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Strangely, I couldn't find this one on MSM sites
Science
Mice on remote island that eat albatrosses alive sentenced to death by 'bombing,' scientists decree
Hungry like the piss wolf
Business
A Noob Trader Shorts Copper Because Of The Public Backlash Against The Olympic Bronze Medal, Gets Margin Called And Loses All Of His Savings
Reddit segment
One of the biggest threats to America’s politics might be the country’s founding document.
Recruiters are contending with a confounding array of political, social and economic crises that have made it harder than ever to find citizens willing to serve
The Phantom Porch Pooper
Crime
Chicago woman arrested at Indiana Applebee's after argument over 'All You Can Eat' deal: police
Pava LaPere, 26, had been heralded in the city as a rising businesswoman devoted to her community. Officials said the suspect, a sex offender released from prison last fall, was armed and dangerous.
"without the rabid fanbase of Chinese nationalists and Gamergaters at the ready, I’m not sure anybody would be talking about Black Myth: Wukong in 2024"
This is one of the most iconic gags in The Simpsons history if we are being honest
Authorities say that strong winds most likely capsized the boat.
Weeks after an international police force began arriving to take on gangs, armed groups are redirecting their campaign of terror outside the capital.
🎵Hello mother, hello granny, I've been molested by a tranny🎵
The problem here is not a subset of Islamic thought, but the fundamentals of Islam itself.
Anthony Anantharajah was part of a group that plied young girls with alcohol and raped them
Egon Cholakian, national security expert
Owens in early July said on her podcast that experiments performed by Mengele were "bizarre propaganda.
The study showed that 18% of those surveyed disagree that Ireland should welcome people who move here
The Conservative Catholic Stronghold Defying Germany's Populist Surge
The Great Gooner Purge begins
Move by Labour government designed to tackle increase in antisemitic and Islamophobic abuse
The new documentary “Seeking Mavis Beacon” chronicles a quest for the woman who lent her face to the computer game
Did LioConvoy write this?
Spending issues and a potential Trump presidency threaten an effort to reconnect neighborhoods that were shattered by highway projects of the 1950s and ’60s.
With some men mulling the idea of brothels for sex dolls, we asked women their take and some had no kind words.
It makes you itchy just thinking about it
The new age of American exorcisms- “I cried, I yawned, I farted,” he says. “It can come out of any orifice.” His eyes go muddy, unfocused in recollection. “I sometimes wonder, why didn’t I manifest harder? Maybe there’s more inside me.”
The findings are further evidence of how intense backlash to the government's at times muddled COVID response eroded trust in public health
"The pictures. They got the pictures. That was what was so bad about Abu Ghraib... Those pictures today have still not been seen. And so, I’m quite proud of that."
In India a vigilante gang beat 26-year old West Bengal migrant to death in a village bus stand, badly injure another migrant from Assam; five arrested, two juveniles detained; deceased’s kin seek “strictest possible punishment."
A former Air National Guard reservist was denied legal reparations for a botched, routine back surgery and veterans groups are fighting back.
11:17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
Experts agree that gradually establishing English as the second language in Vietnamese schools is a challenging yet essential step that the country must take.
“It was devastating to read again the false accusation that I had anything to do with murdering innocent people, and I felt powerless,” Palin told jurors.
Has it disappeared? Does anybody care? Should they?
A black suspect and white judge from the famous video “Moment judge recognises school friend in dock” have faced once again
Law
A Montco family sued their neighbors over lawn signs that protested an antisemitic slur. A decade later, the Pa. Supreme Court said the signs were leg
Neurotic Jews freak out over being called a "fucking Jew"
The hopeful technology was inspired by the power of plastic-munching proteins, which are naturally produced by a species of bacteria discovered in 2016 at a recycling facility in Japan.
Lol, enjoy your divershitty! No Refunds!
paging the border czar
destroying the argument that "games don't make you violent" but for porn
The overall number of single-person households in the country is estimated to hit 23.3m in the same year.
California's SB 1047 would require AI developers to comply with certain rules before developing their models.
A PhD student who was booted off his course after writing a paper describing how he masturbated to sexualised images of young boys has accused his university and publisher of surrendering to an online pile-on.
The journalist who uncovered the Rotherham grooming gangs scandal has said that even he massively underestimated the scale of the abuse.
Culture
Men think they’ve finally found the perfect tradwife: an AI woman feeding chickens in her underwear
Sub-Saharan Africa’s march towards having more people of working age than China in the coming decades demands an urgent expansion of investment to avoid leaving the region behind, the world’s biggest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates has warned.
from the none-of-this-looks-good-for-anyone dept
"language models embody covert racism... more negative than any human stereotypes about African Americans ever experimentally recorded"
"Once Carlos had walked me through how to spot a gun and a bomb, I asked him about the protocol should I ever actually see one. He told me to call my supervisor"
Law
AP: Catholic diocese sues US government, worried some foreign-born priests might be forced to leave
"Additional exterior details include... window visors"
Nothing to see here, folks
Business
Lowe’s changes some DEI policies amid legal attacks on diversity programs and activist pressure
Will also stop sponsoring and participating in events, such as festivals and parades, that are outside of its business areas.
