Niagara Region declares state of emergency - "Niagara Region has declared a state of emergency ahead of the solar eclipse. Niagara will be one of the best places in Canada to view the total eclipse on April 8, and as many as one million people are expected to converge on the region."
Saudi Arabia allowing their contestant to compete at Miss Universe without a hijab : Damnthatsinteresting"
On Rumi Alakhatani. Pointing out Saudi hypocrisy is Islamophobic
Kate Middleton dubbed 'chaos-bringer of humiliation and mockery' as 'shining star' fades - "The Princess of Wales Kate Middleton has been dubbed a “chaos-bringer of humiliation and mockery”. From the way the disappearance of the Princess of Wales has been handled to the chaos over the heavily-edited Mother's Day snap of Kate taken by the Prince, the Royal Family appear to be going from one chaotic mess to another. And with King Charles dealing with his own cancer diagnosis and treatment, a leading critic has raged over the entire saga and claimed that Kate's normally spotless image has been tarnished."
Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives have found a winning message - "Some of the anger from Canadians toward the federal government is stemming from a sense of betrayal. Justin Trudeau’s 2015 campaign line about “being there for the middle class and those trying to join it,” was a highly effective mantra. Millions of Canadians responded positively to it. In fact, it’s a key reason why he won a majority government. Trudeau’s precipitous drop in public opinion polls lends weight to the betrayal hypothesis. While Poilievre’s communications and policy are key drivers of his own support, there’s the accumulating picture of an effete, out-of-touch prime minister who hasn’t lived up to his promise as a champion of the middle class. Poilievre’s early warnings about inflation, famously predating Bay Street and the Bank of Canada, has given him a huge advantage—namely, real credibility—on these issues with ordinary voters. He was speaking about inflation and the now-present housing crisis before business, the media, and, of course, the Trudeau government started to. Just as important is the communications revolution powered by social media, which is enfranchising all kinds of new voters... His stance on increasing competition, especially in protected sectors, suggests a readiness to disrupt the status quo for greater service and affordability, and could potentially include leveraging the tax code to encourage foreign investment and competition. It’s well known in Ottawa that the Business Council of Canada, whose members are the CEOs of Canada’s largest companies, can’t even get a meeting with Poilievre. Rather than the council’s CEOs, Poilievre has said he’ll gladly meet with the employees and workers of the companies themselves. If that’s not a wake-up call for those who run these companies, I don’t know what is."
The left are going to be upset, since they want to tax private companies out of existence. And they hate American big business more than local oligopolies
The authoritarian legacy of the Remain campaign - "Much time and energy has been expended over the decades discussing whether Die Hard qualifies as an actual ‘Christmas film’. The reason it does qualify is not just that it is set during Christmas – it’s also because it’s a true feel-good movie... There is no moral equivalence or ambivalence in the film, tropes that have been a familiar presence in movies ever since the Spaghetti Westerns of the 1960s. Despite having violence, gore and swearing in abundance, Die Hard is the very opposite of a Quentin Tarantino film."
Meme - Man to streaming services: "hey do you guys have this movie?"
"no"
Man to more streaming services: "what about you guys?"
"no"
ManL "well can't say I didn't try"
*VPN* *TORRENTING*
Meme - Christopher Moore @TheAuthorGuy: "Having a really tough time not buying this Xmas book for a friend's kids. It's about a tow truck and a snow blower, but still, the parents face on Christmas morning would be priceless."
"Hookers and Blow Save Christmas"
TikTok video of couple celebrating drama-free relationship emerges after he was arrested for her murder - "The followers of TikTok personality Ana Abulaban are looking at her old videos in a new light following her death and the arrest of her husband for her murder. Husband and murder suspect Ali Abulaban has almost a million followers across social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram... Ali Abulaban had secretly installed a listening device on his five-year-old daughter’s tablet, and when he heard his wife and another man talking, he went to her apartment and shot them to death... Mr Abulaban, 29, is a TikTok star known as JinnKid, with more than 940,000 followers on the social media app... Many TikTok users noted that social media is often used to show a false narrative to gain praise from strangers and acquaintances alike. Some questioned the couple’s supposed happiness from just a few months ago. “Absolutely nothing on social media is what it seems,” one TikTok user noted. “You never know what goes on behind closed doors.”"
