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According to British Tabloids...

An edit was made to the latest entry on the "ferret filibuster" about how British tabloids were exaggerating the story. That's weird because the source cited on the entry is an online newsletter acting as a watchdog of anti-trans legislation, primarily in the US. That source uses CNN articles in the coverage of this story. (Though this has been reported by some tabloids.) That user is named "London Grump" so I'm assuming they are a Brit who felt that Erin's framing was inaccurate, but if that's the case then why even mention tabloids?

Also searching "ferret" on The Mirror brought this up. Just wanted to share that. ^{— Unsigned, by: Not BoN / talk / contribs}

I mentioned the tabloids because the narrative around the story was shaped by the tabloids.

As I wrote in my original edit, this PMB had no chance of being heard, let alone go all the way through the parliamentary process to becoming law. It was the third PMB on a Friday afternoon, a time when backbench MPs try to look their best for their local newspapers knowing their Bill stands almost no chance - the last one that passed was in 2019.. The first PMB stands no chance, the second PMB stands no chance, the third PMB might as well not exist. This was cheap political theatre, nothing else.

The Brit tabloids presented it as the woke Labour Party trying to shoot down a brave attempt by a lone Tory to protect children. Bullshit from beginning to end.

So here we are, with a bullshit story via a blog via a US news channel presented in a factually incorrect way on the front page of RationalWiki.

Nah. I've edited it down to the bare bones, no adjectives, total NPOV. ^{— Unsigned, by: London Grump / talk / contribs} (talk) 22:14, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

ISIS-K

At first I was thinking it was some Chechen group that was responsible, but have any Chechen militia been this effective in recent years? It's still possible that this was some Chechen group claiming affiliation with ISIS-K rather than some blokes from Afghanistan, given that a) ISIS had a presence in Chechnya in recent years and b) ISIS is literally just a brand-name for Jihadists at this point. Carthage (talk) 14:06, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

Chechen nationalist/separatist terrorism is almost anachronistic these days. Most anti-Russian militants in the Chechnya have been Salafists-who believe Chechen nationalism is essentially irrelevant compared to "all Muslims in the North Caucasus vs the infidel Russians"-since, like, the late 2000s. The last president of the CHRI happily abolished his own government to help pave the way for the Caucasus Emirate. (Even the Caucasus Emirate was de facto destroyed by the time Al-Baghdadi entered the picture. Hell, even Islamic State-Caucasus Province is just a name lone wolves use nowadays.) The Dudayev/Maskhadov type nationalists are either dead or irrelevant. If any of the perpetrators turn out to be from Chechnya they will almost certainly be "a group of Chechens who fight for IS-KP" rather than "a Chechen group".-Flandres (talk) 15:55, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

So it turns out that six of those arrested were Tajiks, not Chechens. Carthage (talk) 13:31, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Bridge collapse

Was going to add a wigo about it, but had an edit conflict. And yes, it is the same bridge from the greatest show of all time.[1] GeeJayK^{Where all evil dwells} _{Where every lie is true} 11:47, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

I question it's inclusion, period. It is neither missional and not much interest to non-Americans. KarmaPolice (talk) 14:06, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

It's actually being reported internationally as it's being recognised as a huge tragedy and not something we see very often at all. I think it's fine to include it. (っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ Natsuki Marx ♥ (talk) 17:52, 26 March 2024 (UTC)

That one Guardian article about True Blue

The summary on the main WIGO page missed out a crucial detail - The app isn't actually going to be released. The headline even reads "Tories planned to make millions from members’ data with ‘True Blue’ app", implying the app never left the ground in the first place. I've edited it to avoid confusion. Zenphia (talk) 11:08, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Greta Thunberg arrested again

Yesterday Greta Thunberg was arrested in Hague at an environmentalist protest for blocking a highway. It should be in WIGO. 🇷🇸 Serbian Arbiter (What would you have your arbiter do?) 15:01, 7 April 2024 (UTC)