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“Honestly. Do I look like a psychopath to you? Think carefully about your answer.” Photo by Pacto Visual on Unsplash
Another entry in the flying car follies. I love any news about flying cars. We have reported on flying cars multiple times here at Thursday Things. But they never seem to get past the test track or concept stage. It won’t really be the 21st Century until they do. Here is the latest: A $92,000 flying car can reach speeds of 63 miles per hour
The company is called Jetson and their car is called the Jetson One. That is aiming pretty high! When you name your car Jetson you better deliver…
Jetson One has a maximum speed of 63mph thanks to its eight electric motors which generate 102 horsepower. The car can run continually for 20 minutes.
The car can take off vertically and remain airborne, although the company doesn't specify the maximum altitude that the vehicle can reach.
The car can be controlled with a three-axis joystick, and there's a throttle lever to adjust power.
Okay, that sounds promising.
It's shipped as a partially assembled kit and so requires you to complete it at home.
And hard pass. If I were competent to build a flying car, I’d already have one. Stay tuned!
More of a bargain than he bargained for. I love stories like this — the serendipitous treasure in the attic / basement / garage sale. In this case, an estate sale. A Massachusetts Man Bought a Drawing for $30 at an Estate Sale. It May Be an Authentic Dürer Worth $50 Million
A man in Massachusetts attended a routine estate sale four years ago, where a small drawing of a woman and child caught his eye. At the bottom was one of art history’s most recognizable monograms: “A.D.”
On a lark, he bought it for $30. At the very least, it was “a wonderfully rendered piece of old art, which justified purchasing it,” he recalled.
As it turns out, the drawing is very likely worth much more—maybe up to $50 million. At least that’s what Agnews Gallery in London is asking for the piece, believing that the “A.D.” behind the artwork is indeed German Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer.
Though I have to say, the administrator of that estate did an extremely poor job of taking inventory. The heirs must be miffed. Click through to have a look at the Dürer drawing — and place a bid, if you’ve got 50 mil burning a hole in your pocket. I’ll be in the basement taking a closer look at all the junk down there…
Good luck getting a cat to fill out a questionnaire. It’s a question many cat owners have pondered — is my cat a psychopath? Let me make it easy for you - of course your cat is a psychopath! But if you want a professional opinion on that, then help is on the way: Scientists Developed a Questionnaire to Identify Whether Your Cat Is a Psychopath
Scientists have come up with a questionnaire that might give you some idea of where your feline friend fits on what's known as the triarchic model of psychopathy.
The model measures levels of boldness, meanness, and disinhibition in order to assess overall psychopathic tendencies. Ordinarily, the test is for human beings, of course, but here it's being applied to cats.
Having completed the survey – which you can find online – you'll be given what's called a CAT-Tri+ measure for your pet's level of psychopathy. The team is hoping that knowing this score can improve human and cat relationships.
You can improve human and cat relationships by doing your cat’s bidding. Otherwise, watch your back. The scientists who designed this questionnaire even admit that it’s all a sham: “it’s likely that all cats have an element of psychopathy, as humans understand it, they said, as these traits make good sense for their wild ancestors whose main goals were securing food, territory, and mates.”
Cats are soft, fluffy, highly evolved killing machines. That’s why we love the furry little psychos.
It’s tiring work. Guy Turns Old Tires Into Beautiful Cozy Beds For 6,000 Stray Dogs And Cats in Brazil
That’s just what Brazilian artist, environmentalist, and animal lover Amarildo Silva Filho was inspired to do after coming across a pile of used tires in his neighborhood a few years ago.
Where some saw trash, Silva Filho saw an opportunity for upcycling treasure that wound up making a world of difference to stray cats and dogs.
After collecting the tires and giving them a thorough cleaning, Silva Filho put his artistic vision to work fashioning personalized pet beds.
Once the custom paint jobs were complete, with the addition of hand-sewn mattresses, the colorful comfy cots were ready to be distributed to local shelters.
It’s a heartwarming, feelgood project to help animals and clean up the environment. Cats are still psychopaths, however.
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