Meme - "That's no UNICORN - it's a DONKEY with a DILDO on its head
Mum's fury at birthday treat fiasco
Keen to prove what a good parent she is, Marjorie Phillips spent £700 hiring a "unicorn" for daughter Meghan's third birthday party.
It's old, most likely fake. but nonetheless hilarious"
It is indeed fake, from Sunday Sport
Meme - "When I bumped into someone, I apologized. When my smoke hit your face, I said nothing."
Meme - "Not standing up to offer my seat, I just sat there trying to think up an excuse.
BABIES PREGNANCY OLD AGED DISABILITY"
Meme - "It's painful to get caught between the closing doors. Even more so are the eyes of those looking at you."
Meme - "When someone walks a step away from me, maybe it's a silent complaint about the cigarette in my hand."
"The fire disappears beneath his shoe. Unfortunately, the butt still remains."
"Sit down with your legs spread out wide and the free space next to you disappears."
"A lit cigarette is carried at the height of a child's face"
Japanese train etiquette
Meme - "Who are you, warrior? *chess pieces to buttplug*"
Illinois 'super mayor' Tiffany Henyard's spending out of control: sources - "Self-styled Illinois “super mayor” Tiffany Henyard has spent gobs of cash from her debt-ridden small town’s coffers — burning thousands on unapproved ice rinks, constant parties and luxurious travel, and upwards of million dollars on pay for local cops serving as her personal security detail. “The spending has become unbearable for the residents. It’s parties and a lot of events. It’s resources in reference to making it look like something is being done, but we really can’t afford it,” said Dolton, Illinois, trustee, Kiana Belcher. Mayor Henyard, a failed burger joint boss, has come under fire in recent months for her outlandish antics and questionable spending — including hiring a DJ to punctuate her points during government meetings, and co-opting cops to dance in her music videos — which have left residents and local leadership alike outraged... A small village of about 20,000 people just south of Chicago, Dolton now fnds itself drowning under $5 million in debt — which trustee Jason House said started piling up shortly after Henyard took office in 2021. She explained how her inaguration party cost $15,000 which Henyard initially said her campaign would pay for, but instead charged to the village... The rink was built in the fall of 2022 when Henyard allegedly went over the heads of the village board and ordered it to be built on public land at a cost of $115,000, putting down a $10,000 deposit. When the board found out they halted the rest of the rink payments, so Henyard went around them again and ordered a rink from a separate company which successfully installed it. That rink was completed days before a crucial election for Henyard, according to Illinois Answers. During a grand opening for the rink, the mayor published a video mocking the town board. “Remember: when all five of them trustees said no, look what God did!” she said, cackling. Residents and local leadership have not been as amused. “It’s no transparency. You ask questions and they don’t want to give you the information. As the legislative body, we pay the bills,” said Belcher, who complained that the rink only ever gets used when Henyard allows it. In September 2022, Henyard and the town board voted to donate $10,000 to her own foundation, which purports to support cancer patients — a foundation which was chartered with the state the very day the donation was voted on, according to documents reviewed by Illinois Answers Project and FOX 32. A month later, Henyard organized a 10-day walk and bike ride across the state to Springfield in the name of her foundation, but charged most of the trip to the Dolton credit card. In total, the trip cost about $11,000 in hotels, restaurants, photographers, DJs, and supplies, according to FOX 32, and utilized an armada of town-owned vehicles to escort the walk. Additionally, records showed the town spent over $17,000 on branded sweatshirts and t-shirts just a week before the walk, but then refused to disclose what the merchandise was for. During the walk, Henyard gave away branded foundation sweatshirts and t-shirts, which were also available for about $30 on the foundation’s website... Henyard’s spending has gotten so bad trustees have sued her, accusing her of forging checks and withholding financial records. The mayor admonished the trustees over the suit in a fiery townhall last week and accused them of attacking her for being black — even as many of them are black themselves. “You all should be ashamed of yourselves because you all are black. You all are black,” Henyard said at the meeting. “And you all [are] sitting up here beating and attacking a black woman that’s in power.” Henyard also serves as the Thornton Township supervisor. Between her two positions, she pulls a salary of about $285,000... Before taking office, Henyard ran a burger joint, Good Burger, in the South Suburban College cafeteria, which went out of business. As of last spring, she still owed the college about $1,500 in unpaid bills related to the venture, according to FOX 32. In 2016, she was arrested and charged with criminal trespass to vehicles, according to Chicago Police records. It is unclear what became of the charges and enquireies went unanswered"
Damn anti-blackness and racism!
