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Conservatives lash out at Love is Blind star for leaving fiancé at the altar over opposing political views

Conservatives lash out at Love is Blind star for leaving fiancé at the altar over opposing political views

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Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Love is Blind star Sara Carton is facing backlash from conservative viewers over her rejection of Ben Mezzenga due to his political views. The 29-year-old oncology nurse from Minnesota had been engaged to Mezzenga, a 27-year-old account executive also from Minnesota, on season eight of the Netflix dating series, which sees a group of singles try and fall in love without ever meeting the other face-to-face. However, minutes before they were supposed to tie the knot in the March 7 season finale, Carton called off the wedding. “I love you so much, but I’ve always wanted a partner to be on the same wavelength,” she told Mezzenga as they stood at the church’s altar in front of friends and family. “And so today I can’t,” Carton said, leaving Mezzenga and those seated stunned. “I’m sorry, but I don’t want that to be misunderstood. I still love …

Blind optimism is not a cure for blind pessimism

Blind optimism is not a cure for blind pessimism

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Sign up for Roots of Progress Substack The history of technology and the philosophy of progress Notice: JavaScript is required for this content. Chapter 5, Section 1: Solutionism On September 7, 1898, at a theater in Bristol, a distinguished English scientist gave a speech to an audience of thousands of men and women in formal dress.1 The scientist was Sir William Crookes—physicist, chemist, discoverer of the element thallium, and inventor of the Crookes tube. It was the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and Crookes was its incoming president. Traditionally, the president’s inaugural speech focused on the accomplishments of the previous year—and so the audience was unprepared for what they were about to hear. Knowing that the speech would be publicized in the press, Crookes had a different agenda for the evening. He used his platform to issue a dire warning: England, he said, and all Europe, was at risk of running out of food. Europe’s population was growing rapidly, and agriculture had to grow rapidly to feed it. In …

Blind Partisanship Does Not Actually Help Trump

Blind Partisanship Does Not Actually Help Trump

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The president is surrounding himself with people who may be television-ready but are not prepared to lead the country. Samuel Corum / Getty January 25, 2025, 11:36 AM ET Updated on January 25, 2025 at 2:32 p.m. ET Some presidents turn to think tanks to staff their administrations. Others turn to alumni of previous White Houses. Donald Trump has turned to Fox News to fill the ranks of his Cabinet. Former Fox & Friends host Pete Hegseth was confirmed to be secretary of defense Friday night in a dramatic vote worthy of cable news, if not the world’s greatest fighting force. After three Republican senators voted against Hegseth, Vice President J. D. Vance had to break a tie, making it the tightest vote for a defense chief ever. Hegseth is unlikely to be the last Fox alumnus on the Cabinet. Pam Bondi, a former guest host, is on track to be confirmed as attorney general, while Sean Duffy, a former Fox Business host, will probably win confirmation as secretary of transportation. The outlook is murkier …

Love Is Blind – except when it isn’t. How Netflix’s dating hit became all about looks

Love Is Blind – except when it isn’t. How Netflix’s dating hit became all about looks

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Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Netflix’sLove Is Blind creates an unconventional love story for singles in an effort to prove one hotly contested theory to millions of viewers. The social experiment sets out to discover if love is truly blind by testing relationships formed on-screen with a series of real-life challenges, such as romantic getaways, living together, and meeting the family – all leading up to their wedding day. The reality dating series, which first premiered on the streaming platform in 2020, tasks contestants with finding their future spouses through only emotional connection, formed in what’s known as “pods” – small, windowless rooms divided by a wall, where contestants are encouraged to fall in love without the influence of physical appearances. Despite the Netflix show lasting a whopping seven …

Shoplifting is now at record levels. Here’s how it went from a crime punishable by death to police ‘turning a blind eye’

Shoplifting is now at record levels. Here’s how it went from a crime punishable by death to police ‘turning a blind eye’

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Wherever you are on the political spectrum, shoplifting has come to symbolise today’s “broken Britain”. On the left, it is an inevitable product of the cost of living crisis and poverty, fuelled in part by growing levels of drug and alcohol addiction. On the right, it is a damning symptom of ineffectual policing and the general decline in respect for authority and property. Nigel Farage’s announcement that he was standing in the 2024 general election included the claim that in modern Britain: “You can go shoplifting and nick up to 200 quid’s worth of kit before anyone is even going to prosecute you.” While police chiefs have denied this claim, shoplifting was identified by most parties as a key issue for voters and businesses alike, with then-policing minister Chris Philp calling it “a blight on our high streets and communities”. Office for National Statistics Annual shoplifting offences in England and Wales went up 30% in 2024 to a record of almost 444,000 cases logged by police. The British Retail Consortium’s 2024 crime survey estimated that …

