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[Link] Normal Island: UK Loses It Over ‘Illegal’ Christmas Party at Boris Johnson’s House

Read: 8/12/2021 www.vice.com

Work Christmas parties are usually just a bit of fun – a chance to drink on the company buck and catch your married colleague kissing the office manager.

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[Link] Have you asked for an Airbnb refund during COVID? Ross was refused one – and then told to break lockdown

Read: 29/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

So when they booked a night at a Victorian country home for a getaway with friends, the Melbourne-based couple didn't pay too much attention to their Airbnb host's cancellation policy.

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[Link] Red Spice Road owners publish open letter about unpaid former staff

Read: 31/10/2021 www.theage.com.au

The owners of popular city restaurant Red Spice Road, which planned to reopen without contacting or paying the staff it sacked in May, have released an open letter claiming there had been a terrible misunderstanding.

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[Link] Cops and Paramedics Involved in Elijah McClain Death Charged With Homicide

Read: 13/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. The police officers and paramedics who stopped 23-year-old Elijah McClain and administered a fatal dose of ketamine to the unarmed Black man are being charged with homicide, more than two years after his death.

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[Link] Texas governor bans all vaccine mandates, including from private businesses

Read: 13/10/2021 arstechnica.com

Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order late Monday prohibiting all state entities, including private businesses, from requiring people to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

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[Link] The disastrous voyage of Satoshi, the world’s first cryptocurrency cruise ship

Read: 9/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

On the evening of 7 December 2010, in a hushed San Francisco auditorium, former Google engineer Patri Friedman sketched out the future of humanity.

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