Collin Rugg on X - "JUST IN: FBI is reportedly investigating "super mayor" Tiffany Henyard for abusing her position of power. About time. Henyard has gone viral for comparing herself to Jesus, shutting down businesses who don't donate to her, using money for music videos, hiring a child r*pist as code enforcement officer, proposing a law to cut the salary of any mayor besides herself to $25k, spending taxpayer dollars on Las Vegas trips and much more. Business owner Lawrence Gardner, who continuously donated to Henyard, says she shut his business down after the donations stopped. "I made the payment. Then every year, she started coming and required the same thing, and we had a problem about that." After he refused to give more money, officials claimed he was illegally selling alcohol and shut him down. Henyard has sent her small village of Dolton, Illinois into $5 million in debt."
Meme - "I don't mean to be racist... but I can't help but notice that Indians compulsively lie at work (and to their gfs) and try to replace employees with their Indian friends... asked my termianlly online right wing colleague and he said that Indians are 'brown Jews'. I can't unsee it...
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How porn habits of millennials differ from their parents' generation - "Pornhub has also revealed that millenials watch 144 per cent more Hentai than the older generation, disclosing also that the top category of porn watched by the younger generation is Lesbian... As video game devices usage goes, the handheld Playstation Vita is used 213 per cent more used by millennials. However, older age groups use the Playstation 3 almost 60 per cent more."
Basically they like virtual porn
Inquisitive Bird on X - "Large demographic shift in American TV series staff. According to Writers Guild of America West data, between 2011 and 2020, staff writers moved from 35% to 63% women, and 72% to 44% white."
End Wokeness on X - "The NYPD now has its own dance team"
Marc 🇺🇸 on X - "NYC crime at an all-time high… people being murdered, shops looted, drugs flooding the streets, homeless crisis and the city is being overrun by illegals… The solution? NYPD Chief: Dance!"
Oddly, none of them have dancer bodies
Mwenewazvo on X - "😭😭😭 A Redit guy told his parents he was gay to avoid arranged marriage. They were quiet for 1 month because they were collecting men for him😭😭😭😭."
Meme - Jessica Evans: "Can not believe I used to complain about school.. 9-3 every day, no weekends, 6 weeks off for summer, Easter hols, bank hols, inset days, seeing my friends every day. I was living the absolute DREAM and I didn't even realise"
Meme - "Captains are heroes
Captain America, Captain Planet, Captain Haddock, Captain Marvel, Captain Harlock, Captain Scarlet, Captain Mar-Vell, Captain Caveman, Captain Kirk, Captain Picard
Doctors are villains
Doctor Sivanna (Captain Marvel), Doctor Doom (Fantastic Four), Doctor Octopus (Spider-man), Doctor Mindbender (Gl. Joe), Doctor Eggman (Sonic the Hedgehog), Dr Hugo Strange (Batman), Doctor Faustus (Captain America), Doctor Evil (Austin Powers), Doctor Light (Teen Titans), Doctor Claw (Inspector Gadget)"
Comments: "Dr Reed Richards, Dr Bruce Banner, Dr Charles Xavier, hell even Black Panther has a doctorate!"
"Yes, as long as we omit Doctor Strange and Captain Glory. "
"What about Captain Boomerang"
"So what is Dr. Fate then? "
doomer on X - "“marine, what is that button on your armor?”
