Cruel & unusual
“It's called "pay-to-stay", charging inmates for their prison stay, like a hotel they were forced to book. Florida law says that cost, $50 a day, is based on the person's sentence. Even if they are released early, paying for a cell they no longer occupy, and regardless of their ability to pay.
“Florida can also impose a new bill on the next occupant of that bed, potentially allowing the state to double, triple, or quadruple charge for the same bed.”
@Alfred what does it mean when you have an upside-down pineapple on your pizza?
Apocalypse stage: Blood-soaked horses running through the streets of London
"The British army has recovered several horses after they broke free from the prestigious Household Cavalry and bolted through London on Wednesday morning.
"A number of people and horses are currently being treated for injuries incurred during the incident, though further details about their conditions are unavailable."
Vaporized Cannabis versus Placebo for Acute Migraine: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Conclusions:
“Acute migraine treatment with vaporized cannabis flower containing 6% THC/11% CBD was efficacious at 2 hours post-treatment with sustained pain freedom at 24 hours and sustained MBS freedom at 24 and 48 hours.”
Why America’s Richest Universities Are Protecting Hate-Filled Foreign Students
“The schools, in other words, know the law. They know that what their international students did violates the terms of their legal status in the U.S. and is therefore subject to legal sanction. Nevertheless, they took steps toward being actively complicit in their students’ illegal conduct.”
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/american-universities-foreign-students-antisemitism
Chinese-Americans Are Pushing San Francisco Toward the Political Center
"Long a reliable voting bloc for the left, Chinese-Americans have been important drivers of a recent [growing] backlash against progressive policies in SF.
"Members of the Chinese community, who make up 1/5 of this city of 810,000, say they have been particularly incensed by incidents of anti-Asian violence, school policies they believe have emphasized equity over merit, and street homelessness."
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/chinese-american-voters-san-francisco-hate-crimes-b70a065e
“It was quite surprising this morning when I woke up and saw ‘Utah Fury’ had been trademarked,”
"Mulliner is an author who began creating a 14-book series in 2017 and 2018 centered on a fictional #NHL hockey team she named the “Utah Fury.”
“Readers fell in love with it, I fell in love with being in this world and that’s how it ended up being 14 books long.”
https://ksltv./638726/utah-author-says-she-was-stunned-by-one-of-the-trademarked-utah-nhl-hockey-team-names/
There's irony in the US Congress pushing the ban on TikTok over concerns about Chinese spying days after passing an expansion of the not-so-secret state surveillance the US government is doing on it's own citizens.
Don't worry about that pesky 4th Amendment, the Feds will just buy your data from companies now forced by law to hand it over!
@Alfred how many motorbikes can a double decker bus jump?
A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production.
Too weird to live, and too rare to die.