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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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She said in a follow up tweet that she was essentially a mega tard and learned her lesson the hard way.

Glad she learned one and didn’t blame it on the tornado.
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people react real weird to emergency situations, especially if they've never encountered it before (and look at how quickly that shit devolved, dude was standing in the parking lot one moment and then the winds of hell are there the next).

think about the natural disasters in your area and go over what you would do RIGHT NOW.

the garagebros did better, they retreated (watch the floor and how strong the wind is sucking everything OUT) - porchnigger is a fucking lucky motherfucker
 
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people react real weird to emergency situations, especially if they've never encountered it before (and look at how quickly that shit devolved, dude was standing in the parking lot one moment and then the winds of hell are there the next).

think about the natural disasters in your area and go over what you would do RIGHT NOW.

the garagebros did better, they retreated (watch the floor and how strong the wind is sucking everything OUT) - porchnigger is a fucking lucky motherfucker
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In an emergency situation that they've never been in before, people do weird shit. The combination of shock and novelty makes the human brain 🤪 🤯🤡 and it's a well established phenomenon that smart people suddenly act very stupidly. A relative of mine worked for the fire service for a lot of years, and he'd tell me about the stupid shit that he'd seen people do in house fires. It was relatively common for residents of the house on fire to try to get back inside to retrieve valuable possessions once the rest of the family were safely outside. They'd run into the house, grab something, realise that they if they didn't leave right then they'd die, and run out again. The thing they'd grabbed was never a wallet or a photo album or a packet of essential papers or a jewellery box filled with valuable and high resale value gold; now outside, they'd look down and see some random cheap ornament in their hand that they didn't even like all that much, or a tv remote, or whatever useless object had been sitting out on the kitchen counter before the fire had broken out.

This is why fire and emergency drills are things that exist. You can't just tell people what to do in an emergency, because chances are high that in a real emergency they simply won't remember. Drills teach people what they need to do through repetition on the ground.

The woman did a stupid thing, but so long as no one was hurt because of it, I wouldn't necessarily think bad of her... the first time around, anyway.
 
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The woman did a stupid thing, but so long as no one was hurt because of it, I wouldn't necessarily think bad of her... the first time around, anyway.
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yeah, I really don't have any issues with what people do in emergencies; especially if untrained/unexpected. you get lots of criticism of people in videos of some of this stuff but it's real hard to "do it right the first time" especially if you can't really drill for it.

it helps to mentally disconnect from your possessions, too, so that in the case of a house fire you can immediately get to the "ok everything is gone" mental state and not try to rush back in - also think about what you'd lose if your house entirely burned down TODAY and make backups of what you reasonably can
 
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Little Rock tornado footage:

A tornado sucked a man and woman out of the building they were watching it from. Fucking WILD. Everyone survived.


https://ghostarchive.org/archive/khNB7 (allows for playback)

Dude rides out the tornado ON HIS FRONT PORCH.


https://ghostarchive.org/archive/Wddz4 (allows for playback)

“Holy shit” x 4


https://ghostarchive.org/archive/hqjqT (allows for playback)

Before/after


https://ghostarchive.org/archive/R0Lyg (allows for playback)

^— this one is particularly spectacular

https://ghostarchive.org/archive/9J9j2 (allows for playback)
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Why are white people so fucking retarded and stare at tornadoes like apes? Go inside you stupid motherfuckers or stop living in regions with tornado potential. Spics understand to build their homes with concrete to withstand hurricaines, chinks know to build strong foundations to withstand earthquakes, why do white people still build dainty wood houses in tornado zones? This isn't a happening, it's the Darwin awards. Especially for the state formerly governed by Bill Clinton and highest murder rate in the country.
 
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William Tyndale said:
Everyone survived.
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Holy guacamole!

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That uprooted tree made a lot less noise than I would have thought when it touched down.

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The relatively calm "There it is, Billy." as a tornado approaches, followed by the "whooo"s, and then immediately going to check on the neighbors is one of the most southern things I've heard in a while.
 
