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🏰 The Fediverse is up. If you know, you know.
23andMe scraping incident leaked data on 1.3 million users of Ashkenazi and Chinese descent
The story of how one independent researcher conducted the largest-ever survey on fetishes, and what it has to teach us about sex, pleasure, and social science methodology.
Analysts, recruiters and investors weigh in on the impact of mass redundancies, and the longer term prospects for the business of video games
NYT: "No, really, we always knew Ibrahim Kendi was a grifter!"
British pajeet/intelligence spook creates mystery organizations that distribute talking points and hit lists to US companies and politicians
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's hands were bitten by the beasts he fed and now he's now part of white history.
Also. Visa is suspended for Canadians who wish to visit India.
Crime
What we know about the police’s ATV, bike roundup in the wake of the viral assault across from City Hall
Philadelphia police confiscated 23 ATVs and dirt bikes across the city on Wednesday and Thursday.
Activist Chaya Raichik and the @libsoftiktok account she created criticized Interior spokesman Tyler Cherry, an LGBTQ rights advocate. Is there anyone not a crossdressing faggot in the Biden admin?
Culture
An American LGBTQ+ activist who fled Israel during Hamas attacks says she never imagined feeling safer in Dubai, where being gay is a crime
Law
California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoes caste discrimination and psychedelic decriminalization bills
Good.
No we can't test them no you can't know what is in them its trade secret. Lol.
Will this destroy the Democrats in 2024?
“Goldin’s work also explores the reasons for stubborn wage gaps between men and women”
"Tourist"
as more firms make young staffers sign 'repayment agreements' that can penalize them for quitting
Culture
Why Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum Has Permanently Removed Its Once-Popular ‘Lion Attacking a Dromedary’ Diorama
Miracles of St. Floyd continue
Columbus was no genocidal sociopath; he was an ambitious, expert explorer disastrously incapable of governance, whose poor decisions had consequences he could hardly have predicted.
Gaetz had mates. The Hateful Eight.
Crime
Millions in PPP, other COVID relief fraud went to gangs, heated up Chicago’s illegal gun market
In Chicago, the price of illegal guns soared during the pandemic, but gangs were able to pay for them with COVID-19 relief money obtained fraudulently, agents say.
Manuel “Tortuguita” Teran, an activist protesting a police training center near Atlanta, was shot 57 times by police.
Texas professor Maria Rosas wrote a piece for Newsweek about her experience with Ozempic, saying the drug left her with burnt genitals and charred skin.
Business
More than 75,000 workers strike at hundreds of Kaiser Permanente health facilities across U.S.
The striking workers include vocational nurses, emergency department technicians, radiology technicians, X-ray technicians, respiratory therapists, medical assistants, pharmacists and hundreds of other positions.
Things are so tough out there even monkeys need a drink every now and then
Leaf man goes bowling for Muslims
"'How did I become this person?' I asked myself."
US
Migrants are now being sent to New York City by PLANE from California - with the Salvation Army footing the bill
As the good book says, "Infinity +1 migrants. It's what Jesus would want."
Just live in the pod, it's for your health!
Are You Ready for The Rapture?
A newly licensed textbook dealer, Prager University, is generating national backlash over its push against ‘dominant left-wing ideology’ in schools.
US
Milo Yiannopoulos throws ‘$150,000 sodomy stone’ engagement ring in the ocean to prove he’s ‘ex-gay’
Born-Again Straight
"all transgender people taking gender-affirming hormones are at ‘significantly increased risk’ from deadly conditions" "Trans men [...] were 63 per cent more likely to have some form of heart disease than women, and more than double as likely than men"
Oy vey...
Suffer....
What, no QAnon Shaman?
A complicated history looms over the latest effort to fix the country’s security crisis.
US
AP: Few Americans say conservatives can speak freely on college campuses, AP-NORC/UChicago poll shows
Overall, 47% of adults say liberals have “a lot” of freedom to express their views on college campuses, while just 20% said the same of conservatives
Poor Commander. It isn’t his fault that his biting became a political liability for the Biden White House.
Romana Didulo is known as a far-right QAnon conspiracy theorist. She has declared herself the "Queen of Canada," among other titles including the national Indigenous leader.
In an interview on CNN the former senator and secretary of state also called the ex-president ‘an authoritarian populist’
A new comparative study of left-wing governments in Latin America shows that left governance creates better outcomes for participatory democracy, even in strongholds of opposition.
