Facepalm
- www.hindustantimes.com Elon Musk admits he has this secret account on X where he ‘pretends to be a child’
Elon Musk admits he has this secret account on X where he ‘pretends to be a child’
>Elon Musk admitted to using two secret alternate accounts on his social media platform X (formerly Twitter) in a deposition for a lawsuit against the billionaire. He said that he used some accounts on the social media site outside of his main public account when he was asked to clarify if he used an account on X that had been linked to him by several users on social media. Some users posted a screenshot of his X interface last year in which the additional account appeared to be visible.
- "I reject sexual labels by assigning one to myself that means I hate labels"
I saw this on a (scammy) dating app and thought it was hilarious.
- www.ktvq.com Montana Army National Guard apologizes following recruitment poster outrage
A Montana Army National Guard recruitment poster is gaining major attention, but not for good reason. German World War II soldiers were mistakenly added in, sparking outrage online.
>Above is the recruitment poster that’s getting so much attention. Command Sgt. Major Keith DeBoo is pictured, holding a photo of his veteran grandfather Louis DeBoo. But German WWII soldiers were mistakenly added in the background around DeBoo.
- www.mirror.co.uk Bungling burglar caught hanging upside down from windowframe by his shoelaces
Boozed up Lee Kenneth Moore, 41, was heard "moaning and groaning" by the startled couple inside who found the intruder hanging like a bat from their living-room window
>A clueless burglar was found dangling upside down from his shoelaces after getting stuck on a window frame while trying to break into a flat. > >A court heard that Lee Kenneth Moore, 41, was discovered "moaning and groaning" by the couple living in the flat. The startled homeowner asked Moore what he was doing, to which the upside-down intruder replied: "I don't know where I am." Prosecutor Leila Taleb explained that Moore had used recycling bins to climb up to the small open window of the York city centre flat. > >However, as he tried to squeeze through the window, his laces got caught in the frame and his foot became trapped in the window lock. Judge Simon Hickey described it as "one of the most inept burglaries that has appeared before me for quite some time" and sentenced Moore to two years and four months in prison.
- Idiotic spammers trying to extort me, claiming they hacked my webcam and got video of me jerking off, so I have to pay them on bitcoin.
Plot twitst: I dont have any webcams. Lol.
- 97x.com Genius Carjacked Lyft Driver After Arranging Ride In His Own Name
A Lyft driver who was completing a drive for a customer in North Miami got carjacked in front of a community center, and not only did the surveillance video capture the incident and the suspect, but police had one other major hint to go on.
>... > >Luckily, aside from the surveillance footage of the incident, police also had another tip to go off of - the suspect's name and phone number. > >The driver gave police the information of the passenger, and police issued a subpoena to Lyft. Police said they “received the records showing the phone number and account used belongs to the defendant.”
- www.theage.com.au Police to compensate officer after mistaking her husband for an abused child
Victoria Police has been ordered to pay $85,000 to a policewoman falsely arrested over the sexual abuse of a child, after detectives mistook her ex-husband, 32, for a 10-year-old boy in an intimate selfie of the couple.
>A policewoman who was arrested over false suspicions of child sex abuse will receive compensation after detectives mistook her 32-year-old former husband for a 10-year-old boy in an intimate photo of the couple. > >The County Court of Victoria has ordered Victoria Police to pay $85,000 for arresting and detaining the officer, whose ex-husband was under investigation for child sex abuse allegations. > >Professional standards command detectives held the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, for almost five hours on February 4, 2019 after a separate investigation into her then husband, who was eventually convicted of child sex abuse.
- www.al.com Children’s picture book flagged at Alabama library because author’s last name is ‘Gay’
Madison County Public Library administrators were asked to go over a list of potentially "sexually explicit" books to be moved from the children's and young adult section to the adult section. The majority of these books were about the LGBTQ community. At least one was added to the list because the ...
