Oct. 7, 2025

Good News for a Swan on the Tracks

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The first Tram Driver World Cup saw Vienna winning against 25 international teams, with Poland and Norway securing second and third places, respectively. Three Scottish brothers, Euan, Jamie, and Lachlan, achieved a record by rowing unsupported across the Pacific Ocean. A new app called Tabi, developed by sylvester.ai, helps cat owners detect if their cats are in pain by analyzing facial cues. Comedian Marc Maron is featured in 'Anxiety Club,' a documentary exploring anxiety in the comedy scene. Lastly, a commuter documented a swan on the train tracks in the UK, highlighting a common issue that now requires railway worker training.

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Caalaroga Shark Media. Hi there, Johnny Mack with five good

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news stories. Congratulations to Vienna. The home field advantage really

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helped them out as they won the first tram Driver

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World Cup. That's right, public transport enthusiasts, We're hanging out

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in Vienna to watch the first ever tram Driver World Championships.

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There were twenty five teams from across the world, but

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it was Team Vienna who won the championship. Tram Drivers

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faced eight challenges testing their ability to operate heavy trams.

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They were tested on things like breaking and accelerating smoothly.

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The audience was into some of the fun events, including

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tram bowling, which featured a giant ball used to knock

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down inflatable pins, tram curling, where a bicycle trolley is

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pushed with such precision that it comes to haul of

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the specific spot. A lot of people thought the reading

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European champions out of Budapest. They thought they would win,

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but nope, they dropped to fourth place as Vienna took

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the championship. Poland came in second, Norway was third. Next

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year's championships, if you want to go, they're in Warsaw

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fifty thousand people attended the championship and it was live streamed.

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Three Scottish brothers went ashore in Australia and claimed the

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record for rowing NonStop and unsupported across the Pacific Ocean.

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Jamie and Lachlan set off in a carbon fiber dinghy

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from Lima in Peru in April, nine thousand miles and

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one hundred and thirty nine days at sea. At one point,

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Ewan was swept overboard he had to be pulled back

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into the boat. The brothers from Edinburgh were given a

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bagpipe welcome in front of family and friends. Do you

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like taking pictures of your cat? Well, you have a

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new reason to take photos of your cat. It might

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actually help the cat. A new company, Sylvester dot Ai,

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has developed an app called Tambley, but uses your phone's

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camera to tell whether or not your cat is feeling pain.

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The app looks at the cat's ear and head position,

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eye narrowing, muscle tension, and how whiskers change to detect distress.

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Scienceists explained cats that are worried are scared will hold

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their tail really tight and tense, and aside from that,

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they're also just thinking about their behavior in terms of

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what they're eating, drinking, toileting, sleeping. You know who else

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is anxious is comedian Mark Marin. He's part of a

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new documentary called Anxiety Club. Mark said, there's a lot

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of things I don't give a hoot about that I

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used to do. There were big anxiety producing things. I

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think with age and certainly with money, a lot of

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that stuff is just null and void. It's relief. Then

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you start to get any deeper issues like why am

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I still not enjoying myself? So check out Anxiety Club.

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This is not a commercial, This is something positive. Anxiety

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Club blurs the lines of vulnerability and humor and promises

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an unflinching look at how deeply rooted anxiety and depression

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are in the stand up comedy scene. You may know

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I host a podcast called Daily Comedy News that comes

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out seven days a week. Other comedians impearing this include

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Mark Norman, Joe List, Baron Vaughan, upon an Onturla not

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household names. Would trust me. I'm expert in this. They

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are very funny comedians. We also find out that Hollywood's

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Laugh Factory comedy club high a psychologist in residence to

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support its comedians and I haven't done this trope in

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a while. While were you late for work? Okay, So

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some commuters were stuck on a train. One guy was smart.

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He went on social media to document what was going on.

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We hear the train driver making an announcement, we currently

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have a swan on the line. Hence that's why I'm

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going slow. As soon as it's moved out of the way,

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we should be able to move at normal speed. Yes,

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there was a swan on the tracks. Now, this apparently

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happens a lot. In one area of the UK, swans

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were responsible for the highest number of passenger disruptions. The

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issues become so widespread that railway workers are now receiving

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training on how to safely remove swans from the tracks.

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One person said, if you hadn't recorded it, I wouldn't

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have believed you. That's why I always record these things

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so that your boss believes you. And those are your

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five good news stories for today. You have an awesome day.