“a nofap button sir”
“and what is that youve got written on your helmet?”
"’born to goon’, sir.”
“‘born to goon’ and nofap? is that some kind of sick joke?”
“i think i was trying to suggest something about the duality of man, sir”"
sebastian castillo on X - "it’s catholic canon that in the garden of gethsemane jesus christ saw every sin committed by human beings which means that he watched a guy blasting rope to waluigi hentai and still decided to sacrifice himself for humanity. absolute legend"
Meme - Guy texting: "Yea...but I'm kind of a fatass."
Woman texting: "I don't care... I love fat guys!"
Guy texting: "**BLOCKED** She prolly gon try eat my fries and shit."
Meme - "Every Hong Kong office organisation chart
The boss who doesn't do a thing except shout at people and monitors 'what time you arrive/leave office
The secretary who knows everything and gossips to everyone
The colleague who minds their own business and gets their shit done without bothering people
The colleague who comes in at 10:30am and chats until lunch time
The colleague who is always cold
The one expat who asks if you want to grab a coffee every 2 hours
The intern who has Excel open on the big screen but is playing games and making lunch time memes on their phone
The local bro who hits the gym at lunch time"
Meme - Richard Hanania @RichardHanania: "What can we conclude from this other than liberal governance has failed? I'm sure weather matters, but it doesn't explain South Dakota picking up people and Hawaii losing them."
"Figure 1: Net domestic migration, 2022-2023
*Top 3 gains: Florida, Texas, North Carolina. Top 3 losses: California, New York, Illinois*
The Matthew Principle: "California also has pretty nice weather, from what I hear."
Children deny that God can change fundamental moral principles, study finds - "Emerging at age 4, children consistently denied that God could alter fundamental moral norms, such as turning morally wrong actions into morally right ones. This belief persisted across different age groups, indicating that from an early age, children view certain moral norms as unchangeable, even by a supreme being like God. Interestingly, while children’s beliefs about the immutability of moral norms remained stable, their views on physical phenomena shifted with age; older children increasingly believed that God could alter physical realities. These findings challenge the assumption that religious socialization leads children to believe that an all powerful God would be capable of changing any aspect of reality, including morality. Instead, the study found that even within a cultural context where belief in a higher power is prevalent, children maintained that certain moral principles were beyond even God’s ability to change. This suggests a deeper, perhaps innate, understanding of morality as a domain distinct from other norms, that is resistant to change and rooted in widely shared human consensus. The study, “Children deny that God could change morality”, was authored by Madeline G. Reinecke and Larisa Heiphetz Solomon."
Sensus divinitatis strikes again!
'I'm not a role model': Therese Coffey questioned over smoking and weight as Health Secretary - "Therese Coffey has admitted she is "not the role model" when it comes to her personal health after being questioned about her weight and smoking."
There're downsides to making the personal political and emphasising lived experience and symbolism
WALLAZE⭐ on X - "Condom companies are killing their future customers 🤲😂"
Turkey - Which Is Healthier, White or Dark Meat - Really - The New York Times - "Health authorities have long advocated choosing white meat, saying it contains less fat and fewer calories. But the nutritional differences between the two are not so great. In general, what makes one cut of turkey — or any other type of poultry — darker than another is the type of muscle it contains. Meat is darker if it contains higher levels of myoglobin, a compound that enables muscles to transport oxygen, which is needed to fuel activity. Since turkeys and chickens are flightless and walk a lot, their leg meat is dark while their wing and breast meat are white. Many people choose white meat over dark because of its lower caloric content. But according to the Department of Agriculture, an ounce of boneless, skinless turkey breast contains about 46 calories and 1 gram of fat, compared with roughly 50 calories and 2 grams of fat for an ounce of boneless, skinless thigh. But dark meat has its benefits. Compared with white meat, it contains more iron, zinc, riboflavin, thiamine, and vitamins B6 and B12. Both have less fat than most cuts of red meat, so you can’t go wrong either way."
