br00t4c 1 year ago

Mexico flight crew detains passenger who tried to divert plane to US #AirbusA320 #VolarisAirlines #GuanajuatoLeonFlight #PassengerDisruption #MexicoAirlineIncident

the Guardian

Mexico flight crew detains passenger who tried to divert plane to US

Plane was diverted to Guadalajara, where the person – identified only as Mario – was handed over to authorities

br00t4c 1 year ago

Can Billionaire Space Tourist Jared Isaacman Save NASA? #AgingInfrastructure #SpaceIndustryReform #CanHeSaveNASA #NASARenewal #BillionaireSpaceTourist

Gizmodo

Can Billionaire Space Tourist Jared Isaacman Save NASA?

NASA is facing an identity crisis, with budget woes, outdated policies, and aging infrastructure threatening the space agency.

br00t4c 1 year ago

Experts: Mass deportation will hurt at least one red state's economy #OhioEconomy #MassDeportation #TrumpAdministration #EconomicOutput #EconomicImpact

Alternet.org

Experts: Mass deportation will hurt at least one red state's economy

In a recent survey, a majority of Ohio economists said that mass deportations would harm the state’s economy. President-elect Donald Trump has ...

br00t4c 1 year ago

Anything Goes For Trump Supporters #TrumpDepravity #USConstitutionUnderAttack #TrumpPardons #KristenWelker #January6thInsurrection

Crooks and Liars

Anything Goes For Trump Supporters

Pardoning the Jan 6th insurrectionists will make committing illegal and treasonous acts in service of Trump free of consequences

br00t4c 1 year ago

Mike's Blog Round-Up #Disco #BernardEdwards #LeFreak #BillboardHot100 #SpaceNerds

Crooks and Liars

Mike’s Blog Round-Up

"A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery." -- Mao Zedong

br00t4c 1 year ago

Pizza Hut criticised over 'dangerous' takeaway promotion including free spins at online roulette #CampaignAgainstPredatoryGaming #FreeSpinsControversy #GamblingAddictionRisk #TakeawayOrderSurprise #GamblingResponsibility

the Guardian

Pizza Hut criticised over ‘dangerous’ takeaway promotion including free spins at online roulette

Promotion offered casino games without knowing if customers were in recovery for gambling addiction, say campaigners

br00t4c 1 year ago

Amazon Offers $25 Plane Tickets for Holiday Travel to 5,000 Students and Young Adults #DomesticTravel #LimitedTimeOffer #YoungAdultTravel #WashingtonDC #StudentUniverse

Amazon Offers $25 Plane Tickets for Holiday Travel to 5,000 Students and Young Adults - Slashdot

Amazon is offering $25 (one-way) plane tickets to 5,000 students (or young adults between 18 and 24 years old) who have a Prime membership (up to $...

br00t4c 1 year ago

NBC's Welker Tries Check-Mate Question When Trump Refuses To Concede Election He Lost To Biden #NBCNews #PresidentialElection #PoliticalInterview #Mediaite #Election2020

Mediaite

NBC’s Welker Tries Check-Mate Question When Trump Refuses To Concede Election He Lost To Biden

Kristen Welker tried to check-mate President-elect Donald Trump when he told her he still refuses to concede the 2020 election he lost to President...

br00t4c 1 year ago

Girl, 15, fatally stabbed 'standing up for friend' #TeenViolence #FatalStabbing #ElianneAndam #StandUpForFriend #GirlStabbed

Elianne Andam stabbing: Hassan Sentamu's murder trial begins

Elianne Andam was stabbed in the neck outside a Croydon shopping centre while supporting a friend.

br00t4c 1 year ago

Novelist Waubgeshig Rice on why not to kiss bears 'straight up' #Nickelback #Advice #BeautifulThings #Nature #Wildlife #cdnpoli

