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UK
Most police forces now allow trans officers to strip-search women as campaigners warn the move will lead to 'state-sanctioned sexual assault'
"At least 34 [of the 43 forces] forces allow, or will allow, trans police officers to strip-search [women]"
Study Included.
Platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ were supposed to do away with pirated media. Instead, they may make them stronger than ever.
"It's typical for Hulk, he has a big heart."
Law
Italy: Popular Social Media Accounts To Be Treated As Publishers, Face “Misinformation,” “Hate Speech” Restrictions
Science
Rice University unveils 'Afrochemistry' class that will 'explore the intersection of racial justice and chemistry'
The class does not give any credits for a chemistry major, but does court towards an African and African-American studies minor.
inserting 3rd party malware in single player games and the return of the dark age of Capcom
United Airlines' DEI committee head is also a trans-identifying male.
The Chinese should ask Russians about their proud history of Orphan Sources
Politicians are courting rural voters with relaxed hunting rules, wary of a conservation policy backlash ahead of EU elections.
Disaster
FAA’s diversity push includes focus on hiring people with ‘severe intellectual’ and ‘psychiatric’ disabilities
Culture
Former Harvard lecturer who defended biological sex claims school failed to support her as career crumbled
Carole Hooven said postgraduate students called her a 'bigot' and refused to be her teaching assistant
Analysts say far-right parties are primed to gain influence over EU policies affecting everything from civil rights to gender issues to immigration.
The teacher took issue with that word “because it implies that to not be straight is to be ‘crooked’ which could have a negative connotation.”
Female Space Marines don't matter - but an ideological backlash against the idea could drag the Warhammer community into dark places.
How empty are the stockpiles ?
RU
First It Was Eggs. Now Exploding Hot-Water Pipes. The Domestic Headaches Overshadowing Putin's Reelection Messaging
New Jersey’s largest city will allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote. Supporters hope it’s the start of a statewide and national movement.
Yes this is fucking real
The proliferation of AI has put its benefits and risks under the spotlight.
A significant number of emergency personnel responded to the White House on Monday morning after a 911 call falsely claimed there was a fire and someone was trapped inside, a source familiar with the incident told CNN.
US military installation is unsafe for flights or people
Lmao
Hezbollah agreed to conduct wide-scale ground attack on Israel with Hamas, but following the surprise October 7 attack the Lebanese terror group withdrew due to American military support for Israel.
For the scientists and environmentalists who have been working to protect these species, the delisting has been a moment to mourn – and to galvanise.
Convoys of tractors and trucks gathered on roads in sub-zero temperatures in nearly all 16 federal states, while protesters clashed with police and leading politicians warned that the unrest could be co-opted by extremists.
Forget about woke discourse and look at what colleges actually do: They hoard endowment funds, gobble up real estate, and churn out far more management consultants than social justice warriors.
US
Trump blasts media for not covering agitators trying to tear down White House fences, says it's time to 'free the J6 hostages'
"So interesting to watch anti-Israel protestors violently demonstrating at the [White] House... and NOTHING is even mentioned about it in the LameStream Media."
Since 2020, these billionaires’ net worth has skyrocketed 114% to a total of $869 billion, after taking inflation into account.
Disaster
Millions of Americans face below-zero temperatures as storms bring blast of Arctic air, snow and ice
The civil rights icon’s image has been sanitized to Kumbaya, feel-good platitudes. But his message was always that of radical, revolutionary change.
US
Fears grow that Trump will use the military in ‘dictatorial ways’ if he returns to the White House
AKA "NBC News Admits 'Deep State' Exists... To Save Us From Trump's Return"
US
AP: US military academies focus on oaths and loyalty to Constitution as political divisions intensify
The U.S. military’s loyalties, responsibilities and norms are in a spotlight as the country enters a presidential election year.
Study Included.
A woman suing Pornhub over its alleged distribution of her childhood sexual abuse material has won a significant victory in her lawsuit against the pornography website’s parent company.
It is now illegal to breed, sell, advertise, gift, exchange, and abandon these dogs or let them stray in UK
Current Study Included.
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Hope you amerimutts have woodstoves and warm blankets . Reminder to get prepped because your grid is trash everywhere .
Law
Racial equity activist must pay at least $38,000 after judge dismisses her lawsuit alleging harm from Awake Illinois leader
Abolition Coalition of Skokie co-founder Angela Sangha Gadsen argued the case is about intimidation and “creating an exclusive education that touts misinformation.”
Sounds like nigger behavior to me
More than a dozen states are seeking to upend the decision-making process by grabbing the power to supersede local restrictions and allow state authorities to approve or disapprove locations for utility-scale projects.
Studies included.
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party, which Nelson Mandela once led, voted in favor of a motion in Parliament last month to close the Israeli Embassy in South Africa and cut diplomatic ties because of the war in Gaza.
