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http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/24/caitlyn-jenner-halloween-costume-sparks-social-media-outrage-.html

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...een-costume-labeled-817515?utm_source=twitter

It's nowhere near October, but one ensemble is already on track to be named the most controversial Halloween costume of 2015.

Social media users were out in full force on Monday criticizing several Halloween retailers for offering a Caitlyn Jenner costume reminiscent of the former-athlete's Vanity Fair cover earlier this year.

While Jenner's supporters condemned the costume as "transphobic" and "disgusting" on Twitter, Spirit Halloween, a retailer that carries the costume, defended the getup.

"At Spirit Halloween, we create a wide range of costumes that are often based upon celebrities, public figures, heroes and superheroes," said Lisa Barr, senior director of marking at Spirit Halloween. "We feel that Caitlyn Jenner is all of the above and that she should be celebrated. The Caitlyn Jenner costume reflects just that."
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Jealous landwhale stalked a professional soccer player and his potential new girlfriend because she wanted a job at BuzzFeed.
After invading a woman’s privacy, asking her followers to identify said woman, and angling for a job at BuzzFeed and a film deal, the woman who documented the phenomenon known as “Plane Bae” wants the world to know she’s sorry.

On June 10, a week after setting the Plane Bae viral phenomenon in motion, Rosey Blair issued a bizarre apology to Helen, the woman whose in-flight flirtation with her seatmate Blair documented without consent.

Blair and Helen switched seats on a flight from New York City to Dallas, and Blair proceeded to take photos of, live-blog, and Instagram the interactions between Helen and her new seatmate, later identified as former professional soccer player Euan Holden, who had no problem being identified and interviewed as the story went viral. But Helen wanted no part of it, declining to be named or interviewed about it on the Today show.

“The last thing I want to do is remove agency and autonomy from another woman,” Blair wrote in her Twitter apology, explaining that the spirit of romance had excited her beyond the point of recognizing the boundaries of privacy. “Helen — to you I offer my services. In whatever way you wish to continue this story — it’s now yours.”

That Blair put this apology out on Twitter and the fact that she didn’t deal with it privately, plus its wording (“I offer my services”), makes the move appear more performative than sincere. Blair wants the public to know she’s sorry as much as she wants Helen to know.

The hollow-seeming nature of this apology stems at least in part from Blair’s behavior in the days after the story went viral. In a now-deleted tweet, Blair tried to parlay Plane Bae into a job at BuzzFeed:
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Someone's got it in for a Vancouver Island smoker's smelly habit.

Michelle Schille takes her smoke breaks near Lochside Trail in Saanich, but someone is trying to send her a message.

The mystery antagonist has dumped manure, shellfish, motor oil and even paint on her preferred puffing perch in a months-long battle of wills.

"I come out around two o'clock and have a cigarette break and read my book for 15 minutes," Schille told CTV.

But, about six months ago, the anti-smoking campaign began.

"A few days would go by, and it would just keep happening," she said. "Sometimes it was every three or four days."

Schille has tried to identify the vandal by planting a hidden camera, but only managed to catch a pair of legs, but isn't interested in a confrontation. She just wants to puff in peace.

Police say there's little they can do unless there's a threat to her safety.
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WeWork Will No Longer Let Employees Expense Any Kind of Meat

The startup has told its 6,000 global staff that they will no longer be able to expense meals including meat, and that it won’t pay for any red meat, poultry or pork at WeWork events.
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“New research indicates that avoiding meat is one of the biggest things an individual can do to reduce their personal environmental impact,” said McKelvey in the memo, “even more than switching to a hybrid car.”
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http://time.com/5338287/wework-meat-vegetarian-company-environment/

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.engadget.com/amp/2018/07/10/apple-iphone-taiwan-bug/

Apple bug crashed iPhones when you wrote 'Taiwan'

Its code to appease China was less than perfect.

Jon Fingas, 07.10.18
Many tech companies have to write code to adapt to China's strict rules, including its denial of Taiwan's independent status. However, Apple's approach to it may have been... slightly buggy. Security researcher Patrick Wardle has reported that iOS 11.3 and earlier included a bug that would crash some users' devices whenever they wrote "Taiwan" or used the Taiwanese flag emoji, regardless of the app. While some aspects of the flaw remained mysterious to Wardle, he determined that certain language/region settings would return a "null" code, prompting the crash when referencing the island.

You may have noticed that we're referring to the bug in the past tense -- that's because it's thankfully been fixed as of iOS 11.4.1. And unlike some of Apple's past text-related bugs, it wasn't guaranteed to happen. You could even fix it yourself in an interim fashion by switching back and forth between China and another region. Still, it's not exactly the kind of bug you want to have -- especially not for people who have good reason to talk about Taiwan in regular conversation.
 
