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Oh NO! Imagine your career being RUINED just because you were a bit rapey? Even his blood pressure is being affected! What’s this world coming to?

Entertainment industry and AFL figure Ralph Carr says he is in “living hell” and has been “destroyed” after being convicted of rape, a Victorian court has heard.
Carr was convicted of two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault after a trial in the county court of Victoria last month.
He pleaded not guilty to the offences, which were committed against a former employee in March 2023.

On Monday, the court heard that Carr told psychiatrist Dr Jacqueline Rakov that he had deliberately hit his head while in custody as an act of self-harm and was having three to four panic attacks a day.
Dermot Dann KC, for Carr, said that a 14 August report from Rakov based on three video conversations she had with him while he was in custody in the Melbourne Assessment prison also detailed that he spent 23 hours a day on lockdown in his prison cell.
“When he describes it as like a living hell, and that he’s destroyed … what he means by being destroyed … is because of the nature of the reporting, the scale of the reporting………blah blah etc.

Sziasztok!
Vannak itt magyarok, akik kínaiul tanulnak?
Angolul és magyarul is beszélek, de azt vettem észre, hogy a pinyin kiejtés szempontjából számomra nagyon pontatlan. Egyáltalán nem adja vissza, hogyan hangzanak valójában a kínai szótagok, míg magyar helyesírással szinte tökéletesen le lehetne írni őket.
Léteznek olyan könyvek vagy akár listák (például a 100 leggyakoribb kínai írásjegyről), amelyek magyar szemszögből tanítják a kínai kiejtést? Különösen a kiejtés érdekelne.
Előre is nagyon köszönöm!

(Elnézést, ha nem ez a megfelelő hely erre a kérdésre. Először a kínai nyelvtanulós subredditben kérdeztem, de ott szinte mindenki csak azt tanácsolta, hogy “tanuljam meg a pinyint”.)

God I’m sick of “offended” people ruining everything.

It took months for an LGBTQ+ arts pop-up to resurrect an old church – but just three days to shut it down

Group behind Divine Playhouse considering legal challenge and discrimination complaint after religious protests turned venue into culture war

It takes months of love and care to make an empty building come alive, but only three days to tear it all down.

This week, the gothic signage and queer absurdist art commissioned for Divine Playhouse had to be removed and placed into storage, as volunteers whitewashed a vibrant mural that had been painted on its walls.

After sitting empty for a year, Sydney’s St John the Evangelist church – which was deconsecrated in the 1930s – had been resurrected as an LGBTQ+ inclusive arts space, opening on 8 July with a year-long permit.

For just three days, Divine Playhouse existed as intended, hosting an opening night party, a queer comedy night and a disco.

But a day after religious groups gathered outside to protest its opening and called on the New South Wales government to withdraw its $100,000 arts grant, the venue’s landlord ordered the promoters, Heaps Gay Events, to cease “engaging in offensive trade”or risk eviction before terminating their lease a few days later.

Heaps Gay had until 5pm on Friday to vacate, which gave them three days to clear a space that had been months in the making. Their lawyers, meanwhile, are exploring whether they can sue for damages and make a sex discrimination claim.

“It’s not just about Divine any more, it’s about censorship,” the promoter and founder of Heaps Gay, Kat Dopper, told Guardian Australia.
“If we were to walk away, these groups will just get stronger and more powerful and louder.

“We can’t allow that to happen.”

Hi, I tested out the RM2 today as well the Paper Pro.
I liked that the Pro had colour but I preferred the feel of writing on the RM2. They didn’t have a Pure to try out. But I read the RM2 getting older and the Pure is its replacement?
I’m assuming the writing feel of the Pure is similar to the Pro as they are both glass. But is it possible to improve the writing feel of the Pure by putting some sort of paper-feel cover on the screen?
Or should I just try and find an RM2 because it’s not really possible to re-create that natural writing vibe?
I would be using it to write down ideas and keep work notes. I don’t really *need* the colour but just thought it would be easier to get organised with colours for my arty brain. Thoughts? Thank you.

I just made up a silly birthday song for my friend Paul and cannot get Suno to create it as it keeps saying my lyrics are copyrighted and to try again.
But I just made them up so it’s impossible for them to be copyrighted. What the hell?? Anyone else having this issue??

Curious about what everyone’s favourite eyeshadow palette is, for deep intense colours that don’t crease, or fall onto the top of your cheeks and under your eyes five seconds after you apply it.
Thanks!