Are ‘Variety’ and ‘Rolling Stone’ Flacks for Amber Heard’s PR Team?

Two articles published within minutes of each other, one at Variety and one at Rolling Stone, were surprisingly similar and favorable toward Amber Heard. Todd Spangler, who writes for Variety, posted an article called “Tik Tok Trend: Videos Ridiculing Amber Heard’s Testimony in Johnny Depp Case” at 2:08 p.m. on May 9. The same day, EJ Dickson published her article called, “Demoralizing and Demeaning: A Gross Tik Tok Trend Mocking Amber Heard is Going Viral,” at 2:32 p.m.

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Canada’s defence minister says the world is ‘growing darker’ and ‘more chaotic’

Defence Minister Anita Anand says the world is “growing darker.”

Speaking at a conference of defence experts organized by the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Tuesday, Anand emphasized the more “chaotic” state of the world means Canada will need to take a more “bold and aggressive” look at its own continental defence.

“We do live in a world at the present time that appears to be growing darker,” she said in a keynote speech to the conference.

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DHS disinformation ‘czar’ Jankowicz pushed Trump-Russia claims at center of Durham case

Probably insane.

If the Biden administration is so concerned about disinformation, it may want to take a closer look at its own “czar.”

Nina Jankowicz, who was recently tapped to head the Department of Homeland Security’s nascent Disinformation Governance Board, had no qualms about pushing the since-debunked claim in 2016 that then-presidential candidate Donald Trump had a tie to Kremlin-linked Alfa Bank — allegations that were raised by Hillary Clinton’s campaign and are now a focus of special counsel John Durham’s investigation.

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Animal Rebellion: Activists want meat cut from Wales’ school dinners – Becuz the Kidz suffer “eco-anxiety”

Activists Animal Rebellion are urging councils to drop meat from school dinners at least two days a week.

The group is lobbying councils across the UK and claims to have persuaded one in England to sign up.

Member Dave France, from Welshpool, Powys, claimed children had record levels of “eco-anxiety”.

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What’s Behind the Baby-Formula Shortage?

On the menu today: There is a clear dividing line between American households with newborns and those without, and you can see it in which people have been talking about, and worrying about, a nationwide infant formula shortage for months and which people just heard about the problem recently. Target, Walmart, CVS, and Walgreens are all limiting how much infant and toddler formula customers can purchase per visit. So how did the U.S. — the wealthiest, most advanced, and most prosperous nation on the planet — end up in a situation where so many parents are worrying about feeding their youngest children?

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Liberal MP “Attends” House Of Commons From Shitter

The Conservatives are alleging “contempt of the House” after a Liberal MP appeared to be participating in House of Commons proceedings virtually from a washroom stall on Friday.

Divershitty: Harbinger of things to come

Rising on a question of privilege on Monday morning, Conservative House Leader John Brassard said it didn’t bring him any pleasure to do so, but he felt the need to raise the “occurrence of misconduct,” as House administration indicated the incident had occurred, but there had been no follow up.

The alleged incident took place on Friday afternoon in the House of Commons. During a debate on a private members’ bill, Conservative MP Laila Goodridge rose on a point of order, flagging to Assistant Deputy Speaker Alexandra Mendes that it appeared the Liberal MP for Brampton Centre MP Shafqat Ali was participating from “a washroom.”

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Elon Musk says he may die ‘under mysterious circumstances’ in cryptic tweet

Elon Musk suggested he might die “under mysterious circumstances” in a cryptic tweet that appeared to be referring to a threat by the chief of Russia’s space agency.

“If I die under mysterious circumstances, it’s been nice knowin ya,” Musk said in a tweet Sunday night.

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO posted the foreboding tweet shortly after he shared a message from Dmitry Rogozin, who accused him of being “involved in supplying the fascist forces in Ukraine with military communication equipment.”

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Michigan man sued after technician accidentally killed mechanic with his Jeep

A Michigan man is being sued after a technician who didn’t know how to drive a stick shift accidentally killed a mechanic from behind the wheel of the defendant’s car.

Although Sergio Enrique Diaz-Navarro wasn’t behind the wheel of the red 2019 Jeep Wrangler on that day in March 2020, the family of the employee who was killed is suing him for negligence and is hoping to receive more than $15 million in damages.

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