Freeland apologizes for saying Poilievre wears more makeup than her
My patient thinks he's a werewolf: 10 years as an NHS psychiatrist - "he leaps up and snarls. ‘Oh God, I can feel the beast coming on!’ The nurses hold their hands out, palms facing down to placate him. His eyes bulge from their orbits and I’m careful not to meet them, lowering my gaze to signal submission. ‘Femi, I think everyone would feel calmer if you sit down again. Also, it’s only the morning and I didn’t think werewolves came out during daylight hours.’ ‘Is it?’ he says looking around the room, disorientated. He’s been awake most of the night and there are no windows in here. ‘Yeah, look, it’s only just after 8am,’ I say, showing him my watch. ‘Oh,’ he says, surprised. Then he sits back down again. The team and I collectively relax, and thank God that we’re not working the night shift... Someone wriggles his trousers down, and two needles, one containing antipsychotic and another a rapid tranquilliser, are plunged into the gluteal muscle of his backside. Disturbing animalistic grunts and screams spray from his mouth. The bulging whites of his eyes tell the fear of someone who genuinely believes he’s being put down like a dog at the vet. During such moments I can’t help wondering if psychiatric hospitals are actually good for people’s health. A ward patient once told me they weren’t suicidal until they were incarcerated in a psychiatric hospital. Another terrified inpatient once asked me quite sincerely, ‘Am I in hell?’ As Femi’s struggling slowly subsides and the tortuous noises become softer, I wonder what the alternatives are. Let severely disturbed patients eat the staff for breakfast? Uncoil the asylum chains and dust off the straitjackets? Seclusion, physical restraint and enforced medication aren’t a good arrangement, but are perhaps the least bad ones." Beauty queen shot dead after leading killers to restaurant with octopus ceviche - "An Ecuadorian beauty queen was assassinated after her Instagram post of a plate of octopus ceviche led gunmen to the restaurant where she was dining. Police are investigating the shooting of 23-year-old Landy Párraga amid media speculation the hit was ordered by the widow of a drug lord with whom she is believed to have had an affair. The beauty queen and social media influencer was gunned down shortly after her name appeared in a corruption inquiry linking judicial officials to organised crime. Párraga had just posted a photo of the ceviche she was about to eat for lunch to her 173,000 followers on Instagram when two armed men burst into the restaurant in Quevedo and fired several times at her."
Meme - "America invented craft beer, and Budweiser is a multinational. Average back in the day beers were 5% ABV. Light beers are 3.2%. Craft beers are usually 6%+. I guarantee your country's beers are weaker than average craft beers"
"Hahaha - mate, some of my local craft breweries are older than your country."
Meme - Hakeem Jeffries: "The Supreme Court has ruled. America is not a monarchy. Trump is not a King. There is no doctrine of absolute immunity from Congressional subpoenas. The American people WILL get to see the President's tax returns one way or the other."
Hakeem Jeffries @RepJeffries: "The Supreme Court majority has zero legitimacy. Ghosts of the confederacy are alive and well."
