Graham George Spencer says he was bitten 26 times in 10 seconds while out for a morning walk

A friendly, if somewhat foul-mouthed, crow became a temporary mascot at Allen Dale Elementary School in November when the bird took up residence at the Grants Pass school.

Tinker and Arachius might not have won at CEO 2021 but they won the hearts of the fighting game community

The chimney at Scotland’s last remaining coal-fired power station has been demolished on a “landmark day” for the UK’s journey to net-zero emissions. Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon pushed the button to ignite 700kg of explosives to bring down the chimney stack which has stood at Longannet in Fife for more than 50 years. Scotland has been coal-free since ScottishPower closed the station in 2016 and the energy company now generates 100% green electricity through its wind and solar farms. Environmentalists welcomed the demolition on Thursday as a “historic moment”. Ahead of the demolition, ScottishPower projected the slogan Make Coal History on to the chimney stack, and also the Global Warming Stripes which show the change in global temperature from 1850 to 2020. Ms Sturgeon said: “Today’s event is a symbolic reminder that we have ended coal-fired power generation in Scotland, as we work in a fair and just way towards becoming a net-zero nation by 2045. How coal became the climate's biggest enemy “Our goal is to generate 50% of overall energy consumption from renewable sources by 2030, and Scotland’s energy sector is well placed to deliver on the key investments in renewables, hydrogen and energy storage required to achieve this. “Growth in these sectors over the next decade will be transformative for Scotland, delivering further good, green jobs, strengthened energy security, and benefits for local communities as we decarbonise industry and society to mitigate the worst effects of climate change, in a way that leaves no-one behind.” Longannet began generation in 1970 and ScottishPower said it was the largest coal-fired power station in Europe when first built, remaining the largest in Scotland until it closed on March 31, 2016.

Protesters filled the meeting room of the Spalding County Board of Elections in October, upset that the board had disallowed early voting on Sundays for the Nov. 2 municipal election. A year ago, Sunday voting had been instrumental in boosting turnout of Black voters. But this was an entirely different five-member board than had overseen the last election. The Democratic majority of three Black women was gone. So was the Black elections supervisor. Now a faction of three white Republicans controlled the board – thanks to a bill passed by the Republican-led Georgia legislature earlier this year. The Spalding board’s new chairman has endorsed former president Donald Trump’s false stolen-election claims on social media.

Late Thursday morning, a federal jury in Arkansas found the defendant guilty of one count each of receiving child pornography and possessing child pornography.

Wedgewood, a high-profile house-flipping company, reached a $3.5-million settlement with the California attorney general’s office to resolve allegations that it wrongfully evicted tenants, in part by using pressure tactics including depriving tenants of power and water, the attorney general said Wednesday. Redondo Beach-based Wedgewood denies any wrongdoing, and the agreement must still be approved by a court. In a complaint filed alongside the proposed settlement, the office of California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta said Wedgewood’s unlawful tactics “harmed hundreds if not thousands of California tenants and their families — mainly in low income and minority communities.” It gained national media attention in 2019 when a group of homeless and housing-insecure mothers, collectively known as Moms 4 Housing, took over a then-vacant Oakland house the company owned — a saga that eventually led Wedgewood to sell the home to a community land trust. Under the proposed settlement, Wedgewood would pay $2.75 million to wrongfully evicted tenants, with the remaining $750,000 going toward civil penalties and programs that fight homelessness or broadly support tenants. The company must also train employees on the rights of tenants in foreclosed properties, and provide compliance updates to the attorney general’s office to ensure tenants aren’t unlawfully evicted.

A hostage training for state corrections workers ended last month when members of the Oregon State Penitentiary’s SWAT team unleashed tear gas on their own coworkers who had volunteered for the exercise, several sources have told OPB.

The destruction of wetlands is driving a decline of dragonflies around the world, with one sixth of species of the magnificently colourful insects threatened with extinction, conservationists said on Thursday.

Phyllis Taylor’s company is responsible for the longest-running oil spill in U.S. history. That’s been a disaster for the Gulf of Mexico — but a tax bonanza for Taylor.

The Biden White House purports to be worried about corruption — just not the kind now dominating American politics. “Corruption robs citizens of equal access to vital services, denying the right to quality health care, public safety, and education,” the Biden administration wrote Monday, adding that corruption “has been shown to significantly curtail the ability of states to respond effectively to public health crises.” These were the key findings of the first-ever “United States Strategy on Countering Corruption,” coordinated by President Joe Biden’s National Security Council. But the strategy paper noticeably avoided mention of a particular form of corruption: corporate capture, where companies and their financial interests completely dominate the policymaking process. The Biden administration, as it turns out, is a perfect example of this: Every policy solution they propose involves some sort of corporate giveaway. This is the kind of institutionalized and legalized bribery that’s almost never discussed — the corruption that’s responsible for high health care costs and poor health care outcomes in the U.S., and that has made it effectively impossible for lawmakers to rationally respond to the COVID-19 pandemic here and around the globe.