In her memoir, “More,” Molly Roden Winter recounts the highs and lows of juggling an open marriage with work and child care.
Study Included.
Tianeptine, found at convenience stores, at smoke shops and online, can mimic an opioid. It is among a growing class of substances that are difficult to control.
style oracle, New York darling and charmer for the ages?
Opinion
What’s wrong with pro-Russian blogger Gonzalo Lira, whom Carlson and Musk stood up for. Explained by the Centre for Strategic Communication
9,388 engineers polled by Motherboard and Blind said AI will lead to less hiring. Only 6% were confident they'd get another job with the same pay.
Study Included.
Crime
Texas Woman Accused of Stealing $100 Million From Army Youth Program and Spending It on 31 Homes and Aston Martins
Janet Yamanaka Mello allegedly defrauded a grant program involving the 4-H youth development organization for nearly seven years
Study Included.
At a campaign event for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, the woman I was interviewing was lying to me.
Like mainstream Republicans blocking military aid, American rightwing extremists are disavowing a war they once admired
The dismissal of a beloved editor and Pulitzer-winning journalist raises questions about the future of the well-funded Houston Landing, and nonprofit news in general.
A German government spokesperson said the allegation against Israel 'lacks any basis'
"In the battle over how reality is presented, the media is disadvantaged in multiple ways."
UK
British children commit 18 rapes a DAY: Shock official figures reveal 15,000 rapes and sex attacks by under-18s in 2022
with access to violent online porn blamed for 'normalising' criminal behaviour In excess of half of all child sexual offences are committed by other youngsters
Disaster
Open source manga reader Tachiyomi ceases development following pressure from Kakao Entertainment Corp
The SEC confirmed to WIRED that the financial regulator has launched an investigation involving Rumble, a “free speech” video platform. The nature of the probe remains unknown.
Crime
LGBTQ activist owner of queer Washington State bagel shop murdered while vacationing in New Orleans
Jacob Carter, 32, was gunned down near the intersection of Bourbon Street and Kerlerec Street
Good news everyone!
Science
Marijuana meets criteria for reclassification as lower-risk drug, FDA scientific review finds
Original Study Mentioned In Article & Associated Commentary Also Included
A plan to impose a fee of $900 to $1,500 on every excess ton of methane emissions would be the first federal price on greenhouse gas pollution.
Many of the most common e-scooter complaints are actually indictments of bad street design. And for all the annoyance the scooters inspire, cities would be far worse without them.
The conflict that ripped the country apart 160 years has resurfaced as a campaign issue
The death might have been just a local tragedy. But some of the suspects were from an immigrant community, turning the case into a cause célèbre for the far right.
Crime
Investigators found stacked bodies and maggots at a neglected Colorado funeral home, FBI agent says
The remains included adults, infants and fetuses.
Fun is forbidden!
UK
Julian Assange's lawyer warns his life is 'at risk' if final UK appeal against extradition to US fails
Assange spent almost seven years living in the Ecuadorian embassy in central London before it forced him to leave. He has been held in Belmarsh Prison since 2019.
Explain yourself Jose
Somaliland hoped to be recognised as a country after port deal with landlocked Ethiopia - but move has sparked fury in Somalia
Hundreds of people are buried in numbered graves in a pauper's graveyard near the Hinds County Detention Center and Hinds County Penal Farm. Families say their loved ones were buried there without notice.
A new program in Maine will provide asylum seekers with free housing for up to two years as cities across the country continue grappling with an influx of migrants.
Black Woman Kills Baby
Thom Hartmann spergs out against white privilege
Culture
Greta Gerwig Responds to Jo Koy’s Golden Globes Joke About Barbie’s ‘Big Boobies’ After It Was Slammed as Sexist: ‘Well, He’s Not Wrong’
ACTUALLY, living in the pod and riding the bus is better
“Because this is what you do. You bang people’s heads against walls."
US
Chinese migrants lured to Oklahoma marijuana farms victims of sex, labor trafficking, Drummond says
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond testified that foreign nationals most often involved in illegal marijuana operations come from China and Mexico.
But the regulations that could rein it in would benefit all of AI
"Some depicted "penetrative sexual activity with infants only weeks old". A total of 318 extreme pornographic images, "involving males and females engaged in penetrative sexual activity with dogs", were also found on the tablet computer."
The Iranian navy’s “seizure of the oil tanker does not constitute hijacking; rather, it is a lawful undertaking sanctioned by a court order and corresponds to the theft of Iran’s very own oil,” Iran’s mission to the United Nations says.
Defence Secretary calls for greater female representation in the military amid a collapse in the flow of new recruits
Marian Hudak was convicted Thursday on federal hate crime charges after a jury found he attacked his Hispanic neighbor and shouted racial slurs at a Black driver in separate confrontations about a year apart.
My takedown of a ridiculous parenting op-ed.
