I always wonder what these places look like in terms of everyday life for its patients/prisoners that were found to be Insane or Not Criminally Responsible (NCR)?

Since many times there is an indetermanite sentence, for some who never get better it could very well be a life sentence; its also often colloquially refered to as Worse Than Prison (WTP) or, at very least, No Cake Walk (NCW)

I'm just wondering, no particular reason.

Did you find a partner using it? How long did you use it? What did you think about it? How many matches did you get? What problems did you see? Do you think its a good way to meet other people? What did you use it for / what was your intention?

Just in general, what was the experience like?

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is affirming Greenland’s sovereignty as Washington again says it wants to annex the self-governing territory of Denmark.

Anand spoke Tuesday with her Danish counterpart Lars Lokke Rasmussen and says she conveyed “Canada’s support for the fundamental importance of respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

Her comments come after Donald Trump appointed an envoy to the territory, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, who said the job aims “to make Greenland a part of the U.S.”

I hate it. So much geerrrrms.

Rebecca Joynes is currently serving a six and a half year prison sentence

A teacher who was convicted for having sex with two boys, becoming pregnant by one, has been banned from the profession.

Maths teacher Rebecca Joynes, 31, was jailed for six and a half years in July last year after being found guilty of six counts of sexual activity with a child, after sleeping with one pupil before falling pregnant by a second while on police bail.

The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) convened earlier this month via a virtual hearing, which Joynes did not attend, to consider her professional conduct. A panel recommended she be banned from teaching.

There are no roads through the Darién Gap. This vast impenetrable forest spans the width of the land bridge between South and Central America, but there is almost no way through it: hundreds have lost their lives trying to cross it on foot.

Its size and hostility have shielded it from development for millennia, protecting hundreds of species – from harpy eagles and giant anteaters to jaguars and red-crested tamarins – in one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. But it has also made it incredibly difficult to protect. Looking after 575,000 hectares (1,420,856 acres) of beach, mangrove and rainforest with just 20 rangers often felt impossible, says Segundo Sugasti, the director of Darién national park. Like tropical forests all over the world, it has been steadily shrinking, with at least 15% lost to logging, mining and cattle ranching in two decades.

But in the past three years, Panama has mounted a surprising fightback that could offer hope to the rest of the world’s forests. In 2022, the government took a hard line on deforestation and modernised its park ranger force, partnered with the NGO Global Conservation and deforestation in the park began to fall. That fall accelerated when President José Raúl Mulino took office in July 2024.

In an era when cash-strapped governments are slashing environmental budgets, Jeff Morgan, the director of Global Conservation, which partners with the park, says: “It’s a miracle.”

“I’ve been in this industry for more than 10 years and worked in 22 countries. I’ve never seen anything like this,” he says.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/40805422

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/disco-elysium

Israeli police arrested a Palestinian man dressed as Santa Claus during a raid on a Christmas party in Haifa, a civil rights monitor has said.

Israeli officers closed an event celebrating Christmas on Sunday, confiscating equipment, and arresting the Palestinian Santa Claus, as well as a DJ and a street vendor. In a video, police can be seen pushing the men to the ground and handcuffing them as bystanders watched.

The Israeli police said in a statement that the man wearing the Santa Claus costume resisted arrest and assaulted an officer.

The Mossawa Center, a rights groups that advocates for Palestinian citizens of Israel, said police used excess force on the men and that the raid on the music hall was done without legal authority.

A British anti-disinformation campaigner close to Keir Starmer’s chief of staff has launched a legal challenge against the Trump administration after being told he could face deportation from the US in a row over freedom of speech.

Imran Ahmed, the chief executive of the Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), has filed a complaint against senior Trump allies including the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and the attorney general, Pam Bondi, in an attempt to prevent what he says would be an unconstitutional arrest and removal.

The court filing, lodged in the southern district of New York, claims Ahmed is being targeted over his organisation’s work scrutinising social media companies – including Elon Musk’s X – in violation of his first amendment rights.

It also argues there is no credible basis for the detention and expulsion of Ahmed, who lives lawfully in Washington DC with his American wife and child, and is a friend of No 10 chief of staff Morgan McSweeney.

cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/38652375

Pentagon Paid Lockheed Martin $1.7B Despite Half Of F-35 Fleet Grounded By Poor Maintenance | Defense Express

The inspection found that although half the required time F-35s couldn't take to the air, and their maintenance didn't meet requirements. Despite all this, the American defense department paid Lockheed Martin $1.7 billion for corresponding services.

At the same time, no corrections were made due to economic situation and existing problems. No additional checks were conducted on service execution status and readiness under contract terms, or availability of all necessary components.

The F35 is the most expensive vaporwave artwork in human history by quite a large margin.

I'm in the market for some good headphones, I dont have the highest needs for soundquality though. I like EDM, so clear sound and nice bass is nice, and I really like ASMR, so some good sound staging would be cool, though I need closed backs. I prefer over or on ear, and bluetooth is nice for me (it never gave me any trouble and is convenient to me.)

I would orefer the top headband to not be plastic - my mum accuses me of pretending not to hear her when I genuinely cant, so I've gotten into a habit of having one earcup off, causing many a snapped headband.

ANC is a nice bonus but I know I cant ask for too much.

The ANC Altec Lansing Nanophones seem promising to me, but not the Nanophones 2 as they seem to be a full plastic headband.

Thanks in advance :3

Edit: Immediately forgot I made this thread, found the aforementioned first gen Nanophones at a really good price and went for it, thanks though! Feel free to share recommendations anyway if you want, it might help someone else

Edit: 'Chase' in this phrase is not meant to be taken literally.

For some extra information on the quote: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/compassionate-feminism/202504/the-psychology-of-dont-chase-attract

At this rate, finding the last digit is probably just a few years down the road.

It's something I struggle with. Some bad news comes out about some public persona doing something shitty and they get cancelled. But sometimes I really struggle with giving up the things they've made because I like them. There are also occasions where the person has been accused of something and it doesn't seem true to me, or I think they're genuinely sorry and have been punished enough, and the context isn't being considered.

What do you think? Who do you feel conflicted about enjoying?

Google will finally allow you to change your @gmail address or create a new alias, according to a new support document.