AfD’s Tino Chrupalla collapsed after taking selfies at an event following what the German political party called an “assault incident”
Law
Former Bungie HR Manager Is Suing for Wrongful Termination After She Reported Potential Racial Bias
She alleges her recommendations for sensitivity training were met with “hostility and denial.”
No worries about inheritance if you spend it all before you die!
War
Far right, Hindutva ideology sparks concerns: tridents and pledges deepen communal divides in India’s Heartland
Tridents as Symbols: Unmasking the Ideological Shift in Rajasthan's Communal Landscape."
US
Michael Benz (AKA "Frame Game"), a conservative crusader against online censorship, appears to have a secret history as an alt-right persona
Frame Game, the pseudonym of an alt-right internet personality, hid his face while pushing racist conspiracy theories. Inadvertent slips revealed details about his identity.
We are beginning to roll out new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT. They offer a new, more intuitive type of interface by allowing you to have a voice conversation or show ChatGPT what you’re talking about.
On Tuesday, Trudeau didn’t confirm the number of diplomats that have been told to leave but suggested Canada would not retaliate.
Crime
Disgraced Hollywood Director Brett Ratner, Accused of Multiple Counts of Rape, Immigrates to Israel
TLD: Total LatinX Deportation
TROONS LINE UP BY THE TENS OF DOZENS TO RECEIVE "EUPHORIC, AFFIRMING" ABORTION PILLS ON DEMAND
Their recurring chant, ‘Missionaries go home!,' over a bullhorn was interspersed with musings about Judaism's triumph over Christianity.
Culture
Chris Rock To Direct, Produce Martin Luther King Jr. Comedy starring Louis CK as Martin Luther King
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) says he’s fueled by small donations. A recent video obtained by The Daily Beast shows him holding an event with megadonors.
Juneteenth. Chicago. Why Would White Supremacists Do This?
He was in the U.S. Army’s Ninth Division, first shipped to England and then to the front of a frozen European wasteland where war had been going on for four years.
A congressman described Musk as a “concerned citizen with a megaphone.” But Musk’s megaphone is the problem.
The context for this supposed need to reinstate conscription is the estimate that were the US to enter into a large-scale conflict, every day it would likely suffer thirty-six hundred casualties and require eight hundred replacements, again per day.
Edinburgh University’s Childlight unit highlights a ‘public health emergency’ with a rapid increase of child sex abuse online
"The banana is a global symbol of white supremacy and hatred of Black people."
Nobody dares name the perps
“Interracial relationships of course exist in real life, but their hegemonic hold on movies and TV takes it a step beyond representation”
The Big Win For The 21-year-old Zimbabwe Native And Model Has Been Met With Mixed Reactions Online Because She Is Representing The African Country As A White Woman.
Sirs, you vill be slaying the Queen in the name of the Dark side! Jeet slips up by telling guard his plan. Lol at his larp mask.
Kat Von D has been baptized into Christianity a year after renouncing witchcraft and the occult.
US
Witness at UFO Hearing Testifies Under Oath ‘Non-Human’ Bodies Have Been Recovered by Gov’t From Crashed Crafts
A Congressional Representative got quite the answer from a witness at the House Oversight committee’s UFO hearing on Wednesday when she asked about whether the U.S. government has recovered “non-human” bodies from “crashed crafts” in its possession.
Disaster
US syphilis cases are rising, and STD clinics warn they’re struggling to find crucial antibiotic
The United States is facing a rise in syphilis cases. From 2017 to 2021, reported cases of syphilis increased about 74%, and congenital syphilis — when a mother passes the infection to her baby during pregnancy — increased more than 203%.
"...with his left hand, holds up the “OK” sign with his thumb and index finger touching and his other fingers outstretched, forming a “W.” The Anti-Defamation League has labeled it a hate symbol..."
Sorry Maine, you're too white and safe, here's more brown people!
"Show me a single self respecting man that would like to climb into bed with that woman, ever, ever, who wasn't an incel, a cucked little incel..." "...who'd want to shag that?"
Skynet told me to do it
Culture
Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize for fight against oppression of women
The Trudeau government’s foray into podcast regulation is a concerning encroachment on free expression.
Antisemitic incidents in the U.S. hit a record high last year.
Culture
Woman Shares How Worried Parents Can Explain Gender-Neutral Bathrooms To Their Children — 'Seems Pretty Easy To Me'
NPR celebrates gerrymandering on the right side of history.
Over the past two weeks, Donald Trump said shoplifters should be immediately shot, suggested the United States’ top general be executed and mocked a political opponent’s husband who was beaten with a hammer.
The incident is just the latest in a series of violent threats against public officials.
