the "Headline That Caught My Attention or the WTF" thread



Crystal meth is turning brown trout into drug addicts, a study has found.

The drug, also known as methamphetamine, is increasingly polluting waterways and researchers are investigating the impact it has on marine life.

But while recent research has found prescription drugs are increasing in concentration in rivers and streams, so too are illicit substances.

Researchers from the Czech Republic took 120 juvenile brown trout that were bred in captivity and kept them in two different tanks, each containing 60 fish and 350 litres of water.


One tank was then laced with methamphetamine to a concentration of one microgram per litre, a level often found in freshwater rivers in Europe and the UK.

Some water systems in the world have been found to be poisoned with amphetamine levels 25 times this.

The fish in the experiment stayed in their tanks for eight weeks before they were transferred to a different, drug-free aquarium.

Researchers then gave the fish the choice of staying in clean water, or returning to a drug-riddled tank.

The theory, the researchers said, was that if the fish were suffering with symptoms of withdrawal they would opt to return to the methamphetamine water.

What they saw was a clear preference by the exposed fish for the contaminated waters as they suffered withdrawals during the first four days after moving to freshwater.

“Controls spent 41.5 per cent of all observations in the methamphetamine-dosed part of the arena,” wrote the study authors in their paper, published in the Journal of Experimental Biology.

The figure for the exposed brown trout however, was much higher at 50.5 per cent.

Researchers also took samples from the brains of the fish to see how far the drug had permeated.

“Methamphetamine preference was positively correlated with levels of amphetamine residues in fish brains, suggesting that addiction is linked to the presence of this drug metabolite in nervous system tissue,” the researchers said.

“Amphetamine was only identified in brain tissue of exposed trout.”

They added that every single one of the 60 fish in the meth-laden tank had signs of the drug in their brain after eight weeks. However, this dropped to one in eight after 10 days in clean water.

Addicted fish were also found to be less active than trout that had never experienced the drug.

Dr Pavel Horký, co-author of the study from the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, also believes the drug addiction could drive fish to congregate near unhealthy water treatment discharges in search of a fix, as well as disturbing their natural tempo of life.

“Such unnatural attraction to one area together with documented changes in behaviour could result in unexpected ecological consequences influencing whole ecosystems,” he suggested.

“The elicitation of drug addiction in wild fish could represent another example of unexpected evolutionary selection pressure for species living in urban environments along with ecological side effects of human societal problems within aquatic ecosystems.”

Drugs reach waterways through a variety of routes. Improper disposal, such as being washed down a sink or toilet, is one, while the drugs can also invade the habitat of fish via the urine of people taking them, which re-enters the water system despite being filtered.

A separate study recently found antidepressants are putting crayfish at increased risk of predators by making them more brazen. The crustaceans were found to spend more time searching for food – thereby putting themselves in danger – when water was polluted by Prozac.

“Crayfish exposed to the antidepressant came out into the open, emerging from their shelter more quickly than crayfish not exposed to the antidepressant," said Dr Lindsey Reisinger, a co-author of the study from the University of Florida.

“This change in behaviour could put them at greater risk of being eaten by a predator.”
 
SMFH!! Once again, a headline created by a person with ZERO science background, and/or one that just wants to generate a sensational one.

At sea level, distilled water boils at 100°C, 212°F and sea water boils at 100.67°C, 213.2°F Since the thermal imaging reported 121.3°F, nothing boiled Had they been boiled folks along the shore would have had one hell of a clam bake!!
 
SMFH!! Once again, a headline created by a person with ZERO science background, and/or one that just wants to generate a sensational one.

At sea level, distilled water boils at 100°C, 212°F and sea water boils at 100.67°C, 213.2°F Since the thermal imaging reported 121.3°F, nothing boiled Had they been boiled folks along the shore would have had one hell of a clam bake!!
poetic license - either way the heat killed them which was the point of the article
 
poetic license - either way the heat killed them which was the point of the article
Poetic license shmicense. Could have just said extreme heat killed them.

