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A number of “alt-right,” pro-Trump, and self-described conservative social media personalities awoke this morning to find that they had a lot fewer followers on Twitter than they had the night before. The apparent cause was the latest culling by Twitter of accounts that in some way violated the company’s terms of service, a Twitter spokesperson […]
Following the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, there was plenty of fan outcry from those who did not like the direction that Rian Johnson took with this latest trilogy of films in the sci-fi saga. Some of the complaints stemmed from sexist, bigoted fans who were upset at how prominent certain female characters […]
Lia’s character, Alice Warner, was interrupted by her son Simon (played by Finn Bennett) as she took a shower in the third episode of the series. Creepy Simon proceeded to detail a sexual encounter he had with a girl at his school while his mother asked him to leave. The schoolboy ripped the towel from […]
Toronto police have confirmed that an alleged scissors attack on a schoolgirl’s hijab, which sparked widespread outrage including a public condemnation by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, was a hoax. An 11-year-old girl claimed on Friday that a man twice tried to cut off her hijab as she walked to school with her brother. Police say […]
The French Prime Minister says the planned publication of anti-Semitic essays by revered author Louis-Ferdinand Celine should go ahead, but be accompanied by critical commentary. Edouard Philippe weighed in on the debate Sunday, amid heated opposition to the publication of the pamphlets by the French Jewish community. Three 1930s texts by Celine are set to […]
Enlarge A month ago, Google started warning developers about a coming crackdown on apps that use the Android accessibility APIs for things other than accessibility. For years, the accessibility APIs have been a way for power-user apps to hook into the operating system, but Google apparently had a change of heart last month, telling developers […]
The American public is exhausted by wars. However, the US has a lot of generals who would be more prone to pursuing military solutions or having a military build-up in the foreign countries, says Middle East analyst Ali Rizk. The US could have more forces in Syria and Iraq than it has previously admitted, according […]
Enlarge / Perhaps Star Wars: Battlefront II won’t go down in flames after a major EA about-face. (credit: Electronic Arts) Just hours before Star Wars Battlefront II‘s retail launch Friday, Electronic Arts and developer DICE announced that they are “turning off all in-game purchases… and all progression will be earned through gameplay.” The surprise announcement […]
French President Emmanuel Macron is in hot water over his remarks towards workers of a bankrupt plant who battle to save their jobs. He has been accused of “class contempt” after saying that instead of “creating havoc,” they should look for a job. The 39-year-old French leader was visiting a training center in the Corrèze […]
The Guggenheim Museum will be removing controversial animal artworks from its upcoming Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World exhibit, which opens October 6 and features work by contemporary Chinese artists. A preview of the show was featured in the New York Times. Readers learned that a seven-minute video by artists Sun Yuan […]
