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Racially charged row between Musk and South Africa over Starlink

The tussle between Starlink boss Elon Musk and South Africa over the company’s failure to launch in the country stems from the nation’s black empowerment laws, and could be one factor behind the diplomatic row between the US and Africa’s most industrialised nation.

To his more than 219 million followers on his social media platform X, Mr Musk made the racially charged claim that his satellite internet service provider was “not allowed to operate in South Africa simply because I’m not black“.

But the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) – a regulatory body in the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors – told the BBC that Starlink had never submitted an application for a licence.

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Suspected arsonist Cody Balmer targeted Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro’s home over what pol ‘wants to do to Palestinian people’: report

The suspect in the arson attack on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s residence said he targeted the Jewish politician over “what he wants to do to the Palestinian people,” according to documents.

The alleged firebug Cody Balmer called 911 following the Sunday attack, identified himself by name, and delivered the chilling message addressed to the governor over the phone, according to a search warrant obtained by PennLive.

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A link between Ford and “Do you believe the polls?”

h/t Auntie Polly

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The U.S. is declaring war on Canada’s very identity

This explains such a stupid column: Samira Mohyeddin is a Toronto-based journalist and the 2024-2025 inaugural journalism fellow at the University of Toronto’s Women and Gender Studies Institute.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Trump Derangement Syndrome, USA, WTF?

What Trump really wants from Canada

Lobster family hit hardest

Machias Seal Island is a tiny dot on maps of North America. But the uninhabited, fogbound rock is significant for its location in an area known as the “Grey Zone” – the site of a rare international dispute between Canada and the United States.

The two neighbours and long-time allies have each long laid claim to the island and surrounding water, where the US state of Maine meets Canada’s New Brunswick province – and with that claim, the right to catch and sell the prized local lobsters.

John Drouin, a US lobsterman who has fished in the Grey Zone for 30 years, tells of the mad dash by Canadian and American fishermen to place lobster traps at the start of the summer catching season each year.

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Is Covid Rewriting the Rules of Aging? Brain Decline Alarms Doctors

Millions of long-Covid patients continue to struggle with cognitive difficulties

Five years after the pandemic’s start, millions of Americans are still struggling with long-lasting symptoms of Covid-19. Cognitive difficulties are among the most troubling and common symptoms in people both old and young.

These ailments can be severe enough to leave former professionals like Ken Todd unable to work and even diagnosed with a form of mild cognitive impairment.

I first spoke with Todd, a 56-year-old former Showtime executive in New York City, in 2022 for a column on long-Covid patients grappling with crippling fatigue.

h/t DS

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‘Adult baby diaper lover’ who identifies as woman and climbs into clinical waste bins ‘to sleep and find comfort’ admits dumping soiled nappies at children’s nurseries

Abbi Taylor – demented pervert

An ‘adult diaper lover’ terrorised local nurseries by dumping soiled nappies outside their gates.

Abbi Taylor, 46, also known as Martin Tarling, identifies as a woman and finds ‘comfort’ in climbing into clinical waste bins.

Taylor also smears excrement onto milk bottles and onto the walls of nurseries, prosecutors said.

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Inmates in Canadian prisons allegedly being turned against Conservatives

A Conservative MP is raising concerns about potential election interference within Canada’s correctional system.

Larry Brock, MP for Brantford-Brant, shared an image of a document on X on Sunday.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Election 2025, WTF?

SKANKS IN SPACE: Jeff Bezos takes a tumble as he excitedly greets fiancée Lauren Sanchez after Blue Origin space flight

Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos face-planted onto the Texas desert as he ran up to greet his fiancée Lauren Sanchez and the all-female crew when they returned to Earth on Monday morning.

The livestream of the historic launch caught the moment Bezos, 61, fell face first to the ground as he went around the windows of the capsule carrying his fiancée.

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