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Cat Recovering After Someone Put Lit Firecracker In Rectum

MANFIELD, Ohio (KDKA) — An Ohio humane society says a cat is making progress after someone placed a lit firecracker in her rectum.

The injured cat came to the Humane Society of Richland County on July 9 and was taken to an animal hospital where she underwent surgery.

According to the Humane Society, she was owned by a tenant who lived at an apartment complex in Mansfield, Ohio, and the vet believed the injury was less than 24 hours old.

The cat’s tail had to be amputated because it was not healing, but the Humane Society reported Sunday morning that the cat, which they named Katy P., had a bowel movement. The Phillips Animal Hospital said this was “progress,” as they initially thought she could possibly be incontinent.

The Humane Society of Richland County has been posting regular updates on the cat’s condition on their Facebook page. They say she will be available for adoption if she recovers.

They have also been collecting donations for a reward fund to offer anyone with information on who may have hurt the cat.
 
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A gay porn star proposed to his boyfriend, right after they’d finished shooting a bareback gang bang scene together.

During a post-scene photo shoot with the eight other guys from the gang bang, Brian Bonds was already on his knees when he popped the question to his shocked boyfriend Mason Lear.

Bonds said: ‘Well, this is the end of our tour and I can say that this was probably the best day that ever happened between us. And I’d love to do it over and over again, but there is one difference that I want.

‘I want you wearing this,’ he says.

Then he pulls out (no pun intended) a box with a ring inside.

Lear immediately says yes as the pair kiss and all of the guys cheer in the background.

Porn studio Raw Fuck Club posted the scene to their Twitter page (warning: extremely NSFW link).

Then Bonds took to Twitter to announce the news on his personal account.

He tweeted a photo of his boyfriend’s hand wearing the engagement ring, with the caption: We are finally headed home!! So ready to be back after all this time, but coming back knowing that @MrMasonLear is going to marry me someday soon (after lots of planning) makes this the best trip ever.

Brian Bonds: ‘The way I propose to my fiancé is my choice’
When one person responded in disgust (in a now deleted tweet) to the way he proposed, Bonds clapped back.

He tweeted: ‘This is how I wanted to propose to my future husband, with my friends around after and crazy fun time at the end of a month and a half long tour. I don’t give a buck-tooth fuck what conservatives (or anybody) thinks. We fought for our rights to love and marry who we want.

‘The way I propose to my fiancé is my choice. And as porn actors, I felt this would not only be special to us, but to the industry. If this is going to be used as fuel to take away any rights we have, any conservatives can suck my dick. I charge extra for y’all btw.

‘And lastly, any conservatives who have issues with how I propose and with the fact that men love each other, need to get with the goddam program or do the world a favor and crawl into a hole and die,’ he tweeted.

The gay porn star couple are in an open relationship and have been since they first started dating. Bonds said he prefers to keep it this way, even after they’re married.

He tweeted: ‘I prefer to keep us as we are; open, sex working horn dogs that love the company of our friends – and more? Why kill something we love about our relationship?’

Congratulations to the happy couple!
 
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That's actually... kind of sweet. Whatever, as long as they're happy, it's interesting to say the least.

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Imagine telling people you proposed to your partner at the "Raw Fuck Club" while some dude jerked off watching the whole thing. Look at him, he doesn't even stop when the guy pulls out the ring.
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He was happy for them. :(
 
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‘And lastly, any conservatives who have issues with how I propose and with the fact that men love each other, need to get with the goddam program or do the world a favor and crawl into a hole and die,’ he tweeted.
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This guy cannot die of AIDS soon enough.
Visitor said:
Imagine telling people you proposed to your partner at the "Raw Fuck Club" while some dude jerked off watching the whole thing. Look at him, he doesn't even stop when the guy pulls out the ring.
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Did you stop jerking off? Something something glass houses and stones.
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Yeah, fuck traditional values like monogamous relationships. Let's get married!
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Married people are treated better by government. Take that away and no faget would be getting married. Most hetero people would not either.
 
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Nobody thought it was sweet when I started jerking off at my brother's wedding, they threw me out of the venue for some reason and nobody invites me to birthdays anymore.
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Their loss. It's good luck to hold a jack off session during important life events, especially weddings and births.

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This guy cannot die of AIDS soon enough.

Did you stop jerking off? Something something glass houses and stones.

Married people are treated better by government. Take that away and no faget would be getting married. Most hetero people would not either.
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I feel sorry for you. Obviously you're a very lonely individual.
 
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