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Chinese electric auto-giant BYD has released a bold supercar concept through its premium Fang Cheng Bao brand. The Super 9 rocks no roof, the barest hint of windscreen, and lascivious scissor doors – and it's apparently headed for production. BYD is the world’s largest EV producer. It produced 20% of the 10 million EVs sold globally last year, from Tesla (13%), Volkswagen (9%) and General Motors (6%) – those are all very rough figures for simplification purposes. For stats – go here. It is also the dominant brand in the world’s largest and fastest growing automotive market, at a time...

1. Casu marzu, Italy Sardinia is a beautiful island off the coast of Italy, and it’s known for its traditional foods. One of the most famous (or infamous) dishes is casu marzu, a cheese infested with live maggots. The maggots make the cheese so pungent and strong-tasting; some even say it’s an acquired taste. If you’re feeling brave, try this maggot cheese for yourself – just be sure to remove the maggots before you eat it! Casu marzu means “rotten cheese” or “maggoty cheese,” depending on your translation preferences. Its name comes from its main ingredient—sheep’s milk—and its distinct texture:...

"Honestly, I haven’t been swimming in ages, because I haven’t found anything I feel comfortable with." That's the DM I received when I asked Col Connelly (1/2 of non-binary, lesbian influencer couple @heycolanda) for gender neutral and non-binary swimwear recommendations. "A lot of queer/trans folx avoid swimming, honestly," Col explained to me via DM. Connelly's response basically confirmed what I already had already witnessed firsthand in my own life as I watched my trans-feminine sibling shoot down every family beach vacation since they began their transition. After *finally* getting my sibling to agree to a week in Florida and...

Who doesn’t love the 80s? Good music and even better hair styles. Maybe today’s kids will laugh and make fun of them but hey, back in the day, they were the bomb. They look pretty and colorful on stage, they know how to party and of course, they get the girls. From heavy and glittering makeup to flashy clothing (leopard tights included), what completed the look was the large and wild hair. The more distinctive, the better. Well thanks to the alternative and grunge music of the early 90s, hair metal was eventually swept under the rug. So let’s revisit...

Meet the first 7 Trump Jurors https://twitter.com/JesseBWatters/status/1780394222148878594?

California's first transgender mayor has said she has to watch her back as 'bullies' are staging a recall to oust her. Calemexico Mayor Raul Ureña, 26, identifies as a transgender woman and prefers she/they pronouns. Ureña, the first transgender mayor along the entire US/Mexico border, told DailyMail.com that she recalls feeling 'so good' whilst wearing a dress at the age of 10. However, Ureña has claimed that her gender identity has been used against her throughout the elected official's political career. The mayor said that as a transgender person, you always have to watch your back - but says that...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has opened up about her own horrifying experience of becoming the victim of AI-generated deepfake porn — warning that it is “not as imaginary as people want to make it seem.” The Queens Democrat said she was scrolling through X while talking about legislation with her aides in a car in February when she came face to face with the AI-generated image of herself performing a sex act. “There’s a shock to seeing images of yourself that someone could think are real,” Ocasio-Cortez told Rolling Stone. “As a survivor of physical sexual assault, it adds a level...

A trans woman who flew to Turkey for gender reassignment surgery to beat an eight-year NHS waiting list 'feared she'd die' following complications as she flew home. Shona Thompson, 41, had waited 30 years to switch gender after realising as a schoolboy that she felt trapped in her male body. She flew to Izmir for the £8,000 operation, which was successful, but suffered internal injuries on the journey home when airport assistance she had booked in advance did not arrive. Shona should have been taken to the plane in a wheelchair after being driven to Izmir airport in an ambulance,...

The gas-powered Dodge Charger isn't dead yet. While the V-8 may be gone, Dodge will continue to offer the Charger will an internal combustion engine alongside the two new electric variants revealed today. At the top of the internal combustion food chain sits the Dodge Charger Sixpack H.O. It's powered by Stellantis's 3.0-liter twin-turbo Hurricane straight-six engine, rated at 550 horsepower. There's also a Sixpack S.O. version rated at 420 horsepower. "The Hurricane engine-powered Dodge Charger Sixpack models will give the Brotherhood of Muscle a gas option that produces better horsepower and torque numbers than the outgoing 5.7 and 6.4-liter...

Biological males may have a latent capacity to produce small amounts of milk THE MALE breast is an evolutionary enigma. Human males are born with nipples and milk ducts—traits that appear early in embryonic development, before sex differentiation. What is more mysterious, however, is why male mammals of all kinds have not evolved to use this equipment to feed their offspring. The plumbing is intact: human males are known to be able to produce a milky nipple discharge in rare circumstances. That phenomenon is now in the spotlight after one trust in England’s National Health Service (NHS) stirred controversy in...

