car in the airport parking long-term parking lot. When she returned two weeks later, it was in the impound lot because they’d resurfaced the lot. They gave people two days’ notice to clear out their cars. From the long-term parking lot at the airport.…

That absolutely happens, where some rando recognizes some easy marks, pretends they are in charge, and starts accepting payment for a lot they have absolutely no responsibility for, then makes themselves scarce before anyone figures out it’s a scam (and certainly before the tow trucks start showing up).

I get what the advisory was intended for. It wasn’t saving Santorini for the tourists. It was saving Santorini residents *from* the tourists. Like warning people to stay indoors because there’s a hailstorm predicted.

He’s mainly terminally online in the social media sense -- and doesn’t even have the staying power to do anything more than reposting other people’s stuff or making extremely brief replies with minimal content.