@taroball what's going on, it's not in my news feeds
@funkyduffy not entirely sure. there's not too much reputable reporting on it as far as I can tell. I think someone observed a blackout at the vatican and that's given rise to a lot of conspiracy theories
https://www.ibtimes.sg/vatican-blackout-trends-twitter-people-try-link-it-us-election-fraud-54800
@taroball yeah looks like the original Katie Hopkins got the Twitter boot for spreading this but there's a backup:
https://twitter.com/Hellohowru12345/status/1348203508248543232?s=19
@taroball (I do not endorse this, it looks like fake news to me)
@funkyduffy there must some law of physics that says: wherever there's a void, bullshit must fill it
> is the Earth spinning faster
???
[googles this]
The Earth is spinning faster !! 
https://gizmodo.com/the-rate-of-earth-s-spin-appears-to-be-accelerating-1846017758
bing really is much worse than google for real time searches. this is bing's top result for "vatican rome blackout"...