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🏰 The Fediverse is up. If you know, you know.
Culture
The rise and fall of the Wing: How a popular women’s co-working startup failed despite billionaire backers, a $365 million valuation, and a 35,000-per
“Just having a cool place to work and free lattes wasn’t enough for us. That’s when it got frustrating."
Six generations of men raised by women
Them Onion Turbans Actually Protected Mount Athos
Culture
Colleges that ditched test scores for admissions find it’s harder to be fair in choosing students, researcher says
Diversifying the student body remains an elusive goal
While it cannot be ruled out that Jill Biden was booed by some individuals in the crowd on Sunday (as another video seems to suggest), there is no evidence to suggest it was to the extent portrayed by the right-wing press.
Against her medical conscience to use biology-obscuring pronouns
Culture
Lawyers claim George Floyd’s family has faced cyber criticism since Kanye West made remarks over Floyd’s death
Has the Floyd family never been online the past couple of years?
On today's episode of "Leftists displaying antisocial behavior"
Bringing LGBTQIA+ history to life in the metaverse and through open source design.
Science finds a new way to fuck with rats
The traditional driving duo of the EU — Germany and France — were in opposing camps
American advisor to Ukraine’s military reveals war goals
Nook has expanded its range of pods to include features that aim to help address the needs of neurodiverse individuals.
Biden administration threatens to block Musk from buying Twitter for "national security" reasons
Glory holes play a crucial character in modern history
Research shows workers don’t expect them to insist on long hours, exposing a leadership challenge.
US
Elizabeth Warren blasts a federal court's 'lawless and reckless decision' striking down the funding mechanism for a top student-loan industry watchdog
I never knew the Federal Reserve had control of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau
CULTURE NOT A COSTUME
No fluoride stares in Richmond, Vermont
Culture
Airsoft reps say government’s sweeping firearms legislation will ‘shutter this industry entirely’
Leafs wanna ban airguns lmao
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War
US military rated as ‘weak,’ may not be able to win one war, as tensions grow with China, Russia
"The US military may not be able to win one war — let alone two — as the Pentagon struggles to keep its forces equipped against potential threats from China and Russia, according a new report on American military strength."
Teachers adapted to the calculator. They can certainly adapt to language models.
UK
Energy crisis: Plan for three-hour power blackouts to prioritize heating in event of gas shortages
Is Eurotrash a renewable energy source?
Democrats are outspending Republicans 57-to-1 on television ads for their secretary of state candidates. It still may not be enough.
...so staff turn off the lights and heating and go home leaving the protesters moaning they can't order food or go to the toilet 'in a decent manner'
Insurance companies that have long said they'll cover anything, at the right price, are increasingly ruling out fossil fuel projects because of climate change
“I always recommend performers get health insurance. Always,” said Corey Silverstein, a lawyer
Stolen elections have consequences sweaty
Face the wall, men
Concerned about the amount of misinformation about voting and elections, a number of groups have urged tech companies to do more.
38% with no trust at all outpaces great deal/fair amount for first time
Previously unreported details shed new light on Twitter’s motivations for selling the company — and Elon Musk’s plans to transform it
More evidence that Italians aren’t white
Presstitute pens combination "memoir and manifesto."
Things are gonna get spicy this winter
Disaster
'There are a lot of miserable women in corporate America': Women leaders have been leaving their jobs and companies in unprecedented numbers
Girlbosses make discovery: work sucks!
It's the one where police demand you come out with your pants down
"Kaufman admitted to watching “interracial porn” and masturbating in his Ford truck, which was parked across three parking spaces, but claimed he did not realize how close he was to the preschool." "Kaufman was charged with public sexual indecency"
Disaster
Sex Offender Identified as Woman to Access Women’s Shelter, Allegedly Raped a Female Resident
Green is well known to police and has multiple prior offenses — including a conviction for having sexually assaulted a woman in 2018.
He gave her $1,000 — nearly half his savings.
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If you’re a celebrity or public figure with a very large platform, and you feel the itch to get something off your chest about the Jews, how about just don’t.
Thanks to the Cactus Plant Flea Market promo, staff are taking to social media to vent about the ridiculous orders coming in
From First Kill and Gentleman Jack to Batwoman, it’s clear that TV isn’t just fond of killing off lesbians — it’s fond of killing off lesbian shows.
Ahead of the midterm elections, the proliferation of alternative social media sites has helped cement false and misleading information as a defining feature of American politics.
South Korea is backed by the "full range" of U.S. defense capabilities, including nuclear capabilities, a state department spokesperson said Wednesday, apparently dismissing the need for the deployment of U.S. nuclear weapons to South Korea.
Disaster
Minecraft launcher project spins out of control after dev hijacks it to fight 'leftist queer ideology'
PC Gamer article enforcing the narrative about PolyMC
Author manages to be condescending and shit on the US in an article about overpriced gyms
UK
Hospital refuses to operate on sex attack victim after she requests all-female care because she fears mixed sex facilities are unsafe for women
UK
After just 45 days in office, Liz Truss is eligible to collect R2.3 million allowance for rest of her life
"Liz Truss will receive a yearly £115,000 (around R2.36 million) allowance for the rest of her life despite her short stint as Prime Minister." "In addition, Truss is entitled to receive a pension allowance of up to 10% of the £115,000 allowance."
Many farmers have been incensed by the government’s final proposal, while environmentalists have said it doesn’t go nearly far enough.
The Dutch right-wing political leader Thierry Baudet has surprised many supporters by saying that Christianity is “for losers” and “lacks masculinity”.
Saint Ye vs Saint George
Moderna study finds that "against more recent strains, including the currently dominant BA.5, the effectiveness turned negative." "Researchers with Moderna[...]found that people who received three Moderna doses were more likely to become infected"
The National Institutes of Health now blocks access to an important database if it thinks a scientist’s research may enter “forbidden” territory.