I bet now they're are folks out there saying that it was so hot that the water was boiling. Regrettably folks can be THAT stupid, and they DID see it on the internet...
 
Knew the Global Tax Plans that Biden et al. is trying to sell would go over like a fart in church on the Emerald Isle. Thanks to their low corporate tax rate, me and the family had the opportunity to live there for 3 years, a truly wonderful experience plus I got to enjoy Guinness where it is poured without pasteurization "fecking" it up as my colleagues would say...

Ireland’s Days as a Tax Haven May Be Ending, but Not Without a Fight​

For decades, multinationals moved to Ireland for its low taxes. A new global tax plan has put Dublin on the defensive.

On the crowded waterside quay of Dublin’s Silicon Docks neighborhood, Google’s European headquarters tower above the skyline. Facebook and Twitter are neighbors. The European bases of Apple, Pfizer and hundreds of U.S. multinationals are implanted around the country, symbols of the commerce produced by Ireland’s famously low corporate taxes.

But the model that has fueled the so-called Celtic Tiger economy for decades is in peril, as a coalition of 130 nations works to overhaul a global tax system that Ireland depends on to lure businesses looking to reduce the taxes they pay.

As ministers from the Group of 20 major economies gather Friday in Venice for a two-day summit to hash out details for a historic accord that would limit tax dodging by multinational firms, Ireland is hunkering down to battle what amounts to a major threat to its livelihood.

“Ireland is very much a tax haven operating in Europe, so it makes sense that Ireland will resist this as hard as they can,” said Alex Cobham, the chief executive of the Tax Justice Network, an advocacy group that fights tax avoidance. “The Celtic Tiger is something to be proud of, and if the model is breaking they need to look like they are defending it as much as possible.”

The battle lines drawn by the Irish government have cast a global spotlight on the nation of five million people — and fanned controversy among the Irish themselves.

At stake is Ireland’s low official corporate tax rate of 12.5 percent and a tax regime that helps global companies based there avoid paying taxes to other countries where they make profits, a setup that has put billions of euros into Ireland’s tax coffers and created hundreds of thousands of jobs.

Ireland was one of only nine countries not to sign on to the sweeping framework last week, overseen by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, that could undermine those advantages. The accord would impose a new 15 percent global minimum corporate tax rate and force technology and retail giants to pay taxes where their goods or services were sold, rather than where the company had its headquarters. The details of the agreement are expected to be completed in October, and then each country’s government would need to adopt it.

While Ireland has said it supports many aspects of the proposal, it is joining with a group of low-tax nations to push at the G20 meeting for terms that would allow small countries to make up for the loss of any tax advantage.

Ireland will seek a “comprehensive, sustainable and equitable agreement,” Paschal Donohoe, the finance minister, said in a statement last week.

Almost every major corporation tries to minimize its taxes. But tax rates have become a contentious issue for the world’s governments as public finances deteriorate after more than a year of grappling with the pandemic. A 15 percent minimum tax would generate $150 billion in additional tax revenue each year, the O.E.C.D. has said.

The stakes are especially high for Ireland, which is in the company of notorious tax havens like Barbados as it fences with the United States and its major allies in Europe.

Some might say the optics aren’t good — Ireland risks looking as if it wants to deprive other countries of their fair share of tax revenue — and the government in Dublin has been grudging in its statements on the issue. The finance ministry declined interview requests and did not respond to written questions. Similarly, multinational companies that have profited from the low-tax regime have been conspicuously silent, declining requests to discuss the issue.

Behind the scenes, pro-business lobbies, including influential global accounting firms that have long profited from the business of helping multinationals in Ireland avoid tax, like Accenture and Ernst & Young, are said to be pressuring the Irish government to hold its ground.

But critics say tax-driven industrial policy has had its day, and caution the government against risking Ireland’s standing with the United States and the rest of Europe by fighting what is likely to be a losing battle.

