uk After the Oliver Twist poorhouse became luxury housing with a segregated playground, London bans segregated play-areas Cory Doctorow

uk The Oliver Twist workhouse is becoming a block of luxury flats with a "poor door" Cory Doctorow

uk London developer makes last-minute changes to lock poor kids out of "communal" playground Cory Doctorow

new orleans Haunted house formerly owned by Nick Cage up for sale again Natalie Dressed

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a gator for every swamp Wally the Emotional Support Alligator has gone missing Thom Dunn

crime Rogue roofer smashes tiles then offers to repair them Rob Beschizza

oceangate OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush in 2022: "I don't think it's very dangerous" Jennifer Sandlin

Canadian wildfires New Yorkers warned to stay indoors as Manhattan's air quality rates among world's worst Carla Sinclair

tabloids LBJ killed JFK in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

seals Baby seal enters house through cat door, has a whale of a time Jennifer Sandlin

tucker carlson Tucker Carlson blames mass shootings on nagging women Carla Sinclair

tabloids Biden's "crimes" and "henpecked" Harry in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

scams Adventures with a short term rental profiteer Jason Weisberger

the wild wild west Michael Flynn's ad promotes "Take Action" event in Texas with gunshots and bullet holes Carla Sinclair

makers Maker jargon and slang for 2021 Gareth Branwyn

Exclusive excerpt of three new Christmas Ghost Stories by Seth Mark Frauenfelder

scams A vulnerable old lady needed her door handle fixed. A high-pressure door salesman got a £5,700 check out of her Rob Beschizza

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