One of the things that led up to Margaret Thatcher's resignation as Britain's prime minister was the imposition of a poll tax on every adult in the U.K.: a crude… Read the rest of the article: BBC coverage of 1990 tax riots in London

In this video, the Helpful Vancouver Vet explains how best to pick up cats: "Dr. Burstyn and his feline friends demonstrate how to pick up a cat in a way… Read the rest of the article: How to pick up a cat

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Grindr, a popular hookup app, yesterday announced it was removing its "ethnicity" filter. Announcing the change, Grindr said it had a "zero-tolerance policy for racism and hate speech" on its… Read the rest of the article: Grindr removes ethnicity filter

when will the media stand up to the violent antifa Marxist ideology of [checks notes] ah, cat owners pic.twitter.com/h9qWQBurag — Sam Thielman (@samthielman) June 1, 2020 In this clip, a… Read the rest of the article: News anchor disappointed when cinder block turns out to be cat house

Business planners are clinging to the dream of the open-plan office despite the coronavirus pandemic. I hope that this proposal for a post-Covid shared desk setup is not the final… Read the rest of the article: Post-pandemic desk design may have marketing problem

Officers with Hamilton County Sheriff's Office replaced the U.S. flag with their own "thin blue line" flag Sunday, hoisting the desecrated version over the Justice Center in Cincinnati. ABC News… Read the rest of the article: Hamilton County sheriffs replace U.S. flag at justice center with police "thin blue line" flag

In this video, two cops are seen detaining a black man. The casual racism and hostility to a peaceful bystander is appalling in any case, but these cops have made… Read the rest of the article: Cops detain black man, then free him when he IDs as an "FBI agent"

The MAGA Party didn't go as planned for President Trump, who fled to the White House bunker after protestors, not presidential partisans, turned up in numbers outside the executive mansion.… Read the rest of the article: Trump cowers in White House bunker as protests hit capitol

Over a weekend of protests against police brutality, America's police (with exceptions) responded with as much brutality as they could muster, targeting protestors, media and bystanders alike with rubber bullets,… Read the rest of the article: Police response to protests against police brutality with more brutality

At Reddit, mtietje posted this remarkable photo of their lockdown project: an iPad stand made using an old Macintosh SE/30. The display size is perfect for the 9.7" iPad, and… Read the rest of the article: iPad looks great in an SE/30 case

In the footage below, broadcast live by an NBC affiliate and posted to Twitter by Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, a news crew moves into the street near a line of riot police.… Read the rest of the article: Footage shows Louisville police shooting pepper rounds at news crew

The Supreme Court ruled friday that lockdown rules during the Covid-19 pandemic do not place an unconstitutional burden on free speech. The court's four liberals were joined by chief justice… Read the rest of the article: Supreme Court rejects church lockdown exemption

Jarkan deepfaked Leonard Nimoy into the 2009 Star Trek movie, replacing Zachary Quinto in the scene where he meets an older version of himself from a parallel universe. This is… Read the rest of the article: Deep Spock

Derek Chauvin, the cop who killed George Floyd, was arrested today and taken into custody. The arrest follows three days of growing unrest in Minneapolis, where Floyd, suspected of passing… Read the rest of the article: Cop who killed George Floyd arrested

A $350 USB device claiming to block 5G radio signals is just a cheap unbranded thumbdrive, report security researchers. The makers of the “5GBioShield” claim their USB stick can block… Read the rest of the article: $350 USB stick claiming to block 5G is just a cheap thumbdrive

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Twitter last night hid one of President Trump's tweet behind a warning, saying that it broke the company's policy against glorifying violence. In the tweet, Trump branded protestors in Minneapolis… Read the rest of the article: Twitter hides Trump tweet calling for "THUGS" to be shot

Fires rage in Minneapolis after the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, by local cop Derek Chauvin. Though four officers were immediately fired, local prosecutor Mike Freeman said… Read the rest of the article: Minneapolis ablaze after prosecutor suggests no crime was committed by cops who killed George Floyd

Two men hired to break into their client's house, menace him with machetes, tie him up, then tickle him with a broom, have been acquitted of armed break-in after hitting… Read the rest of the article: Men hired to tie up and tickle client break into wrong house