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Seeing those videos made me realize how gigachad southerners are in the face of crisis. In Oregon, people would fold like paper airplanes if shit like this happened.
 
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...deal-for-a-new-harry-potter-television-series


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Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. is close to a deal for a new online TV series based on Harry Potter, the best-selling young adult books, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

Each season of the series will be based on one of JK Rowling’s seven books, said the people, who asked not to be identified since the deal hasn’t been announced, suggesting years of fresh fare from the popular stories.

The company is hoping the series can be one cornerstore of a new streaming strategy that will be announced next week by HBO’s parent, Warner Bros. That company’s chief executive officer, David Zaslav, and HBO chief Casey Bloys have worked to convince Rowling to produce a new series that will debut on HBO and online, but the deal hasn’t been completed.

The series would allow the writers to delve further into the world of Rowling’s books, many of which are longer than 500 pages. Warner Bros., part of the same media giant as HBO, previously turned each of the seven books into a hit movie, culminating in a two-part movie based on the final installment.

Warner Bros. has been eager to do more with one of the best-selling book series of all-time. While Rowling blessed a stage play adaptation and a theme-park attraction, she had yet to sign off on new movies or a TV show.

A spokesman for Warner Bros. declined to comment.

The author will be involved in the series to ensure it remains loyal to her original material but will not run the show day to day or serve as its primary creator, the people said. She has at times generated controversy with remarks viewed by some as trans-phobic.


Warner Bros. is preparing to announce a new streaming strategy, including the name Max for its flagship online service, which debuted as HBO Max. Key to that strategy will be having new content, especially films and TV show based on stories and characters that viewers already know.


Warner Bros. has a deep library of programs that fit the bill, including Rowling’s Wizarding World, the Lord of the Rings material and a league of superheroes that includes Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman.

The books tell the story of a young wizard whose parents were slain when he was an infant and is then raised by his non-magical aunt and uncle. He discovers he is a wizard and is invited to attend Hogwarts, the world’s leading school for wizards.

The Potter brand has spawned a series of successful products and spinoffs. Working with Salt Lake City-based Avalanche Software, Warner Bros. in February published the highly anticipated Hogwarts Legacy, a role play game based on the Potter world.

The series has also spawned a stage production, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

But its the books themselves and the seven films that have had the largest impact. According to the US publisher Scholastic Corp., the book series has sold 600 million copies in 85 languages over 25 years, becoming the all-time bestseller.

The eight films based on the series generated worldwide ticket sales of more than $7.7 billion, according to Box Office Mojo.
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William Tyndale said:
Little Rock tornado footage:

A tornado sucked a man and woman out of the building they were watching it from. Fucking WILD. Everyone survived.


https://ghostarchive.org/archive/khNB7 (allows for playback)

Dude rides out the tornado ON HIS FRONT PORCH.


https://ghostarchive.org/archive/Wddz4 (allows for playback)

“Holy shit” x 4


https://ghostarchive.org/archive/hqjqT (allows for playback)

Before/after


https://ghostarchive.org/archive/R0Lyg (allows for playback)

^— this one is particularly spectacular

https://ghostarchive.org/archive/9J9j2 (allows for playback)
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How often tornadoes happen? They are uncommon in my country (among many other natural disasters like earthquakes) so I'm curious. Are there any programs that teach how to deal with them or it's just something that is passed among common citizens?
(I am pretty sure that if I moved to a country where this happens I would be retarded like the woman in the first video. The novelty and panic would make my brain go brrrrr)
 
Foxymophandlemama said:
How often tornadoes happen? They are uncommon in my country (among many other natural disasters like earthquakes) so I'm curious. Are there any programs that teach how to deal with them or it's just something that is passed among common citizens?
(I am pretty sure that if I moved to a country where this happens I would be retarded like the woman in the first video. The novelty and panic would make my brain go brrrrr)
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There is a section of the US that starts in northern Texas and runs up through Oklahoma, Nebraska, Iowa, and the Dakotas that is called “tornado alley.” They happen a lot in those areas. More than any other place on earth.
 
