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Non-binary 'human dragon' who's spent $83,000 on horn implants, ear removal and tongue splitting wants to find love - despite planning on having their male genitalia removed

• Tiamat Legian Medusa, 60, from Texas, spent $83,500 to 'become a dragon' 
• The performance artist used to be Richard, and was diagnosed with HIV in 1997
• They identify as part human and part 'venom spitting dragon' 
• Removed ears, split their tongue and now want to remove their genitalia 
• Looking for love, but they don't want a partner with any body modification

 

 

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10020627/Non-binary-body-modification-enthusiast-spent-83-500-human-dragon.html

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58636969

The edible insects coming to a supermarket near you

By Natalie Lisbona
Business reporter, Tel Aviv

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image captionHargol farms its grass-fed locusts in northern Israel

It has long been suggested that we should start eating insects to help the environment, but for many of us it is not a palatable thought. One Israeli firm is hoping to win over the squeamish by adding different flavourings.

Dror Tamir opens a packet of brown, jellied sweets. "Try one," says the boss of food tech firm Hargol.

The little gummies are packed with protein, but not from soy or gelatine. They are instead made from an edible, jumping insect - locusts, which are a type of grasshopper.

"Grasshoppers taste like pecans, mushrooms, coffee and chocolate," adds Mr Tamir. "But with our range of food we can add in different flavours… the gummies come in orange and strawberry flavour."

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image captionDror Tamir has had a passion for grasshoppers since his childhood

The Israeli entrepreneur says he became fascinated with grasshoppers as a child, after hearing stories from his grandmother, who was the cook on a kibbutz, or collective farm.

"I learned about the 1950s, when Israel suffered from both food insecurity as well as locust swarms flying in from Africa and destroying the crops," he says.

"While most kibbutz members ran to the fields to scare the grasshoppers away, the Yemenite and Moroccan Jewish members collected tons of them to eat.

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image captionHargol's sweets don't taste of grasshoppers

"That's when I learned that grasshoppers are food for billions around the globe."

The insects have long been eaten by communities across Africa, Asia, Central America and the Middle East, but for many people in Europe and North America it remains an unwelcome thought.

Mr Tamir hopes to change all that, and his firm is about to introduce a range of products. In addition to the sweets there will be energy bars, burgers and falafel balls.

If you are still not convinced that insects will ever become part of the Western diet, some experts believe there may be eventually no choice due to environmental concerns and projected global population growth.

By 2050 the world population is expected to reach 9.8 billion, up from the current 7.7 billion.

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image captionWould you be tempted to try eating locusts?

With another two billion people to feed, some say that traditional farming will not be able to keep pace. And that, at the same time, switching to insect protein will be far better for the environment than rearing cows, sheep and other mammals.

"Protein is essential in our diets," says Prof Robin May, chief scientific advisor to the UK's Food Standards Agency. "But often some of our most protein-rich foods come with significant environmental or ethical footprints - meat or dairy products, for instance.

"Some insect proteins, such as ground crickets or freeze-dried mealworms, are cheap, easy to farm, low fat and have a lower environmental impact than meat.

"And sometimes they may even provide a valuable 'recycling' service, by consuming waste products as their primary feedstuff, so the potential advantages to society are significant."

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image captionIn addition to grasshoppers, food products containing mealworms can now also be purchased in the UK and EU

Yet Prof May also cautions that some questions remain regarding the eating of farmed insects.

"The way that insects are farmed and the relatively short time in which they have been used as agricultural animals means that we know far less about insect-derived foods than we do for, say, beef," he says.

A key question at this stage, he adds, is whether some insect proteins may prove to be allergenic or to have significant impact on the human microbiome - the bacteria and other microbes that live inside our bodies.

Mr Tamir is convinced that the environmental and health benefits are enough of a reason to make insects part of the diet.

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image captionInsects are already eaten in many countries around the world

His firm farms its locusts at an indoor, solar-powered facility in northern Israel. The main species that it breeds is the migratory locust, but it also farms the desert locust, and a bush cricket called nsenene.

"We can breed 400 million locusts a year in our facilities," says Mr Tamir, who adds that the insect takes just 29 days to become fully grown.

He claims that compared with beef production, locust farming reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 99%, water consumption by 1,000 times and arable land usage 1,500-fold.

Mr Tamir is also keen to point out that locusts are both kosher and halal, meaning that they can be eaten by both dietary observant Jews and Muslims.

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Whether you can actually buy edible insects to eat depends on what country you live in. In the UK, you can buy them from online firms such as EatGrub and Horizon Insects, although the sector would like the UK government to remove expensive regulation.