“The government seems determined to show the world that Ireland is a rogue state,” a column in The Irish Times said this week. “It is bafflingly foolish to nail our colours to the mast of a sinking ship.”

An overhaul of the global tax order could cost Ireland 2 billion to 3 billion euros annually in lost tax revenue, the finance ministry estimates. Much of that money would go to other countries.

Overall, the Irish government hauled in €12 billion in corporate taxes last year, up from €4 billion seven years ago. Over half of the take came from the 10 largest multinationals.

But the shift wouldn’t necessarily prompt Google, Pfizer or other global companies in Ireland to leave — at least not immediately, not after they have invested time and money making the country their European base, analysts said.

After all, companies didn’t flee when an O.E.C.D. accord closed tax avoidance schemes last year with names like the “Double Irish With a Dutch Sandwich,” which Apple and other tech giants used to slash their global tax bills through Ireland for more than a decade.

Continued investment has made Ireland’s economy one of the most resilient in Europe. Over 800 U.S. companies are present, spending €20 billion ($23.6 billion) annually on investments, goods and services and payroll, according to American Chamber of Commerce data. They employ an estimated 180,000 workers and indirectly support another 144,000 jobs in Ireland’s economy.

The largess can be seen on the streets of Dublin and beyond, where some of Europe’s most robust tech and pharmaceutical clusters have blossomed over the years.

Construction companies build ever more housing and office space to accommodate the multinationals’ expansion. In Silicon Docks, Google’s European headquarters alone span four buildings, featuring a wellness center and a swimming pool. Over the years, cash has flowed to hotels, retailers, restaurants and pubs where well-salaried employees spend their income.

Critics say Ireland’s tax regime has led to a two-speed economy in which multinationals and their employees pull ahead while the domestic economy plods along. While the government has vowed to address such issues, it is also concerned about the impact on future foreign investment should Ireland no longer be able to use low taxes as its main calling card.


“Ireland will become a less attractive place for multinational investment in future years,” said James Stewart, an adjunct professor of finance at Trinity College in Dublin. “You won’t get a sudden bang, but there will be a gradual shift away.”

The O.E.C.D. insists that countries could still offer tax holidays and exemptions as long as they complied with minimum corporate tax levels. Ireland could, for example, continue to offer the so-called Knowledge Development Box, a special 6.25 percent rate for revenue tied to companies’ patents and other intellectual property.

Analysts say Ireland could sign on to the agreement, bump its corporate tax rate to 15 percent and grab more income without a huge risk that companies would move their European headquarters to the continent.

Hungary or Switzerland may have lower taxes but lack Ireland’s broad tech industry and a flexible English-speaking work force. Ireland also has a relatively stable social compact between unions and companies.

Pharmaceutical giants like Novartis and Pfizer also have little incentive to move their research and production facilities. Cork in southern Ireland is the main European base for 24 of the world’s 25 biggest pharmaceutical companies.

Even if much of their profit is made in big markets like France and Germany — which would now be able to grab a larger chunk of the taxes they had been paying in Ireland — analysts point to high business taxes and labor costs, and a complex regulatory landscape as disincentives to move.

Multinationals have invested billions in Ireland precisely because successive Irish governments have provided tax certainty. The corporate tax is so sacred that during Europe’s debt crisis in 2010, the Irish government refused to lower the tax to secure a bailout from the International Monetary Fund, opting instead to cut the minimum wage and social safety net to make austerity savings.

But with most of the world now backing a 15 percent global corporate tax, Ireland is likely to relent at the end of the day, provided it wrests concessions from bigger countries to help keep a competitive edge.

“Ireland has benefited a lot from the tax advantage it has provided to multinationals,” said Ricardo Amaro, a senior economist at Oxford Economics in Dublin. “Going forward, they will have to come up with a strategy that relies on nontax tools such as a stable regulatory environment and skilled work force to lure investment.”