After the ousting of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, there is concern in Kyiv that Ukraine has become a tool of US domestic politics.
today I learned that helicopters turn on crocs
A 12th incident has already been reported AFTER this article was released.
Instagram, Messenger AI feature goes viral for bizarre user-created stickers.
incompetent techie fucks up, blames his only friend
Feel good story of the day.
Insert Illinois Nazis joke here
MPs demand air traffic controller spends more time dealing with passenger service and safety and less pontificating about identity politics
UN
Ottawa 'carefully' considering unsealing records after recognition of another Nazi veteran comes to light
Rideau Hall is apologizing for the historic appointment of a man who fought for a Nazi unit in the Second World War, to the Order of Canada. Now, Gov. Gen. Mary Simon's office says it is examining two subsequent medals granted in the last two decades.
It happened in Apopka, Florida. Because of course it happened in Florida.
Last month, a conspiracy theory about health impacts of the test spread on social media.
Culture
‘Downfall of prodigy’: China’s youngest graduate student and PhD candidate at 16 still financially dependent on parents at 28, says ‘they owe me’
At age 16, he became PhD student in Applied Mathematics at a top university in Beijing. His view of success has changed – now he does not have a full-time job, only has a few thousand yuan in his bank account, and lives in rented apartment.
Fake-chicken Theranos
An internet personality who espouses fascism, racism, and bodybuilding has won influential converts.
Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup conducted years of tests at UC Davis, a public university. A WIRED investigation reveals how Neuralink and the university keep the grisly images of test subjects hidden.
Article says the banks might repossess Twitter
Seven plaintiffs are requesting fair pay, plus damages for "unreasonably poor treatment"
"I hate you with every fiber of my being" "You are my greatest ally"
'I struggled with what it meant to have been present at her bris when she was only eight days old, to have consciously raised her as a boy, and ultimately to reckon with the reality that I must have missed something somewhere along the way."
lout faces jail for waving photo of cancer victim at Sunderland match while high on cocaine
Dozens of leaders, mostly from Western states, have asked the Supreme Court to overturn lower court decisions that restrict enforcement against public camping.
Representative Nancy Pelosi had been given a “hideaway” office suite as a courtesy — one that was rescinded after she did nothing to help Representative Kevin McCarthy.
Stasi Apologia: "that's not happening, and it's good that it is"
Crime
Florida hit-and-run suspect floors it as victim clings to hood for 2 miles with cops in hot pursuit: police
The driver allegedly tried running over the victim before fleeing the scene and driving for two miles before coming to a stop and being arrested, authorities said
UN
Pakistan announces big crackdown on migrants in the country illegally, including 1.7 million Afghans
The momentum behind organizations that aim to combat online falsehoods has started to taper off.
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It's complicated
The eternal American Jew in action
Tommy François worked on Child of Eden and Serge Hascoët is known for Assassin's Creed and Watch Dogs
Trump hacking into your phones now!
Piratecow
lmao they grouped trans women with gay men
NOO NOT MY HECKIN THEY/THEMUSSY
Most demographers now predict that humanity will plateau, not drastically decline.
'The dance moves do not come from the West End: For ‘I Kissed a Goy,’ we have to imitate fellatio and then vomit to the lyrics “It’s not what I’m used to, you’ve got all your foreskin on.”'
Fighting "nanny dogs" coming soon to a shelter near you, courtesy of the fedbois!
US
AP: No Labels asks state Democratic chairs to back off after Biden said democracy allows for third party
The DNCC and the Biden campaign have said little about No Labels while organizations including Third Way, MoveOn and the Lincoln Project make a public case against the group.
US
NYC college professor who threatened Post reporter with machete is fired as her lawsuit against NYPD emerges
If it isn't the consequences of my own actions.
Tom Hanks and other celebrities have recently become targets of AI-powered ad scams.
Law
APP President Schilling on Marsh: 'To believe that young girls should be comfortable showering with males, behind a shower curtain or not, is utterly
I am sure she would have no problem living by her statement
He’s just finding “things” and then masturbating with them.
Health Secretary will use Tory conference to announce proposals pushing back against ‘wokery’ in the NHS
Looks like China isn't the only country that the dems sold out to
An eyewitness video taken during the incident which shows a man in a “Make America Great Again” hat, with a group holding him and taking the hat, at which point he pulls out a gun and fires.
Tyree Smith, from Bridgeport, Connecticut, killed a homeless man and then ate his brain and eyeballs. Ten years after being committed to a state psychiatric hospital for 60, he has been released.