Two University of Leicester students speak out over ‘absurd’ and ‘Orwellian’ decision by the BBC and ITV Studios to edit out pride pins worn on University Challenge

Sorry everyone, the snoots were a lie (AI). They fooled me too, but I deleted the post. Have these grippy heels as a consolation prize.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/53526024

[Meme] The people have spoken.

The number of confirmed US measles cases has hit 4,588, more than doubling its total from last year, according to the latest update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

An additional 178 measles cases were reported this week, and over the past two weeks, 508 new measles infections have been confirmed. That’s more than the nation experienced from 2022 through 2024, when a total of 465 measles cases were reported.

Since the beginning of 2025, there have been 6,877 confirmed measles cases in the United States, a number that will likely lead to the nation losing its measles elimination status later this year. Measles was declared officially eliminated in the United States in 2000.

The Cook Political Report shifted the Ohio governor’s race in Democrat Amy Acton’s favor Friday, noting the fallout from a controversial attack ad from her Republican opponent, Vivek Ramaswamy.

The Ramaswamy campaign ad featured Acton’s estranged mother Donna Arthur lambasting her daughter as a “liar” and urging viewers not to vote for her.

Acton has publicly spoken about her troubled childhood for years, well before she ran for office, including the reason her mother lost custody: documented neglect and abuse, most horrifically, Acton’s stepfather sexually abusing her from the ages of 9 to 12. Arthur sided with her husband against her daughter; he fled the state after being indicted and remained a fugitive until his death. Arthur stayed married to him and Acton has not spoken to her since she was 12.

Buildings in Houston (my photo, Fujifilm X-T5)

The Justice Department on Friday ordered California election officials to identify suspected noncitizens on voter rolls and set aside their mail-in ballot – warning that officials who knowingly count ballots cast by noncitizens could face criminal liability.

The stipulation marks an escalation in the Trump administration’s efforts to scrutinize voter rolls as the government continues to double down on claims of voter fraud, fueled by Donald Trump’s baseless allegations of widespread election cheating.

The administration’s claims have faced scrutiny, and some initial findings have not held up under further review. In Nevada, for example, DHS told state officials that its initial finding of 15,900 potentially noncitizen registrants was preliminary and unvetted, and that it had confirmed only 185 through manual review.

Last month, Nevada officials told DHS their subsequent review found that all 185 were US citizens, a conclusion the federal agency disputes.

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Leaders of the 2026 Nascar Truck Series Championship.

There is a build problem that started just when the update got merged. Does anyone know what happened?

Trump’s Greenland Oil Rush Still Exists Mostly on Paper Donald Trump made Greenland’s energy future sound imminent. “Massive Oil, Gas, and Mineral Exploration is getting ready to begin,” the president wrote on Truth Social this month. There is now an American company with a project that gives that announcement something tangible to point toward — but drilling has not started, and Greenland has not yet approved it.

Greenland Energy Company, working with British company 80 Mile, plans to drill an exploratory well in Jameson Land in East Greenland in 2027. CEO Robert Price told Fox Business that the company is moving through Greenland’s permitting process and would operate the project if approval is granted.

full story : https://realnarrativenews.com/editorial/trump-greenland-oil-drilling-2027-greenland-energy-permission/

Pete Hegseth alleges Confucius Institutes operating in disguise on US university campuses

The ⁠US defense department has designated Chinese-funded cultural centers on university campuses ⁠known as Confucius ⁠Institutes ​as a threat to US national security, defense secretary Pete ⁠Hegseth said on Friday.

Washington has long accused Confucius Institutes of being Chinese propaganda ⁠tools and has taken steps to ​crack down on them.

Hegseth, ‌in a ‌video posted on social media, alleged that Confucius ‌Institutes were operating under disguise at US universities and that the Pentagon had added them to its list of institutions that threaten US national security.

Welcome to Terraspace! Here you have to go on an exciting journey through the galaxy and build a spaceship that will help you move to another planet. But this is not just a construction game — it's a whole universe where you can show your skills as a strategist and engineer.

In the game "Terraspace" you will be engaged in the construction of equipment that will allow you to extract the necessary resources: food, water, electricity and other consumables. You will have to plan your actions carefully to provide your team with everything necessary for survival in space.

But your main goal is not to destroy the astronauts and build a spaceship that can transport you to another planet. To do this, you will need to create new designs and collect resources.

The game "Terraspace" offers you a unique experience of planet settlement and terraforming — creating conditions for life on unsuitable planets. This will require you to build the necessary structures to populate the planet.

• A variety of technologies and designs to create.
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• Are you ready for the most exciting journey of your life? Then welcome to the game "Terraspace", where every step you take will matter, and every decision will affect the outcome of the entire mission!

Israeli soldiers have long traveled to India after completing military service as part of the so-called Hummus Trail. But their “healing” is affecting the people who live there.

Many people see the role of the zebra crossings sometimes used at floating bus stops being very much, well, a black and white thing. It's a zebra crossing and so those cycling must stop to let people cross.

That's already wrong because pedestrian priority only exists when someone steps on the crossing. While stopping for people crossing might be good behaviour and a recommendation of Rule 195 of the Highway Code that few people have read recently, it's not a requirement.