“That has got to be their Plan B,” he added.
 
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No sympathy here, should have thrown the book at him!! The living model of a "Shyster"...

Michael Avenatti Sentenced to Two and a Half Years in Nike Extortion Case​

The lawyer, who once represented Stormy Daniels, was found guilty in February 2020 of trying to extort more than $20 million from Nike.

Michael Avenatti, the lawyer who rose to national prominence while representing the pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels in her lawsuits against former President Donald J. Trump, was sentenced on Thursday to two and a half years in prison and three years of supervised release by Judge Paul G. Gardephe in federal court in Manhattan.

Avenatti was convicted in February 2020 of trying to extort more than $20 million from the apparel giant Nike, but his sentencing was delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

“Mr. Avenatti’s conduct was outrageous,” the judge said in imposing the sentence. “He hijacked his client’s claims and he used those claims to further his own agenda, which was to extort millions of dollars from Nike for himself.”

Avenatti asked for leniency, telling the judge: “I betrayed my own values, my friends, my family and myself. I betrayed my profession. I became driven by the things that don’t matter in life.”

Avenatti said he had learned that “all the fame, notoriety and money in the world is meaningless. TV and Twitter, your hon

or, mean nothing.” Fighting back tears, he detailed his downfall in stark terms: “I and I alone have destroyed my career, my relationships, my life,” he said. “There is no doubt that I deserve to pay, have paid and will pay a further price for what I have done.”

At trial last year, prosecutors said Avenatti told Nike he had evidence that employees in the company’s grass-roots basketball division had paid athletes to attend certain colleges. He demanded the company hire and pay him to conduct an internal investigation, or alternatively that the company pay him $22.5 million to resolve the potential claims of a youth basketball coach whom Avenatti said he represented.

If Nike did not agree to his conditions, Avenatti told the company, he would hold a news conference and reveal his claims to the public.

After being approached by Avenatti, lawyers representing Nike contacted federal officials, who began an investigation into Avenatti’s actions, and ultimately charged him with attempted extortion and other crimes.

In a sentencing memo, prosecutors asked the judge to impose a “very substantial sentence” and signaled their agreement with the U.S. Probation Department’s recommendation of eight years, while Avenatti’s lawyers asked for a maximum sentence of six months.

Lawyers representing Avenatti made multiple appeals for a new trial, which were rejected.

In a victim impact statement, lawyers for Nike said company executives were deeply worried that Avenatti would irreparably damage Nike’s brand. They attributed a drop of $300 million in value of Nike’s stock to one tweet he sent, and said the children of an executive feared the executive would be arrested after he was named in a different tweet from Avenatti.

Avenatti faces significant legal jeopardy in two other federal cases, one of which goes to trial in California next week. In that case, Avenatti is accused of stealing millions of dollars from clients, as well as lying about his income to the I.R.S., a bankruptcy court and creditors. He is charged with tax crimes and financial fraud, and has pleaded not guilty.

He is also accused of stealing $300,000 in proceeds from a book written by Daniels. That case is scheduled to go to trial in early 2022.

Throughout 2019, even after his arrest, Avenatti was free on bail, and continued to send messages on Twitter about the cases against him as well as an array of political topics.

But in January 2020, prosecutors said he violated conditions of his bail by continuing criminal activity, and he was ordered to be jailed by a judge. Much of that time was spent in what one of his lawyers said was in the “brutal conditions of solitary confinement” at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan. Avenatti was temporarily freed from jail in April 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, and he was allowed to live with a friend in Los Angeles.

Mark Geragos, a lawyer who has represented Colin Kaepernick and others, participated in the scheme with Avenatti but was not charged by prosecutors. At sentencing, Avenatti’s lawyers questioned why Geragos had not been charged, and asked for it to be a mitigating factor that should lead to a lighter sentence.

The judge agreed, calling Geragos “a central figure in the criminal conduct,” and said that “it would not be justice for Mr. Avenatti to be sentenced to a nine-to-11-year term of imprisonment, when Mr. Geragos was not even charged.”
 
