What SWFL Is Talking About 8/12
It was a close call for a utility worker yesterday after he fainted while on the job and dangling over 100 feet from the ground. The unidentified man suffered a severe head injury and was taken to Lee Memorial Hospital.
Police are investigating a shooting over the weekend at a WAWA on Colonial Boulevard and State Road 82. It happened Saturday night. One person was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. No arrests as of yet.
Police arrested an Orlando area man over the weekend after he posted on social media that he was about to get his gun back, and people should stay away from Wal-Mart. Richard Clayton, who police say is a white supremacist was arrested Friday. He is facing charges of making written threats to kill or do bodily harm.
Accused Sex Trafficker Jeffrey Epstein Commits Suicide
Jeffrey Epstein, accused sex trafficker, has committed suicide by hanging himself while in jail. Epstein was found unresponsive in his jail cell Saturday morning after being transported to New York Downtown Hospital with cardiac arrest. Epstein was in jail for allegedly abusing young girls New York and Florida. His suicide happened three weeks after authorities found self-inflicted wounds on his neck and being placed on suicide watch. Authorities are investigating Epsetien’s death.
Apple Giving $1 Million to Anyone Who Hacks an iPhone
f you or someone you know knows how to hack a phone I know a way you can get $1 million from Apple. Apple is putting its cybersecurity to the test and offering a “bug bounty” to hackers if they can find any security hacks on their Apple products. The idea makes this the highest bug bounty ever offered by a tech company and the offer isn’t just for iPhones, it’s also for Mac computers. Do you know of someone that could hack an iPhone? Have you ever heard of a “bug bounty?”
The Avocado Shortage Is Still A Problem, So Restaurants Are Serving ‘Mockamole’
The avocado shortage is getting worse as restaurants have taken the item off the menu or are substituting with “mockamole.” Chacho’s, a restaurant chain in Texas posted a sign to its customers apologizing for the lack of avocados and offering “mockamole,” “We have produced a ‘mockamole’ made from several green vegetables that we think is delicious.” Twitter was pretty upset about the “green vegetable” mashup, with one user tweeting, “If you mash up peas, present it to me and call it ‘mockamole’ I feel it’s my right, nay, duty to murder you for the betterment of humankind.” How bad is the avocado shortage affecting you? Would you try “mockamole?”
