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Genital nullification is a procedure practiced in a body modification subculture made up mostly of men who have had their genitals (and sometimes also their nipples) surgically removed. Those undergoing the procedure often go by the name of nullos, and are not necessarily transgender; most identify as eunuchs. The term nullo is short for genital nullification. Though the procedure is mostly sought by men, there are women who also voluntarily have their vagina stitched closed and clitoris, nipples and breasts removed.

Mao Sugiyama is a Japanese artist and asexual activist who in 2012 had his genitals surgically removed, cooked, and served to paying guests at a public banquet. Sugiyama, who uses the nickname "Ham Cybele", also had his nipples removed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullification_(body_modification)

https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/what-nullo-cult-horrifying-castration-23008274

https://www.queerty.com/nullo-man-felt-masculine-better-sex-getting-penis-removed-20181229

It's unclear how many men identify as nullos. A 2014 study concluded that only 30% of nullos reveal their castration to their families and only 11% to their friends. The same study concluded that less than a third of castrated men identify as male after castration; most identify as gender neutral or agender (that is, without any gender whatsoever). A few eventually self-identify as female.

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More than 350 migrants cross English Channel on eight boats yesterday    on same day Rishi Sunak Rwanda deportation Bill was passed in the Commons

Eight boats were intercepted in the Channel by Border Force before 358 people onboard were escorted to shore.

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The rare footage, which is said to have been filmed in 2022, shows the two 16-year-old boys being handcuffed by uniformed officers in front of hundreds of students at an outdoor stadium at an unknown location.
The youngsters were arrested for not 'deeply reflecting on their mistakes' after they were caught watching South Korean television, which is banned in the North along with K-pop music.
The clip shows the two boys, wearing grey uniforms, standing in front of a panel of officials as they were sentenced to 12 years of hard labour.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12978227/north-korean-teenagers-kdramas-handcuffed-stadium-sentenced.html

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The migrant crisis in Denver has plunged the city's main public hospital deep into the red after patients received $136 million in treatment they couldn't pay for.
 Denver Health lost $2 million in 2022 - but that was substantially-reduced by a $20 million cash injection from the state.
In 2022, the hospital system lost $35 million, with bosses warning of 'dire consequences' for the hospital if 2024 is as bad as the previous two. The rise in costs has coincided with the unprecedented number of immigrants who crossed America's border and arrived in Denver. Around 36,000 have arrived so far - many of them bused from Texas - with 18,000 deciding to stay.
Denver Health CEO Donna Lynne said that 8,000 migrants who came to the city from Central America made around 20,000 visits to the health system.
These included trips for dental emergencies, mental health counseling and childbirth. Dr. Taylor McCormick, associate director of Pediatrics Emergency Medicine at Denver Health, The Denver Gazette : 'Overall, these patients don't have medical insurance.
Denver Health is eating the cost for many of these visits.'

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Home Office 'hires hanger to practise forcibly putting unwilling migrants on aircraft to Rwanda' as Rishi Sunak gears up for a fight with the Lords over law to get deportation flights off the ground.

The facility will allow them to develop tactics to overcome situations including the use of violence,  'playing dead' and 'dirty protests' where deportees deliberately soil themselves.

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Infuriating. 

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Glad I'm not vegan.

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I once knew a guy who said, "show me a man who doesn't go down on his wife and I'll show you a marriage I can break up."

I love doing it.

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Pop-up clinics dishing out MMR jabs are being set up in schools in a push to boost vaccines as cases of measles surge.

MMR vaccine pop-up clinics to be set-up in schools in bid to thwart measles outbreak as officials urge 'Wakefield generation' to come forward for jabs in unprecedented catch-up campaign

The NHS has sent letters to parents of six to 11-year-olds in England, urging them to make an appointment with their GP if their child has not had both vaccine doses.

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H&M is forced to pull 'sexualised' school uniform advert featuring two young girls in pinafores with the slogan 'make those heads turn'

H&M faced criticism over the 'Back to School fashion' advertisement. This included threats to boycott the Swedish retailer, which has since apologised and removed the advert.

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More than 300 schools have been told to stop calling pupils 'boys and girls' after signing up to a scheme run by a controversial trans rights lobbying group.

Primaries, secondaries and even nurseries teaching children as young as two receive awards from the charity Stonewall if they 'remove any unnecessarily gendered language' from the classroom.

They are urged to use 'they' instead of 'he'/'she' and 'children' or 'young people' instead of 'boys and girls'.

Other demands include installing gender-neutral toilets and making both boys and girls wear the same uniforms.

Stonewall's new annual report reveals that at least 300 schools around England remain signed up to the 'champions scheme' even though it has been shunned by government departments because of its radical policies, including backing 'self-ID' for anyone wanting to change gender.