Random News Stories

[Telarus]

I look great in purple.

Of course you do, but that is beyond a question of merit or entitlement, and you know that because it's true.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkkIwO_X4i4

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I look great in purple.

Of course you do, but that is beyond a question of merit or entitlement, and you know that because it's true.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkkIwO_X4i4

I love Gogol Bordello! And somehow I forgot about that song. They make me slightly uncomfortable, though, because I went to see them with my ex and the singer looks like him. So I'm like, what is this awkward sensation? Why am I sad and aroused?

This is reminding me that I need to hit on the guy who looks like him in my chemistry class.

[minuspace]

I look great in purple.

Of course you do, but that is beyond a question of merit or entitlement, and you know that because it's true.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkkIwO_X4i4

http://m.youtube.com/?reload=7&rdm=m9xtks7ac#/watch?v=K3SUPPeuRdU

[popeluvicasksc]

More of this sort of action, please.

http://www.trueactivist.com/meet-indias-gulabi-gang-female-activists-for-change/

[Cain]

Yet another suspected right-wing extremist with a side interest in "abusive images":

A serving UK soldier has been arrested under the Terrorism Act after a "suspicious device" was found at a house in Salford.

The device, understood to be a nail bomb, was discovered last week.

The soldier, 19, was arrested on Monday by military police in Germany and brought back to Britain to be questioned.

The BBC understands he has been questioned about suspected links to right-wing extremism.

Greater Manchester Police found the suspected nail bomb while executing a warrant in Mellor Street, Patricroft, on Thursday, following a tip-off about images of abuse on a computer.

A 20-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possessing abusive images following the raid and police also recovered "several items of literature which could be viewed by some as potentially inflammatory".

This is practically a profile, at this stage.  The amount of far-right terrorists who have been found to also have had images of children in their possession (though it's not clear at this stage that this was specifically children) is surprisingly high.

[Cain]

Also, if you want a perfect example of how to manipulate the news in the last week, look no further than Amazon.

After a number of bad UK stories, including the fact Amazon pays no UK taxes at all despite earning £7 billion a year and that Amazon warehouse workers are treated so appallingly that they are at much greater risk of mental illness, all it takes is one story about delivery drones to cause the tech geeks to orgasm at the sight of Jeff Bezos, and for all the bad stories to fall away.

[Junkenstein]

This is true.

Despite all the obvious problems and restrictions, we'd rather talk about how to get shiny shit to the doorstep faster than worry about people's actual working conditions and lives.

Somewhat related, everyone's been jumping on the Amazon bandwagon lately.

There's more than a few articles with similar content to this one
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/01/week-amazon-insider-feature-treatment-employees-work

and I believe a book covering the subject in more detail was recently released too.

I'm sure there will be quite a few people promising to never use amazon again after this bout of xmas shopping.

[Junkenstein]

Yet another suspected right-wing extremist with a side interest in "abusive images":

A serving UK soldier has been arrested under the Terrorism Act after a "suspicious device" was found at a house in Salford.

The device, understood to be a nail bomb, was discovered last week.

The soldier, 19, was arrested on Monday by military police in Germany and brought back to Britain to be questioned.

The BBC understands he has been questioned about suspected links to right-wing extremism.

Greater Manchester Police found the suspected nail bomb while executing a warrant in Mellor Street, Patricroft, on Thursday, following a tip-off about images of abuse on a computer.

A 20-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possessing abusive images following the raid and police also recovered "several items of literature which could be viewed by some as potentially inflammatory".

This is practically a profile, at this stage.  The amount of far-right terrorists who have been found to also have had images of children in their possession (though it's not clear at this stage that this was specifically children) is surprisingly high.

While it has been left open if it's images of children, I can't say it would be a surprise. Would it be reasonable to speculate that these images may have been planted? It's a good way to have the public/media automatically on-side and justifies shoving a trial through as quickly and quietly as possible. Who's going to want to defend the guy caught with abusive images? Not many. There was also the part about "inflammatory literature". That's pretty vague and could cover all sorts of things. Probably things in all our libraries.

To be clear, I'm not suggesting the guy may be innocent, it's just when you get this kind of thing so frequently it seems worth considering further external factors.

[Cain]

Theoretically, it is possible in some cases, yes.

However, it seems to be something inherent in elements of fascist and far-right ideology which make it attractive to pedophiles, or vice-versa.  Paedophilia has been used as a stand-in or motif for fascism by certain film-makers before now, but I suspect the link goes beyond that.

When you have ideologies which valourise the healthy young, antinomianism and transgression, the strong ruling over the weak...well, you can see how that could easily fit alongside a predatory interest in others.

[LMNO]

Yeah, I was gonna say what Cain just said... Rape/abuse/etc is about power over others, and meshes frighteningly well with some right-wing ideology.

[Salty]

http://www.inquisitr.com/1038642/cotton-ball-diet-gaining-popularity-worrying-health-officials/

OH NOES! HEALTH OFFICIALS WORRIED OVER YOUTUBE SENSATION LINING YOUR CHILDREN'S INNOCENT STOMACHS.

[Reginald Ret]

http://www.inquisitr.com/1038642/cotton-ball-diet-gaining-popularity-worrying-health-officials/

OH NOES! HEALTH OFFICIALS WORRIED OVER YOUTUBE SENSATION LINING YOUR CHILDREN'S INNOCENT STOMACHS.

It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if this was actually a problem. People are stupid.

[Junkenstein]

Cain/LMNO, Appreciated. Just seems this kind of thing comes up with increasing frequency so I'm going to have to put cash on a genuine miscarriage of justice sooner or later. Bad luck for that guy. Probably not this time, but i'd say it's inevitable.

[minuspace]

Yeah, I was gonna say what Cain just said... Rape/abuse/etc is about power over others, and meshes frighteningly well with some right-wing ideology.

And that folds neatly to match his profile with the evidence presented.  It'd be hard to resist just how flush it all fits together... Tight... Too right to be wrong.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

What the hell

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25120783

Young people are anonymously bullying and trolling themselves online in what some are calling cyber self-harm. Why?

Internet trolling is on the increase, according to recent reports. When people are bombarded with abuse and threats on social networking sites the common assumption is that a stranger is doing it, but it's not always the case.

Some people do it to themselves.

It's known as self-trolling or self-cyberbullying and some charities and social media experts say it is part of another emerging problem, predominantly among young people, they are calling cyber or digital self-harm.

Statistics on prevalence are not easy to come by, with just one known study into the practice so far. The Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Centre (MARC) found that of the 617 students it interviewed, 9% had anonymously cyberbullied themselves.

"I don't think it dawned on anyone that teens would leverage anonymity in this way, it tends to startle anyone I tell about it," says youth culture and technology expert Dr Danah Boyd, one of the first people to highlight cyber self-harm.

I knew people did this, but I didn't realize it was a THING.