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ITS OVER 😭! Last Ditch, the somehow-still COVID-conscious lesbian bar in Greenfield, Massachusetts, has announced its closing.

day to day. The other two had stepped back months earlier citing pressures and health issues, with one trying to keep up with their studies in clown college (not a joke this is actually what was reported). Matellian told the meeting she was stuck with the $50,000 loan taken out to open the bar and

was working four jobs to keep it afloat, but critics faulted her for centering her own feelings.

ITS OVER 😭! Last Ditch, the somehow-still COVID-conscious lesbian bar in Greenfield, Massachusetts, has announced its closing.

masked bookings. Critics called the move pandering and insensitive, said they would withdraw support, and accused the bar of abandoning a safe haven. One commenter reportedly hoped the venue would be firebombed for taking Saturday plans from immunocompromised people to chase revenue, while

supporters argued the bar could not survive if people did not show up (without success). The bar apologized for its passive and dismissive tone, but a community meeting meant to defuse the fight went badly. By then Jackie Matellian was the only one of the three original co-founders still running it

ITS OVER 😭! Last Ditch, the somehow-still COVID-conscious lesbian bar in Greenfield, Massachusetts, has announced its closing.

The bar was known for its longstanding policy of requiring masks to enter, presented as protection for immunocompromised and disabled patrons. The controversy began when it made Saturday nights mask optional to try full capacity club nights with themes, hosts, and DJs, while still prioritizing

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We have lost Walter Koenig, the actor best known as Ensign Pavel Chekov on the original Star Trek series, a role he played from 1967 to 1969 and reprised in seven Star Trek films.

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He also played Alfred Bester on Babylon 5 and worked as a screenwriter on series including Land of the Lost. He died at 90 on October 25 at his home in Los Angeles, surrounded by his daughter and niece, according to his representative.

#BREAKING 🚨 Serbia's long-serving leader, the right-wing, Putin-endorsed, Aleksandar Vučić has conceded defeat in parliamentary elections, losing to the student-led movement that has spent almost two years protesting his government.

Based on his party's own projections, Vučić said the Students' List will take between 135 and 140 seats in the 250-seat parliament, while his Serbian Progressive Party (yes, the right-wing party is called The Progressive Party in Serbia) will be left with around 105 seats.

The protests began after a train station canopy collapsed in Novi Sad and killed 16 people, growing into a wider movement against corruption and creeping authoritarianism that became the biggest challenge to Vučić in his 14 years in power.

We have lost Eric Bauza, the Emmy Award-winning voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.

Dr. Adam Hamasaki in Batman: Arkham City, and Tom and Jerry in MultiVersus. He won three Children's and Family Emmy Awards for his voice performances in Looney Tunes Cartoons, Bugs Bunny Builders, and Teen Titans Go!

He passed suddenly on October 25th. He was 46.

We have lost Eric Bauza, the Emmy Award-winning voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.

He voiced dozens of beloved Looney Tunes characters, including Porky Pig, Tweety, and Marvin the Martian, across more than two decades and over 900 credited roles.

Gamers will also know him as Chairman Drek in Ratchet & Clank, Rash in Battletoads, Fenton Crackshell, also known as Gizmoduck, in DuckTales: Remastered, Mr. Freeze in Lego DC Super-Villains, Amadeus Cho, also known as Iron Spider, in Lego Marvel's Avengers,

Brazil's incumbent left-wing president Lula has pulled off a comeback to win re-election, defeating Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro Lula finished behind in the first round of voting earlier this month, but has won the runoff by a margin of roughly 2%

Melania Trump has personally brokered a localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in Oleshky, a Russian-occupied frontline town in the Kherson region.

Both Moscow and Kyiv have confirmed the deal, and the Kremlin publicly praised her role, though the two sides have given slightly different start times.

It builds on her earlier work returning Ukrainian children displaced by the war.

Melania Trump has personally brokered a localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in Oleshky, a Russian-occupied frontline town in the Kherson region.

Acting as what her office called the "exclusive intermediary" between the two leaderships, she negotiated the pause so aid can get in and civilians can evacuate through a safe corridor.

