Nobody Cares: PRS

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Small plane crash in San Diego a couple hours ago, right in front of a house. It was a Learjet; it took out some power lines on the way down and it hit so hard it put a freaking crater in the street.


No word on how many besides the pilot were on board. It looked like the jet was doing a visual approach for a local airport called Gillespie Field, and flew into a thick cloud bank mid-turn and instantly became disoriented.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Anguish of Windsor Castle intruder suspect’s father

The father of a teenager suspected of breaking into Windsor Castle with a crossbow after allegedly vowing to kill the Queen in revenge for the Amritsar massacre of 1919 has said: “Something’s gone horribly wrong with our son.”

www.thetimes.co.uk

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[Innula Zenovka]

 

[Free]

 

[danielravennest]

Small plane crash in San Diego a couple hours ago, right in front of a house. It was a Learjet; it took out some power lines on the way down and it hit so hard it put a freaking crater in the street.

If you are wondering why the fire fighters aren't doing any cleanup, the National Transportation Safety Board has the responsibility to investigate all aircraft crashes. So they have been told to leave the debris as-is other than rescuing any survivors and putting out fires.

 

[Free]

Nevada political giant, former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid dies at 82

Harry Reid never felt the need to be loud or brash. The former U.S. Senate majority leader who died today at age 82 instead often took a soft-spoken approach to politics that resulted in effective, lasting and historic results.

The Searchlight native represented Nevada for 30 years in the Senate, where his even-keeled approach was vital in helping broker the Affordable Care Act, thwarting a proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain and fostering laws to preserve public lands and encourage clean energy investment.

Along the way he became a key player in the Democratic Party, encouraging then-Sen. Barack Obama to run for president and advocating for immigration reform. Following Reid's retirement in 2017, he continued to wield power from behind the scenes, advising candidates running for office and remaining outspoken on current affairs.

 

[Romana]

And, by way of contrast :


Why do we have to lose Reid and keep this jerk?

 

[Free]

Why do we have to lose Reid and keep this jerk?

Because working with Satan tends to lead to a longer life.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Wasn't sure where to put this, but here's as good a place as any.

An encouraging story, for once

I felt so alone and rejected – until my prison cellmate taught me about belonging

Abandoned and neglected, I was close to a breakdown when I entered Wormwood Scrubs. Then Simeon introduced me to the black literature that inspired me to write

www.theguardian.com

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[Kamilah Hauptmann]

LOL

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Russia orders health and drug checks for foreigners

Business groups criticise a new law requiring mandatory fingerprinting, drug tests and STD checks.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Russian court orders closure of another human rights group

Memorial Human Rights Centre liquidated a day after its sister group, Memorial, in assault on civil liberties

www.theguardian.com

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[Innula Zenovka]

Thread

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Americans seeking to renounce their citizenship are stuck with it for now

As many as 30,000 citizens living abroad have been unable to secure a ‘loss of nationality’ interview during the pandemic

www.theguardian.com

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[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Pagan police join fight against far-right extremists

Counterterrorism agencies are calling in pagan police officers to help tackle the growing number of far-right extremists who co-opt the religion’s iconography.

www.thetimes.co.uk

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[Innula Zenovka]

The comedians under fire from Hindu nationalists

Kunal Kamra and Munawar Faruqui talk to the BBC about having shows cancelled in the face of right-wring ire.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[bubblesort]

Great writeup on the races happening in Pennsylvania in 2022.

The republicans have a full slate of carpet baggers, looking to derail Fetterman, which is absurd. It might be a little xenophobic, but I don't think Republicans care much for outsiders, and Fetterman energizes liberals.

For the open governor seat... the democratic party is punting. We are running a single Philadelphia lawyer, unopposed. The republicans have 14 contenders in thir primary. I don't know why the democratic party thinks they can win without good, contested primaries. Its like they are allergic to actually doing politics, which is their job.

In 2022, Pa. faces a tornado of politics, including a trip to the Land of Oz | John Baer

Know that phrase "You just can't make this stuff up?" When it comes to the races for Senate and governor in 2022, you'll have a lot of opportunities to use it.

www.pennlive.com

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Glorification of Plymouth shooter by ‘incels’ prompts calls for action

Request for problem to be taken more seriously comes as data shows sixfold rise in visits to incel forums

www.theguardian.com

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I'm in two minds about this. One the one hand, I think this is a very valid point:

Tim Squirrell, head of communications at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a London-based extremism thinktank, warned against expanding Britain’s current counter-extremism and “securitising” the incel community.

“We need to recognise that many people, particularly young men, who essentially need some combination of social services, mental health support and other kinds of non-securitised intervention are instead being caught up by counter-terrorism programmes,” he added, echoing privately expressed concerns of some involved in the Prevent counter-extremism programme that they have become the safety net for cases who should otherwise have been picked up by underfunded mental health services.

about both incels and some other unstable young men who've been radicalised by online Islamist propaganda, but I also recall the abuses of Soviet psychiatry.

Massive rise in use of incel sites that call for women to be raped

The number of visits to hate-filled “incel” forums, where users discuss raping women, has increased more than fivefold in nine months, data shows.Since March, U

www.thetimes.co.uk

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