Meme - "The "Shopping at Aldi's" Starterpack
Crust toothpaste
Dave beauty cream bar
Log's Cracker chips
KatKot. Have a break, Have a Kat Kot
Nut Master. Hazelnut spread"
Idaho teen arrested for allegedly plotting to attack church in name of ISIS - "Alexander Mercurio was charged in a criminal complaint with providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization. He remains in custody and has not entered a plea, according to court records. Investigators alleged Mercurio was about to attack at least one church in his area on April 7 — a Sunday — with guns, knives, and flammable chemicals, but they said they foiled his plans before he could carry out his plan. Mercurio is accused of writing to an unnamed FBI source that he was set to "stop close by the church, equip the weapon(s) and storm the temple, killing as many people as possible." His goal, according to investigators, was to carry out an act of martyrdom before the end of Ramadan — the holy month observed peacefully by Islam practitioners across the globe that emphasizes prayer and fasting — and pledge his allegiance to the leader of ISIS. "I am going to perform a martyrdom operation very soon," he allegedly wrote in one recent message. "The targets will be the various churches in my town."... "The defendant swore an oath of loyalty to ISIS and planned to wage an attack in its name on churches in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho," Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement announcing Mercruio's arrest on Monday. "Thanks to the investigative efforts of the FBI, the defendant was taken into custody before he could act." "
Under One Roof: How The Covered Walkway Conquered Singapore - "The history of the covered walkway in Singapore began in the usual manner: With a piece of paper signed by Raffles. The Town Plan of 1822 (the ‘Jackson’ Plan) did not just divide Singapore into the familiar zones of Dhoby Ghaut, Chinatown, Kampung Glam, etc. It also mandated the construction of Singapore’s first covered pedestrian walkways. Article 18 of the plan states: “Description of houses to be constructed, each house to have a verandah open at all times as a continued and covered passage on each side of the street”. These ‘verandahs’, built into shophouses and providing protection from both sun and rain, would later be known as the five-foot-ways. (Even though their actual width ranged between 6-8 feet.)... Since Raffles was not an architect—or a man who did much walking—historians have often speculated on how he dreamed up the idea. After all, with malaria endemic and fresh water running short, you would think that Raffles had bigger problems than UV protection—but apparently not. Furthermore, covered walkways were not so common in Great Britain, which had a shortage of shelter despite its ceaseless rain... In the Dutch capital of Batavia (i.e. Jaya Karta/modern-day Jakarta), the Dutch East India Company (VOC) had created regularly lined streets with overhanging eaves for shelter. Raffles, who served as the governor-general of the Dutch East Indies and wrote The History of Java, certainly had both time and inclination to observe the local architecture—when he was not busy attacking it. Indeed, his The History Of Java does make special mention of women preoccupied with “spinning and weaving on an elevated verandah in front, where they are protected from the rays of the sun, by an extended projection of the pitch of the roof.”... Depending on their mood and ideological fetish, experts have variously attributed the covered walkway to either Southern China, Javanese Vernacular architecture, or the House of Habsburg (Spanish branch)... By the mid-1800s, five-foot ways were to colonial Singapore what money shots of MBS are today—a tiresome cliche. Western travellers in particular simply could not get enough of these ‘exotic’ thoroughfares... After nearly a century in exile, the covered walkway had made its triumphant return. But why now? What changed in the1980s/1990s in Singapore? What made covered walkways so suddenly en vogue? Mr Fernandez’s book might have you believe that our government dreamed it up alone in a eureka moment, but the right answer lies in a confluence of factors. For starters, Singapore has been growing in (1) affluence in the decades post-independence. Since the 1970s, HDB built not just to meet the need for shelter, but also to fulfil the more esoteric desires of Singaporean home-owners. Covered walkways are a natural extension to lifts-which-stop-on-every-floor and exercise corners... For the Public Works Department, however, the walkway was a means to a very different end. Like the HDB, there was rapid expansion of covered linkages in the 1980s and 1990s. Unlike the HDB, the PWD used covered walkways to (3) encourage the use of public transport. By linking MRT stations and bus shelters seamlessly to homes, it reasoned, more Singaporeans would take the train instead of calling for Grab... These practical schemes were preceded by (4) deeper rumblings at the philosophical and ideological level. In the 1970s, post-colonialism emerged as a mode of thinking and gained widespread acceptance in fields like history, sociology and literature. Architecture was no exception and many a young designer began re-thinking the urban environment along historical lines."
Meme - Jo @JoJoFromJerz: "If I hear one more Republican ever whinkng and crying about how some Democrat was mean to them in a restaurant I'm going to lose my fucking shit"
Jo @JoJoFromJerz: "Tonight was a rough one. I was at a Yankees game with my league team and out of the blue (and thanks to alcchol) I was targeted. Coaches whi had just become aware of my Twitter started screaming my name and my handle and then they started taunting me. Tbh I'm shook"
Meme - "When you're trash, but you're the best trash *golden trash bag*"
Meme - "Les eaux *l'alcool*"
Commentaire: "De vie"
The secret to choosing a perfect steak – seven beef myths busted - "Myth 1: Fillet steak is the best cut...
