The Weekly Whatever
Wait, what?
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Death Row Records acquired by Hasbro.
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Japanese temple introduces new robotic Buddhist priest.
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Eurovision Song Contest winner will stand for election for the Brexit Party.
Dystopia technologica
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YouTube reinstates the channel of a white nationalist linked to the Christchurch mass shooter and sends him an apology for suspending him.
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Insurance companies are fueling a rise in ransomware attacks by paying the ransom, because it's easier and cheaper and supports their business model.
For science!
- Perhaps the first crime committed while in space?
Threat Level Orange
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to OK firing people for being LGBT.
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Neo-nazi manifesto captures the imagination of Trump staffers.
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Federal Election Commission shuts down due to lack of staff.
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EPA rolling back regulations on methane, which is up to 86 times as potent as CO2 at causing near-term global warming.
That's some mighty fine police work there, Lou
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Man spends three months in jail for smuggling liquid meth… which was actually just three bottles of honey.
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South Carolina cop charged with soliciting a minor for sex, in a sting set up by his own department.
Well, fancy that!
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Catholic priest arrested for using church donations on Grindr dates.
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It turns out that Backpage was "cooperative" and "responsive" about trying to eliminate sex trafficking, and the government lied.
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Kansas (and Texas) allowed amusement parks to self-inspect and monitor their own safety, and a kid got decapitated on a waterslide.
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Mysterious glitch and two broken cameras rendered video from outside Epstein's jail cell unusable.
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Trump was lying about all those phone calls with China to negotiate about tariffs.
We're fucked
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Amazon fires nearing tipping point at which forest becomes dry savannah.
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UK climate is hot enough for sago palm cycads to reproduce, for the first time since the Cretaceous period.
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If we're going to avoid a major global warming crisis, we need to act in the next 18 months. (Which we won't.)
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Extreme temperatures in Europe are rising about twice as fast as climate models predicted.
Sick, sad world
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Elementary school kids selling tickets to win an AR-15.
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Evangelist missionary sets up NGO, poses as doctor, kills 105 Ugandan children.
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The full story of Patrick Byrne, the mad CEO of Overstock.com.
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TSA bodyscanners flag transgender people's genitals as suspicious.
Not The Onion
- Florida math teacher and ex-Marine says he would be the best school shooter.
This should end well
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Over 900 cases of mumps at overcrowded immigration detention facilities; no vaccinations to be supplied.
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Scientists grew tiny clumps of human brain cells and connected them up to robots.
Schadenfreude Friday
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YouTube allows Infowars back as part of a "commitment to openness", then bans it again the same day for violating Terms of Service.
Actual good news
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Eight major banks have committed to ending the financing of private prisons.
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David Byrne has a new project reasonstobecheerful.world which will provide you with your required daily dose of good news to leaven the hell world we live in.