Business
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway sells more Bank of America, has now cut stake by nearly 15%
For the first time in more than three years, SpaceX lost one of its reusable Falcon 9 boosters during a landing attempt amid the Starlink 8-6 mission on Wednesday morning. As
Alonzo Dickson: Beach Thruster
Gyms, fitness centers, bowling alleys, restaurants and similar businesses were closed for months in 2020, or forced to limit public access, as the state tried to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Disaster
A woman clocked in for work at Wells Fargo on Friday at 7 a.m. 4 days later, she was found dead at her desk.
Wagie are you okay?
Disaster
3 years after decriminalizing hard drugs in Oregon, only 85 cited people sought addiction assessment—thousands died of overdose
Out of the 7,227 people issued citations, only 85 of them completed their substance abuse screening through the helpline, which was needed in order to have the citation dropped.
She hasn’t had an in-depth interview with a journalist since she became the presumptive Democratic nominee for president.
Rawdogging is a search for purity that cannot be achieved.
It's racism y'all
For years, the Maryland governor has faced questions about whether he had wrongfully said he had a Bronze Star. He insisted no. But an old document proves otherwise.
‘RUN OUT THE CLOCK’
I'm fucking sneeding
The 'One Hundred & One More Please' dog-tail starts with beef bone broth and bites of roasted sweet potato
Newspapers are bad cause...cause they just are, okay?
Inflation-weary shoppers have been trading down to less expensive products such as dinner sausage as they stretch their budgets.
US
University of Virginia suspends tours that had come under fire for mentioning Thomas Jefferson's ties to slavery
The Jefferson Council alumni group had opposed University Guide Service volunteers for mentioning that the school's founder was a slaveowner.
The Cybertruck ignited outside a Bass Pro Shop in Texas after its battery pack got wet following a crash with a fire hydrant
Registration underway to facilitate software houses, call centres, freelancers and embassies, says regulator
Culture
Ostani Legion - a Polish paramilitary(?) group is fundraising by selling anime bodypillows of their catgirl waifu mascot Katarzynka!
Thief who stole 20kg gorilla statue from Melbourne retirement village admits he made ‘silly’ mistake
He was just monkeying around
Totalitarian newspeak and Britain, name a more iconic duo 🇬🇧
Please help me identify what racial slurs this deserves.
Dems are concerned that third-party candidates could draw votes away from Kamala Harris and help Donald Trump win Wisconsin
Encryption alone won't save you from the feds.
Opinion
With a conference on the pandemic, Stanford gives purveyors of misinformation and disinformation a platform
"...neither the university nor its medical school, which is a sponsor of the symposium, exercised any judgment at all before greenlighting an embarrassing gala for the pandemic fringe."
Crime
Man vandalized Robinson businesses, then set truck on fire, ran from officers with knife, police say
They're on The Verge of triggering the Streisand Effect
Science
'Opposite of inclusive': A look inside the increasingly hostile environment for Jewish therapists
jews mad human beings don't like them
The seven largest European companies have risen the most on the stock market since the Russian invasion began, but their American counterparts are worth over twice as much, according to a new report
Politicians have long complained about Telegram CEO Pavel Durov's attitude. What's changed is their response.
Lacey gets 5 years for one money laundering charge but was acquitted on 50 counts.
County officials were warned about teen’s fentanyl use before she died of an overdose
UN
Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, UN says
Tehran has enough uranium enriched to near-weapon-grade levels to make "several" nuclear bombs if it chose to do so.
A Brazil Supreme Court judge warned Elon Musk Wednesday that he would have X suspended in Latin America's largest nation if the billionaire didn't name a legal representative for the platform in the country within 24 hours.
Dutch cocaine kingpin sentenced to life in prison after deadly crime spree; ‘violence is destabilizing society’
King Charles receives backlash after he makes new announcement
The Biden administration is drafting an executive order for federal and state governments to speed up the adoption of digital ID and a uniform, government-run online identity system to verify identity and age, and access public websites and services.
Crime
Democratic Taral Patel, charged with faking racist social posts, probed for impersonating judge
American Jews have witnessed the antisemitic wing of the Democratic Party emerge in full
AltisticRight W
TOTAL V-TUBER DEATH
Israel says the operation, which appeared to be the largest since the start of the war, is aimed at preventing attacks on its citizens.
Deathfats thread coming soon
More than 1,400 people have been charged with Capitol riot-related federal crimes.