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There is a section of the US that starts in northern Texas and runs up through Oklahoma, Nebraska, Iowa, and the Dakotas that is called “tornado alley.” They happen a lot in those areas. More than any other place on earth.
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It's pretty common for a property to still have a tornado shelter. So the drill is pretty simple, you hear the tornado alarm and go underground for a while. It's when they happen where the water table is high or buildings generally don't have a basement or anywhere to build a shelter that there's really nothing to do but get out of the area.

Then the only real plan is panic.
 
There's one woman who was stabbed to death in a DC hotel room. Some folks will scream "that's racist" when we mention the race of her murderer.

Woman, 31, is stabbed to death in random attack in DC hotel room by career criminal who was out on bond for ARMED ROBBERY: Suspect left covered in blood and trying to light cigarette when cops were called​

  • Christy Bautista, 31, of Harrisonburg, Virginia, was stabbed around 30 times by career criminal George Sydnor Jr., 43, on Friday at the Ivy City Hotel
  • Bautista had checked into the Ivy City Hotel just an hour before Sydnor entered the room and allegedly killed her
  • At the time of the alleged murder, Sydnor was out on bond after being accused of an armed robbery in October
A woman was stabbed to death in a Washington DC hotel room by an armed robber who was out on bond and was caught trying to smoke a cigarette covered in blood.

Christy Bautista, 31, of Harrisonburg, Virginia, was stabbed around 30 times by career criminal George Sydnor Jr., 43, on Friday after he broke into her hotel at 6.45pm. She was there to attend a concert.

Bautista had checked into the Ivy City Hotel just an hour before and had parked her car directly in front of room 116, where she was staying. Shortly after, Sydnor rode up to the hotel on a bike and was seen on surveillance footage listening through the door before entering.

Security footage reportedly caught the sounds of struggle and Bautista yelling: 'Help! Help!'

