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Cindy Romero said the armed migrants were spotted earlier in the day: 'We knew it was coming'
Today's appointment closes celebrations for the centenary of the war memorial
Ukrainian officials expressed outrage over the Russian leader’s visit, warning they would seek to “ensure that this has consequences” for Mongolia.
Media giant Cox Media Group (CMG) says it can target adverts based on what potential customers said out loud near device microphones, and explicitly points to Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Bing as CMG partners
These three things deepen the mysterious disappearance near Mladenovac
Opinion
I have the ideal road plan for Britain. Take the 16 major highway schemes worth £15bn and bin them
"We all hate roads. They pollute our lungs, destroy our hearing, degrade the environment and are a blight on the countryside."
Hochul joins the ranks of dems like Swalwell and Feinstein
US
‘I want her to worry about who’s waiting on the corner’: How one man uses Facebook to frighten his children’s mother and why police do nothing
"a computer whiz with a sizable social media following and a well-documented disregard for court orders"
US
Minnesota high court sets self-defense precedent in machete case: retreat before brandishing weapon
The court ruled that you cannot brandish a deadly weapon even when under attack if you can reasonably retreat. A dissenting opinion called it unprecedented in American history.
“I don’t feel sick at all — it’s just ranch dressing,” said winner Zach Orvis.
Woman allows other women to choose her sexuality and career
Journo tries explaining away duds, proves the Chuds right anyway
RELEASE THE TRANIFESTO!
"It also brought up uncomfortable aspects of limits on free speech, or how one female can be accused of committing gender violence against another."
Culture
‘Concord’ Dev Writes Off Critics: “Why Would I Care About A Bunch Of Talentless Freaks Hating On It?”
Peak player count of just 679 lol
Culture
'The Community Is Thirsty for It': Southern Israel's Largest Hospital Gets a New LGBTQ Clinic
When Inbar Izhak proposed opening the first gynecology clinic for the queer community in Soroka hospital, she got 'insane tailwind' from people wanting safe, informed care. For the clinic's leading doctor, Iris Shoham, the work feels spiritual
Law
Attorney General Bailey Files Suit against Third Biden-Harris Illegal Student Loan Scheme Days after SCOTUS Sides with Missouri, Blocks Second
Their daughter eventually detransitioned. Now, her family is raising the alarm about the power schools have to keep parents in the dark
Concord is getting closed down, all players refunded.
My square jaw, inordinately thick eyebrows, deep voice and utterly muscular stature peg me as a man who looks like he was very much born male from birth.
A growing movement wants to destigmatize severing ties. Is it a much-needed corrective, or a worrisome change in family relations?
Gay center gives kids in impoverished area free stuffed animals, stickers, and clothes to entice them to hang out there
"Sometimes I tell her I’m not her real mother, just to see her reaction, to see if she gets upset, because then I’ll know she loves me. So I say: I’m not your real mami! But she doesn’t believe me anymore because I’ve done it so many times."
"He just wanted his leg cut off so he could get a hard-on. Dr. Brown was just doing his job.”
UN
Nicolás Maduro decrees ‘advancement of Christmas to October 1’ after González Urrutia arrest warrant
The Chavista leader took advantage of his television program to announce a change in the festive calendar. ‘It is September and it already smells like Christmas’ Nicolás Maduro
Egg showers have become common on social media, but a Brooklyn woman has gone a step further by throwing her eggs a birthday party every year.
Britain’s nuclear weapons are now forever reliant on US military scientists after a transatlantic treaty was quietly rewritten.
RMS Titanic Inc., a Georgia-based company that holds the legal rights to the 112-year-old wreck, has completed its first trip since 2010 and released images from the expedition on Monday.
The incident Friday came moments after Trump had criticized major media outlets for what he said was unfavorable coverage
Trucks loaded with items from the museum have been smuggled to South Sudan, says the national broadcaster
AI opponents say Gates, Altman, and others will guide Oprah through an AI "sales pitch."
The thing that never happens with phones has happened again
WBEZ’s analysis shows the sites published home addresses of most of the state’s voters, including prosecutors involved in public corruption cases, prominent Illinois-based actors, Chicago sports luminaries and several billionaires.
The university’s tall iron gates, long open to the public, are now guarded, requiring students to present identification to enter campus.
Remember, it's antisemitic to admit that jews control the media
Law
Federal judge rules Illinois’ concealed carry law can’t prohibit holders from having guns on public transportation
UN
A longtime Russian ally says it's frozen its participation in Putin's NATO 'at all levels' after a year of snubs
Armenia said it doesn't see any need to engage with Putin's Collective Security Treaty Organization.
4MEG RAM cart could pave the way for more advanced games
He learned to code.
Science
'Closer than people think': Woolly mammoth 'de-extinction' is nearing reality — and we have no idea what happens next
Scientists are getting very close to bringing a few iconic species, like woolly mammoths and dodos, back from extinction. That may not be a good thing.
Is the United States a modern-day empire?
The animal rights group is demanding Ethiopian Airlines stop its practice of allowing companies to fly monkeys into the United States.
Business
Mark Cuban says Elon Musk's 'biggest power play' on X is letting users think they have free speech
Pete Davidson is reportedly attempting to get sober after latest heartbreak
US
AP: Illegal voting by noncitizens is rare, yet Republicans are making it a major issue this election
"It’s every chemical engineer’s dream."
‘Nope I’m driving off.’
Arnold Schwarzenegger has been accused of stealing the idea of an entrepreneur
China views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control. T
The solution to the migrant crisis, according to the pope, is to extend safe and legal access routes for migrants so that those who are fleeing war, violence, persecution, and natural disasters can find refuge.
Petty Tyrants of the Schoolhouse; Grand Tyrants of the Nation
Unofficial projects abound!
In New Hampshire, a cybersecurity firm found troubling security bugs — and the Ukrainian national anthem — written into a voter database built with the help of an overseas subcontractor.
The private and public seductions of the world’s biggest pop neuroscientist.
Brazilian users seem to be turning to Bluesky in droves while they can’t use X.
Millions are likely to perish.
UK
Enormous film set explosion that left terrified locals near London's O2 Arena fearing a bomb had gone off was caused by a convicted paedophile
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
