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‘Dance with flARmingos’ in a mixed reality mating ritual
Flamingos rule everything around her. Her clothes are covered in them. Her workspace is littered with representations of their spindly legs and hot-pink plumes. She’s spent hours studying their migratory patterns, mating rituals and native environments. She’s traveled the world speaking to conservationists and ornithologists to better understand them. She even adopted 20 of the […]
NFL star’s pre-game ‘weed and booze’ ritual
JOSH Gordon swears this time is different. The talented Browns receiver, who has been suspended far more games than he’s played due to drug violations, is back in the NFL. But he admits the news of his partial reinstatement after almost three years away, which he received last week from commissioner Roger Goodell, is ancillary […]
Ant queens’ bizarre burial ritual helps prevent deadly disease contamination
Published time: 13 Oct, 2017 22:39 Ant queens who set up their colonies in partnership with one another stand a greater chance of avoiding fatal disease if they bite, dismantle and bury their counterpart after they die. Researchers studying colony foundation at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria made the discovery while monitoring the […]
Ritual and Resistance Explored in Book ‘Becoming Dangerous’ by “Magical Rebels”
Earlier this year, witchy humans around the globe were performing binding rituals to prevent Donald Trump and his cronies from doing harm. The burgeoning world of contemporary conjurers and magic practitioners inspired Katie West — the creator behind the publishing imprint Fiction and Feeling. The book Becoming Dangerous was born, co-edited with book blogger Jasmine Elliott. The duo […]
An Atlanta Braves rookie suffered a bizarre knee injury after flubbing a pre-game ritual
Kevin C. Cox/Getty An Atlanta Braves rookie suffered one of the most unlikely on-field injuries of this MLB season on Wednesday night, forcing him to return to the dugout before the game had even started. Infielder Johan Camargo was slated to be the starting shortstop for Wednesday’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies, but a mishap […]
Trump’s new morning ritual involves a ‘venting session’ to his legal team about Russia
AP Photo/Matt Rourke President Donald Trump has begun phoning members of his legal team most mornings around 6:30 a.m. to vent and strategize about the Russia investigation, The Washington Post reported on Friday, citing three senior White House officials. Officials said the discussions usually involve an overview of recent headlines and a plan to combat […]
‘They basically treated our son as roadkill’: Parents of Penn State pledge who died after hazing ritual ‘The Gauntlet’ speak out
NBC • Beta Theta Pi pledge Timothy Piazza died February 4 after a fraternity event. • 18 fraternity brothers have been charged in connection with his death; eight brothers have been charged with involuntary manslaughter. • Piazza’s parents called the treatment of their son ‘torture.’ The parents of Timothy Piazza, the 19-year-old Penn State sophomore who died […]
WATCH: Rare tourist video from North Korea exposes THIS creepy Kim Jong-un worship ritual
A tourist has revealed an extremely rare insight into the highly secretive nation. Video footage captured the creepy morning wakeup call for residents of North Korea. Blaring through loudspeakers across the capital Pyongyang, the tune “Where Are You, Dear General” played for all to hear. The eerie song was written by Kim Jong-un’s predecessor, Kim […]
Thai ‘medium’ fatally stabs himself in heart as ritual goes horribly wrong (VIDEO)
Published time: 26 Apr, 2017 16:25Edited time: 26 Apr, 2017 16:51 A medium performing a ritual dance in Thailand has reportedly died after accidentally stabbing himself in the heart in front of shocked onlookers. Theprit Palee died on Monday in the village of Ban Pa Sak while carrying out a folk dance involving a metal […]
