Steve Stiles, “L.S.D.” Dope Comix #3, Princeton, WI: Kitchen Sink Enterprises, 1979. Advice to LSD users: “Never stare at the sun for seven and a half hours.” See also Steve Stiles, The Return of Hyper Comics (Randallstown, MD: Thintwhistle Books, 2020), 3.
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https://www.rferl.org/a/analysis-turkmenistan-coronavirus-deadly-rumor-avoiding-hospitals/30829700.html
Radio Free Europe, 10 September 2020
Deadly Rumor Has Turkmen Citizens With COVID Symptoms Avoiding Hospitals
[…] There is a new rumor that has been making its way around Turkmenistan for several weeks, though it is difficult to believe because it is horrible even to consider. […] Patients are admitted to hospitals with symptoms like those that come with the coronavirus. They die within a couple of days, sometimes within a few hours of arriving at the hospital, and relatives have to sign a disclaimer saying they have no complaints against doctors or the government in order to receive the body. Dozens of people have contacted Azatlyk about this and they all believed these patients, who showed signs of being infected with COVID-19, were given injections that killed them. […] The Turkmen people are sure the government is lying to them about many things, including about the absence of the coronavirus, and now they are also worried the authorities may kill them if they are unfortunate enough to actually be infected with the disease. […]
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https://culture.pl/en/article/8-curious-urban-legends-from-warsaw
Culture.pl [Poland], 5 October 2020
8 Curious Urban Legends from Warsaw
Marek Kępa
[…] Here’s another Warsaw urban legend dating back to the communist era. Some say that there was a flickering lamp post in the city – but the flickering was not random. The seemingly faulty lightbulb in this street light was actually sending messages in Morse code. In the story’s original version, the lamp’s messages were secret reports sent by Soviet spies operating in Poland. A Soviet satellite observed the flickering street light and decoded its communication. Since the Soviet Union is no more, today some other foreign power must control the sly lamp post… It’s unclear exactly which Warsaw street light was the one doing the espionage work (which shouldn’t come as a surprise since the lamp’s part of a covert operation). […]
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