Around 1,700 people, mostly elderly, remain in the town, down from roughly 24,000 before the war, with food and medicine running desperately short.

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Dan Sullivan(2) is griefing the Alaska Senate race 💀

Can't believe he really did that, just str8 up diabolical smdh

Context: Pete Hegseth and his staffers dropped the iconic Eisenhower Globe while attempting to move it to his office, permanently damaging it. There are professionals whose job it is to move historical artifacts around safely but Hegseth got impatient and just asked two rando staffers to do it.

Ethan and Hilda Klein of H3H3Productions have separated following revelations that Ethan was having an affair.

I don't know what comes next; I've never been here before. I am in survival mode, trying to navigate separation, co-parenting, and unthinkable heartbreak. All I can do right now is focus on taking care of myself and my children, one day at a time.

You're not crazy. Trust your instincts. Trust yourself. If you're not being treated right, get up and leave. Hila

Ethan and Hilda Klein of H3H3Productions have separated following revelations that Ethan was having an affair.

Eventually, he was caught in a lie, and I knew I was done. But the lies continued. "It was just a kiss" became "it was emotional cheating." After I dragged these lies from him, he finally admitted he'd been in an affair for over 6 months, the extent of which I'm sure I still don't know.

The betrayal I feel is immeasurable. The person I loved and trusted for 20 years evaporated overnight. He was my safe place, my partner in marriage, parenting, and business. My only family on this side of the world. How do I even begin to make sense of this?

Ethan and Hilda Klein of H3H3Productions have separated following revelations that Ethan was having an affair.

I could sense something was wrong. I tried to ask him questions and share my concerns and hurt feelings. But I was met with dismissive answers and no action. Things that bothered me continued to bother me, and he did nothing about it.

So I trusted him. Because I loved him. I stopped questioning him and began to question myself, my own instincts. My sanity.

Ethan and Hilda Klein of H3H3Productions have separated following revelations that Ethan was having an affair.

Hila released this emotional statement on IG: I am living in a nightmare I can't wake up from. My husband has been having an affair. I have been fed lie after lie after lie for months. I am tired of lies. Here is the truth.

A developer from Bioware leaked the Mass Effect 5 trailer on YouTube after the studio was abruptly shut down by EA- showing a game that looked like it was in its final stages of development despite the company reporting to the press that it was in a state far away from release and its cancellation

The Houthis have inflicted severe losses in recent weeks and the Saudi army has shown little resolve in their efforts to fight back against them- willingly leaving behind US equipment to be commandered by the Houthis, reminiscent of the Afghan army's retreat from the Taliban towards the end of The

in Afghanistan. Its unclear what level of control and ownership of EA the Houthis will have if they are able to annex the kingdom, and whether or not they hate gamers.

Electronic Arts is owned 94% by Saudi Arabia and 3% by a firm managed by Trump's son in law, it may be possible that they simply hate gamers.

Another Houthi strike killed 2 civilians at a Saudi Airport yesterday amidst the US evacuation order for its diplomats and oil prices reaching a five-month high.

by EA. Its unclear what internal calculations the company would have been making to cancel a game so far into its development.

We have lost Tom Skerritt, the veteran actor whose six-decade career spanned roles from Captain Dallas in Alien to the flight instructor Viper in Top Gun.

He won an Emmy for starring as Sheriff Jimmy Brock on the 1990s drama Picket Fences, and also appeared in M*A*S*H, Steel Magnolias, and A River Runs Through It. His family confirmed he died of natural causes at the age of 93.

SECRETARY OF LOSING WARS PETE HEGSETH AND HIS SLOPPY STAFFERS HAVE IRREVERSIBLY DAMAGED THE PRICELESS, ICONIC EISENHOWER GLOBE AFTER ATTEMPTING TO MOVE IT AND DROPPING IT- GODDAMMIT IM SO ANGRY, THIS NEWS COMES AS US TROOPS AND DIPLOMATS ARE BEING EVACUATED FROM SAUDI ARABIA AS HOUTHI ATTACKS

ON THE KINGDOM INTENSIFY REEEEEE