Friday that a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool is putting clothes back on “e-girls” and removing their tattoos. The post shows four examples of women wearing limited clothing next to what “DignifAI” thinks they should be wearing. The purpose of this creepy internet robot person is to bring “dignity back to the internet,” according to its Twitter account. Political commentator Jack Posobiec said While this sounds like a nice idea, I’m not exactly sure how slut shaming confident women is going to help bring dignity back to the internet. Surely a better purpose for this type of AI would be...

Ali C. Lopez, a trans influencer, shares her struggles navigating the dating world in the modern age in an interview with Fox News Digital.

Could Robert F. Kennedy Jr. be Donald Trump’s running mate in 2024? The Trump has had thoughts along these lines. The New York Post reported Saturday that “people close to former President Trump made preliminary overtures to Robert F. Kennedy about the possibility of serving as his running mate.” Someone whom the Post identified as “one person familiar with the matter” said that “Trump operatives expressed an interest in Kennedy early on, but it was all premature,” as it was “right out of the box when Bobby announced” his candidacy for president in April 2023. At that time, Kennedy peremptorily...

Florida lawmakers advanced a bill on Wednesday that would prohibit social media platforms from allowing young teens to have an account while requiring everyone else to verify their age. The measure prohibits anyone under 16 from creating a new social media account and requires platforms to delete existing accounts held by minors who are younger than 16. It also would require social media companies to delete any personal information from the accounts and for the platforms to use a “nongovernmental, independent, third-party not affiliated with the social media platform” to verify users’ age. The bill passed the Florida house with...

The high-profile criminal defence lawyer, firearms advocate and ordained rabbi plans to make the world's largest porn site a force for good. Solomon Friedman is not someone readily defined: He’s a defence lawyer and an organ donor; a firearms advocate and an ordained rabbi; an investor, philanthropist, and pornography magnate. Born into an Orthodox family in west-end Ottawa, Friedman grew up in a household with nine siblings. His father, Barry, was a Nortel contractor and software developer whose work sprawled through the house. “I was raised in a house with more computers than kids,” Friedman says. “My first computer was...

During the Iowa battle, Donald Trump Jr, the former President's son was asked an intriguing question whether he would follow father's footsteps and run for the top post and 2028. Trump Jr replied to the voter during the campaign event in Ankney pawing way for speculations. The real estate businessman was present with his fiance Kimberly Guilfoyle. While choosing not to answer the White House run in 2028 question directly, Trump Jr looked in the crowd and probably at Guilfoyle and responded in excitement “Oh God, Hey princess, you ready for this?” "Listen, you never know. I don't want to...

Paige has undergone 14 surgeries, including a whopping £17,000 to enlarge her cup size from H to I - with an impressive £40,000 invested in breast augmentation alone. Paige has become the main breadwinner, earning £80,000 monthly through her explicit online businesses - having recent acquiring a sparkling new Ferrari from her earnings. With a 276K following on her Instagram account @paigebritish and over 25K on her TikTok page @paigebritishxo, the model finds herself sifting through hundreds of comments from strangers who are left 'digusted' by her appearance. Paige claims that although she dresses 'modestly,' passersby and strangers online continue...

Stephanie Clifford - better known to the world as Stormy Daniels - was the headliner at Savannah’s club in Harrisburg Friday night. Until she wasn’t. The former adult film star, currently at the center of the criminal case against former President Donald J. Trump over hush money payments designed to buy her silence about a one-night stand with the then-Republican candidate during the 2016 presidential race, never showed Friday. And all of a sudden a night of bawdy burlesque turned into a mystery. David Wendell, who books Clifford’s appearances at adult clubs like Savannah’s through his business, Centerfold Features, said...

Republican donors who were backing or considering backing Ron DeSantis and other alternative candidates to Donald Trump are now returning to the former president, recognizing his lead over his rivals appears insurmountable.“There is no doubt in my mind that Donald Trump will be the nominee of our party,” said Ed Broyhill, who served as Trump’s finance chairman in North Carolina in the last election but had been considering moving his support to DeSantis or Mike Pence in 2024.“I have met with all the candidates. None are close to the level of support Trump has,” he explained, noting Trump’s grassroots support...

President Joe Biden’s foreign policy chief, Antony Blinken, says Americans must give foreigners the opportunity to migrate into their U.S. homeland. “You have to give them an opportunity to do that,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at an event at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy in Texas. Blinken did not urge his government peers to enforce the immigration laws that protect Americans from employers who hire illegal immigrants that undercut Americans’ bargaining power in the labor market. He also did not mention the many polls showing the growing public opposition to Biden’s mass illegal migration. Instead, he...