The NCAA crafted a phrase to describe the unpaid workers who generate billions in revenue every year. But now many of them are fighting back Nathan Kalman-Lamb, Derek Silva and Johanna Mellis Wed 8 Dec 2021 05.00 EST Last modified on Wed 8 Dec 2021 11.51 EST As the world of college sports finds itself in uncertain times, Danté Stewart is clear about one thing. “Nothing about college athletics suggests that being a student comes first. So, that language needs to be changed,” says Stewart, a former Clemson football player and author of Shoutin’ In The Fire. “The ‘student-athlete’ is always being limited to being a student rather than a worker.” Stewart is not alone. In September, Jennifer Abruzzo, general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), issued a memo in which she argued that college athletes should be understood as university employees. Abruzzo took direct aim at the NCAA’s use of the term “student-athlete,” arguing that it has been used to undermine college athletes organizing for employment rights. “It allows people outside to limit your identity,” adds Stewart. “So people can say you’re just there for athletics. You are seen as someone who should be grateful. You have no say. You’re a student. ‘Student’ is wrapped up in you’re young, you’re dumb, and you need guidance. It strips your agency.” Objections to the term “student-athlete” are unsurprising given its origins. Walter Byers, executive director of the NCAA from 1951-1987 explained in his memoir: “We crafted the term student-athlete and soon it was embedded in all NCAA rules and interpretations as a mandated substitute for such words as players and athletes.” The NCAA subsequently used the term for decades in court to counter workers’ compensation claims related to athletes who died or suffered grievous injury while providing athletic services to universities. Byers himself would later call the NCAA system “a nationwide money-laundering scheme,” and proclaimed that “the management of intercollegiate athletics stays in place committed to an outmoded code of amateurism … and I attribute that to, quite frankly, to the neo-plantation mentality that exists on the campuses of our country and in the conference offices of the NCAA.”

Uemura was the general manager of Nintendo's R&D2 hardware division until 2004…

Employees at publishing giant Activision Blizzard, who formed the ABK Worker Alliance, have called on supporters today to donate to a strike fund. They have announced their intention to stop working, in protest of their management’s ongoing response to months of lawsuits and reports about widespread sexual harassment and discrimination across the company. “Today, the ABK Worker’s Alliance announces the initiation of its strike,” the group wrote on Twitter. “We encourage our peers in the Game Industry to stand with us in creating lasting change.” The ABK Worker Alliance also linked to a strike fund set up on GoFundMe, where it calls on supporters to help it raise $1 million to take care of employees during the stoppage. The GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign reads: In the months since, we’ve seen CEO Bobby Kotick and the Board of Directors protect abusers and only hold perpetrators accountable after the events were brought to light by outside media. We’ve seen Activision hire law firm WilmerHale, known for union busting, to disrupt and impede the improvement efforts of Activision-Blizzard workers. We’ve seen Raven Software workers lured by the promise of promotion, only to be terminated shortly after relocation on top of the already underappreciated and severely underpaid working conditions of ABK workers across the company. These, and many other events have caused an alliance of Activision-Blizzard employees to initiate a work stoppage until demands are met and worker representation is finally given a place within the company. The Washington Post’s Shannon Liao reports that the ABK Worker Alliance will also be calling on employees across Activision Blizzard to sign union authorization cards in a new massive step toward unionization.

How did Shrek become the king of memes?

Michaela Okland, the creator behind She Rates Dogs, turned this relatable premise into a multi-platform business with an audience of millions.

The sale will result in all Bi-Mart patient prescription files and pharmacy inventory being transferred over to Walgreens. (not mentioned, Walgreens has a news section on their website and explicitly puts 'employee owned' in the headline. I don't know what extent that chain is employee owned)

The harrowing effort by a Coast Guard diver to reach an occupied vehicle caught in the churning Niagara River just 50 yards from the brink of the American Falls drew international notice Wednesday. The rescue attempt ended with the somber news that the woman in the vehicle was already dead before the diver was lowered by helicopter to the vehicle, opened the passenger door, pulled her out and lifted her to shore. But this realization did not diminish the daring actions of the diver, who braved strong winds and swift-moving currents to reach the vehicle and recover the victim’s body.

death to america

It’s creating a new company to develop and distribute the technology.