Paralympics Photo of the Day: The Hazards of Blind Football

Paralympics Photo of the Day: The Hazards of Blind Football

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Steph Chambers / Getty Hicham Lamlas of Team Morocco collides with Maximiliano Espinillo of Team Argentina during a men’s preliminary group B blind football match on day four of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games at Eiffel Tower Stadium. Blind football is played between two teams of five, made up of four vision-impaired outfield players wearing blindfolds and a goalkeeper who is sighted or partially sighted. Players keep track of the ball by listening for a bell inside and pay attention to strategic cues shouted by their goalkeeper. Even with the amazing spatial awareness on display, not every collision can be avoided. Previously: August 31: A Para-archer Lines up a Shot August 30: A Long Jumper With Wings August 29: A Perilous Challenge August 28: A Flying Cauldron Source link

BT left my blind father without a panic button | Broadband

BT left my blind father without a panic button | Broadband

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My 101-year-old father was left without a landline and a functioning panic button after BT switched his phone service from analogue to digital without warning us. BT had informed us that the contract was about to finish, and asked me to contact them about renewing. I duly called and was, at no time, advised to contact the panic button provider, or told of the possible need for adaptors to connect analogue phones to the new service. After four hours on the phone to BT when the service failed, I was informed that digital adaptors were required to ensure our phones worked. Four days later, these had still not arrived and BT said it was unable to expedite the delivery. My father, who is registered blind and has only 30% hearing, was without his panic button for five days until the care line team attended and got it working.TB, Birmingham Your father’s predicament shows the human cost of the transfer of analogue telephone lines to an internet-based service. Since September, customers who start, or renew, contracts …

It’s another Guardian Blind date wedding! How a lockdown love story ended in ‘I do’ | Dating

It’s another Guardian Blind date wedding! How a lockdown love story ended in ‘I do’ | Dating

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That Saturday morning began chaotically. Naomi Clark had been out running and fallen over, miles from home. She limped back and arrived, flustered and sweaty, just in time to log on to Zoom for her blind date. She was ravenous, but in the rush had run out of time to order the takeaway Vietnamese summer rolls she had planned to eat in front of this stranger. She clicked open the call and there was Deej Phillips, her date, beaming back at her. He held up the meal he was about to tuck into, and guess what? He had gone for the same – summer rolls. “I think we’re soulmates!” Naomi said, laughing. A nervous pause. “Is it too soon to say?” she continued. Deej: “It was quite forward.” This may seem a strange way to go on a date, until you learn that this was April 2020, a time when everything was happening via a screen. Plus, this wasn’t just a regular blind date, but a Guardian Blind date – and every awkward moment was …

A Guardian Blind Date happy ending, the boy who fled the nazis, and Philippa Perry’s advice on an alcoholic father – podcast | Life and style

A Guardian Blind Date happy ending, the boy who fled the nazis, and Philippa Perry’s advice on an alcoholic father – podcast | Life and style

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The Guardian lockdown love story that ended in ‘I do’; the incredible story of Maxwell Smart, who lost his family in the Holocaust at 10 and avoided detection from the Nazis for two years; and Philippa Perry advises a reader not to invite his alcoholic father to his wedding. How to listen to podcasts: everything you need to know Source link

Inadequate bird flu testing is making pandemic experts concerned we’re “flying blind” with H5N1

Inadequate bird flu testing is making pandemic experts concerned we’re “flying blind” with H5N1

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After public health officials confirmed H5N1, the virus also known as bird flu, jumped from poultry to cows and recently infected an American, they’ve warned that if the virus strain made its way to pigs, it could be a time to press the panic button. That’s because swine are closer to humans in genetic terms, acting as a prime reservoir for viruses to mutate into something that could turn into a far-reaching pandemic in people. But now, a new study suggests that dairy cows might have the same potential as pigs, which could improve the bird flu’s capability of being more human-to-human transmission.  As reported by Nature, preliminary data shows that the flu virus can jump back and forth between cows and birds thanks to a specific receptor. This specific trait might allow the virus to spread more widely and develop more mutations along the way. If a single cow can be a host to multiple types of influenza over time, it could evolve to more readily infect humans.  “The biggest question is whether cows …