>“Read Me a Story, Stella” is a children’s picture book about a pair of siblings reading books together and building a doghouse. However, because the author’s name is Marie-Louise Gay, the book was added to a list of potentially “sexually explicit” books to be moved from the children’s section of the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library (HCPL) system.
- www.lgbtqnation.com Members of a women’s fishing team refuse to compete alongside trans teammate
They think trans women have an unfair advantage in... fishing...
>They think trans women have an unfair advantage in... fishing? > >Three members of an English women’s fishing team in England are refusing to compete at the world championships due to the fact that one of their own teammates is trans. > >The Shore Angling World Championships will take place in Italy in November, and the board of the sport’s governing body, the Angling Trust, has said it will not prevent trans angler Becky Lee Birtwhistle Hodges from applying to compete.
- www.denverpost.com Educators ‘outraged’ after attorneys argue 1st-grade teacher shot in school is ‘workplace injury’
The Newport News Education Association President condemned the premise of the school division’s motion to dismiss Abigail Zwerner’s pending $40 million lawsuit.
>NEWPORT NEWS — The Newport News Education Association President condemned the premise of the school division’s motion to dismiss Abigail Zwerner’s pending $40 million lawsuit. > >The motion was filed last week by attorneys representing the School Board and argues that Zwerner, who was shot in her classroom at Richneck Elementary in January by a 6-year-old student, is only entitled to file a worker’s compensation claim because the injury she sustained from the shooting is a “workplace injury,” and that the shooting was a hazard of the job.
- FBI Arrests Jan. 6 Rioter Who Livestreamed Himself at the Capitol - Dustin Ray Williams was seen wearing a T-shirt with his company name and number on it on the day of the riotthemessenger.com FBI Arrests Jan. 6 Rioter Who Livestreamed Himself at the Capitol
Dustin Ray Williams was seen wearing a T-shirt with his company name and number on it on the day of the riot
>The FBI has arrested a man who live-streamed himself at the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection. > >Dustin Ray Williams was seen wearing a T-shirt with his company name and number on it on the day of the riot, so his identity was quickly verified by authorities. And after a nearly two-and-a-half years-long search, he was arrested in Dallas on Wednesday.
- Chinese government encourage new graduated to take long hour, low pay job in country side.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/29/chinas-graduates-unconvinced-by-calls-to-toil-in-countryside
"Perks of the role include hands-on experience, CV fodder and, most importantly, job security."
What a great perk, if you take a long hour low pay job in remote area, you are unlikely to escape it. Which they call job security
- royalexaminer.com Court rules Virginians Can’t be Charged With Fleeing Police if Officers Are Too Far Away
The Virginia Court of Appeals overruled a man’s misdemeanor conviction for fleeing from police after ruling the Lynchburg police officer who attempted to make the arrest didn’t get close enough to the suspect to have a realistic chance of grabbing him. In an opinion revealing what the court describe...
>The Virginia Court of Appeals overruled a man’s misdemeanor conviction for fleeing from police after ruling the Lynchburg police officer who attempted to make the arrest didn’t get close enough to the suspect to have a realistic chance of grabbing him. > >In an opinion revealing what the court described as a legal quirk unique to Virginia, the court found that an officer telling someone to stop from 20 yards away doesn’t satisfy a rule requiring officers to have the “immediate physical ability to place the person under arrest.” > >The opinion applies mainly to foot chases, not a separate eluding law that criminalizes fleeing police in a motor vehicle.
- www.politico.eu Sex, lies and stolen sunglasses: The 11 most embarrassing political resignations
From watching porn to stealing sandwiches, these are the most humiliating reasons to leave office.
One of the incidents:
>UK Conservative MP Neil Parish resigned after being caught watching porn in the House of Commons chamber in 2022. Parish claimed it was a “moment of madness” and said he chanced upon the offending adult content accidentally while Googling tractors, only to later admit that he did then look at actual porn (it’s unclear if the porn involved tractors).