Crumbling decor and ‘refugee zones’: These ‘Syrian style’ cafes are China’s new trend

On Chinese social media, influencers are sharing photos from cafes they are calling “Syrian style”, decorated to look as if they were ravaged by war. You can take a selfie in front of a dilapidated wall and set your bubble tea on a table that looks like an ammunition crate, all while depressing music plays in the background. The design style, accused of being offensive and capitalising on human suffering, has stirred debate on Chinese social networks.

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World’s first living robots can now reproduce, scientists say

The world’s first living robots — known as “xenobots” — can now reproduce, US scientists have revealed.

Details about the robots, created using the heart and skin stem cells from the African clawed frog, were unveiled last year after experiments showed they could move and self-heal.

Now, the scientists at Tufts University, the University of Vermont and Harvard who made the xenobots say the tiny blobs can also self-replicate.

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Jussie Smollett is the ‘real victim’

Defense attorney names ‘real victim’ in Jussie Smollett case as trial begins

Jussie Smollett’s defense attorney insisted that his client was the victim of a real attack as his trial opened in Chicago. Smollett could be sent to prison if found guilty of staging a fake hate crime.

Smollett’s attorney, Nenye Uche, rejected accusations that Smollett had masterminded a fake racist attack against himself in January 2019, claiming the actor was innocent and “a real victim” as the trial kicked off in Chicago, Illinois on Monday.

Uche argued that Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo – two Nigerian brothers who told Chicago Police they had been paid by Smollett to attack him – actually hated Smollett “because of who he is as a person” and were “sophisticated, highly intelligent criminals.”

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CBC says you use bad words!

Words and phrases you may want to think twice about using

Have you ever casually used the terms “spirit animal,” “first-world problem,” or “spooky”? It might be time to rethink your use of these phrases and remove them from your daily lingo.

CBC Ottawa compiled a small list of words, submitted by readers and some of our journalists who are Black, Indigenous and people of colour. We ran some of the words by anti-racism and language experts, who said some of these phrases can be hurtful to various groups of people for their historical and cultural context.

FUCK OFF CBC it’s my culture.

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San Francisco TV Reporter Cautions Against Use of Word ‘Looting’

In the wake of outbreaks of mass organized looting in the San Francisco Bay area, a new word has entered the taboo list for the woke liberal media: “Looting.” According to ABC7 News Bay Area TV Race and Social Justice reporter Julian Glover, it is wrong to use the word “looting” instead of “robbery” or “theft” because “looting” connotes “people of color.”

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Today in Go Feck Yourself News: Cyber Monday deals may be fueling carbon emissions – experts

With the holidays approaching, Canadians are turning to the web to stock up on presents — but experts warn that online shopping deals and fast shipping may be increasing carbon emissions.

Stores are opening their doors — and online shopping carts — for Black Friday weekend and Cyber Monday sales this year as thousands in British Columbia recover from devastating floods that have many considering the impact of climate change on parts of the country.

The CBC has a massive carbon footprint, it should be abolished to save the planet.

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Arizona State University students rally to boot Kyle Rittenhouse

Leftist students at Arizona State University are campaigning to get Kyle Rittenhouse kicked out of his studies — calling him a racist, “blood-thirsty murderer” even though the teen was acquitted of all charges.

Four groups led by Students for Socialism are behind a rally planned for Wednesday to boot Rittenhouse, 18, who revealed that he was an online student at the Tucson school and would like to live a quiet life on campus.

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Numerous colleges offer therapy for students having trouble accepting Rittenhouse verdict

Numerous so-called institutions of “higher learning” have reportedly been offering free counseling and therapy to those emotionally unwell students who were allegedly traumatized by 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse not being sent to prison for life.

As previously reported, Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges on Nov. 19th based on comprehensive evidence showing that he’d opened fire in self-defense. The evidence included clear-cut video footage of three longtime criminals chasing after him during the 2020 Kenosha riots, reportedly with the intent to cause him harm.

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