Here come the Tundra Roaches

It's supposed to be 3 today, and it's 3. Thank heavens it's not 2. Can't take 2 after the last few days. Hey, at least the cold means we don't have a bug problem.

Yet. From Atlantic Cities:

The squeamish are advised not to click here or pictures of the giant cold-resistent cockroaches. Because you will be squeamed.

ICY ROADS Many spin-outs today, the news says. Should you get stuck, remember the lessons of this dash cam video from - where else? - Russia.

NEWS FROM HELL One of the gangsters who runs North Korea was purged by evil little Boy Gangster. The stories all quote the North Korean news agency, so I went there for the straight story, such as it was. All Korean. I ran it through Google translate, and was rather surprised:

So the Korean news agency is just pumping out lorem ipsur? No; I had it set on Latin by mistake. Still, I like the phrase "Dictator maybe superb rudes." Usually the case. So let's reset to English:

I give up. Let's go to the BBC to see what the guy was accused of going:

That last one seems like piling on. Well, you may think the guy's dead, and that's possible, but he's been purged before. Reuters notes:

Thanks for the help, unc.

CLICKBAIT There's a science to these headlines, supposedly. The promise of a treat, a mystery soon resolved, a piece of knowledge you can pass along and share. Atlantic explains here how it works. But I'm getting to the point where anything like this . . .

. . . makes me say No. Because it's cheap Upworthy-style manipulation. On the other hand, I did click on this:

. . . because I expected to read the crowd was doused with thick oil. No, just the usual soccer riot.

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