Therapist explains associating maskless faces with a real threat is normal pic.twitter.com/LJKxMwAmI2
— Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) October 8, 2021
WTF?
wtf
China’s noisy ‘dancing grannies’ silenced by device that disables speakers
Across China’s public parks and squares, in the early hours of the morning or late in the afternoon, the grannies gather.
The gangs, made up mostly of middle-aged and older women who went through the Cultural Revolution, take to a corner of a local park or sporting ground and dance in unison to Chinese music. Loud music.
The tradition has led to alarming standoffs, with the blaring music frequently blamed for disturbing the peace in often high-density residential areas. But many are too scared to confront the women.
Geena Davis’s new role: Training AI bots to scrub movie scripts of anything un-PC
Actress Geena Davis’s latest role is getting artificial intelligence bots to monitor movie scripts to make sure Hollywood remains politically correct.
The Thelma and Louise star’s eponymous institute is expanding its partnership with NBCUniversal to uncover unconscious bias against black people, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders in film scripts using its artificial intelligence tool called “Spellcheck for Bias.”
Free menstrual products coming to Ontario schools, Education Minister Stephen Lecce announces
Some six million menstrual products will be provided free of charge each year to Ontario schools as part of a three-year program announced Friday by Education Minister Stephen Lecce following pressure from youth leaders and boards.
The move — which some school boards have already implemented, as early as 2019 — addresses growing awareness about “period poverty,” where girls don’t have access to, or can’t afford, pads and tampons, and that interferes with their ability to take part in sports and activities or even attend school.
Feds indict 18 former NBA players for $3.9million healthcare scheme undone by grammatical errors
A federal court in New York has charged 18 former NBA players and one spouse with an alleged $3.9 million scheme aimed at defrauding the league’s health insurance plan.
According to an indictment unsealed in the Southern District of New York on Thursday, former New Jersey Nets and Boston Celtics guard Terrence Williams was the ringleader of the plan to submit false claims to the NBA’s Health and Welfare Benefit Plan between 2017 and 2020. Specifically, Williams is accused of asking for kickbacks in exchange for filing false invoices on behalf of other former players.
WTF?
A female who transitioned to male, talks about switching back to female pic.twitter.com/qg9k7d0YU4
— Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) October 5, 2021
‘Perhaps Not’: Twitter Doesn’t Buy Hillary Clinton’’ Touted ‘First Foray Into Fiction’
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has touted her new book, ‘State of Terror’ as her “first foray into fiction”. Clinton tweeted on Tuesday to refer to her literary effort as a “labour of love”.
Hilarity ensues.
‘Woke’ govt-funded London tour guide targets racist PLANTS, says botanical terms like ‘native’ & ‘invasive’ are offensive
A sightseeing pamphlet funded by Transport for London has claimed that the capital’s gardens and green spaces are filled with colourful colonial legacies and that many terms in botany, like “exotic”, are insulting and offensive.
The ‘Art on the Underground’ pamphlet guides visitors around the UK’s capital city through green spaces in Brixton and South London, focusing on the “colonial connotations” of British gardens and horticulture.
‘Markets going haywire’: Toronto residents can expect a hike in heating bill, fuel costs as global energy system struggles
Torontonians can expect to pay a premium on their energy bills this winter as prices for North American fuel, natural gas and coal reach heights not seen in years.
Dan McTeague, president of Canadians for Affordable Energy, projects that gasoline prices at Greater Toronto Area pumps will hit $1.50 per litre in the coming weeks, up 44 per cent from a year ago.
That would be the highest price point for auto fuel anywhere in Ontario since the summer of 2014, when a litre sold for $1.43.
I’m just so grateful to be keeping the Saudi’s afloat.
When virtue-signalling goes wrong: LGBT rainbow crossings are apparently confusing guide dogs.
Rainbow zebra crossings have spread like an unsightly rash across the world. When one first appeared in the town in which I live, opinion was divided. Well-meaning straight people enthused about ‘inclusivity’ while others harrumphed about ‘PC gone mad’. As for those who were supposed to be represented by the rainbow, most of us were somewhere between bemused and embarrassed – the overwhelming response was ‘why?’.
Socialist Twitch streamer accused of hypocrisy after alleged leak shows he made over $200k in ONE MONTH
A reported data leak from video streaming platform Twitch has gone viral, revealing among other things that socialist streamer Hasan Piker allegedly made over $200,000 in just one month.
An anonymous internet user leaked 125GB of alleged data from Twitch on Wednesday, containing source code from the service and user payout figures, among other information. Though the leak has not been officially confirmed by Twitch, video game news website VGC News cited an anonymous source at the company who reportedly verified the leak and its contents.
US man sues psychic who ‘promised to remove ex-girlfriend curse’
A California man is suing a psychic who he says falsely claimed she could remove a curse put on his marriage by a witch hired by his ex-girlfriend.
Mauro Restrepo said Sophia Adams promised she could save his marriage if he paid $5,100 (£3,742) to exorcise the spell, according to a fraud suit filed with the Torrance Superior Court.
Ms Adams allegedly told Mr Restrepo he and his family would be “unhappy and in danger” if the curse was not lifted.
Colorado Hospital Denying People Organ Transplants if Not COVID Vaccinated
A letter, allegedly from a Colorado hospital, went viral on social media yesterday because people were so disturbed by what it said. It said that they were moving the person from the list eligible for a kidney transplant to inactive and not currently eligible because that person wasn’t vaccinated for COVID.
New Zealand Mongrel Mob leader given essential worker exemption to help boost Covid tests
New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern has endorsed granting a Mongrel Mob leader special exemption to cross Auckland’s border so he could help minimise Covid-19 spread in hard to reach communities.
The head of the Waikato Mongrel Mob chapter, Sonny Fatupaito, was given essential worker status, which enabled him to enter Auckland last weekend, while the city was under level three lockdown, with a border in place.