Knew the Global Tax Plans that Biden et al. is trying to sell would go over like a fart in church on the Emerald Isle. Thanks to their low corporate tax rate, me and the family had the opportunity to live there for 3 years, a truly wonderful experience plus I got to enjoy Guinness where it is poured without pasteurization "fecking" it up as my colleagues would say...

Ireland’s Days as a Tax Haven May Be Ending, but Not Without a Fight​

For decades, multinationals moved to Ireland for its low taxes. A new global tax plan has put Dublin on the defensive.

On the crowded waterside quay of Dublin’s Silicon Docks neighborhood, Google’s European headquarters tower above the skyline. Facebook and Twitter are neighbors. The European bases of Apple, Pfizer and hundreds of U.S. multinationals are implanted around the country, symbols of the commerce produced by Ireland’s famously low corporate taxes.

But the model that has fueled the so-called Celtic Tiger economy for decades is in peril, as a coalition of 130 nations works to overhaul a global tax system that Ireland depends on to lure businesses looking to reduce the taxes they pay.

As ministers from the Group of 20 major economies gather Friday in Venice for a two-day summit to hash out details for a historic accord that would limit tax dodging by multinational firms, Ireland is hunkering down to battle what amounts to a major threat to its livelihood.

“Ireland is very much a tax haven operating in Europe, so it makes sense that Ireland will resist this as hard as they can,” said Alex Cobham, the chief executive of the Tax Justice Network, an advocacy group that fights tax avoidance. “The Celtic Tiger is something to be proud of, and if the model is breaking they need to look like they are defending it as much as possible.”

The battle lines drawn by the Irish government have cast a global spotlight on the nation of five million people — and fanned controversy among the Irish themselves.

At stake is Ireland’s low official corporate tax rate of 12.5 percent and a tax regime that helps global companies based there avoid paying taxes to other countries where they make profits, a setup that has put billions of euros into Ireland’s tax coffers and created hundreds of thousands of jobs.

Ireland was one of only nine countries not to sign on to the sweeping framework last week, overseen by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, that could undermine those advantages. The accord would impose a new 15 percent global minimum corporate tax rate and force technology and retail giants to pay taxes where their goods or services were sold, rather than where the company had its headquarters. The details of the agreement are expected to be completed in October, and then each country’s government would need to adopt it.

While Ireland has said it supports many aspects of the proposal, it is joining with a group of low-tax nations to push at the G20 meeting for terms that would allow small countries to make up for the loss of any tax advantage.

Ireland will seek a “comprehensive, sustainable and equitable agreement,” Paschal Donohoe, the finance minister, said in a statement last week.

Almost every major corporation tries to minimize its taxes. But tax rates have become a contentious issue for the world’s governments as public finances deteriorate after more than a year of grappling with the pandemic. A 15 percent minimum tax would generate $150 billion in additional tax revenue each year, the O.E.C.D. has said.

The stakes are especially high for Ireland, which is in the company of notorious tax havens like Barbados as it fences with the United States and its major allies in Europe.

Some might say the optics aren’t good — Ireland risks looking as if it wants to deprive other countries of their fair share of tax revenue — and the government in Dublin has been grudging in its statements on the issue. The finance ministry declined interview requests and did not respond to written questions. Similarly, multinational companies that have profited from the low-tax regime have been conspicuously silent, declining requests to discuss the issue.

Behind the scenes, pro-business lobbies, including influential global accounting firms that have long profited from the business of helping multinationals in Ireland avoid tax, like Accenture and Ernst & Young, are said to be pressuring the Irish government to hold its ground.

But critics say tax-driven industrial policy has had its day, and caution the government against risking Ireland’s standing with the United States and the rest of Europe by fighting what is likely to be a losing battle.

