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Culture
After going on hormone replacement therapies, my taste began to change — but that effect wasn’t purely biological
Before I was “a guy” — I never really cared about nuts
"Humans’ fossil fuel burning has cooled the planet while warming it" "But fewer people know that burning fossil fuels doesn’t just cause global warming — it also causes global cooling."
Yet another case of the left using "consent decrees" to bypass the legislature and create law through the courts
The high court tends to release all its decisions for a term by the end of June, and only several days remain in the month.
Newly released emails from an influential group issuing transgender medical guidelines indicate that U.S. health officials lobbied to remove age minimums for surgery in minors because of concerns over political fallout.
“The lie is sprinting the 100-meter dash and the fact-check is taking a stroll on the beach. So it’s never going to catch up," said one Democratic strategist.
"These dazzling minifigures are ready for Pride with their very own spectacular Pride celebration!"
still can't name the jurors or talk about any court staff or the prosecutors
Culture
Taylor Swift Super-Collectors: Meet the Fans Buying Every ‘Tortured Poets Department’ Edition, No Matter the Cost
Funny article about pop cult consumerism
Internet Archive fans beg publishers to stop emptying the open library.
Postpandemic arrival of migrants across southern border nearly broke big U.S. cities. Suburbs and smaller towns are now feeling the strain.
Disaster
How non-citizens are getting voter registration forms across the US — and how Republicans are trying to stop it
Another conspiracy theory proven true
The protesters arrived in waves that overwhelmed LAPD officers on the scene
US
AP: The Texas Rangers are frustrating LGBTQ+ advocates as the only MLB team without a Pride Night
Stunning result raises questions about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's future
Alternative titel : crazy faggot got dumped
Suno and Udio could face damages of up to $150,000 per song allegedly infringed.
Birthday day treat Hello how u goin
Culture
Autistic people aren’t being fooled into being nonbinary. We see past the binary that fools you.
Trigger warning: Extreme cringe, lack of self-awareness combined with smug superiority
Boeing? More like boing
Paramount Global also has removed content from CMT’s site
Snoop Dogg Earns His Olympic Stripes With 200-Meter Sprint
of the painted lady butterfly 🦋
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs noted that it is harder to repel the shorter-range munitions used by the Lebanese terror group, and warned that Iran could be drawn into the conflict.
Norway had stored grain in the 1950s but closed down its storage sites in 2003 after deciding they were no longer needed.
100s thousands , saying uk has lost control of their borders , we have reached a new level my dudes even the mussies are like stop
The new labels allow employees to change prices as often as every ten seconds.
The Justice Department tries to silence and imprison whistleblowers who expose the barbarism of transgender medicine.
Total Glownigger Infiltration
UN
Kenyan police are leaving for a controversial deployment in Haiti to take on powerful, violent gangs
The 400 police officers are the first of the 1,000 that Kenya expects to send for the United Nations-led force in Haiti.
Science
Earth's rotating inner core is starting to slow down — and it could alter the length of our days
A new study confirms that Earth's inner core has been rotating more slowly than usual since 2010. This mysterious "backtracking" could also end up slightly altering the planet's overall rotation, lengthening our days.
Squeeze no more, merchants.
15-Year-Old Mississippi Girl Who Stabbed Her Sleeping Mother: Mom Was a “Weird Bitch” Who Was “Suppressing the Black in Me"
Nearly 50 years after the guilty plea, in May 2023, the man filed a writ of actual innocence, claiming that the evidence brought against him, and his confession were all coerced.
A massive factory fire that began after several lithium batteries exploded has killed at least 22 people in South Korea.
Opinion
I’m a tradwife – people call me a slave but my husband’s like the manager & I’m the employee, I won’t disrespect him
US
AP: Conservative-backed group is creating a list of federal workers it suspects could resist Trump plans
The goal is to post 100 names of government workers to a website this summer to show a potential new administration who might be standing in the way of a second-term Trump agenda — and ripe for scrutiny, reclassifications, reassignments or firings.
Crime
A woman is accused of attempting to drown a 3-year-old Muslim child in possible hate crime incident
Jewess from Texas charged after attempting to drown a 3-year-old Palestinian child. Jew on Muzzie crime
UK
I was the first Muslim leader of a western democracy. And I say Islamophobia has poisoned our politics
"Sweep it up for Muzzies, or we'll do some terrorism." - Humza Yousaf, 2024
Too much tolerance is destroying the peace (Feat. Seattle Hellcat man)
Milkwaukee voters don’t feel measurable improvements in their lives since Biden’s been in the White House or even trust the word of local elected officials who serve as his surrogates
A parade could not be held due to the bans but trans flags hung by activists appeared at several locations in the city.
As the Gaza war rages, Israeli funds target US college campuses and push to redefine antisemitism in US law
Russian saboteurs trying to disrupt shipments of critical arms and ammunition to Ukraine set fire to a metal factory belonging to defense manufacturer Diehl in Berlin, Western security officials said.