US
Court papers say ex-Virginia election official on trial 'altered election results' in 2020 election
“an election official at the time allegedly "altered election results" in the state's reporting system, leading to three grand jury indictments last year.” “[it] didn’t impact any election outcomes“
Georgia-born Stalin, who infamously suppressed religion in the Soviet Union, was featured on an icon in the country’s main cathedral.
Freddie deBoer sucks tranny dick once again and unironically goes "that never happens"
The region is on fire, and Washington is to blame.
UK
Police launch murder probe after boy, seven, is found dead at home in Haverfordwest - as woman is arrested
"Alaskans are forking over a beefy 23.93% above the national average for a trip to McDonald’s," "Wyoming [pays] 17.61% below the median" "Massachusetts (21.99%) and Vermont (19.41%) residents were paying near-luxury prices"
Science
Fauci admits Covid lab leak theory is 'not a conspiracy theory' during Congressional grilling
Fauci also testified that "he’s still not convinced that there was learning loss — that in his view, that’s still really open for discussion."
The Texas Library Association has since apologized and re-extended its invitation.
Culture
Peterborough store clerk charged with aggravated assault after would-be robber beaten with baseball bat
Police chief says while case is 'unusual,' clerk's arrest was 'about the law'
Allahu Snackbar
Another anarcho-tyranny bill to be used only against those who defy The Cathedral
The ADL released a report Wednesday listing more than 3,000 antisemitic incidents committed in the three months since Oct. 7, a stunning figure that tops full-year tallies every year except 2022.
Opinion
How Palpatine’s “Good Is A Point Of View” Fooled Not Only Anakin Skywalker But Also A Generation Of Star Wars Fans
Crime
AI startup CEO Suchana Seth arrested for murder of 4-year-old son after child’s remains found inside her luggage: reports
How did the cross-dressing artist get away with flashing a prosthetic penis at a children’s charity fundraiser?
Medics measured the body temperatures of the victims with a device that reached up to 106 degrees and both victims exceeded that reading, according to The Messenger.
" “Unions of persons of the same sex are contrary to the will of God and therefore cannot receive the blessing of the Church,” wrote Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu of Kinshasa, Congo"
1800 jobs
Crime
Bengaluru CEO Accused of Son's Murder: 'Domestic Violence', 'Sexual Abuse', 'Bloody Towel' Deepen Mystery
Sean Gravells faces sexual interference, exploitation and child pornography charges: B.C. Prosecution Service
Business
Bitcoin ETFs from Grayscale, BlackRock, and others approved by SEC and could start trading this week
The move is seen as an endorsement of crypto by the country’s primary securities regulator, although the agency may not have had much choice.
SNP outlines proposal to ban 'conversion therapy' after its self-ID law was blocked by UK Government
Trump’s right that Lincoln could have compromised. The results would have been unthinkable.
Opinion
The U.S. is facing the biggest COVID wave since Omicron. Why are we still playing make-believe?
"What is the exit strategy that could get us to “return to normal”? It certainly can’t happen with the current complacency and false belief that the virus will burn out and go away."
The small South American country has been plunged into crisis after years of growing control by transnational cartels who use its ports to ship cocaine to the U.S. and Europe.
A passenger opened a cabin door on an Air Canada flight from Toronto to Dubai on Monday, injuring themselves and causing delays.
“Happy New Year,” the man greeted the crew – who then began arguing with him, then one of the attackers whipped out “an unknown sharp object” and stabbed the victim multiple times all over his body, cops said.
A Portrait of Degeneracy
The Panama Canal Authority is weighing potential fixes that include an artificial lake to pump water into the canal and cloud seeding to boost rainfall, but both options would take years to implement, if they’re even feasible.
Crime
Registered Sex Offender Charged With Murder Of Ohio Woman After Stalking Her 12-Year-Old Niece
A sex offender is in custody after being charged in the murder of his 12-year-old victim’s aunt. Nicholas Cunningham, also known as “Sapphire” was arrested in November in connection to the death of 44-year-old Gena Wade of Smith Township, Ohio.
Many of the most common e-scooter complaints are actually indictments of bad street design. And for all the annoyance the scooters inspire, cities would be far worse without them.
A groundbreaking study reveals that sex chromosomes, especially through genes ZFX and ZFY, play a critical role in regulating gene expression across the human body, challenging traditional views of their function.
Culture
Remote classes for students at James Madison High School after thousands of asylum seekers relocated due to storm
500 migrant families would be transferred to the high school auditorium to sleep overnight
Crime
Mo. Teacher Accused of Sexually Abusing Teen After Police See Pictures of Scratches on Him; Student’s Father Also Arrested
Hundreds of far-right activists were seen giving a fascist salute at a ceremony in Rome on Sunday to commemorate the deaths of three teenagers nearly 50 years ago.
Caught on hot mic admitting that Haley will "get smoked"
He promises to transform barges into high-security floating jails on the Pacific to reduce homicides
