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On 04/05/2021 at 19:15, bickster said:

I had to look that up, why would you know that? :ph34r:

Same reason he knows Meatspin.com and Goatse.cx

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3 hours ago, bickster said:

One for @Rugeley Villaand @Follyfoot

 

We all went and watched it live, drove past it about 5 o’clock on the way back from the boys football and it’s really bizarre not having them there. Car is absolutely filthy as is everybody’s, Lucky in a way it was raining and damp as the dust yesterday would’ve been unbearable. 

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A British local council has launched an investigation after an actor wearing a rainbow-coloured monkey costume with a fake penis and nipples appeared at a library event for children.

Redbridge Council, in East London, was blasted after the person appeared in costume at their Redbridge Libraries Summer Reading Challenge – a taxpayer-funded event.

https://www.news.com.au/world/europe/redbridge-council-launches-investigation-after-actor-in-monkey-suit-with-fake-penis-encourages-kids-to-read/news-story/2fc38cbbbd644c70bd343e6764cfb174

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Revealed: leak uncovers global abuse of cyber-surveillance weapon

Spyware sold to authoritarian regimes used to target activists, politicians and journalists, data suggests. 

Human rights activists, journalists and lawyers across the world have been targeted by authoritarian governments using hacking software sold by the Israeli surveillance company NSO Group, according to an investigation into a massive data leak.

The investigation by the Guardian and 16 other media organisations suggests widespread and continuing abuse of NSO’s hacking spyware, Pegasus, which the company insists is only intended for use against criminals and terrorists. 

Pegasus is a malware that infects iPhones and Android devices to enable operators of the tool to extract messages, photos and emails, record calls and secretly activate microphones.

The leak contains a list of more than 50,000 phone numbers that, it is believed, have been identified as those of people of interest by clients of NSO since 2016. 

In statements issued through its lawyers, NSO denied “false claims” made about the activities of its clients, but said it would “continue to investigate all credible claims of misuse and take appropriate action”. It said the list could not be a list of numbers “targeted by governments using Pegasus”, and described the 50,000 figure as “exaggerated”.

The company sells only to military, law enforcement and intelligence agencies in 40 unnamed countries, and says it rigorously vets its customers’ human rights records before allowing them to use its spy tools. 

The Israeli minister of defence closely regulates NSO, granting individual export licences before its surveillance technology can be sold to a new country.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/18/revealed-leak-uncovers-global-abuse-of-cyber-surveillance-weapon-nso-group-pegasus

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Fake reviews, rip-offs and subscription traps to be tackled under new plans

Tougher penalties are going to be enforced for unscrupulous traders who fall afoul of these rules - and regulators will be able to impose fines that are up to 10% of an offending company's global turnover.

http://news.sky.com/story/fake-reviews-rip-offs-and-subscription-traps-to-be-tackled-under-new-plans-12359538

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Two Brothers Hit and Killed by Train at Memorial for Third Brother Hit and Killed by Train

They were laying candles at the crossing where he died one week earlier.

Two brothers in North Carolina have been killed by a train while mourning a third brother who died at the exact same spot.

Pablo Tiquiram Us, 29, and Jose Chilambalam Tiquiram Us, 20, were struck by a Charlotte light rail train during a memorial at the tracks where 27-year-old Baltazar Tiquiram Us was killed just one week earlier.

https://toofab.com/2021/08/06/two-brothers-hit-and-killed-by-train-at-memorial-for-third-brother-hit-and-killed-by-train/

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Six-Hour SWAT Standoff With Armed Teen on Roof Interrupted by Naked Woman on Golf Cart in, of Course, Florida

Where else?

A tense six-hour armed standoff in Florida had a surprising interruption: a drunk naked woman on a golf cart.

SWAT teams trying to deal with a gun-toting teenager on a roof thought they already had their hands full on Sunday when the woman — completely unconnected with the situation — decided to drive into the crosshairs. 

As Abbot brandished his gun at them, deputies attempted numerous times to communicate with him from an armored vehicle, but he would not surrender. The SWAT Team and the Negotiator Response Team were called in; deputies even brought Abbott's sister to the scene in an attempt to talk him down, but it was no good.

That's when, in the middle of negotiation attempts, a woman appeared in a golf cart and began driving around the police vehicles — naked. The woman, identified as 28-year-old Jessica Smith, from Boston Massachusetts, ignored demands to leave the scene.

After refusing to get out of the golf cart, officers pulled her out and handcuffed her, Fox 13 reported.

https://toofab.com/2021/09/08/six-hour-swat-standoff-with-armed-teen-on-roof-interrupted-by-naked-woman-on-golf-cart-in-of-course-florida/

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