Amanda Reid, who has represented Australia in swimming and cycling at two Paralympic Games, was accused by her former swimming coach this week of exaggerating her symptoms.- - -
AI algorithms hate the poor and disenfranchised. The Next Web:
In an age where algorithms are “helping” government employees do their jobs, if you’re not straight, not white, or not living above the poverty line you’re at greater risk of unfair bias.
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- - -The pilot soon realised [sic] what had happened and began circling the airport for about 30 minutes before the jet was diverted.
News Australia: Argument over mattress leaves one man dead.
(Advisory: graphic video at link).
“If you come within three feet of me, I’m going to kill you,” Mr Miller tells Mr Howard. Seconds later, two gunshots are heard. The chilling clip — shot by Mr Howard’s wife Kara Box — also shows Michael firing the shotgun after the first two shots are fired.- - -
UK PM Theresa May,"demands respect." MSN:
"Throughout this process, I have treated the EU with nothing but respect. The UK expects the same. A good relationship at the end of this process depends on it," [said May].Yeah...good luck on the 'hope', there, Teereeeeza.
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May will hope that her tough stance against the EU will insulate her from further such criticism, ahead of the Conservatives' annual conference, which begins September 30.
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A new study from researchers at New York University shows the number of baby boomers using marijuana is skyrocketing. And the amount of people age 65 and up is also increasing.- - -
“They’re using it more because it helps,” said Joe Redner, a medical marijuana advocate and owner of Mons Venus strip club in Tampa. A cancer patient, he has been fighting for the right to grow his own medicinal pot.
Tit: Deutsche Welle - Iran says, "Trump a threat to Middle East."
...[the] threat is the Trump administration's sense of entitlement to destabilize the world along with rogue accomplices in our region," [said Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Twitter].Tat? Islamic Republic News - "Pompeo threatens Iran."
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a stark warning to Iran Friday, telling CNN that Washington will take direct action against Tehran for any attacks, even those using proxy forces, against US interests.- - -
China is updating its military and no one is saying much. The Diplomat:
...Chinese military power has been very good and continues to improve, [with a trend] toward emphasizing new pieces of equipment over upgrades of existing equipment. This is unfortunate for it leads to an underestimation of Chinese military power and a misunderstanding of possible future trajectories.- - -
Whiny canoeists try to sue Trump for frequent Potomac closings. Washingtonian:
“This is not a personal animosity against the Trump, or any, administration. We’re just trying to paddle our own canoes,” [said Canoe Cruisers Association chair Barbara Brown].
AFP: Journalist murdered in Mexico is ninth in 2018.
Mario Gomez, a reporter with El Heraldo de Chiapas [...] was leaving for work when two unidentified men arrived and "murdered him in cold blood" with a series of shots to the abdomen.- - -
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Mexico is the second-deadliest country in the world for journalists after war-torn Syria, according to the watchdog group Reporters Without Borders.
Convicted drug trafficker at the centre of the Australian strawberry contamination scandal. Stuff-New Zealand:
Donnybrook Berries, at Elimbah near Caboolture in the heart of strawberry country north of Brisbane, is owned by [drug trafficker] Pasquale "Pat" Cufari from Mildura, in the Australian state of Victoria.1): Would anyone really expect him to be at home?
He was not at the family property on farmland, on the outskirts of Mildura, when Fairfax Media arrived. Two men came to the front of the home where a red Ferrari was parked in the drive.
2): Wouldn't we all be disappointed if anything less than a red Ferrari was parked in the drive?
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See the car on the left...backing-up? Can you guess where it's going? View the video at the New Zealand Herald:
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"They passed me at speed at first," he recalls, adding that, once they approached Beaumont Bridge, a one-lane bridge, they did not even seem to notice the traffic light was there.
"They went straight through the red light, completely ignored it," [said Blair Powell].
