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September 13, 2022
From Thursday onwards, pregnant women will have to listen to the fetus's heartbeat before having an abortion.
Doctors will have to submit a report confirming that this has been done.
Hungary's nationalist government recently blamed increased rates of women in higher education for lower birth rates and a shrinking economy.
In a decree issued on Monday, Hungary's interior ministry urges gynaecologists, obstetricians, and other pre-natal healthcare providers to present pregnant women with a fetus's vital functions in a "clearly identifiable way" from 15 September onwards.
Women in higher education blamed for Hungary's dropping birthrate and economic troubles
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62892596From Thursday onwards, pregnant women will have to listen to the fetus's heartbeat before having an abortion.
Doctors will have to submit a report confirming that this has been done.
Hungary's nationalist government recently blamed increased rates of women in higher education for lower birth rates and a shrinking economy.
In a decree issued on Monday, Hungary's interior ministry urges gynaecologists, obstetricians, and other pre-natal healthcare providers to present pregnant women with a fetus's vital functions in a "clearly identifiable way" from 15 September onwards.
September 13, 2022
Inkwell moment referenced in trending "not my king"
During signing of fancy proclamations related to transfer of power..Charles signalled to staff to move over inkwells..at least twice..
https://twitter.com/EdWard40100035/status/1568907003547865089
September 12, 2022
Prince Andrew being intentionally creepy or hands just accidently slid over daughter's butt?
https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/xbfvzk/prince_andrew_with_the_continued_creepy_behaviour/
September 12, 2022
New York’s Hasidic Jewish religious schools have benefited from $1 billion in government funding in the last four years but are unaccountable to outside oversight.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/11/nyregion/hasidic-yeshivas-schools-new-york.html
Students at nearly a dozen other schools run by the Hasidic community recorded similarly dismal outcomes that year, a pattern that under ordinary circumstances would signal an education system in crisis. But where other schools might be struggling because of underfunding or mismanagement, these schools are different. They are failing by design.
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Nearly three dozen current and former teachers across the state’s Hasidic yeshivas said most of the thousands of boys who passed through their classrooms over the years left school without learning to speak English fluently, let alone read or write at grade level.
Another former teacher provided hundreds of pages of work sheets from the past five years that showed that 12-year-olds — in their last year of English instruction — could not spell words like “cold” and “America.” One boy, in response to a prompt about what he liked, wrote: “To cee wen somone pente.”
The result, a New York Times investigation has found, is that generations of children have been systematically denied a basic education, trapping many of them in a cycle of joblessness and dependency.
Segregated by gender, the Hasidic system fails most starkly in its more than 100 schools for boys. Spread across Brooklyn and the lower Hudson Valley, the schools turn out thousands of students each year who are unprepared to navigate the outside world, helping to push poverty rates in Hasidic neighborhoods to some of the highest in New York.
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Excellent long long article..includes teen realizing the limits of the education when he can't hold a job because they can't read or write
Nyt ..publicly funded Hasidic religious schools teaching nothing by design..particularly to boys.
In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Private Schools Flush With Public MoneyNew York’s Hasidic Jewish religious schools have benefited from $1 billion in government funding in the last four years but are unaccountable to outside oversight.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/11/nyregion/hasidic-yeshivas-schools-new-york.html
Students at nearly a dozen other schools run by the Hasidic community recorded similarly dismal outcomes that year, a pattern that under ordinary circumstances would signal an education system in crisis. But where other schools might be struggling because of underfunding or mismanagement, these schools are different. They are failing by design.
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Nearly three dozen current and former teachers across the state’s Hasidic yeshivas said most of the thousands of boys who passed through their classrooms over the years left school without learning to speak English fluently, let alone read or write at grade level.
Another former teacher provided hundreds of pages of work sheets from the past five years that showed that 12-year-olds — in their last year of English instruction — could not spell words like “cold” and “America.” One boy, in response to a prompt about what he liked, wrote: “To cee wen somone pente.”
The result, a New York Times investigation has found, is that generations of children have been systematically denied a basic education, trapping many of them in a cycle of joblessness and dependency.
Segregated by gender, the Hasidic system fails most starkly in its more than 100 schools for boys. Spread across Brooklyn and the lower Hudson Valley, the schools turn out thousands of students each year who are unprepared to navigate the outside world, helping to push poverty rates in Hasidic neighborhoods to some of the highest in New York.
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Excellent long long article..includes teen realizing the limits of the education when he can't hold a job because they can't read or write
September 12, 2022
Last nighttime shot of the twin towers
https://twitter.com/PIX11News/status/1568792550252883968
September 12, 2022
Tweet of the minute
https://twitter.com/0liviajulianna/status/1569121296616767493
September 10, 2022
San Rafael CA cops beat up a man for no reason..on leave. Charges dropped against victim
Victim will be wealthy soon
September 10, 2022
A new analysis from political data and polling firm TargetSmart found that while Texas’ new voter registrants are evenly split between men and women, they are younger and more Democratic than before the June ruling.
“It’s not that we’re not seeing a surge from women but that in Texas, we’re somewhat uniquely also seeing a surge from men, particularly younger, more progressive men, who are matching the surge from women,” said CEO Tom Bonier, whose firm works with Democratic and progressive candidates.
“I would expect to see that trend develop more in other states as we get closer to the election, but it was interesting to see Texas as first in that sense.”
The state added about 300,000 new voters from June 24, the day of the high court's ruling, to late August, state data shows. Prior to the ruling, about 51 percent of voters identified as female, and after the ruling, slightly less than half, or 49 percent, demarcated they were female. Gender is an optional field on voter registration forms.
According to TargetSmart, which analyzed about 80,000 new voters added through the end of July, Democrats now have a 10-percentage point advantage, making up 42 percent to Republicans’ 32 percent.
