2025.05.28: Actuarial Body Shaming

Burnie and Ashley discuss cheese rolling, standing airline seats, Harry Potter casting, breaking the mold, callback thresholds, farting corpses, Japanese illegal names, speed traps, banned kid names, Mexican Robocop, US jailbreaks, and picking up hitchhikers.
  
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Glosster

• Woman, 20, says ‘I don’t like cheese’ after winning Double Gloucester rolling race – BBC News
• Probably the worst fall in Cheese rolling history!

Standing Room Only

• Are standing-only plane seats really coming to Ryanair, easyJet and more? Here’s the truth | Metro News

Harry Potter Cast

• Harry Potter HBO Series Casts Harry, Ron and Hermione
• Renais Gin – A Vibrant, Bold & Distinctive Gin
• JK Rowling reignites row with Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson – BBC News

Illegal Names

• Japan introduces rules to ban outlandish baby names like ‘Pikachu’ 
• 32 Illegal Names in the US and Around the World
• X Æ A-Xii: How to pronounce the name of Elon Musk and Grimes’ son | The Independent

THC Ban

• A blanket THC ban has passed the Texas Legislature. What happens now? | Texas Standard
• Proposed Texas bill will prevent minors from using social media

Jailbreaks

• Escape of ex-police chief known as ‘Devil in the Ozarks’ has Arkansas on edge | AP News
• 2 escapees from the New Orleans jailbreak remain at large. One has a lot of experience being on the run