18-year-old Florida commit Olivier Rioux is now listed at 7’9” 👀
He was 7’5” when we filmed him 2 years ago.
7’6” last year (this video).
7’7” earlier this year.
— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) June 19, 2024
Quebec kid. h/t DS
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Is Boeing’s Cursed Starliner Going to Be Marooned Up There?
It’s a good thing the International Space Station is relatively comfy because a couple of houseguests just got their stay extended by a few extra days — again.
The crew of the Boeing Starliner’s first manned flight test, mission commander Barry Wilmore and pilot Suni Williams, were informed by NASA this week that there would be another four-day delay in getting home back to Earth, now scheduled for June 26. NASA needs “a little bit more time to look at the data” behind ongoing helium leaks in Starliner’s maneuvering thrusters and “do some analysis, and make sure we’re really ready to come home,” NASA Commercial Crew Program Manager Steve Stich said Tuesday.
Vans of Toronto
#UPDATE: Paramount Fine Foods CEO Mohamad Fakih says he's offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest after an advertising van adorned with video screens saying Canada is "under siege" by Muslims was spotted in Toronto. https://t.co/wYozLS98UW
— CityNews Toronto (@CityNewsTO) June 20, 2024
Update – Rebel News claims ownership of van, billboard under investigation by Toronto police hate crimes unit
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Oh, FFS. @fancypants_s have you seen this? https://t.co/2f22na21Yu
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) June 20, 2024
h/t Patti Jo
Elon Musk admits ‘two homicidal maniacs tried to kill him’ in past seven months
During a question-and-answer session for Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting, the electric automaker’s CEO, Elon Musk, noted that multiple attempts on his life in the past seven months have occurred for no seemingly apparent reason other than his social and business prominence.
The response stemmed from an investor’s inquiry asking the billionaire what he’s doing to take care of himself with his high-profile nature.
h/t Mauser
Trudeau’s base
Can a marriage survive a gender transition? Yes, and even thrive. How these couples make it work https://t.co/eXqVD8qnti
— CTV News (@CTVNews) June 20, 2024
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Taylor Swift’s private jet has been spray painted orange by “Just Stop Oil” activists. pic.twitter.com/eIGszby4Od
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) June 20, 2024
Women who claimed Brigitte Macron is transgender go on trial
Two women falsely claimed that Brigitte Macron, France’s first lady, is a transgender woman who was born male, a court in Paris was told on Wednesday.
Amandine Roy, 52, who describes herself as a spirit medium, and Natacha Rey, 48, a freelance journalist, allegedly made the claims in a four-hour YouTube video in December 2021, which has since been deleted.
Climate change artwork looks like fly-tipping at historic cathedral, residents say
An art installation at a historic cathedral which is designed to highlight the impact of climate change looks like “fly-tipping”, residents have claimed.
The wooden sculpture depicts a house perched on top of a cliff edge and is supposed to remind passers-by of how homes can be affected by coastal erosion and harsh weather.
But the “timber pile” in front of 900-year-old Salisbury Cathedral and near the city’s historic Cathedral Close has angered locals, who have asked for what one called a “monstrous debacle” to be removed.
Why do people think Cleopatra was black?
In the trailer for the disastrous Netflix documentary Queen Cleopatra, classics professor Shelley Haley states, “I remember my grandmother saying to me, ‘I don’t care what they teach you in school. Cleopatra was black.’” The documentary goes on to depict the queen as black, or at least biracial, with Adele James starring in the title role.
Cult leader who forced followers to pull out own teeth and eat faeces jailed
A cult leader who forced her followers to eat faeces and used pliers to pull out their teeth as punishment has been jailed for more than 10 years in Singapore.
Woo May Hoe, 54, convinced about 30 people that she was a deity, while subjecting the group to cruel physical abuse and defrauding them of more than $10 million (£7.8 million).
In a rare case of cult crime in Singapore, prosecutors said she had instituted a “reign of terror” over eight years, convincing her followers to part with their money, which she claimed would be used to build temples in India.
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Juneteenth advice! This is for the wypipo: put your money where your mouth is and personally give reparations. pic.twitter.com/HKL9ePfkxU
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) June 19, 2024
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Reminder: ATYP! Always tighten your piercings! pic.twitter.com/yhxo6Dae0M
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) June 19, 2024
Psst … Hey Queers For Palestine Over Here …
Hezbollah has declared war against the enemy. No, not just Israel
“… The “danger” he speaks of emanates from Lebanon’s LGBTQ+ population. It is the lesbians, gays, bisexuals and trans people that preoccupy his Party of God.
The sayyid has seen the enemy and the enemy is queer. Which is why Nasrallah repeatedly dehumanizes and demonizes LGBTQ+ people.
“The culture of homosexuality is very influential and comes from the United States,” he complained in a televised speech. “It is not only demonic; it has real effects.”
Feminist campaigner accuses police of ‘bullying’ her over tweet about trans doctor
A leading feminist campaigner has said police have been investigating her for almost a year over a social media post she wrote about a transgender doctor.
Maya Forstater, 51, said the Metropolitan Police is examining a post on X, formerly Twitter from June last year in which she said Dr Kamilla Kamaruddin “enjoys intimately examining female patients without their consent”.