Ten minutes later, DC police arrived to room 116 and Sydnor told officers everything was fine. However, when police noticed his bloodied hands through the blinds, they retrieved the master key and went into the room, NBC Washington reported.
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Ma You, a trans woman in China, is scared for her future. She’s been affected by a government block on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) medication, and says she doesn’t want to become “another statistic”.
“I can’t check my hormones and adjust the HRT plan accordingly,” she tells Crikey. “It makes me feel insecure.”
In December 2022, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) banned key ingredients necessary for HRT and forbid third-party sales.
When used by transgender and non-binary people, HRT is referred to as gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT). Recipients are prescribed sex hormones by a doctor to help them feel comfortable in their body. Following the implementation of a series of policies banning HRT medications, there appears to have been a number of trans and non-binary suicides across China.
While some other countries have restrictions on HRT for minors, Ma is 30; the CCP’s policies block treatment for people of all ages. Like many others in her community, Ma has turned to the black market and has become worried about dosage.
“I am very worried if I am using hormones correctly, and the absorption rate of the orally taken hormones in my body often varies when the season changes,” she says.
She says it is possible to receive a prescription for transgender HRT treatment at the Peking University Third Hospital in Beijing, but the hospital itself doesn’t stock the medications: “The pharmacy doesn’t have them either. In fact, it is impossible to obtain the medications anywhere in China now.”
Many members of China’s transgender community are concerned about estradiol being on the CCP’s banned medicines list. Estradiol is an estrogen steroid hormone and the major female sex hormone. It’s used as a key medication for trans women in gender-affirming hormone therapy.
Ma says while the CCP is “more subtle” in its suppression of China’s gay, lesbian and bisexual population, its legislation banning HRT sends a more direct message to trans and non-binary communities.
“Recently, there is no policy against LGB people,” she said, purposefully leaving off the T for transgender. “Perhaps they want to kill us one by one.”
When she spent the 2023 Chinese New Year alone, she felt she was not using enough estrogen: “As a result, I took two full boxes of progynova, a total of 42 pills, which amounted to 42 milligrams. My heart was hurting for several days after taking them. I can’t see a way to live.”
Data seen by Crikey from Telegram groups with thousands of members show people mentioning the ban on HRT medication in their suicide notes.
Noah, a 20-year-old trans woman who committed suicide in January, wrote that “online [black market] HRT medication is difficult to buy” and that her doctor “didn’t want to see her any more”.
“The future is dark,” she writes. “Why not end this six-year nightmare?”
In one of her last Twitter posts, Noah posted a photo of what appears to be sodium nitrite and some blue and white pills. Sodium nitrite overdoses are increasingly used in the epidemic of LGBTQIA+ suicides in China.
Sodium nitrite is a potent oxidising agent that impairs oxygen transport and delivery through methemoglobin formation. Clinical manifestations are known to “induce methemoglobinemia, dysrhythmia, hypotension, and death”, according to reports.
Death by sodium nitrite has become so prevalent that one Chinese trans activist’s Twitter account claimed it was the “most sold in-store item” at one shop.
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On top of the CCP’s ban on HRT medication, the government has cracked down on students who undertake HRT via a series of policies aimed at “destroy[ing] illegal transgenders”. The CCP uses the term “yaoniang” to refer to transgender people. It literally translates to “medicine girl” or “pill girl”.
In 2022, at least two regional governments including Chifeng City and Alu Horqin City released policies with the exact wording stating they will carry out a “100-day special action to crack down” on illegal crimes involving “illegal transgender people”.
“Through a series of strict actions, we will earnestly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of women and children,” the policy read.
An online trans activist said the replicated legislation from separate regions suggests a nationwide crackdown.
“This is a national operation, not just a local one,” activist Hou Kang wrote.
Ma tells Crikey that trans students are expelled from school because of these policies: “The practice of HRT is openly prohibited in middle schools, and anyone who uses hormones is expelled. As a result of this policy, many of my friends are currently at home. Some of them commit suicide due to the pressure.”
CCP policies have also begun grouping “illegal transgender” people with drug and human traffickers. One example is the Guangdong Provincial Bureau detailing a “Shenzhen illegal transgenders case” in the 13th five-year national drug safety plan.
Another is the Ulanqab Municipal Public Security Bureau including “rectifying illegal transgenders” as part of an eight-step policing plan announced for the 100th anniversary of the founding of the CCP. It includes details on “strike forces” cracking down on “explosions and guns”, “rape and sexual assault” and “narcotics”. It also shows images of military officers carrying assault rifles and police officers handcuffing people.
An Australian study found that transgender people are the “highest at risk of suicide group of any population”. It also found “there is evidence that mental health outcomes improve significantly when individuals are able to access gender-affirming hormones”.
A 2017 national survey in China found that 71.7% of transgender respondents reported difficulties accessing hormones from medical providers. Across the sample, the proportion of self-reported suicidal ideation was 46.3%.
These statistics are taken from data acquired in 2017 — before the CCP tightened its grip on China’s trans community and rolled out stricter legislation on HRT medication.
Trans woman Xia Li tells Crikey she knows of 58 transgender suicides in China from January 1 to February 11 this year.
“This is an unprecedented and devastating loss of life, and it is heartbreaking to think about the countless others who have suffered and passed away beyond the scope of my knowledge,” she says. “These individuals were someone’s friends, family members, and loved ones, and their loss is a profound tragedy that must not be ignored.”
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Foxymophandlemama said:
How often tornadoes happen? They are uncommon in my country (among many other natural disasters like earthquakes) so I'm curious. Are there any programs that teach how to deal with them or it's just something that is passed among common citizens?
(I am pretty sure that if I moved to a country where this happens I would be retarded like the woman in the first video. The novelty and panic would make my brain go brrrrr)
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I just came across this video about tornado alley that you might enjoy.

 
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