Ask any expert and they’ll tell you that it’s not as simple as saying fillet steak is the “best”; rather it depends on what you’re after when it comes to taste, texture – and price. “The best steak doesn’t exist,” says chef Paul Foster, the owner of Stratford-upon-Avon restaurant Salt and author of How to Cook Meat Properly. “[Fillet] is the most tender,” he admits, “so if you’re looking for the most tender steak, then you’ve got to go for fillet. But it doesn’t have very much flavour.” Flavour often comes from meat taken from parts of the cow that have done more “work”, so for Foster, rib-eye (from the forequarter of the animal) is a great choice, delivering plenty of flavour and texture...
Myth 2: Bone-in cuts are always better...
while cooking meat on the bone can be great in general, when it comes to steak it’s not necessarily going to add much because of the way we cook it, points out Foster. “Cooking on the bone does add flavour, but that needs to be over a longer period of time."...
Myth 3: Named breeds mean superior beef...
In some modern breeds the cattle are bred to put down lean meat faster, resulting in less fat than traditional, “old-fashioned” breeds... Crossbreeding is common. “If [a supermarket steak says] it’s a Hereford or an Aberdeen Angus, there will be a proportion of that breed in there,” says Smith. “But it won’t necessarily be a pure breed.” Likewise, your highly prized Wagyu steak might be “a 50 per cent cross,” says Smith, “so you don’t have that full flavour; it won’t have all the marbling and the succulence that a full-blood has.”...
Myth 4: Lots of fat is good...
lots of fat can be good (“it does an amazing job for flavour,” agrees Stanley), but there are two caveats. Firstly, how the steak will be served. While fat-rich Wagyu beef is seen as a marker of quality and is highly regarded by top restaurants, trying to mimic it at home for your steak-and-chips dinner might not be the best idea. “In Japanese culture [Wagyu will be sliced] thinly like sashimi, or dipped in hot dashi [an intensely savoury broth]. So you get a small mouthful,” explains Foster. “But if you tried to serve someone a big Wagyu steak, they’ll be feeling pretty sick by the end.”... the distribution of fat plays a far more significant role than the quantity. Foster’s advice is to look for a steak that’s a dark cherry red, with even marbling...
Myth 5: Aged steak is always best...
More important than the duration is how the meat has been aged, argues Smith. Dry ageing describes when meat is exposed to air, in many cases hung but sometimes on a rack, allowing its moisture to evaporate, whereas a different process – called “wet ageing” by some – sees meat vacuum-packed, sitting in its own moisture, then left to age. The latter method is more common, especially when it comes to supermarket meat, and it ensures the weight doesn’t reduce too much through evaporation of moisture, but doesn’t necessarily mean the steak will taste as good as a dry-aged version...
Myth 6: Supermarket steak is always dreadful
Myth 7: Buying steak from the butcher is far more expensive than from the supermarket"
Meme - Elyse @ayeeelyse: "Was being responsible and didn't drive home after happy hour last night. Came back to pick up my car and it's in a fucking farmers market."
Meme - "How to Get Through Tough Times. Gaslight Yourself. Tell yourself that it's making you stronger and the universe is just testing you."
Meme - "What is the moral difference, if any, between a shitposter and a civilian?"
"A shitposter challenges the status quo through dank memes, and risks bans and diminishing relationships in order to promote freedom of thought. A civilian does not"
"Exact words of the text."
Why the coins in your pocket make you a Roman - "Twenty-two centuries after it was first struck, the denarius remains embedded in the cultural and linguistic memory of East and West. Every day, Spanish speakers around the world refer to dinero when they talk of money, just as Portuguese discuss dinheiro and Italians denaro. While in bustling souks across North Africa and the Middle East – but especially in the markets of modern Tunis, watched over by the spirit of the city’s most famous son, Hannibal – the dinars still change hands."