In the European Union, both the migratory locust and yellow mealworms, the larva of a beetle, were deemed fit for human consumption this year.

French firm Ynsect makes a range of protein powders made from mealworms that are already found in some brands of energy bars, pasta and burgers.

Chief executive Antoine Hubert says the protein is "completely natural" and "a less processed alternative" to many mammal-based meats, such as sausages, hams and breaded chicken products.

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image captionAntoine Hubert says the protein is a less processed alternative to sausages and breaded chicken

He points to a recent study from Maastricht University showing that insect protein is as beneficial as milk protein. "Both have the same performance on digestion, absorption and on the ability to stimulate muscle production," says Mr Hubert.

Yet Bridget Benelam, communications manager at the British Nutrition Foundation, says more research is still needed. She echoes Prof May's concerns about potential allergies, saying some people may be allergic to eating insects in the same way that others have an adverse reaction to shellfish.

She points out that some unanswered questions remain around the safety of consuming some types of insect, which could potentially transfer toxins or pesticides to humans. "These are some of the barriers that need to be overcome if eating insects is to become truly mainstream."

Back in Israel, Mr Tamir admits that "the yuck factor" is one of his industry's most important challenges. "But I am convinced it will soon be widely accepted, just like eating raw fish in sushi was embraced."

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Italian priest is arrested for 'stealing more than £85,000 from church funds to buy drugs for gay sex parties in his home'

• Father Francesco Spagnesi, 40, is under house arrest as investigations continue
• Police have spoken to 200 people said to have attended parties over two years
• Police began investigation after reportedly finding priest's flatmate had imported a litre of 'date-rape' drug GHB
• Parish accountant discovered £85,000 had been withdrawn from bank account 
• Spagnesi also allegedly solicited donations from wealthy parishioners 
• Lawyer said priest had confessed to supplying drugs and would confess to theft
• Neither Spagnesi nor his flatmate have been charged with any crimes 

 

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10021339/Priest-arrested-stealing-85-000-church-funds-buy-drugs-sex-parties.html

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3 hours ago, dallysingh101 said:

Italian priest is arrested for 'stealing more than £85,000 from church funds to buy drugs for gay sex parties in his home'

• Father Francesco Spagnesi, 40, is under house arrest as investigations continue
• Police have spoken to 200 people said to have attended parties over two years
• Police began investigation after reportedly finding priest's flatmate had imported a litre of 'date-rape' drug GHB
• Parish accountant discovered £85,000 had been withdrawn from bank account 
• Spagnesi also allegedly solicited donations from wealthy parishioners 
• Lawyer said priest had confessed to supplying drugs and would confess to theft
• Neither Spagnesi nor his flatmate have been charged with any crimes 

 

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10021339/Priest-arrested-stealing-85-000-church-funds-buy-drugs-sex-parties.html

By the catholic standard, gold medal for that guy not going after kids at least. Which does not get you jailed ironically. 

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Academic who tried importing child sex doll from China avoids jail after police found child abuse images on his computer following customs tip-off

• Malcolm Young was put on the radar of Northumbria Police buying the sex doll 
• 61-year-old's purchase was intercepted by Border Force officials, raising alarm 
• Following an eight day long trial, a jury found Young guilty of all five counts 

An academic has been caught with child abuse images after buying a child sex doll from China that looked like his ex-girlfriend.

Tech professional Malcolm Young was put on the radar of Northumbria Police when he attempted to import the 3ft2, flat-chested doll, with clothing and accessories, in 2017.

The 61-year-old's purchase was intercepted by Border Force officials who told detectives of their concerns about the package.

 

 

Officers visited Young's home in the East Woodburn area of Northumberland to question him about the doll and seized his computers and phone.

 

The electronics were reviewed and officers uncovered indecent images of children on his computer that Young had tried to delete.

Young, of East Woodburn, Northumberland, was charged with four counts of making indecent images of children and one count of tax evasion, concerning the doll.

He denied his guilt and tried to convince a jury at Newcastle Crown Court that he purchased the small doll, not based on its likeness to a child but because it resembled an athletic female body type.

Prosecutor Graham O'Sullivan told the court: 'He said he had ordered a doll that looked like an ex-girlfriend, that he had cancelled, and had not ordered any child sex doll.'

Young had also claimed that the deleted images found on his device were not his but may have been made by people visiting his home while attending parties.

Following an eight day long trial, a jury found Young guilty of all five counts.

The court heard the charges related to one Category A image, the most serious, two Category B and 35 Category C.

