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And people deny that fascism is here.

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City Attorney Stefanie Stalheim told investigators she had spoken to Ross about a police officer’s suicide just minutes before she received a video of the mayor going to town on himself.

"Oh, the mayor already responded...lemme check this real quick!" 

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In today's most predictable news

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/apr/17/fyre-festival-2-postponed

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https://nypost.com/2025/04/23/entertainment/fyre-festival-2-seemingly-cancelled-after-creator-billy-mcfarland-puts-company-up-for-sale-i-need-to-step-back/

Plans for Fyre Festival 2 went up in smoke Wednesday after its creator, Billy McFarland, revealed he was putting the Fyre brand up for sale, effectively canceling the doomed music event.

News of the sale, which includes the company’s “trademarks, IP, digital assets, media reach, and cultural capital,” was shared on Fyre Festival’s Instagram and website.

Only one week prior, Fyre posted — then deleted — a statement on the website saying the festival was “postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date in the future.” The event had been slated for late May in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, until a dispute with the location occurred.

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/04/27/jojo-siwa-kath-ebbs-celebrity-big-brother-chris-hughes/83311332007/

So Micky Rourke DID make jojo straight.  What a Chad.

Siwa, 21, a contestant on the British reality series where stars live together, became close with "Love Island" star Chris Hughes on the show, raising eyebrows among viewers who speculated they were more than friends, despite Siwa's relationship status.

jojo wants the "D" now.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/mom-72-shoots-her-38-165333134.html

An Arizona mother has been arrested after shooting her 38-year-old son for playing video games too loudly in their home, cops say.

About an hour before the shooting, Benson had called for police to come to the home because she was upset that her son was playing video games too loudly, according to court documents.

Following the dispute, her son went on a walk to “calm down.” Officers told Benson during her first call that her son had “legal standing” since he lived in the home, too.

When her son returned home, however, Benson blocked him from entering, she told officers. He then lunged toward her with “his hands in fists at his waistline,” according to court documents.

Benson said she then raised the gun and fired, but was unaware if her son had been hit.

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https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/womans-sevenyear-nightmare-after-partner-farted-in-my-face/news-story/549c3518e62f83f62999e6bd635437bb

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https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/womans-sevenyear-nightmare-after-partner-farted-in-my-face/news-story/549c3518e62f83f62999e6bd635437bb

Death penalty.

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Farted in her face?


She ate that ass.

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😃 The Natasha neural network turned out to be 700 Indian programmers

The startup BuilderAI offered to write any application, like in a constructor, by selecting the necessary functions.

In reality, customer requests were sent to the Indian office, where 700 Indians wrote code instead of AI.

With the help of this scam, the startup attracted $445 million in investments from major IT giants, including Microsoft, over eight years.

At the same time, the applications “written by AI” constantly glitched, the code was unreadable, the functions did not work — in general, everything was like real artificial intelligence.

After the deception was exposed, the startup officially went bankrupt 🤷‍♂️

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AI: Actually Indians

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AI: Actually Indians

All that disgusting pornography they've been forced to make can't be good for their mental health.

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damn, him too?

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The scammer is clearly more deserving of that money.

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russians are telling africans not to shake hands with french people, because if you do, it allows them to magically steal your penis

https://boingboing.net/2025/06/30/penis-theft-panic-in-africa-reveals-russian-propaganda-campaign-against-france.html

Penis theft panic in Africa reveals Russian propaganda campaign against France

"Your penis disappears after a handshake" — this startling claim spread across the Central African Republic in 2024, causing riots and forcing government denials. But what began as a street-level panic transformed into an international propaganda scheme when pro-Russian media blamed France for orchestrating supernatural genital theft.

The panic was real enough. In Bambari, a humanitarian worker had to be evacuated by police after three young men accused him of making their genitals disappear through a handshake. In Bangui, the capital, crowds attacked alleged "penis thieves" until local chiefs intervened. The incidents grew so concerning that the government's spokesman had to publicly deny any confirmed cases of vanishing organs.

Russia's propaganda machine saw an opportunity. As Moscow works to replace French influence in its former African colonies, Russian operatives crafted a bizarre story: French intelligence services were stealing African men's genitals to combat European fertility decline. The Malian news site Bamada.net, known for spreading pro-Russian content, claimed Emmanuel Macron had personally approved a secret program called "Repopulation" that flew stolen organs to "secret bunkers in Versailles."

As Books & Ideas reports, this was classic Russian disinformation targeting two key countries in Russia's new African sphere: Mali, where a 2021 coup brought in pro-Russian leadership, and the Central African Republic, where Russian mercenaries have operated since 2018. The goal? Inflame existing anti-French sentiment to push these nations further into Moscow's orbit.

The operation failed spectacularly. Fact-checkers exposed the fake "expert" behind the story, and Bamada.net retracted it after just ten days. On social media, only 16% of commenters expressed belief, while most responded with skepticism or mockery.

"Even if a rumor can be used to manufacture fake news, it's much more difficult to transform fake news into a rumor," writes Julien Bonhomme in Books & Ideas.

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https://newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-curious-phenomenon-of-nigerias-disappearing-penises/

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edit: how it same guy

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