New mRNA cancer vaccine triggers fierce immune response to fight malignant brain tumor - "In a first-ever human clinical trial of four adult patients, an mRNA cancer vaccine developed at the University of Florida quickly reprogrammed the immune system to attack glioblastoma, the most aggressive and lethal brain tumor."
X-Men '97 Airbnb: Go Inside Mansion With Wolverine Bedroom - "Airbnb has redesigned a private mansion in Westchester, N.Y. — the home of the X-Men in Marvel comics — into a replica of the mutant manor from “X-Men ’97.” The mansion, decorated in the 2-D animation style of the Disney+ series, is complete with replicas of Wolverine’s and Jubilee’s bedrooms, Beast’s science lab, the telepathic Cerebro device, the Danger Room and other features. There’s even the severed head of an evil, robotic Sentinel laying in the front yard to greet you as you arrive. The “X-Men ’97” mansion is part of Airbnb’s new Icons line, a series of unique experiences located around the world inspired by movies, TV, music and art. The company unveiled its first 11 Icons, which include the “Up” balloon house, Riley’s Headquarters from “Inside Out 2,” Prince’s “Purple Rain” home and more. Most of the Icon locations are free, and the others cost less than $100 per guest... Every nook and cranny of the mansion is vibrantly colored, with bold comic book sketch lines applied to surfaces to make it feel like you’re actually in an episode of “X-Men ’97.” Portraits of Charles Xavier, Magneto, Wolverine, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Gambit, Bishop, Beast and more adorn the entryway. As you go inside, you’re greeted by three X-Men “trainees” who guide you through the experience.
UK one of the best places to survive a global collapse of society, says study - "The UK would be one of the best places in the world in which to "restart life" in the event of global societal collapse, according to a study. New Zealand topped the list while Iceland, Australia and Ireland also ranked highly... The team at Anglia Ruskin University's Global Sustainability Institute looked at a range of factors, including access to energy sources, climate, the availability of arable land and population density. As an island separated from the Eurasian landmass, the UK scored highly in its ability to protect its borders from unwanted mass immigration... Countries were ranked on their ability to grow food, produce energy and control unwanted immigration. States with low population density and moderate climates ranked highest in the study... Reports in recent years have noted that a number of Silicon Valley's tech billionaires have bought up land in New Zealand, which the study said would be the best place to survive a societal collapse."
How to fall in love, according to a Hinge behavioral scientist - "F*** the spark: This is actually one of the chapter titles in How to Not Die Alone. Chasing the spark based off of initial chemistry alone is a losing battle — and I have witnessed this too, among my clients and podcast listeners. Instead of prioritizing butterflies, look for deeper elements of connection and a window into your date's values. Go on that second date and see what unfolds."
Intimacy: Back to reality - FML - "Today, as her parents were supposed to be out of town, I stayed over with my girlfriend, and we ended up in bed together. Later on, while poking through the fridge, I heard footsteps, so I said, "Didn't think you'd be walking after that." I closed the fridge and saw her dad. FML"
Meme - Perma Banned: ""You'll own nothing and be happy" So sayeth the rich celebrity writer living the life of luxury and power, to the peasants and the commoners."
Stephen King @Stephenking: "Just because you bought it doesn't mean you own it."
Do the Hustle! Empowerment from Side-Hustles and Its Effects on Full-Time Work Performance - "Side-hustles, income-generating work performed alongside full-time jobs, are increasingly common as the gig economy provides opportunities for employees to perform supplementary work. Although scholars have suggested that side-hustles conflict with full-time work performance, we assert that psychological empowerment from side-hustles enriches full-time work performance. We argue that side-hustle complexity—the motivating characteristics of side-hustles—positively relates to empowerment and that side-hustle motives moderate this relationship. A study of 337 employees supports these assertions. We then investigate the spillover of side-hustle empowerment to full-time work performance in a 10-day experience-sampling method study of 80 employee–coworker dyads. We address an affective pathway in which daily side-hustle empowerment enriches full-time work performance through side-hustle engagement and positive affect at work. We also consider a cognitive pathway wherein side-hustle empowerment distracts from full-time work performance through side-hustle engagement and attention residue—persistent cognitions about side-hustles during full-time work. Overall, performance enrichment from side-hustles was stronger than performance conflict. We also consider affective shift from full-time work to side-hustles, finding negative affect from full-time work strengthens the relationship between side-hustle empowerment and engagement. Combined, our two studies examine the source of side-hustle empowerment and how side-hustle empowerment influences affective and cognitive experiences during full-time work."
