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Devils, bombs, and warnings of butt pain are all over the labels, but the people who love the hottest condiments just want to take care of the makers and farmers behind them. | |
Submitted at 05-25-2021, 02:22 AM by nocash | |
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Almost 2.5 million people signed up to Dr. B with the promise of getting leftover vaccines. Months later, the site won’t disclose how many doses it helped deliver—or what it plans to do with user data. | |
Submitted at 05-25-2021, 01:34 AM by Wreckard | |
The costs to taxpayers from a racial profiling lawsuit against former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration patrols targeting Latinos are set to reach over $200m. | |
Submitted at 05-25-2021, 01:10 AM by Xiphias | |
The tournament to choose the next king of the islands is about to begin. The rules are simple—whoever comes first loses! Participating warriors protect their mighty swords with armor that grows larger and more elaborate with each tournament. But one warrior has returned from studying abroad with a technique certain to force a pleasurable eruption! Is there a competitor alive able to withstand it? Or is this deft warrior destined to become king?! | |
Submitted at 05-25-2021, 01:08 AM by SCarterE | |
Ad hoc ceremony occurred after government refused to convene parliament to allow a transition of power after tense election | |
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Submitted at 05-24-2021, 11:14 PM by Grief Bacon | |
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday that aims to punish social media companies for their moderation decisions, a move that Silicon Valley immediately criticized and likely sets the stage for potential legal challenges.
The legislation would bar Internet companies from suspending political candidates in the run-up to elections. It also would also make it easier for the Florida state attorney general and individuals to bring lawsuits when they think the tech companies have acted unfairly.
Legal experts and tech industry trade groups immediately raised concerns about the constitutionality of the law and warned that it gives the government too much power over online speech. | |
Submitted at 05-25-2021, 12:35 AM by fn0000rd | |
The new law is a direct response to Facebook’s and Twitter’s suspensions of former President Donald J. Trump.
Florida on Monday became the first state to regulate how companies like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter moderate speech online, by imposing fines on social media companies that permanently bar political candidates in the state.
The law, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, is a direct response to Facebook’s and Twitter’s bans of former President Donald J. Trump in January. In addition to the fines for barring candidates, it makes it illegal to prevent some news outlets from posting to their platforms in response to the contents of their stories.
Mr. DeSantis said signing the bill meant that Floridians would be “guaranteed protection against the Silicon Valley elites.”
A late amendment to the bill exempts companies from the law if they own a theme park or an entertainment venue larger than 25 acres. That means the law is unlikely to apply to websites owned by Disney, which operates the Walt Disney World Resort, and Comcast, which owns Universal Studios Florida. | |
Submitted at 05-24-2021, 10:54 PM by sleeppoor | |
After Adrian Lopez’s birthday ‘kickback’ went viral on TikTok, thousands of teenagers showed up for the party of the year. | |
Submitted at 05-24-2021, 09:41 PM by nocash | |
Israel has dispossessed Palestinians, displaced us, and expelled us, but the one thing it can never take away is our memories of our lives on our land. | |
Submitted at 05-24-2021, 08:41 PM by sleeppoor | |
Country’s top financial regulator homes in on the source. | |
Submitted at 05-24-2021, 09:03 PM by Xiphias | |
In a video, the founder of ‘subscription’ security company Los Angeles Professional Security said he wants to be able to detain ‘prisoners’ and take them to jail. | |
Submitted at 05-24-2021, 08:23 PM by Wreckard | |
Submitted at 05-24-2021, 08:20 PM by Xiphias | |
Submitted at 05-24-2021, 06:49 PM by Simian | |
The Olympic gold medalist’s new vault is so dangerous that gymnastics, for now, limits the scoring rewards for trying it. Biles says that’s unfair. | |
Submitted at 05-24-2021, 05:38 PM by Forensic | |
Years from now, when we look back on the history of pop-political interviewing, we may find it quaint that Sacha Baron Cohen had to disguise himself as Borat and Ali G in order to get public figures into uncomfortable situations.
Turns out all you have to do is ask.
At least that was the case with the New York mayoral candidate and media omnipresence Andrew Yang, who accepted a dangerous offer from the comedian Ziwe to appear on her self-named Showtime program.
The invitation (announced in a tweet that appeared to include a still from an already completed interview) would give many political handlers heartburn. The three-week old “Ziwe,” based on the comedian’s online show “Baited With Ziwe,” is a crucible of cringe.
But cringe, in many ways, has been what the Yang campaign runs on. | |
Submitted at 05-24-2021, 06:25 PM by Forensic | |
A year full of social distancing, mask wearing, hand washing and staying at home to prevent coronavirus spread rendered the 2020-2021 influenza season practically nonexistent.
Public health and clinical laboratories reported 2,038 flu cases during the season from Sept. 27, 2020, to April 24, 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency estimated about 38 million people were sick with the flu during the 2019-2020 season.
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Submitted at 05-24-2021, 05:15 PM by Forensic | |
LONDON — In the late 1940s, the British magician David Berglas started refining a trick that came to be known as “the holy grail of card magic.” To this day, nobody is certain how he did it.
Decades into his retirement, he has revealed just about every secret in his long and storied career. This includes the time, in 1954, that he made a grand piano vanish in a London hotel banquet room filled with guests. (Distracted, the audience turned their focus in time to see a pianist, who seemed to be playing the instrument a moment earlier, fall facedown to the floor). But even now, when the subject of Mr. Berglas’s famous effect is raised, he remains as cryptic as ever.
