• Yellowstone actor "kicked off" plane because he didn’t want to sit next to masked passenger

    Yellowstone actor Forrie J. Smith says he was “kicked off a plane” for refusing to sit next to a passenger wearing a face mask. Smith previously disclosed that he was unvaccinated by choice, a stance which is often accompanied by being anti-mask. Yet few could claim to be so anti-mask that they’d risk being deplaned over it. “I just got kicked off a plane in—where the hell am I at?—Houston, Texas, because I told them I didn’t feel comfortable sitting next to somebody with a mask on,” Smith,...

  • Dining across the divide: ‘The Lords needs reform – people shouldn’t just be put there by Boris Johnson’

    One wants to fix the second chamber. The other would scrap it and bring in the ‘Danish system’. Can they meet halfway?Hartley, 73, WorthingOccupation Retired architect Continue reading

  • The Veronicas on making music and mistakes: 'I don’t know why people didn’t take Twitter away from me'

    After 20 years of ups and downs in the industry, the Australian pop duo have a new album out. This time, they’re doing it their wayAs the Veronicas see it, there is a thread connecting every mistake they’ve made in their nearly 20-year career: surrendering control. Across their two decades in music, they say others have pushed them in certain directions, sometimes against their own gut feelings. And it’s rarely gone well.“The only regrets we have are the times that we haven’t listened to that...

  • We Didn’t Go To Counseling And I Regret It

    Maybe it would have saved our marriage?

  • Why didn’t New Zealand impose sanctions on China?

    New Zealand did not follow the US and UK in imposing financial restrictions after accusing Beijing of links to cyber-attacksPoliticians, journalists and critics of Beijing were among those targeted by cyber-attacks run by groups backed by China, western intelligence services said this week.The separate cyber-attacks hit the US, UK and New Zealand – all members of the Five Eyes alliance. The network of five countries, which also includes Canada and Australia, share security related intelligence....

  • Congress can’t ban TikTok ‘just in case’

    TikTok is used by around 150 million Americans, including journalists. Photo courtesy of Nordskov Media. Like a bad penny, bills to ban TikTok keep turning up in Congress. We’ve written before about how such proposals are unconstitutional and would enable mass censorship. The newest legislation that would effectively ban the platform, passed earlier this month by the House of Representatives, is no exception.Writing in the Columbia Journalism Review, Freedom of the Press...

  • ‘But he didn’t hit you, did he?’: inside the coercive control courtroom

    At first, Victor love-bombed Anna. By the end, he’d rigged a doorbell camera to track her. Coercive and controlling behaviour has been a crime since 2015, but few cases get to court. What happens when they do?In a stuffy, overheated courtroom, a jury of 10 women and two men are watching baby monitor footage of an infant happily kicking its feet in a quilt-lined crib. The parents are off-camera, but their voices are audible, and the baby seems to be following their movements with its eyes.The...

  • What a coup! NBC News just hired Ronna McDaniel.

    On Friday, NBC News announced the newest hire to its politics team—former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel, who stepped down from her old post earlier this month so that former President Donald Trump could install a new leadership team that includes his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump. In a memo announcing the move, according to the […]

  • 5 Things That Didn’t Last As Long As You Think

    Turns out you’d have to tune that time machine pretty precisely

  • The Kindle Paperwhite just can’t be beat at this price

    You know Amazon is going to discount its best branded tech on deals days, and that's certainly the case here with the Kindle Paperwhite. As part of its Spring Deals promotion, Amazon has slashed 23% off the price of the 16GB Kindle Paperwhite. That means instead of £149.99 you'll be paying £114.99 – a far more tempting price for an excellent reading device that's easily one of the best we've reviewed. This Paperwhite remains our favourite Kindle – and we've reviewed them all. It packs a...

  • Bunk beds aren’t just for kids anymore

    Many people had bunk beds when they were kids, but bunk beds are now making a comeback among adults because of their versatility and space-optimizing properties.

  • Cats aren’t Misbehaved, They’re Just Misunderstood

    If you've ever found yourself questioning your cat's motives after a shattered vase incident, you're not alone.