The Narwhal

Waubgeshig Rice on growing up in the bush | The Narwhal

The bestselling Anishinaabe author discusses beautiful things, like Georgian Bay, growing up in the bush — and Nickelback

br00t4c 1 year ago

Hilaria Baldwin Deported #RealityTV #Deported #TheOnion #HilariaBaldwin #USImmigration

The Onion

Hilaria Baldwin Deported

NEW YORK—In a stunning end to the 40-year-old media personality’s rise to fame, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed Monday that ...

br00t4c 1 year ago

Weekly Horoscope: December 8 - December 14 #CosmicEnergy #December814 #ZodiacSigns #Astrology #BumpyRide

Teen Vogue

Weekly Horoscope: Retrogrades Abound

The cosmos are still giving us a bumpy ride.

br00t4c 1 year ago

▶ Trump policies are about to DESTROY American wallets #shorts #AmericanEconomy #EconomicConsequences #PoliticalEconomy #EconomicHardship #WalletImpact

br00t4c 1 year ago

Starmer welcomes fall of Assad's 'barbaric regime' #GovernmentEngagement #BorisJohnson #FallOfAssad #BarbaricRegime #SyrianRebels

Keir Starmer welcomes fall of Assad's 'barbaric regime' in Syria

The UK prime minister said it was "early days" when asked whether the government would engage with Syrian rebels.

br00t4c 1 year ago

John Bolton Suggests Assad Regime Has Dirt On Tulsi Gabbard That Syrian Rebels Could Reveal if They Succeed: 'Going to be Very Interesting to See' #CNNInterview #InternationalAffairs #TulsiGabbard #DirtFiles #MediaiteNews

Mediaite

John Bolton Suggests Assad Regime Has Dirt On Tulsi Gabbard That Syrian Rebels Could Reveal if They Succeed: ‘Going to be Very Interesting to See’

Former national security adviser John Bolton suggested during a CNN interview that the Assad regime has files on Tulsi Gabbard.

br00t4c 1 year ago

We Tories have lost the professional classes to Labour. Here's how to win them back | Paul Goodman #GraduateVoteDecline #ProfessionalClasses #BorisJohnsonVictory #ConservativeAdapt #Election2019

the Guardian

We Tories have lost the professional classes to Labour. Here’s how to win them back | Paul Goodman

In the past 50 years, Britain has changed and so have the voters the party once relied on. To survive, the Conservatives must adapt, says Paul Good...

br00t4c 1 year ago

'He has come out an old man': joy and grief as loved ones released from Assad prisons #KingdomOfSilence #HumanRightsViolations #Syria #Lebanon #PoliticalDetainees

the Guardian

‘He has come out an old man’: joy and grief as loved ones released from Assad prisons

Family members describe renewed hopes after decades-long searches for political detainees in ‘Kingdom of Silence’

br00t4c 1 year ago

These Common Phrases Are Actually Fat-Shaming #HealthAtEverySize #LanguageMatters #AntiFatBias #SocietalStigma #FatShaming

HuffPost

6 Common Phrases You May Not Realize Are Actually Fat-Shaming

Anti-fat bias is prevalent throughout our society, from how we think about food and exercise to the words we say.

br00t4c 1 year ago

Forget What Your Parents Told You: It's Time To Start Talking To Strangers. #TalkToStrangers #ForgetParentalAdvice #ChallengeSocialNorms #BreakStereotypes #OvercomeFear

HuffPost

Forget What Your Parents Told You: It’s Time To Start Talking To Strangers.

People dread this type of social interaction — but it has surprising benefits.

br00t4c 1 year ago

'That is extraordinary' - Marsh fails to review phantom edge #AustraliaVsIndia #Cricket #MitchellMarsh #ExtraordinaryDismissal #RavichandranAshwin

BBC Sport

Australia vs India cricket highlights: Mitchell Marsh fails to review caught behind dismissal

Australia's Mitchell Marsh is dismissed in "extraordinary" fashion during the second Test vs India - failing to review a non-existent edge off Ravi...