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Comment Re:Yikes! (Score 3, Informative) 61

lion food: [IBM] n. Middle management or HQ staff (by extension, administrative drones in general).
From an old joke about two lions who, escaping from the zoo, split up to increase their chances but agreed to meet after two months.
When they do meet, one is skinny and the other overweight. The thin one says "How did you manage? I ate a human just once and they turned out a small army to chase me --- guns, nets, it was terrible. Since then I've been reduced to eating mice, insects, even grass."
The fat one replies "Well, *I* hid near an IBM office and ate a manager a day. And nobody even noticed!"

Submission + - Two monster black holes just collided — it's so massive, it shouldn't exis (sciencedaily.com)

alternative_right writes: Two colossal black holes—among the most massive ever seen—collided in deep space, creating gravitational waves that rippled across the cosmos and shook the foundations of astrophysical theory. Detected by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observatories, this record-breaking merger has stunned scientists not only because of its size, but also due to the black holes’ extreme spins, challenging our current understanding of how such behemoths form.

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