Business
The student-loan forgiveness application will cost the US government nearly $100 million per year to process, Biden's Education Department estimates
It will cost US $99,900,000 per year to just create and run a fucking website.
Ohio Voters to Decide If Non-US Citizens Can Vote in Local Elections
Only for Biden? Not Americans?
As dragons, hobbits and heroes proliferate, TV recap podcast hosts like Mallory Rubin steer viewers through the flood.
America's greatest ally is a Russian ally
The Energy Department projects heating bills will jump 28% this winter for those who rely on natural gas, used by nearly half of U.S. households for heat.
The worst offense is the outfit he did it in 💅
"The National Institutes of Health told the Financial Times its officials were investigating whether the study, which was partly funded by the US government, should have gone through extra checks before going ahead" "NIH said it had not reviewed the work"
Nature art
CBP (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) Officers finds "largest thus far in port history" "load of fentanyl" many of which were marked with CNN logo
After a New Jersey second-grader told her mother that her teacher had tried to pull off her hijab, the story went viral on social media.
"Oh, you’re allergic? Good"
So far, Joe Biden’s transition has hired liberally from Wall Street and corporate America
This could open the door for Jerusalem to upgrade its level of support for Kyiv
State Department funding 'drag theater performances' in Ecuador to 'promote diversity and inclusion'
Local government’s newest bureaucrat, the CHO is tasked with finding “natural” remedies for exposure to rising temperatures.
Video games are the most popular entertainment media on the planet — and one of the American war machine’s most effective propaganda tools.
Conservatives’ rhetoric shows that their ideas are not raised in good faith
What were these guys up to?
EU
Shanti, victim of the Brussels attacks, euthanised at 23 years of age for unbearable psychological suffering
With a soaring number of immigrant students not eligible to work legally, a new campaign is urging employment of undocumented students
TFW the judge is the craziest person in municipal court
Another round of offensive Halloween costumes
The elevated costs of flour, nuts, eggs and even electricity are forcing bakers to increase their prices and cut their production.
Law
Bill prohibiting public drag performances to be introduced in upcoming Idaho legislative session
Idaho Family Policy Center helped draft legislation, says it will be legally defensible
It was discovered that a widely publicized drop in fertility rates in 2020 — agonized over in the press — was largely due to a sharp decline in births to foreign-born women
A voter registration error caused up to 6,000 Arizona voters to get a mail ballot with only federal races, Democrat Secretary of State Katie Hobbs said Tuesday
Science
UCLA-led study finds California’s greenhouse gas reductions could be wiped out by 2020 wildfires
No point to living in the pod and eating bugs if nature puts out more emissions than humanity.
Based leafs
Most visitors to Horizon Worlds generally don’t return after first month; ‘an empty world is a sad world’
Disaster
After telling Elon Must to "Fuck off" by Ukranian Ambassador, Musk Obliges and Asks for payment for his Satelite internet services
Starlink has become critical for Ukranian military communications and is a "game changer" in the war
MOTHERFUCKING SNAKES ON THIS MOTHERFUCKING PLANE!
Direct political engagement with voters is waning as candidates surround themselves with supporters. “They run these campaigns in bubbles,” a former congressman said.
Too little, too late gramps. I see they have their priorities in order.
Inevitable "transphobia in theatre" headlines to come when ticket sales are bad
Or as Wario 64 put it, G4TV shuts down just a year after its relaunch
OK guys, which one of you did that?!
House Velaryon are closer to gods than to men
[LOTT] Because an assignment about girls creeping on a man taking a shower with explicit description is A-OK.
Sounds like it's time for them to just...*take the knee*.
US
Nury Martinez’s resignation may quell fury but won’t ‘deal with Latino anti-Blackness,’ experts say
"politicians of color" and "Democrats of color" are used unironically in this article
War
Putin's nuclear threats are pushing people like Trump and Elon Musk to press for a Ukraine peace deal. A nuclear expert warns that's 'dangerous.'
"REJECT SANITY; EMBRACE NUCLEAR ANNIHILATION"
Here it comes
Business
If a Utah football player really was offered $1 million to transfer, it's cause for celebration, not concern
‘This has nothing to do with Trump,’ a parent says, as people pressure officials to censor books with LGBTQ+ themes
COVID and overdose deaths have sharply cut U.S. life expectancy, with Indigenous peoples experiencing the biggest decline
Disagree with an activist bureaucrat and lose your bank account unless you snitch on your supporters
Culture
Manhattan congressional candidate publishes a porn video to highlight his sex positive platform
Mike Itkis is running against Rep. Jerry Nadler, and wants to legalize sex work.
The organ is “completely ignored by pretty much everyone,” medical experts say, and that omission can be devastating to women’s sexual health.
War
China's armed forces recruiting dozens of British ex military pilots in 'threat to UK interests'
"One official said some 30 mainly ex-fast jet but also some helicopter pilots[...]are currently in China training pilots for the People's Liberation Army." "Ministry of Defence's Defence Intelligence service on Tuesday issued a "threat alert""
The Mississippi River’s water levels are near record lows, and it’s wreaking havoc on one of the U.S.’s most critical supply chains
Last one for the day
With elections next month, independents, especially women, are swinging to the G.O.P. despite Democrats’ focus on abortion rights. Disapproval of President Biden seems to be hurting his party.
Leicestershire Police tweeted image of trans person talking about 'deadnaming', calling on people to report it as a hate crime
"Stringent voter identification laws and burdensome policies that make it difficult to change a person’s name or gender on identity documents could keep hundreds of thousands of transgender voters from the polls this November. "
Ssome goods and sectors remain conspicuously exempted