Prior to the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Republicans had a five-point advantage.
Young Democrats are flocking to register to vote in Texas after abortion ruling, data shows
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Texas-sees-a-surge-in-bright-blue-young-voters-17426125.phpA new analysis from political data and polling firm TargetSmart found that while Texas’ new voter registrants are evenly split between men and women, they are younger and more Democratic than before the June ruling.
“It’s not that we’re not seeing a surge from women but that in Texas, we’re somewhat uniquely also seeing a surge from men, particularly younger, more progressive men, who are matching the surge from women,” said CEO Tom Bonier, whose firm works with Democratic and progressive candidates.
“I would expect to see that trend develop more in other states as we get closer to the election, but it was interesting to see Texas as first in that sense.”
The state added about 300,000 new voters from June 24, the day of the high court's ruling, to late August, state data shows. Prior to the ruling, about 51 percent of voters identified as female, and after the ruling, slightly less than half, or 49 percent, demarcated they were female. Gender is an optional field on voter registration forms.
According to TargetSmart, which analyzed about 80,000 new voters added through the end of July, Democrats now have a 10-percentage point advantage, making up 42 percent to Republicans’ 32 percent.
Prior to the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Republicans had a five-point advantage.
September 10, 2022
We’re laughing at the fact that she only had two eggs in a whole carton crazy, you know, an hour to the dot she shows back up,” she said.
She said the other employees ran inside in a panic and locked the doors.
“She’s coming up the street with a bag and at first we didn’t know what it was it was, just a black bag,” the employee said.
When she first saw the bag, she thought it could contain something much more dangerous, like a bomb.
“I was worried about everyone else but I’m just sitting there going well are you that crazy, you know? I’m just sitting here watching the cameras like well, if it is, it is,” she said.
The video shows the woman chuck the bag at the clinic but when this employee watched their surveillance video back, she noticed something strange peeking out of the bag.
“I’m just like, there’s something in that bag, it looks like a tail!” the employee exclaimed. “I’m just like, I think that’s a dead animal!”
Video..Woman flings dead raccoon at abortion clinic
https://www.cleveland19.com/2022/09/09/summit-county-woman-facing-charges-after-throwing-dead-raccoon-abortion-clinic/We’re laughing at the fact that she only had two eggs in a whole carton crazy, you know, an hour to the dot she shows back up,” she said.
She said the other employees ran inside in a panic and locked the doors.
“She’s coming up the street with a bag and at first we didn’t know what it was it was, just a black bag,” the employee said.
When she first saw the bag, she thought it could contain something much more dangerous, like a bomb.
“I was worried about everyone else but I’m just sitting there going well are you that crazy, you know? I’m just sitting here watching the cameras like well, if it is, it is,” she said.
The video shows the woman chuck the bag at the clinic but when this employee watched their surveillance video back, she noticed something strange peeking out of the bag.
“I’m just like, there’s something in that bag, it looks like a tail!” the employee exclaimed. “I’m just like, I think that’s a dead animal!”
September 10, 2022
When the entertainment industry finally started to embrace diversity and representation, the shift awakened something ugly, lurking inside fantasy and sci-fi fandoms.
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For example, the most recent Predator movie, Prey, was torn apart by these commentators before it was even released, simply because the heroic protagonist (Amber Midthunder) was female, and the story revolved around a tribe of Native Americans.
Such commentators appeared genuinely disappointed when the film was well-received by fans - being obsessively “anti-woke” is a sad, bitter existence, it seems.
But the toxic tidal wave finally seems to be receding, as showrunners, writers and actors appear far more comfortable speaking out against bigotry, telling the toxic fringe of their fanbase that they are no longer welcome.
Much of the hype around Amazon’s The Rings of Power has been overshadowed by bigoted Tolkien fans, angered at the diverse casting, prompting the actors of the show to speak out, even joined by the actors from Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, who also spoke out against racist commentary.
In response to a misogynistic hate campaign against actor Erin Moriarty, The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke didn’t mince his words, telling bigoted fans to “f**k off to the sun” and stop watching the show.
Extraordinarily, the toxic fringe of The Boys fandom don’t seem to understand that the show is mocking far-right culture warriors, despite the satire having the subtlety of a sledgehammer. Again, media literacy is not their strength.
'The Boys' To 'The Rings Of Power:' Everyone Is Tired Of Toxic Fans
https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEJvhZ2ThaSUUCWX5-IC3jWkqFQgEKg0IACoGCAowrqkBMKBFMLGBAgWhen the entertainment industry finally started to embrace diversity and representation, the shift awakened something ugly, lurking inside fantasy and sci-fi fandoms.
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For example, the most recent Predator movie, Prey, was torn apart by these commentators before it was even released, simply because the heroic protagonist (Amber Midthunder) was female, and the story revolved around a tribe of Native Americans.
Such commentators appeared genuinely disappointed when the film was well-received by fans - being obsessively “anti-woke” is a sad, bitter existence, it seems.
But the toxic tidal wave finally seems to be receding, as showrunners, writers and actors appear far more comfortable speaking out against bigotry, telling the toxic fringe of their fanbase that they are no longer welcome.
Much of the hype around Amazon’s The Rings of Power has been overshadowed by bigoted Tolkien fans, angered at the diverse casting, prompting the actors of the show to speak out, even joined by the actors from Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, who also spoke out against racist commentary.
In response to a misogynistic hate campaign against actor Erin Moriarty, The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke didn’t mince his words, telling bigoted fans to “f**k off to the sun” and stop watching the show.
Extraordinarily, the toxic fringe of The Boys fandom don’t seem to understand that the show is mocking far-right culture warriors, despite the satire having the subtlety of a sledgehammer. Again, media literacy is not their strength.
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