WEATHER: Might rain, might not – hard to say. Chance of sun and/or clouds, temps between -46 and 120℉

TRAFFIC: Bad where you are, also other places. Stay home

HOROSCOPE: Chance favors the prepared. Don’t buy into vague generalities. Reject platitudes and forge your own path. We’ve been over this.

SPORTS: Local major league franchise scores more points than other local franchise. Losing coach: “We should have scored more points.”

EVENTS: Your friend’s band that you have no intention of ever seeing is playing tonight. There’s some kind of loud festival going on this weekend and you won’t be able to park anywhere near the farmer’s market

MARKETS: ₳ 86.7 ㏎ 53.09 ㏄ 2.4 ⅐ 4.6 ㏒ 808 ☈ 10.0 ㎏ 3gd ₤ 902.25 ü 21.12 ฿ AFL1-3603 ℗ 19.84 ℀ x86 ッ3.14159 ℅ 2.718 § .57721 ‱ 4.6692 € 6.66 ₩ 1.618 ⅜ a2+b2=c2 ₭ ¤ ₴ ㎡ 69 ø 420 ⌫ 555 ∄ XIV ⌘ 24/7/365 ə

POLITICS: Holy crap, how does this keep getting worse

SCIENCE: Revolutionary medical breakthrough still ten to twenty years away

Galaxies rotate clockwise in southern hemisphere

BRISBANE – Here’s a little-known fact that will win you some bar bets: Galaxies light-years away spin clockwise in the skies of the southern hemisphere, and counter-clockwise in the north.

The cause of this is Earth’s Coriolis effect, the same force that makes hurricanes straighten out and toilets flush single file at the equator. Scientists sometimes get this wrong, so don’t let a litany of data change your mind.

Just tell them that you read it on the Internet.