US
AP: Wisconsin AG argues letting disabled people vote electronically at home would create confusion
Wisconsin’s Democratic attorney general pushed back Monday against a request to let people with disabilities vote electronically from home this fall.
Peeling off Blue Voters and Criticizing Biden is a Threat to 'Our Democracy'(TM).
Disaster
AP: US struggles with shaky relations and troop cuts in African nations as military leaders meet
Some African nations have expressed frustration with the U.S. for forcing issues, such as democracy and human rights, that many see as hypocrisy, given Washington’s close ties to some autocratic leaders elsewhere.
The findings could lead to new treatments for conditions such as erectile dysfunction, or for restoring sexual function in people with lower-body paralysis.
Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón’s reform-minded outlook on juvenile justice seemed made for someone like Denmonne Lee.
People wishing to change gender will be given a two-year ‘cooling off’ period after applying as the party seeks to end ‘intrusive’ law
These are still well-paying gigs, the median annual wage for software developers was $132,270.
Pets today are eating like kings. We should all be so lucky.
Law
Supreme Court finally takes case to decide whether states can restrict transgender "care" of minors
It's Happening
"Conservatives": Only men should die for Globohomo
Prigozhin’s motives are still hotly debated, and the suspicious crash of the private jet that killed him and his top lieutenants exactly two months after the rebellion remains mired in mystery.
UN
Heads of churches say Israeli government is demanding they pay property tax, upsetting status quo
Leaders of major churches have accused Israeli authorities of launching a “coordinated attack” on the Christian presence in the Holy Land by initiating tax proceedings against them.
Spoiler: the kids will be alright. And you will be, too.
A General Dynamics facility slated to make artillery shells is part of the Pentagon’s push to produce more weapons domestically
Global funding in the cultured meat industry dropped by 75% in the last year. Singapore sees its chance to become a world leader, backing local and international firms.
At least 550 people have died on the annual Hajj to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, mostly from heat-related illnesses.
ZeroMark wants to build a system that will let soldiers easily shoot a drone out of the sky with the weapons they’re already carrying—and venture capital firm a16z is betting the startup can pull it off.
Long before "FOMO" there was fear of getting "Wally Pipped."
Author says what we all feel
Science
Penis cancer cases surge across the globe: Docs reveal how to protect yourself, avoid amputation
Spoiler: it's Judith Butler
US
A jury found Illini basketball star Terrence Shannon not guilty of rape. Then the online harassment of his accuser started.
“To me, all this doxxing is another rape. It should be illegal that they are giving this woman’s name. I don’t know what you do about this, but it seems so wrong to me.”
Governor Greg Abbott issued a pardon to Daniel Perry, a veteran convicted of shooting an armed BLM rioter in 2020.
Apps raised fees to offset pay increases in New York and Seattle, frustrating customers and workers
never happens watch update
I wrote a book, and my readers turned me trans.
A probe by the corporation's complaints unit found that the broadcast had broken its rules on accuracy.
Salon owner is challenging the ruling, which lawyer calls 'deeply flawed'
Sweltering train cars, frequent delays and regular cancellations: At the Euro 2024 men’s soccer tournament, Germany’s faltering rail system emerges as a tough opponent.
Sectarian morality arises from the concept of collective guilt.
This drag show doesn’t have the glitter, death drops, and butterfly wings for eyelashes that we find in RuPaul’s Drag Race—but drag culture is at the heart of today’s bots.
Culture
US Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units to Paris, undercutting environmental plan
Totally legit, unedited videos are now "cheapfakes"
Can exploring polyamory both break you and make you?
Some of the most closely watched cases deal with former President Donald Trump‘s immunity, Jan. 6 defendants, the power of executive branch agencies, abortion, and the regulation of social media.
Under the legislation, feeds on apps like TikTok and Instagram would be limited for people under age 18 to posts from accounts they follow, rather than content suggested by an automated algorithm.
If you are gay in Gaza, you’ll be shot in the back of the head,” Netanyahu continued
The doctor teamed up with professional transgender activists in a bid to halt a Texas law defending children from transitions
A vide was released Thursday by the conservation group Pacific Wild, and features 93-year-old Shatner unleashing a stream of bleeped-out expletives directed at salmon farms
Almost daily exchanges of fire have occurred along Lebanon’s frontier with northern Israel since fighters from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip staged a bloody assault on southern Israel in early October that set off a war in Gaza.
Comment Le Loup Survivra-t-il?
Hot Take: Orange Man Killed Fenty Floyd, Who Was a Gud Boi And Dindu Nuffin
Wars are getting more common and militaries are building up. There’s just one thing missing.
After growing for decades, this year the U.S. debt will roughly match its GDP. Throughout history, nations that blithely piled up their obligations have eventually met unhappy ends.
Culture
The American Library Association’s lesbian president is on a mission to protect LGBTQ+ librarians
Emily Drabinski recently created a task force to address the ongoing challenges faced by LGBTQ+ library workers – including herself.