“It’s not a secret I can give to anyone because it’s not a secret as such,” said Mr. Berglas, a formal and intense 94-year-old, at his home in North London. “It’s like asking a musician who can improvise to teach you his improvisation, which of course he can’t.”
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Submitted at 05-24-2021, 05:07 PM by Forensic | |
'I pressed SOS on my GPS tracker and then I passed out,' said Zhang Xiaotao, who was leading an ultramarathon in China when the weather turned. | |
Submitted at 05-24-2021, 04:48 PM by Xiphias | |
Many in Silicon Valley promised that self-driving cars would be a common sight by 2021. Now the industry is resetting expectations and settling in for years of more work. | |
Submitted at 05-24-2021, 03:31 PM by Qfwfq | |

Devils, bombs, and warnings of butt pain are all over the labels, but the people who love the hottest condiments just want to take care of the makers and farmers behind them.
Almost 2.5 million people signed up to Dr. B with the promise of getting leftover vaccines. Months later, the site won’t disclose how many doses it helped deliver—or what it plans to do with user data.
The costs to taxpayers from a racial profiling lawsuit against former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration patrols targeting Latinos are set to reach over $200m.
The tournament to choose the next king of the islands is about to begin. The rules are simple—whoever comes first loses! Participating warriors protect their mighty swords with armor that grows larger and more elaborate with each tournament. But one warrior has returned from studying abroad with a technique certain to force a pleasurable eruption! Is there a competitor alive able to withstand it? Or is this deft warrior destined to become king?!
Ad hoc ceremony occurred after government refused to convene parliament to allow a transition of power after tense election
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday that aims to punish social media companies for their moderation decisions, a move that Silicon Valley immediately criticized and likely sets the stage for potential legal challenges.
The legislation would bar Internet companies from suspending political candidates in the run-up to elections. It also would also make it easier for the Florida state attorney general and individuals to bring lawsuits when they think the tech companies have acted unfairly.
Legal experts and tech industry trade groups immediately raised concerns about the constitutionality of the law and warned that it gives the government too much power over online speech.
The new law is a direct response to Facebook’s and Twitter’s suspensions of former President Donald J. Trump.
Florida on Monday became the first state to regulate how companies like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter moderate speech online, by imposing fines on social media companies that permanently bar political candidates in the state.
The law, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, is a direct response to Facebook’s and Twitter’s bans of former President Donald J. Trump in January. In addition to the fines for barring candidates, it makes it illegal to prevent some news outlets from posting to their platforms in response to the contents of their stories.
Mr. DeSantis said signing the bill meant that Floridians would be “guaranteed protection against the Silicon Valley elites.”
A late amendment to the bill exempts companies from the law if they own a theme park or an entertainment venue larger than 25 acres. That means the law is unlikely to apply to websites owned by Disney, which operates the Walt Disney World Resort, and Comcast, which owns Universal Studios Florida.
After Adrian Lopez’s birthday ‘kickback’ went viral on TikTok, thousands of teenagers showed up for the party of the year.
Israel has dispossessed Palestinians, displaced us, and expelled us, but the one thing it can never take away is our memories of our lives on our land.
Country’s top financial regulator homes in on the source.
In a video, the founder of ‘subscription’ security company Los Angeles Professional Security said he wants to be able to detain ‘prisoners’ and take them to jail.
The Olympic gold medalist’s new vault is so dangerous that gymnastics, for now, limits the scoring rewards for trying it. Biles says that’s unfair.
Years from now, when we look back on the history of pop-political interviewing, we may find it quaint that Sacha Baron Cohen had to disguise himself as Borat and Ali G in order to get public figures into uncomfortable situations.
Turns out all you have to do is ask.
At least that was the case with the New York mayoral candidate and media omnipresence Andrew Yang, who accepted a dangerous offer from the comedian Ziwe to appear on her self-named Showtime program.
The invitation (announced in a tweet that appeared to include a still from an already completed interview) would give many political handlers heartburn. The three-week old “Ziwe,” based on the comedian’s online show “Baited With Ziwe,” is a crucible of cringe.
But cringe, in many ways, has been what the Yang campaign runs on.
A year full of social distancing, mask wearing, hand washing and staying at home to prevent coronavirus spread rendered the 2020-2021 influenza season practically nonexistent.
Public health and clinical laboratories reported 2,038 flu cases during the season from Sept. 27, 2020, to April 24, 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency estimated about 38 million people were sick with the flu during the 2019-2020 season.
LONDON — In the late 1940s, the British magician David Berglas started refining a trick that came to be known as “the holy grail of card magic.” To this day, nobody is certain how he did it.
Decades into his retirement, he has revealed just about every secret in his long and storied career. This includes the time, in 1954, that he made a grand piano vanish in a London hotel banquet room filled with guests. (Distracted, the audience turned their focus in time to see a pianist, who seemed to be playing the instrument a moment earlier, fall facedown to the floor). But even now, when the subject of Mr. Berglas’s famous effect is raised, he remains as cryptic as ever.
“It’s not a secret I can give to anyone because it’s not a secret as such,” said Mr. Berglas, a formal and intense 94-year-old, at his home in North London. “It’s like asking a musician who can improvise to teach you his improvisation, which of course he can’t.”
'I pressed SOS on my GPS tracker and then I passed out,' said Zhang Xiaotao, who was leading an ultramarathon in China when the weather turned.
Many in Silicon Valley promised that self-driving cars would be a common sight by 2021. Now the industry is resetting expectations and settling in for years of more work.