“The government seems determined to show the world that Ireland is a rogue state,” a column in The Irish Times said this week. “It is bafflingly foolish to nail our colours to the mast of a sinking ship.”

An overhaul of the global tax order could cost Ireland 2 billion to 3 billion euros annually in lost tax revenue, the finance ministry estimates. Much of that money would go to other countries.

Overall, the Irish government hauled in €12 billion in corporate taxes last year, up from €4 billion seven years ago. Over half of the take came from the 10 largest multinationals.

But the shift wouldn’t necessarily prompt Google, Pfizer or other global companies in Ireland to leave — at least not immediately, not after they have invested time and money making the country their European base, analysts said.

After all, companies didn’t flee when an O.E.C.D. accord closed tax avoidance schemes last year with names like the “Double Irish With a Dutch Sandwich,” which Apple and other tech giants used to slash their global tax bills through Ireland for more than a decade.

Continued investment has made Ireland’s economy one of the most resilient in Europe. Over 800 U.S. companies are present, spending €20 billion ($23.6 billion) annually on investments, goods and services and payroll, according to American Chamber of Commerce data. They employ an estimated 180,000 workers and indirectly support another 144,000 jobs in Ireland’s economy.

The largess can be seen on the streets of Dublin and beyond, where some of Europe’s most robust tech and pharmaceutical clusters have blossomed over the years.

Construction companies build ever more housing and office space to accommodate the multinationals’ expansion. In Silicon Docks, Google’s European headquarters alone span four buildings, featuring a wellness center and a swimming pool. Over the years, cash has flowed to hotels, retailers, restaurants and pubs where well-salaried employees spend their income.

Critics say Ireland’s tax regime has led to a two-speed economy in which multinationals and their employees pull ahead while the domestic economy plods along. While the government has vowed to address such issues, it is also concerned about the impact on future foreign investment should Ireland no longer be able to use low taxes as its main calling card.


“Ireland will become a less attractive place for multinational investment in future years,” said James Stewart, an adjunct professor of finance at Trinity College in Dublin. “You won’t get a sudden bang, but there will be a gradual shift away.”

The O.E.C.D. insists that countries could still offer tax holidays and exemptions as long as they complied with minimum corporate tax levels. Ireland could, for example, continue to offer the so-called Knowledge Development Box, a special 6.25 percent rate for revenue tied to companies’ patents and other intellectual property.

Analysts say Ireland could sign on to the agreement, bump its corporate tax rate to 15 percent and grab more income without a huge risk that companies would move their European headquarters to the continent.

Hungary or Switzerland may have lower taxes but lack Ireland’s broad tech industry and a flexible English-speaking work force. Ireland also has a relatively stable social compact between unions and companies.

Pharmaceutical giants like Novartis and Pfizer also have little incentive to move their research and production facilities. Cork in southern Ireland is the main European base for 24 of the world’s 25 biggest pharmaceutical companies.

Even if much of their profit is made in big markets like France and Germany — which would now be able to grab a larger chunk of the taxes they had been paying in Ireland — analysts point to high business taxes and labor costs, and a complex regulatory landscape as disincentives to move.

Multinationals have invested billions in Ireland precisely because successive Irish governments have provided tax certainty. The corporate tax is so sacred that during Europe’s debt crisis in 2010, the Irish government refused to lower the tax to secure a bailout from the International Monetary Fund, opting instead to cut the minimum wage and social safety net to make austerity savings.

But with most of the world now backing a 15 percent global corporate tax, Ireland is likely to relent at the end of the day, provided it wrests concessions from bigger countries to help keep a competitive edge.

“Ireland has benefited a lot from the tax advantage it has provided to multinationals,” said Ricardo Amaro, a senior economist at Oxford Economics in Dublin. “Going forward, they will have to come up with a strategy that relies on nontax tools such as a stable regulatory environment and skilled work force to lure investment.”

“That has got to be their Plan B,” he added.

Innit interesting that it never occurs to these idiots that maybe lowering their own tax rate would lead to that kind of prosperity in their own countries?

