combined with gerrymandering that makes GOP majorities impossible to dislodge once in place, it's in effect a new Jim Crow voting regime falling across half the country

This is a periodic reminder that our Supreme Court ruled that police have no duty to protect you and can legally stand and watch as you are murdered. “To serve and protect” is pure propaganda.

I think it’s neat that a licensed EMT has a duty to help people in emergency situations but the police do not have a duty to help people in emergency situations, I think that’s very neat and not at all a failure of the system

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TWwashingtonpost.comSep 27, 2024 1:22pm

Breaking news: Maggie Smith dies at 89. The Oscar-winning British actress enchanted audiences in the Harry Potter films and ‘Downton Abbey.’

Maggie Smith, ebullient scene-stealer of stage and screen, dies at 89

The British actress won Oscars for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and “California Suite” and enchanted audiences as a professorial witch in the Harry Potter movies and the sly dowager countess on the...

I once had the privilege of representing a waffle house cook who was charged with assaulting a customer. The customer called my client the n word while complaining about how long he was waiting for his food.

'The world demands a ceasefire in Gaza,' Australia's foreign minister Penny Wong tells UN – video

'The world demands a ceasefire in Gaza,' Australia's foreign minister Penny Wong tells UN – video

Penny Wong addresses the UN security council, speaking on the need to adhere to international humanitarian law to limit suffering and calling for immediate ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon. 'The world demands a ceasefire in Gaza,' Australia's foreign affairs minister says. 'Hostages must be released. Aid must flow. This humanitarian catastrophe must end.' She adds: 'Hezbollah are terrorists that have not complied with security council resolution 1701 but Lebanese civilians should not pay the price' Israel ‘needs to listen’ to international community, Albanese says as Wong calls for ceasefires ‘Stop killing children’: protests as Netanyahu arrives for UN address Continue reading...

A dangerous Hurricane Helene is expected to crash into the Gulf Coast of Florida on Thursday night, threatening damaging winds, rains and flash floods hundreds of miles inland across the southeastern U.S., forecasters said. Here is the scene in Florida.

The scene in Florida as Hurricane Helene approaches its Gulf Coast

The hurricane’s predicted storm surge could be devastating in the coastal areas of Florida’s Big Bend, where the peninsula meets the panhandle.

Seriously this is just embarrassing at this point

KMkevinmkruse.bsky.socialSep 26, 2024 11:03pm

The NYT wants details! No, no, that’s too many details.

Breaking news: Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm with winds up to 140 mph. The storm surge could reach 20 feet as power outages are mounting throughout the state. Follow the latest updates:

Live updates: Hurricane Helene reaches Category 4 as it tracks toward Florida

Hurricane Helene could come ashore in Florida as a dangerous Category 4 storm with a surge over 10 feet, bringing flooding inland. Follow live updates.

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GAguardianaustralia.bsky.socialSep 27, 2024 3:44am

Mona’s Ladies Lounge wins appeal in bid to continue barring men from entry

Mona’s Ladies Lounge wins appeal in bid to continue barring men from entry

Tasmania’s supreme court handed down its decision in the discrimination case on Friday, sending it back to the tribunal Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) has won an appeal in the state’s supreme court, in a bid to continue barring men from entering an installation known as the Ladies Lounge. The installation was closed in April after Tasmania’s civil and administrative tribunal ordered the museum to start admitting men to the female-only space, upholding a Sydney’s man’s complaint that the museum had discriminated against him on the basis of gender. Continue reading...