W EEKLY EDITION JANUARY 16, 2019
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Kanye West vs. Portable Restrooms
West dropped out of this year's Coachella lineup after the event organizers
shut down his plans of creating a high - tech, custom dome to perform in. The
problem? Besides the logistics of building a giant domed stage big enough
to accommodate the 125,000 festival attendees in four months, the plan
would require the removal of a large number of portable restrooms. Reports
say W est was outraged when organizers mentioned the portable restroom
issue. Looks like West isn't as necessary to a fes tival as adequate restrooms
are - Maybe next year Kanye.
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Elon Musk Focuses on Portable Restroom Site
Musk has ramped up hiring at Boring Co. after cutting about 10 percent of the staff of
Space X. The Boring Co. campus highlights a more thrifty side of Mu sk, complete with
trailers and portable restrooms. Boring Co. is focused on reducing traffic by creating
tunnels beneath major highways and is currently making progress in Los Angeles, Chicago,
and Washington D.C., area. Surely the millions of commuters st uck in traffic daily are
hoping the restructuring pays off.
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'Big Arse Toilet' Plan in India
To deal with the open defecation issue in India, Architects have
unveiled planes to open a mobile structure that convers waste
into biogas. Appropriately named 'Big Arse Toilet' the plan n ed
toilet facilities would provide electricity for up to eigh t dwellings.
Now that's thinking big.
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