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Greenpeace paraglider stunt injures two at Euro match

Greenpeace paraglider stunt injures two at Euro match

Munich police are investigating after a protester parachuted onto the pitch just as Tuesday’s Euro 2020 match between Germany and France was about to kick off.

Two people were injured after the activist lost control of the motor-powered paraglider and had to perform an emergency landing.

Police said they had “no understanding whatsoever for such irresponsible actions, in which there was a considerable endangerment of human life.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBatshit Crazy Eco-Luddites, WTF?

Queen’s U staff, associates accused of falsely claiming Indigenous identity

Queen’s University has become embroiled in an increasingly public dispute over whether some of its faculty and other associates are falsely holding themselves out to be Indigenous, thereby harming the cause of First Nations people.

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An anonymous report into the identity claims posted on social media earlier this month takes specific aim at six academics and others associated with the school it says are not genuinely Indigenous.

“Our findings confirm that Queen’s University is currently overrun with white Canadians making false claims to Indigenous — especially Algonquin — identity,” the report states. “We are confident that our thorough research has focused on six of the most prominent and harmful cases, most of whom play inordinate roles as ‘Indigenous’ gatekeepers on campus.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Southwest Airlines grounds its entire fleet amid giant computer outage

Southwest Airlines grounded flights across the country Tuesday for the second time in less than 24 hours, amid reports of nationwide computer issues.

The Twitter comments are enlightening: “Gate agent told me the systems were hacked and there is no ground communication in air either. Grounding all flights and I’m stuck in Chicago”

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inWTF?

White House calls Capitol riot ‘terrorist attack,’ endorses ‘extremist’ internet purge

The White House on Tuesday released a report that designates the Jan. 6 Capitol riot a “domestic terrorist attack” and endorses an internet purge of “extremist” content.

The description is likely to draw stiff disagreement from allies of former President Donald Trump who say that the riot, which disrupted certification of President Biden’s victory, has been used to facilitate political censorship.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

1 dead, 2 wounded after shootout erupts over masking rules in Georgia store

1 dead, 2 wounded after shootout erupts over masking rules in Georgia store

A store clerk was fatally shot and a suspected assailant and a police officer injured after a dispute over a face mask requirement escalated into a firefight inside a store in Georgia.

After getting into an argument with a cashier at a Decatur, Georgia supermarket on Monday afternoon, 30-year-old Victor Lee Tucker allegedly opened fire, killing the employee and sparking a gun battle inside the store, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI).

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

China Syndrome II? US “assessing” possible nuclear accident at Taishan

First COVID-19, and now possibly Taishan. China’s claims to competence in cutting-edge science appears on the verge of tatters if reports about a nuclear accident at its reactor turn out to be true. CNN reports that a French company partnering at the Taishan nuclear power plant took the highly unusual step of notifying the US about what they called an “imminent radiological threat.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", USA, WTF?

Police nab one of two Austin mass shooting suspects as newspaper panned for hiding description to avoid ‘perpetuating stereotypes’

Police nab one of two Austin mass shooting suspects as newspaper panned for hiding description to avoid ‘perpetuating stereotypes’

One of two suspects in a mass shooting that injured 14 people in Austin, Texas, has been apprehended, but the local newspaper is continuing to withhold the alleged shooter’s description to avoid “perpetuating stereotypes.”

Austin police offered no details of the arrest, other than to say that it was done with the help of a US Marshals task force. Mention of the arrest was tacked on to an earlier statement regarding the Saturday morning shooting, which described the alleged shooter. It’s not clear whether that description applies to the man who was arrested or to the suspect who remained at large as of Saturday evening.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Social justice crusader ACLU told black staff to ‘keep quiet’ about ‘systemic racism’ in organization – lawsuit

A former employee is taking the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to court, claiming that the nonprofit civil rights group retaliated against him for complaining that there weren’t enough black people in leadership positions.

Robert Jackson, who worked as an associate director for the ACLU, alleges that he was demoted and eventually sacked for highlighting the lack of minorities in the organization’s senior ranks and proposing ways to increase diversity.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inACLU, Batshit Crazy Progressive Racists, WTF?

Could an Invisible Military Laser Steal Your Privacy?

In early 2006, I sat in the Pashtun tribal areas on the Af/Pak border. When not rinsing grit out of my teeth from the thick fog in the air, I awaited information from capricious “allies,” on whether their informant could identify a senior al Qaeda leader who I’ll call “The Moroccan.” At the time, he was al Qaeda’s regional operational commander and well worth removing from the board.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Surveillance Society", WTF?