He was sentenced to 18 months in jail, suspended for two years, and was ordered to carry out rehabilitation and has been subjected to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.

Also, he must pay £9,480 prosecution costs.

At his sentence hearing today, Christopher Knox, defending, said Young, who had been living in Spain and has a boat there, made his money through tech industries.

But Mr Knox added: 'He has had a very successful career that has been totally destroyed.

'He won't be able to be employed by anyone ever again in the fields in which he has excelled.'

Judge Stephen Earl sentenced Young to 18 months imprisonment, suspended for two years, with rehabilitation requirements.

Young was even photographed with former Prime Minister who came to the opening of his company e-Therapeutics.

The judge said Young had 'lost a lot', including a 'chancellorship at the University of Newcastle', due to his offending and added: 'His fall from grace is long and hard'.

The judge added: 'This whole issue came to light as a result of the fact the defendant had ordered what can only be described as a child sex doll.'

Judge Earl said Young had claimed in his defence he had not wanted a child sex doll and had cancelled what he ordered, which was a doll he 'wanted to look like Dawn, his former partner'.

Young was even photographed with former Prime Minister who came to the opening of his company e-Therapeutics

 

 

The judge said Young had produced pictures of 'Dawn' during the trial, who was described as a 'small adult'.

Detective Constable Alison Felton led the investigation for Northumbria Police and said after the conviction Young thought he was 'above the law'.

She said: 'This has been a long and protracted investigation involving the making of indecent images and the importation of a child-like sex doll.

'We are committed to making sure that offenders are brought to justice, no matter who they are or however long it takes.

'Young thought that he was above the law. He has taken no responsibility for his crimes and the jury saw through the preposterous account he gave to the court.'

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10025733/Academic-tried-importing-child-sex-doll-China-avoids-jail.html

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Now the Lancet CANCELS women: Fury as leading medical journal runs 'dehumanising' and 'sexist' front-page describing females as 'bodies with vaginas' to placate trans lobby

• The Lancet has described women as 'bodies with vaginas' on the front page
• Critics have accused the medical journal of sexism and dehumanising women 
• Term initially used in an article titled 'Periods on Display' published this month

 

 

A leading medical journal has come under fire for describing women as 'bodies with vaginas' on the front page of its latest edition.

The Lancet was accused of sexism and dehumanising women after it editors used the term, which was written in an article titled 'Periods on Display', on the journal's front cover in an attempt to be inclusive to trans people.

The article, which was published on September 1, examines an exhibition exploring the taboos and history of periods at the <banned word filter activated> Museum in London and sees the writer use the word 'women' but also use the term 'bodies with vaginas'.  

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10029817/Fury-leading-medical-journal-describes-women-bodies-vaginas.html

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-58661931

 

Sabina Nessa killing: Met Police investigate stranger attack theory

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image captionSabina Nessa was found near the One Space community centre in Kidbrooke

Police are investigating whether Sabina Nessa was killed by a stranger as she walked to meet a friend at a pub.

The body of the 28-year-old teacher was found by a member of the public in Cator Park, Kidbrooke, south-east London, on 18 September.

Officers believe she was attacked shortly after leaving her Astell Road home at about 20:30 BST last Friday.

Speaking at a press conference, Det Ch Supt Trevor Lawry said: "The streets are safe for women."

He added: "People should be free to walk around free from fear and officers are here to make sure that can take place."

Asked whether police believe Ms Nessa was attacked by a stranger, he said: "That is definitely a line of inquiry that we are looking at."

A man in his 40s was who arrested on suspicion of murder the day after Ms Nessa's body was found was later released under further investigation.

media caption"The streets are safe for women" – Det Ch Supt Trevor Lawry speaks to reporters

The police press conference was held on the same morning London mayor Sadiq Khan said violence against women was a national "epidemic".

Appearing on ITV's Good Morning Britain, he said: "Between last year's International Women's Day and this year's International Women's Day, 180 women were killed at the hands of men across the country.

"We do have an epidemic when it comes to violence against women and girls."

He called for violence against women to be treated with the same level of priority as counter-terrorism.

Police have not yet established a motive for the attack on Ms Nessa, although they do not believe the killing is linked to any other incident in the area.

A post-mortem examination into the cause of the 28-year-old's death was inconclusive, the Met said.

Asked for any details about how Ms Nessa died, Det Ch Supt Lawry said he could not release any information "at this time".

image captionOfficers searching near where the 28-year-old teacher was found

Ms Nessa was killed on a short walk to meet a friend at The Depot bar.