Japanese city loses residents’ personal data, which was on paper being transported on a windy day - "The Aichi prefectural government has issued an official apology for improper handling of the personal data of 121 resident households. The incident took place on April 19 and involved data pertaining to residents of government assisted housing at four buildings under the jurisdiction of the Prefectural Public Housing Division... Unfortunately, this data was stored on physical media, which, as we’ve seen before, can cause problems for Japanese government agencies. There was the time, for example, when the Tokyo police department lost citizens’ data that they’d stored on floppy discs, or that other time when a city employee in Hyogo Prefecture got drunk, passed out, and lost a USB memory stick with residents’ personal information on it. The Aichi government’s blunder was even more old-school, however, as it was carrying out its data transfer by physically transporting 1,696 pieces of paper, placed inside a cardboard box. What’s more, they upped the degree of difficulty by opting to transport the box in a handcart and having someone walk it over, out on the streets, to its destination, instead of driving it over. Oh, and they decided to do this on a day with strong winds. The silent-era comedy movie setup was, it seems, too much for fate to resist. Before the public corporation employee who was pushing the cart reached the capital building, the cart tipped over and the box opened up as it tumbled out. Though the worker attempted to grab the documents, two hands aren’t nearly enough to snatch 1,696 papers, and many blew away. The search for scattered documents continued until sunset, at which point the Aichi government began contacting affected residents to inform them of the data leak/blow-away. The search continued for two more days, but without all of the documents being recovered... No improper use of the lost data has been discovered at this time, and in addition to issuing an apology the Aichi prefectural government says it plans to switch to digital records for this part of housing administration process, which will allow them to transfer data without any weather or cart balance concerns."
Meme - "Teach your children to chase waterfalls, not wifi."
"O yeah cuz we all have waterfalls in our backyards, jayla"
Meme - Amazing Maps @Amazing Maps: "Blonde hair map of Europe
Percentage of light hair in Europe
80% or more - Central Norway and Sweden, South Finland
50-79% - Central England and Southern Scotland, Iceland, Denmark, Northern Poland, most of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Northwest RUssia, msot of Norway, North and South Sweden, North Finland
20-49% - North half of Portugal, Britanny, Eastern France, most of Switzerland, Benelux, Germany, most of Central Europe, Southern Britain, Northern Scotland, Ireland, most of European Russia
1-19% - Most of France, Most of Italy, Southern Switzerland, Spain, the southern half of Portugal, The Balkans up to southern Ukraine, Turkey and North Africa and the Middle East (?!)"
