The Weekly Whatever: Black Lives Matter
Woodpecker engineering
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Wallpaper image causes Google phones to brick themselves.
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SQL injection in email causes helpdesk to wipe itself.
Wait, what?
- Spanish porn star Nacho Vidal arrested after man dies during mystic psychedelic toad venom ritual.
Dystopia technologica
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How Facebook became the social media home of the right.
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Facebook won't ban "boogaloo" groups planning a second Civil War, but they will stop recommending them.
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Over 140 scientists funded by Zuckerberg's own philanthropic organization urge him to enforce existing Facebook policies.
Threat Level Orange
- Police riots have included a surge in attacks on journalists.
That's some mighty fine police work there, Lou
- Van Nuys store owners call police when looters attack. Cops arrest the store owners.
Well, fancy that!
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Two independent medical examiners conclude that George Floyd died from asphyxia due to neck and back compression.
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In 50 years, only one Chicago officer was ever fired for abuse involving racial or ethnically biased language. He's now the head of the police union.
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Fargo Deputy Chief of Police caught at a protest dressed as a civilian, with an open can of beer, and yelling "fuck the cops".
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Trump's border wall keeps getting sawn through and CBP are now asking for ideas for how to make it more resilient.
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After auditing thousands of old case files, Ukraine announces that it has found no evidence of wrongdoing by Hunter Biden.
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A dozen Texas Republicans are caught sharing racist memes on social networks.
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Almost out of business, Sambo's restaurant chain decides it might be time to change their name and take down the racist cartoons.
Get out your tiny violin
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Incel blows his own hand off trying to make a bomb to kill cheerleaders.
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Angry "All lives matter!" guy who shot bow and arrow at protesters, and whose car was torched in retaliation, is now being charged with three felonies.
Sick, sad world
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Wisconsin man takes "riot control bees" to protest.
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Current events lead to shortage of antidepressants.
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How the Supreme Court invented qualified immunity in 1982, making police largely immune to the law.
Late stage capitalism
- Healthcare CEO pay outstrips total CDC budget for infectious disease research.