At around 1PM on Wednesday, the “Holiday Bandit” struck in Queens, again, and robbed his seventh bank in NYC since December. That’s a lot of branches in a relatively short amount of time. But with his heists only totaling about $50,000 or $7,000 per location, Marat Mikhaylich isn’t that successful or the envy of his criminal peers, making this whole string of bank robberies all the more trivial.
Holy smokes, Reddit! Someone found this Batman spotlight in Searchlight, Nevada. Internet kudos and speculations of whether or not this is bat country ensued. (Image: Reddit)
Someone from, or claiming to be, a member of Anonymous, wrote an article for Al Jazeera defending the shadowy hacker group. Citing the excellent job they did in exposing the Church of Scientology as well as their recent work in support of Wikileaks and the people of Tunisia, the author basically argued that they’re a necessary evil that is likely to be even more influential in the future, so might as well get used to it.
Tumblr, a blogging fiefdom populated with free content from influencers and now, everyone else, just found itself a new user: NYC’s Department of Traffic. The DOT launched The Daily Pothole and it will track the agency’s progress—or lack thereof—in filling the city’s potholes. As of today, they only have 175,359 more to go. Godspeed!
A major Japanese whaling ship abandoned its hunt in Antarctic waters, for now, after ballsy members from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society chased it down and disrupted their operations. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, crew from the group’s high tech speedboat, Gojira, first spotted the “factory ship” Nisshin Maru and then called in the bulkier Bob Parker to hold things down. Japan’s Institute of Cetacean Research, which is the fanciest name ever for an organization that promotes whale killing, condemned the “violent” acts on their “whale research vessels.” That’s some expert PR-work right there.
Beyond kawaii and otaku, here’s some “grown up” Japanese art show featuring pop artist Yoshitomo Nara’s memorial sculpture to dead Hello Kitties and Makoto Aida’s hordes of whorey gorey schoolgirls. Read more »
Let’s just say that Hallmark isn’t likely to expand its operations in Malaysia anytime soon, not with the government lashing out at one their most prized holiday acquisitions, ever.
The Colombian army found a submarine in the jungle capable of sailing to the coast of Mexico at a depth of 30 feet reports the UK’s Metro. The fully submersible vessel ran on diesel fuel and had the capacity to hold 8 tons of cocaine, according to one of the soldiers. Too bad it was empty.
Yesterday, Hulu dropped some big news, unleashing 150 Criterion films that you can stream for a monthly price of a quarter of a Criterion DVD’s retail value. There’re 800 more coming, special features and all. So, what do you watch first? Read more »
Apparently, some cops in Atlanta weren’t aware that documenting police activity on a public street is a citizen’s legal right. So the officers yanked that pesky lensman by the arm, grabbed his camera phone and deleted his videos, which was all against the law. Now the city owes Marlon Kautz $40,000. Whoops. Kautz is a member of Copwatch of East Atlanta. Surely, they can find a good use for that money.
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