'Butt Squad' organizer admits he slept with two of the models - "Grechin picked up the tab for the $13,500 all-expenses-paid trip by the 21 women to the conservative country, according to The Sun, which interviewed the property tycoon who has reportedly been seen eating with George Clooney and posing with Hillary Clinton. “I live the way 90 percent of heterosexual males on this planet would like to live but don’t. And I don’t want to apologize for it,” he told the news outlet via cellphone... Grechin insisted that the models — who faced charges of public debauchery but have since been released and left the country — are just “friends” and not involved in prostitution... “What the girls did is wrong, based on the laws of Dubai. But we are talking about a bunch of very young, excited, open-minded, regular girls who have nothing to do with escorting, modeling or anything else,” he told the outlet. “In Dubai, everything is on camera. If we had other guys coming over, if these girls were prostituting, it would all show up,” Grechin said. “I’ve had sexual relations with two of these girls — and not at the same time. We’re normal people.” He added: “To understand the mentality of these women, you have to understand the culture they come from. It’s a much more open society. “They look at Instagram and Playboy magazine and feel sometimes it’s OK if you’re beautiful to show the outline of your figure,” Grechin told The Sun. “That doesn’t mean they want to participate in a filmed orgy or porn. There is a clear difference in our culture between something that is sexual and something that is aesthetically pleasing and beautiful,” he added. Grechin described how the “Butt Squad” photoshoot unfolded, saying the group spent April 3 at a pool and a restaurant before going to Russian IT boss Alexei Kontsov’s penthouse in the posh Marina district. After removing their swimwear, some of the women went out on the balcony to take a photo with the panoramic view, he said... He said an unknown neighbor snapped images of the women and posted them on social media. “We have no idea who filmed it or why. They’re the ones producing the pornography and distributing it, not us,” Grechin said... One of the women, 23-year-old Nataliya Chuprina, called the balcony photo a “souvenir,” a “keepsake for ourselves,” The Sun reported... Grechin’s globetrotting lifestyle included monthly parties with beautiful women he says are his friends in various exotic locales, including Thailand, Bali and the Maldives. “I’ve lived my dream life for decades. I’m very sorry it has become public because of an idiotic 30 seconds on a balcony,” he told The Sun."
10 Pics Of Jeff Goldblum Lookin' Like A Snacc While Resembling Various Pop-Tart Flavors
Dog owner horrified after groomer's autocorrect text fail - "the pet specialist alerted his parent around 10 a.m., “Hi Dexter is dead.” Thankfully, the employee realized their grave blunder, and desperately sent a subsequent text to clarify what they meant: “Hi dexter is ready now!! Sorry stupid auto correct.”... a Wisconsin woman’s text to her father sparked a full-blown police investigation after it autocorrected to say she was being “stabbed” — instead of “swabbed” for COVID-19."
Constipated woman 'lost 10 years of memory' after straining too hard on toilet - "The anonymous woman had a 'mental blackout' because of constipation, according to reports from Hong Kong. The China Post claims the woman forgot a decade of her life for an eight-hour period after struggling on the toilet. Her memory returned after an overnight stay in hospital, although she still cannot remember the eight hours after her visit to the lavatory. Neurologist Dr Peng Jiaxiong told reporters that the woman suffered from 'transient global amnesia', a mysterious condition resulting in sudden memory loss... "If you are physically pushing very hard, you could cut off blood supply to the brain.""
Chinese crooks behind one of the world's 'largest online scams' - "Chinese scammers using fake websites purporting to flog designer products at huge discounts are believed to have made off with the credit card details and personal data of some 800,000 people in Europe and the US, an investigation has revealed... English versions of the sites are accompanied by duplicates in several European languages including French, German, Spanish and Italian, designed to dupe unsuspecting shoppers from the continent to North America. And though roughly two-thirds of them have now been deactivated, investigators believe more than 22,500 are still live and continue to trick bargain-hunting online shoppers. SR Labs, a German cybersecurity consultancy that uncovered the scam, said that a group of programmers appeared to have created a system to rapidly generate and deploy new sites, dramatically increasing their reach. The Chinese group, labelled 'BogusBazaar' by SR Labs, is believed to have swindled millions of pounds, euros and dollars from their victims since it launched the first sites in 2015... in many cases, the scammers were not after money. Often customers were told upon checkout that their bank, or the website itself, had rejected the payment request. Though the money may have remained in their accounts, their personal details - including full name, address, credit card number and three digit security code - were all in the hands of the scammers. 'Data is the new currency,' Jake Moore, a global cybersecurity adviser at the software company ESET, told The Guardian. 'The bigger picture is that one must assume the Chinese government may have potential access to the data,' he said... a core team develops the software and supports the operation of the network, while franchisees 'manage the day-to-day operations of fraudulent shops.'"
