A Belgian man was acquitted of a drunk-driving charge on Monday after court officials learned he suffers from a very rare metabolic condition that causes his body to turn certain foods into alcohol.
Due to his condition, the man’s body creates ethanol, which is intoxicating, after ingesting sugary and starchy foods. Symptoms are akin to that of actual drunkenness, including slurred speech and dizziness.
In what the man’s lawyer Anse Ghesquiere called “another unfortunate coincidence,” she said the defendant is employed in a brewery.
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Bridgy Fed status update
Hi all! It’s been a while since my last status update on Bridgy Fed, its upcoming Bluesky/AT Protocol support, and the resulting firestorm.
It’s coming along! It’s not launched yet, I still have a number of things to build and tests to run, but it’s getting there. Also, Bluesky’s current federation test is limited to 10 users per federated server. We can’t launch until they lift that limit. I don’t know when that will happen, but I’m confident it will. Continue reading
Tamagotchis sure have come a long way. Kid proudly informed me just now that she doesn’t need to bring hers with us running errands because she hired a babysitter for it. 🧐
One of our cats purrs so loudly that it’s a running joke in our family. It makes her fur vibrate. We have to turn the TV volume up when she sits with us. Once, she was in another room, and I heard her purr through the wall. No joke.