The five-minute journey to the pub would have taken the teacher through Cator Park, near where her body was found.

Ms Nessa's sister paid tribute to the "beautiful, talented and caring" teacher on social media.

"Never in my life did I or my sisters or my mum or dad think this could happen to us," she said.

A vigil is due to be held in Ms Nessa's memory on Friday evening.

The gathering is being organised by a Kidbrooke community group with the support of Reclaim the Streets, which held a vigil for murder victim Sarah Everard in Clapham Common that ended in mass arrests.

Police said they would be part of the vigil on Friday.

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Is this a race attack? 

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6 hours ago, dallysingh101 said:

Is this a race attack? 

I doubt it . I know the area well , never had a problem . 

She was not  a Hijab-wearer 

She passes as black also. Men usually attack men, not women in race-attacks. 

I think this goes back to the Sarah Everard thing. Don't like all this 'women's safety' stuff being pushed by the media again to demonise men. 

https://www.sikhsangat.com/index.php?/topic/87631-sarah-everard/&do=findComment&comment=764643

 

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2 hours ago, Premi5 said:

 

I think this goes back to the Sarah Everard thing. Don't like all this 'women's safety' stuff being pushed by the media again to demonise men. 

I think women are unsafe in many parts of england myself. And there does seem to be a slew of murders along these lines lately. 

I spoke to young, mixed race relative of mine recently, and he told me many of his (mainly white) female colleagues at work, who've started to go out to the usual places post lockdown, are telling him that there is a new, desperate thirst by men, and many of them are complaining of being forcefully approached or groped at bars etc. 

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Claudia Webbe: MP made threat to send nudes of woman, court hears

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image captionWestminster Magistrates' Court heard Claudia Webbe used a misogynistic insult against Michelle Merritt and threatened her with acid

An MP threatened to send naked pictures of a woman to her family because she was jealous of her friendship with her partner, a court has heard.

Claudia Webbe, 56, also allegedly used a misogynistic insult against Michelle Merritt and threatened her with acid.

Westminster Magistrates' Court heard Ms Webbe, who is an independent MP for Leicester East after being suspended by the Labour Party, was in a relationship with Lester Thomas at the time.

She denies one charge of harassment.

The threats were made during 16 phone calls between 1 September 2018 and 26 April last year, the court heard.

"The reason for the harassment would appear to be the fact that Michelle Merritt was friends with Lester Thomas and this was an issue for the defendant Claudia Webbe," prosecutor Susannah Stevens said.

She said Ms Webbe made a string of short silent phone calls from a withheld number to Ms Merritt, who told the court she had known Mr Thomas for more than 15 years and was "good friends" with him, having previously dated.

'Should be acid'

Ms Merritt, giving evidence from behind a screen, said: "There was a pattern that whenever I had even met with Lester Thomas, if we had gone out for a drink or something, there would be a phone call.

"When you are being called and no-one answers, it's unnerving, especially as a woman who lives alone."

The court heard the harassment "escalated" on Mother's Day, 31 March 2019, when the MP asked Ms Merritt about her relationship with Mr Thomas.

Ms Merritt said Ms Webbe told her she was "Lester's girlfriend" and then "really started shouting, 'Why are you contacting Lester?'"

"She was very, very angry at me. It was loud," Ms Merritt added.

The 59-year-old said Ms Webbe used a misogynistic insult, adding Ms Merritt "should be acid".

"She confirmed she knew where I lived and would send pictures and videos to my daughters," Ms Merritt said.

Ms Webbe - who entered the Commons in December 2019 and worked as a councillor in Islington between 2010 and 2018 - denies making any such threats.

Ms Merritt told the court she called police, saying: "I have been threatened by a public figure with acid over the phone."

Ms Webbe was warned by officers in April 2019, but magistrates heard claims she continued to make further calls to the complainant - who recorded one after ringing her back on 25 April last year.

In the call, played in court, Ms Webbe is heard repeatedly telling Ms Merritt to "get out of my relationship", adding "I have seen all of your naked pictures. I will show them all of your pictures".

Paul Hynes QC, representing Ms Webbe, suggested his client contacted Ms Merritt to tell her she and Mr Thomas should not be breaking Covid-19 lockdown regulations together from the end of March.

However, the complainant said Ms Webbe did not ask her about breaking lockdown rules.

Mr Hynes said: "You have conducted a little campaign against Ms Webbe, haven't you, because for whatever reason you didn't like the fact she was in a relationship with Lester Thomas?"

"You are incorrect," Ms Merritt said.

The trial continues.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-58706093