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She was literally the biggest story on the planet in 1952. Her story knocked the story of testing nuclear weapons in the Pacific off the front page. It blew Queen Elizabeth's coronation off the front page. A former GI, who knew from childhood that she was in the wrong body, went to Copenhagen and became Christine, who she really was all along.And the amazing...

UN General Assembly overwhelmingly calls for end of Israeli occupation The UNGA demanded that "Israel brings to an end without delay its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which constitutes a wrongful act of a continuing character entailing its international responsibility, and do so no later than 12 months". || previouslyOr you can go with the Haaretz headline (ungated): UN Overwhelmingly Votes on...

Our reactions to prostitution are steeped in what Melissa Gira Grant calls "the prostitute imaginary." They may feel visceral, rooted in some primal disgust reflex, but often derive from a combination of American puritanism and second-wave feminist rhetoric. Increasingly, we project our helplessness in the face of capitalist exploitation onto the sex worker, using her to signify human commodification distilled to its basest form....

Stuck in a World of Twin Languages and 600 Pronouns tells the story of a dimension-hopping linguist trying to understand and survive a language spoken by intelligent and/or cybernetic palm trees. Each chapter brings new orthographic and societal horrors. And yes, there's a tonal variant, since creator ZeWei has experience making songs with conlangs.This is just one entry in Agma Schwa's third Cursed Conlang...

To the sigmas of Australia, I say that this goofy ahh government have been capping, not just now but for a long time. A few of you may remember when they said "there'll be no Fanum Tax under the government I lead..." .Western Australian senator Fatima Payman delivers a speech.

With few exceptions, it is more accurate to divide most politicians into two broad categories: Enemies, and Cowards. (Hamilton Nolan's 'How Things Work' substack)

27 years on, having been adopted by business woman Prue Leith, Li-Da Kruger returns to Cambodia in search of her biological parents (2001). Made by The Cambodian Film Company/FulcrumTV and directed by Tamara Gordon. This is a 12 minute short video Li-Da Kruger, the adopted daughter of British Baking Show judge Prue Leith. A full documentary chronicling her search for her birth family was...

Canada is in the midst of the greatest wealth transfer of all time, as some $1 trillion passes from boomers to their millennial kids. How an inheritance-based economy will transform the country. (slMacleans)Speaking for myself, and only for myself, I definitely did not get the kind of Boomer parents who have any of that potential wealth!

Tumblr user baddywronglegs: I've asked this question before and been surprised by the results, now I have access to more weirdos it's your problem: It is the middle of a Sunday afternoon. You have nothing on, and aren't expecting visitors, deliveries or post. Unexpectedly, there is a knock at the door. Which of these would surprise you more to find on the doorstep? Fairy...

Michaela Mabinty DePrince died September 10 (gift link, NYT).From the article: Her remarkable back story as an orphan from Sierra Leone, included in miniature in "First Position," was told in full in her widely praised memoir, "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina," which she wrote with her adoptive mother, Elaine DePrince. It chronicled as complete a transformation in circumstances as could be...

Dampier island's transfer to traditional owners to support World Heritage bid, further its protection. Less than 10 kilometres from the Burrup and its billions of dollars of industry, West Intercourse Island will join Murujuga National Park to protect it from future industrial development.An island off the coast of Western Australia's north-west has been handed back to traditional landowners as part of plans to strengthen...

Here are 7 translations and 7 interviews with the Lebanese author of the novel Gate of the Sun, which portrayed the lives of Palestinian refugees.

Motors and specially designed legs-- it brings your snacks to you. How it was designed and made

Forty years ago today, Miami Vice premiered on NBC. Born out of writer-producer Anthony Yerkovich growing awareness of the practice of asset forfeiture (and not a memo by Brandon Tartikoff that said "MTV cops"), and originally imagined as a movie, the five-season, 114-episode show would revolutionize television, with People magazine saying it was the "first show to look really new and different since color...

Portugal's Defense Minister Nuno Melo has reignited a long-standing territorial dispute, claiming that the Spanish town of Olivenza rightfully belongs to Portugal and asserting that the country will not relinquish its claim. [AA]Located in Spain's Badajoz province, about 60 kilometers (37.2 miles) from the Portuguese border, Olivenza has been a point of contention between the two nations for centuries. Speaking to the reporters on...

In Britain, solar farms can benefit wildlife.A 2016 paper found that solar farms tended to have more species of plant, insect and bird than equivalent farm fields. Earlier research from 2013 seemed to support this finding: when compared to the surrounding farmland, which the solar farm used to be a part of, greater numbers of butterflies and bees were found on the site. More...

Over on Youtube "Haiku Beta 5 is OUT!" Action Retro shouts Said right: "Be Oh Ess," Beta 5 brings huge upgrades in stabilityIt's great advantage Has long been responsiveness Its UI runs well A useful option To make use of old hardware Modestly it runs If you want to try I suggest VirtualBox Or else KVM If you try VB To Other (64 bit)...

How do you find the life expectancy of a California condor? Google it. Or the gross national product of Morocco? Google it. Or the final resting place of Tom Paine? Google it. There was a time, however—not all that long ago—when you couldn't Google it or ask Siri or whatever cyber equivalent comes next. You had to do it the hard way—by consulting reference...

The former president is safe after a shooting at his Florida golf course Sunday, and officials believe an armed person was trying to target Trump, according to sources briefed on the matter. A local sheriff's office says it has taken a person into custody after the gunfire at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach. Please post more as you find it, I'm...

Jane Fonda on Jimmy Kimmel, Sept 11, 2024 After a short exchange about Kamala Harris and the Orange Man (her words), she makes a compelling and immediate case for really waking up to the climate crisis."When we vote for a president we are not marrying them." "We cannot afford to lose four more years to the climate crisis." Jane Fonda Climate Pac Jane Fonda...

Billionare lifestyle parody Gstaad Guy's (Constance, and sometimes Colton) ongoing (TikTok, Instagram) series on behaviors from men who should immediately be dumped à la poubelle (all videos on TikTok). "Although they are fake people, they are very authentic to their values and characters. It's either excellent or it's à la poubelle . . . "

Native title claim spanning 95,000 square kilometres (23,475,011 acres) recognised by Federal Court in Western New South Wales. In an open-air courtroom set up in a nature reserve at Cobar, families from the Ngemba, Ngiyampaa, Wangaaypuwan and Wayilwan peoples secure one of the largest native title claims in the region's history.