The Dress Code Dispute Texas attorney Mariah Medina went viral after saying Judge Yolanda Huff told her that her dress was not appropriate for court. Medina, a former San Antonio-based reporter, wrote on X on Monday, September 21, that she had worn the dress countless times on air and in other courts without trouble. She said it was a shift dress, a basic clothing description that somehow became part of a courtroom dispute. Huff, who has been on the bench since 2019, reportedly had a different view. Medina’s post later drew nearly 7 million views, proving once again that the internet can turn a dress code argument into a very large public seminar. https://twitter.com/MMedinanews/status/2102129496916656380?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw A Courtroom Inspection Medina said Huff then asked her to come around the bench so the judge could inspect the outfit in front of defendants and other lawyers. Medina said Huff laughed, asked whether she really believed the dress was appropriate for a jury trial, and then asked whether she had a blazer in her car. Medina described the exchange as humiliating. That detail pushed the dispute beyond a simple reminder about courtroom standards. Dress rules may be subjective, but a public wardrobe inspection is a…

A broken bit raises a hard question An international team drilling the boat-shaped Durupınar formation near Mount Ararat says a core-drilling bit broke after striking a layer harder than limestone. The failure occurred about 4 to 5 meters below the surface in a hole inside the area that would represent the vessel’s hull. The team says petrified or highly mineralized wood is one possibility and plans to send samples for third-party laboratory testing. Petrified wood is typically harder than limestone, but the broken bit is not a laboratory result. For now, it proves one thing with complete certainty: the bit broke. https://twitter.com/LaurenWitzkeDE/status/2099681197139841163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw What the drilling has found Noah’s Ark Scans says the permitted program is the first deep, dry core-drilling effort in the site’s recorded history. The group is working with Sivas Cumhuriyet University and collecting cores from inside and outside the formation for compositional, organic, and stratigraphic analysis. Researchers say they have recovered rich organic material that could be decayed remains, while several cavities have also been found, including one filled with mud and water. The team says no bedrock or solid limestone has yet been identified in the holes drilled inside the formation, a finding it argues challenges…