Culture
AP: Trinidad and Tobago reckons with colonialism in a debate on statues, signs and monuments of its past
Trinidad and Tobago is the latest nation to embrace a global movement that began in recent years to abolish colonial-era symbols as it reckons with its past and questions if and how it should memorialize it as demands for slavery reparations grow
YOU FOOL!
This feels different.
Culture
‘White supremacy, patriarchy and colonialism:’ Behind S.F.’s $3 million plan to cull its monuments
Monument to be erected depicting a white anus being penetrated by a black penis with vitiligo.
Video shows Wang and her staff trying to get the bag back. However, the unhoused woman got angry and refused to give it back. The donation bag had around $1,000.
Culture
Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It’s Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong
On its 10th anniversary, Signal’s president wants to remind you that the world’s most secure communications platform is a nonprofit. It’s free. It doesn’t track you or serve you ads. It pays its engineers very well. And it’s a go-to app for hundreds of...
Law
House Dems Pressure FEC to Censor Grok’s AI Art Generator Before Election: ‘Critical For Our Democracy’
FEC chairman shuts down request: "The First Amendment is not optional. I'll never support shutting down political speech online, including your memes."
Projection isn't just for movie theaters
Culture
‘It feels like a fortress.’ California students return to college amid tighter security over protests
Administrations are clamping down ahead of a potentially volatile fall of continued protests opposing the Israel-Hamas war, compounded by a divisive presidential election.
Culture
Alien Ant Farm Singer Charged with Battery, Accused of Placing Fan’s Hand on Crotch During Live Show
In a milestone breakthrough, more than half of Caltech’s incoming undergraduate class this fall will be women for the first time in its 133-year history.
In a review of more than 300 cases in 2021 and 2023, the inspector general found no evidence that the FBI complied with mandatory reporting requirements to local law enforcement about 50 percent of the time.
German state media created a video game where you kill people who don't believe in the climate cult
Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, an armed group linked to al-Qaeda, claims responsibility for the attack.
"When is someone gonna call Alex Jones and be like: 'Hey Alex Jones, you were right about the frogs -- sorry'?" asks Carlson.
New York’s bus system has one of the worst fare evasion problems of any major city in the world. The issue is more pronounced on buses than in the subway.
The ban will apply to people living in apartment blocks in Carlsbad and includes lighting up on balconies and decks
A feature phone with plenty of nostalgic flair for $129.
EU
AP: As the far right rises in eastern Germany, companies struggle to attract skilled foreign workers
“It’s a big problem for the region, if the impression arises that significant parts of the population not only tolerate anti-immigration and anti-diversity positions, but also support ... them”
What if there was something much more daring going on under the surface?
Crushing obligations to foreign creditors that have few precedents have sapped numerous African nations of growth and stoked social instability.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has visited the city of Solingen three days after a deadly knife attack there. Scholz said he hoped to rapidly "tighten up" German laws on carrying knives.
No more Navy jokes, you're all pozzed now.
“Fighting disinformation and promoting media freedom are two sides of the same coin — and we want Big Tech to do both,” European Commission vice-president Věra Jourová
US
Mark Zuckerberg admits Biden-Harris admin 'pressured' Facebook to censor Americans, and he went along with it
In 2021, senior officials from the Biden Administration, including the White House, repeatedly pressured out teams for months to censor certain COVID-19 content, including humor and satire"
Stephen Masalta is charged with multiple counts of indecent exposure
the thing that never hap- hey wait!
It’s good for whistleblowers, bad for protesters, good at the library, bad on campus.
The Virginia women’s college made the change to comport with its founding documents, creating a stricter gender admissions policy than many of its peers.
The incident is one of several targeting Sikh separatists in North America in recent months.
US
Oklahoma school district faces community backlash after banning student from flying American flag on his truck
"I’ve never really had problems with it before, and it’s our First Amendment, so it’s kind of hard for them to infringe upon our rights," student Caleb Horst said.
The troubled humanitarian mission faced early concerns within the U.S. government, including a warning that rough seas could pose serious challenges, an inspector general found.
includes pic of shlubbiest suspect you have ever seen
US
Trump says he would create a Space National Guard and build an ‘Iron Dome’ missile shield around the US
A Greek-flagged oil tanker carrying 150,000 tonnes of crude that was evacuated by its crew after being attacked in the Red Sea now poses an environmental hazard, the EU's Red Sea naval mission "Aspides" said on Thursday.
Millions of residents had to endure scorching summer temperatures and humidity
The vessel, under development since 2010, has been plagued by technical problems and has yet to fulfill its purpose of ferrying astronauts to the International Space Station, allowing Boeing's rival SpaceX to zoom ahead with its Crew Dragon capsule.
Disaster
Nearly 20% of CPS (Chicago Public Schools) students with disabilities have no bus ride on the first day of school
CPS officials on Friday said 1,900 disabled students still lack bus service. They cite an ongoing driver shortage and a spike in students with disabilities requesting transportation