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[EHocking]

This is why Australia banned kids under 16 from social media.

They were doxxing people who reminisced about leaving their doors unlocked…

 

[Jim_MDP]

The Kia (and one other brand AIUI) thing was frequent news here in the US for a year or so up till this past winter.

Another great American export.

 

[Andy_Ross]

Our 'betters' are trying to put us in our place!
Westminster Council wants to end bar service and socialising at the bar

It has a whiff of 19th century moralising. They forced seating only and table service on pubs in the Pandemic, it was terrible.

Council wants pubs in London’s Soho and West End to limit standing

Sadiq Khan criticises Westminster council’s ‘anti-growth policies’ after it recommends stopping ‘vertical drinking’

www.theguardian.com

 

[PitPat]

30+ cats found on a boat with no humans. There's a special place in hell....

Tacoma police rescue 30-plus cats from abandoned boat off Owen Beach

More than 30 cats and kittens were rescued from an abandoned boat anchored in the waters off Owen Beach after Tacoma police responded to reports of the vessel o

komonews.com

 

[Mojo]

30+ cats found on a boat with no humans. There's a special place in hell....

Tacoma police rescue 30-plus cats from abandoned boat off Owen Beach

More than 30 cats and kittens were rescued from an abandoned boat anchored in the waters off Owen Beach after Tacoma police responded to reports of the vessel o

komonews.com

Were any of them documented? Shouldn't ICE have been involved?

 

[novaphile]

And thus, their epic adventure concluded.

The part where they stole the boat was amazing!

 

[PitPat]

An update:

A total of 53 cats and kittens were rescued from an abandoned boat off Tacoma's Owen Beach through a joint effort by Tacoma Police, Animal Control and a good Samaritan.

Authorities do not yet know who owns the vessel or the animals, and Tacoma Police are actively investigating the incident.

The cats are currently receiving medical care and behavioral evaluations at the Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County, and it could take several weeks before they are cleared for adoption.

53 cats rescued from abandoned boat, taken to Tacoma shelter

The Humane Society for Tacoma & Pierce County is preparing to care for over 50 cats and kittens saved from an abandoned boat near Owen Beach.

www.fox13seattle.com

 

[TragicMonkey]

Well, to nobody's surprise my state's decision to legalize sports gambling did not bring in the revenue promised. What the campaign promised: $105 million, for education, in the first year! What we got: $8 million, only $3 of that for education. AND --here's the bit that has happened in every other state that did this-- that $3 million was "on top" of the budget so the legislature took $3 million OUT of the current education budget when it moved the new $3 million in. This always happens everywhere, and it was widely discussed, and the idiot voters still (narrowly) approved legalizing sports gambling.

 

[catsmate]

Well, to nobody's surprise my state's decision to legalize sports gambling did not bring in the revenue promised. What the campaign promised: $105 million, for education, in the first year! What we got: $8 million, only $3 of that for education. AND --here's the bit that has happened in every other state that did this-- that $3 million was "on top" of the budget so the legislature took $3 million OUT of the current education budget when it moved the new $3 million in. This always happens everywhere, and it was widely discussed, and the idiot voters still (narrowly) approved legalizing sports gambling.

 

[wobs]

Karl Bushby is finally home again to see his mum, after walking around the world from the bottom of Chile and back to Hull, walking an unbroken path back to his home town in England without any form of motorised transportation, becoming the first person in history to achieve such a feat.

He started in November 1998

 

[lobosrul5]

Well, to nobody's surprise my state's decision to legalize sports gambling did not bring in the revenue promised. What the campaign promised: $105 million, for education, in the first year! What we got: $8 million, only $3 of that for education. AND --here's the bit that has happened in every other state that did this-- that $3 million was "on top" of the budget so the legislature took $3 million OUT of the current education budget when it moved the new $3 million in. This always happens everywhere, and it was widely discussed, and the idiot voters still (narrowly) approved legalizing sports gambling.

Im guessing there's massive graft/corruption. Letting the gambling companies get tax breaks for campaign contributions.

 

[TragicMonkey]

Im guessing there's massive graft/corruption. Letting the gambling companies get tax breaks for campaign contributions.

Kalshi is now suing Missouri over Missouri's attempts to regulate it as gambling.

 

[catsmate]

Enoch Burke (remember him? The transphobic religious nutter) is in trouble again. For confronting (i.e
screaming at) his archbishop for not being a transphobic bigot.

PSNI investigating alleged incident involving Enoch Burke

The PSNI is investigating an allegation of assault following an incident involving Enoch Burke and the Church of Ireland Primate.

www.rte.ie

 

[Helen]

Being called Enoch seems to bring out the worst in people. Some of them at least.

 

[catsmate]

Being called Enoch seems to bring out the worst in people. Some of them at least.

Bible bashery I suspect.

 

[wobs]

Shock as legendary Hull nightclub Spiders closes with immediate effect

'We are sad to inform you that due to personal and external situations Spiders Club has closed'

www.hulldailymail.co.uk

Best nightclub in the world just closed. This wasn't just a nightclub, but a major part of our youth for many here. We escaped from the real world once or twice a week, to be with our kind.

I went to a reunion night there this year, and lost myself in the music on the dancefloor. My Facebook feed is now full of people sharing the news and memories. Two teenagers have put flowers outside the doors of the club.

Oh, and the cocktails were legendary in their potency and prices.

 

[wobs]

More on this:

Why Spiders Still Matters to Hull's Music Scene, and Why its Story Might Not Be Over

For generations of Hull music lovers, Spiders was more than just a nightclub. It was somewhere to discover new music, make friends, find your people and spend a Saturday night surrounded by others who loved the same wonderfully alternative things you did. So when the news broke this week that the

www.culturehull.com