Nope. They see a dollar and all they can think of is how to get their hands on it.
 
Are people really dumb enough to believe this?
Regrettably the answer is YES when people are dumb enough to believe every COVID vaccine contains tracking devices.

NEVER underestimate the stupidity of the average American - Roccus Rule #2...
 
SMFH...

Boiling lobsters alive could be banned under new law in victory for campaigners​

The Mirror revealed in 2018 that ministers were considering a ban on cooking crustaceans by boiling them alive - but it was absent from the Animal Welfare bill. Now peers are hoping to change that with amendments.

The Mirror revealed in 2018 that ministers were considering a ban on cooking crustaceans by boiling them alive.


But they were absent from the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill, currently under debate in the House of Lords, which only covers animals with a backbone.

According to the Evening Standard, amendments to the law being considered by peers could would mean crabs, lobsters, octopuses and squid would be recognised as sentient beings which can feel pain.

That would give them legal protection against being boiled alive, and require them to be stunned or chilled before boiling.

And an amendment put forward Baroness Hayman of Ullock would also ban shrink wrapping live shell fish or sending them through the post.


Lobsters are among the only creatures we eat in Britain that are sold alive for slaughter at home or in restaurants.

The RSPCA, the British Veterinary Association (BVA) and campaign group Crustacean Compassion have called on the Government to include invertebrates in the Animal Welfare law.

A spokesperson said: “Three years ago, in 2018, we delivered our campaign to then-Environment Secretary Michael Gove and were promised a review of the evidence of decapod crustacean sentience."

Maisie Tomlinson, co-director of Crustacean Compassion, told the Times: "It is wonderful to hear that the government is planning to support the inclusion of decapods and cephalopods in the sentience bill.

“There is more than enough evidence for the ability of these sensitive, captivating creatures to feel pain and suffer. They undergo appalling treatment in the food industry."
 
Is there nothing people won't bitch about?

In April, singer Demi Lovato, who now uses they/them pronouns, slammed a popular LA frozen yogurt shop on Instagram for promoting “diet culture” messaging — an act for which they’ve since apologized.

“Finding it extremely hard to order froyo from [The Bigg Chill] when you have to walk past tons of sugar free cookies/other diet foods before you get to the counter,” they wrote in an Insta story. “Do better please.”

 


 
Never saw this coming...

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what does this mean to "Joe-Average-Guy"?
 
AND HE LIVED??!?!?!??!!!??!??!?
FROM 15,000 FEET??!?!???!!!!?!!!
:oops:



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British paratrooper suffered minor injuries after his parachute failed to deploy fully during a 15,000-foot jump, crashing through the roof of a California residence.

The parachutist, not yet publicly identified, was among a group performing a training exercise on July 6 out of Camp Roberts near Atascadero, about 18 miles from San Luis Obispo, when the equipment failure occurred, plunging him into the home just before 5 p.m.

Nobody was home at the time, police said.

“I was in shock. I’m like, what?” neighbor Rose Martin told local NBC affiliate KSBY. “So I ran in to make sure he was OK, and I checked on him, and his eyes were open, but I wasn’t sure if there were any injuries. I didn’t want anyone to move him.”

Neighbors saw the parachutist falling and came to get Martin, who is a nurse.

“It’s a miracle, in my estimation, really. I mean, who lands like that without a parachute and lives?” Martin said.

The soldier, who was training alongside U.S. service members at the base, is "recovering well," a spokesperson with the British Ministry of Defense told the Daily Mail.

The training exercise is performed by both the British Special Air Service and Special Boat Service, involving a jump from an altitude of 15,000 feet.

Images from inside the residence published by the outlet show the parachutist lying on the kitchen floor surrounded by debris from the roof.

The parachutist "was conscious but stunned with complaints of pain but no visible serious injuries," the Atascadero Police Department said in a statement on the day of the incident.
 
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