Meme - "There is no way to make the showing of middle finger even more offensive
People on the internet: *Hitler doing Nazi salute with swastika armband*"
Largest empire by percentage of world population | Guinness World Records - "By share of population, the largest empire was the Achaemenid Empire, better known as the Persian Empire, which accounted for approximately 49.4 million of the world’s 112.4 million people in around 480 BC – an astonishing 44%. Originating in modern-day Iran, the empire was first established by Cyrus the Great and included parts of Central Asia, the Mediterranean, North Africa, and even European territories such as ancient Thrace and Macedonia."
hello i love your work on Tumblr - "the main thing that puts me off of playing chess is that there is 2000 years of gameplay that hundreds of people with higher IQs than me have spent thousands of hours studying the history of, so much so that when i put the pawn forward they say “ah i see youre going for the bulgarian somersault” and then i try to take their bishop with my knight and they go “aw, rookie mistake, youve played the frenchmans cumsock, and in approximately 37 moves i’ll have won”"
Meme - "don't move. I'll get you a towel, babe. *smiley face cookie with frosting*"
Meme - White guy spanking: "Who's your daddy baby?"
Black girl: "Stop! I don't know!"
Meme - "Found this work of art at my local Five Guys Burgers and Fries
White woman on couch surrounded by 5 black guys: I love five guys!"
Rod Blackhurst on X - "In 1992 I was 12. My dad and I were in the Newark airport. I saw Joe Pesci and recognized him from HOME ALONE. I went up to him to ask for his autograph. Joe asked me who my favorite actor was. I said he was. He handed me a crisp $100 and said "That's the right answer, kid"."
Meme - "So I ordered a burrito "to go" with no olives. This was on top of the box *bread pointing to "no olives" sign and 2 dejected / disappointed olives*"
Meme - Danielle: "Never in a million years did I think this was going to be the topic of the vent"
"I need to vent"
:Hit me"
"There's a pregnant stingray in NC and there was male stingrays in the enclosure. They think she either self reproduced (sting Jesus) or one of the 2 male sharks in the encounter got her knocked up (shark ray)"
Meme - "Americans will use literally anything except the metric system
242 dicks
What does eternal life smell like? A Danish museum has the answer - "A museum in Denmark is giving visitors a chance to inhale what it calls “the fragrance of eternal life” or “the scent of eternity,” after scientists succeeded in recreating the smell of an embalming oil used more than 3,500 years ago to mummify Senetnay, an Egyptian noblewoman. It smells good."
Bleeding-Heart Horror Fans: Enjoyment of Horror Media Is Not Related to Lower Empathy or Compassion - "The horror genre portrays some of the most graphic and violent scenes in media. How and why some people find enjoyment in such a graphic genre is an age-old question. One hypothesis is that people lower in prosocial traits such as empathy and compassion are more likely to enjoy horror. We found evidence against this hypothesis across three studies. Study 1 demonstrated that enjoyment of horror movies was unrelated to affective empathy, negatively associated with coldheartedness, and positively associated with cognitive empathy. A preregistered follow-up study found that measures of empathy and coldheartedness were unrelated to how many horror movies a participant had seen. In Study 3, enjoyment of horror movies was unrelated to the amount of money a participant decided to donate to a less fortunate participant. These findings contradict beliefs from the public about horror fans possessing lower levels of prosocial traits such as empathy and compassion. They also put into question findings from older studies about the relationship between empathy and enjoyment of horror media."
This has implications for "violence" in media too
Meme - "origin of philosophy
what people think: hmm I wonder what constitutes existence, what does it all mean? why are we here
reality: I wasn't always smart, I was actually very stupid in school ... [T]here was a boy who was very attractive who was even stupider than I was. And in order to ingratiate myself with this boy who was very beautiful, I began to do his homework for him-and that's how I became smart, I had to do all this work to just keep ahead of him a little bit, in order to help him. In a sense, all the rest of my life I've been trying to do intellectual things that would attract beautiful boys. -Michel Foucault, 1983"