"Their own son killed them," said mother's brother
The dogs were at least a mile offshore and struggling to tread water by the time the anglers arrived
Gov. Kim Reynolds Wrap declares disaster
California Assemblyman Ash Kalra, D-San Jose, called compensation for descendants of slaves "necessary."
The drinking buddies of a 30-year-old woman in Sheridan, Wyoming, USA say she swung a knife at them after a "twerking battle" ended poorly at her home.
Canada's most treed urban city is looking for solutions to a problem that has taken root: tree racism
How to make space for joy when your child comes out
If it was Tai Chi it would have taken a family of black belts to fail to stop a sexual assault
Trump’s political movement introduces the youngest voters to its kind of camaraderie.
UN
UP Man's Genitals Removed, His Sex Change Surgery Done After 'Friend' Tricks Him Into Hospital Visit
This happened in India and the friend told the victim that he is a woman now and the two will get married and live together as no one from his family would accept him.
Law
Whistleblower nurse claims FBI threatened her after she accused children’s hospital of illegally billing taxpayers for ‘transgender medicine’
Americans should wake up to the fact that HIPAA is designed to protect unethical hospitals, not patient privacy
At two different events Saturday, the former president said he proposed a migrant league of fighters to the head of the UFC.
Law
IT BEGINS: Kansas Sues Pfizer — State Alleges Company Knew of ‘Serious Adverse Events’ Yet Marketed COVID-19 Vaccine as ‘Safe’
Juneteenth Season is in full swing!
Devs say players no longer want the "very long chase" for rare drops.
Middle-age escapist fantasies involving a sexy older woman catching the attention and affection of a younger beau seem to be having something of a moment this summer.
The number of undergraduates learning Mandarin at universities across New Zealand has dropped more than 50 per cent in 10 years.
Science
Vietnamese scientist in the top 'world's most influential' explains why he publishes an article every 3 days
The European Union’s centrist leaders must learn their lessons and double down on achieving net zero.
When Rankin said “All I have is my integrity,” I don’t think it was in despair.
Within seconds of the delivery, doorbell video shows two men making a sprint to the residence in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania, USA.
Vanessa Emma Goldman, previously known as Vincent Prygoski, died in 2018.
An emerging coalition that views Donald J. Trump’s agenda as a threat to democracy is laying the groundwork to push back if he wins in November, taking extraordinary pre-emptive actions.
I fucking hate this country get me out of here
Support for the LGBTQ community has declined, and activists have themselves to blame
tensions in the critical maritime corridor are high
Culture
When I brought my kids to a Pride parade, they were overwhelmed at first. But I learned children belong at Pride.
My transgender wife, and I decided to bring them to a small celebration, and it was overwhelming. But a chance encounter with a stranger helped me put Pride into perspective.
Meet the young people and their families impacted by the surge in anti-trans policies across Canada
Amid a revived national discussion about a possible return to mandatory military service, a new think tank report illustrates how doing so in today’s America would require the Defense Department to navigate unprecedented social and cultural challenges.
“I am grateful to everyone on our team who worked hard to make this historic step a reality,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Ten people have been shot, 2 fatally, following an active shooter incident at Mad Butcher Grocery in Fordyce, Arkansas, USA according to state police.
"In 2019, 25 percent of men and 21 percent of women voted for National Rally — in line with traditional patterns. This year, however, the poll found that 33 percent of women had voted for Le Pen’s far-right party, outpacing 30 percent of men."
This Father’s Day, proud dads in some of the most hostile states share their love for their queer, trans and nonbinary children—even if their home states are sending the opposite message.
Content Warning - Phonepost
Good news, everyone, minstrelsy is back (as long as it's gay!)
Sex selection with IVF is banned in much of the world. Not in the U.S.
Future doctors and lawyers
Culture
As the need skyrockets, Ohio LGBTQ+ families step up to foster. Here are two of their stories.
More than 16,000 young people are in the Ohio foster care system, without enough homes to take them in. About 30% of foster kids identify as queer.
They funded a failed experiment to block the sun. They plan to try again.
"I'll stand behind it for as long as I live," he said. "I have no regrets."
The only emergency is if women don’t give birth right bros?
Disaster
Argentina President Milei promises to quash corruption, then shocks with his Supreme Court pick
Lijo... has faced 32 formal denunciations in his 20-year career... In the past year, Lijo has faced five impeachment requests, unrivaled in his court.
Disaster
Investigators for 9/11 families examine video taken by man with ties to Saudi intelligence referencing a "plan"
For more than two decades, the U.S. position has been that al Qaeda acted alone on September 11th, but a newly public video has raised questions about whether the Saudi government provided crucial assistance to the hijackers during the 9/11 terror attacks
Culture
“I have zero respect for those guys. They're not good human beings.” System Of A Down's Serj Tankian slams Imagine Dragons
“If you are that blind to justice that you will go play a show in a country that's starving another country, illegally... I don't know what to say about you as a human being”
