Elliott Page starred in a movie about that (there was another film "loosely based" on it as well), which I decided not to watch.
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Yeah, I was gonna say don't go thanking anyone just yet. Listening to their account drained the life right out of me, and there was still half left to go. Apparently there's a film made about it but I got no interest in seeing that shit, hearing it once is enough to understand the horror those people perpetuated and the various problematic factors that allowed it to continue unchallenged.
In 2014, a new podcast called Serial launched and took the world by storm. The first season covered the case of Adnan Syed, a man convicted of killing his girlfriend 14 years earlier. Host Sarah Koenig interviewed a slew of people and did some investigative journalism herself which turned up a lot of interesting pieces of evidence that hinted at the idea that Syed might actually be innocent. The podcast became so immensely popular with so many people talking about it that the case was effectively reopened with the new evidence being considered.
Today, prosecutors themselves are saying Syed should be freed on his own recognizance while awaiting a new trial. Wow.
www.newsweek.com
Today, prosecutors themselves are saying Syed should be freed on his own recognizance while awaiting a new trial. Wow.
What a Vacated Conviction Would Mean for Adnan Syed Release Date
A motion from Baltimore prosecutors comes years after Syed was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 2000.
www.newsweek.com
In a similar, but swapped around outcomes, the investigative podcast The Teacher's Pet led to the reopening and eventual life sentencing of the husband who's wife mysteriously disappeared off the face of the planet years back in Australia;In 2014, a new podcast called Serial launched and took the world by storm. The first season covered the case of Adnan Syed, a man convicted of killing his girlfriend 14 years earlier. Host Sarah Koenig interviewed a slew of people and did some investigative journalism herself which turned up a lot of interesting pieces of evidence that hinted at the idea that Syed might actually be innocent. The podcast became so immensely popular with so many people talking about it that the case was effectively reopened with the new evidence being considered.
Today, prosecutors themselves are saying Syed should be freed on his own recognizance while awaiting a new trial. Wow.
What a Vacated Conviction Would Mean for Adnan Syed Release Date
A motion from Baltimore prosecutors comes years after Syed was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 2000.
Chris Dawson: How The Teacher's Pet podcast helped catch and jail a killer
Forty years after Lynette Dawson went missing, an Australian court jailed her husband for murder.
www.bbc.com
Podcast leads to Australian's conviction in wife's murder
An Australian man has been convicted of murdering his wife 40 years ago after a renewed police investigation that was triggered by a popular podcast.
www.snopes.com
The podcast itself;
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Today I learned that my eyes are still in pretty good condition for a 46-year-old guy with diabetes and hypertension, and I'm still only mildly nearsighted.
I learned about the huge twitter campaigning against Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. I don't like the guy either... but watching so much of this garbage being spewed all over (plus so... so much mis-information and clearly fake pictures and tweets made by the guy "totally for realsies you gotta believe us") makes me feel ashamed to be part of this country. I know that it's like this everywhere because Twitter is a cesspool. But, christ almighty...
I dunno why I expected better, honestly
I dunno why I expected better, honestly
What we knew all along but needed a study to confirm -
www.timesofisrael.com
Facebook directly linked to decline in mental health, new study says
While previous research established correlation between social media platform and increased anxiety and depression, study in American Economic Review finds direct causation
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I mean, they call it "doomscrolling" for a reason, no?What we knew all along but needed a study to confirm -
Facebook directly linked to decline in mental health, new study says
While previous research established correlation between social media platform and increased anxiety and depression, study in American Economic Review finds direct causation
And Adnan Syed has been freed after reasonable doubt consumed 23 years of his life. The power of the podcast. Sarah Koenig was in the courtroom for Syed's release. This is incredible.In 2014, a new podcast called Serial launched and took the world by storm. The first season covered the case of Adnan Syed, a man convicted of killing his girlfriend 14 years earlier. Host Sarah Koenig interviewed a slew of people and did some investigative journalism herself which turned up a lot of interesting pieces of evidence that hinted at the idea that Syed might actually be innocent. The podcast became so immensely popular with so many people talking about it that the case was effectively reopened with the new evidence being considered.
Today, prosecutors themselves are saying Syed should be freed on his own recognizance while awaiting a new trial. Wow.
What a Vacated Conviction Would Mean for Adnan Syed Release Date
A motion from Baltimore prosecutors comes years after Syed was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee in 2000.
Judge Vacates Murder Conviction of Adnan Syed of ‘Serial’ (Published 2022)
Mr. Syed, 41, had been serving a life sentence for the 1999 murder of his high school classmate Hae Min Lee. The judge gave prosecutors 30 days to proceed with a new trial or drop the case.
I’m so disconnected from that jazz that I’ve never even heard of that term before.
British Comedian Matt Berry can sing. Not only that, he's apparently released numerous albums. I only realized this when watching "What we do in the shadows" and wondering "Is that really him singing?"
Yes, Yes he is. Possible spoilers for Season 4 of the show.
Yes, Yes he is. Possible spoilers for Season 4 of the show.
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There's like a thousand cheap jokes all trying to squeeze through the same door here.
An Early Warning Sign of Dementia Risk May Be Keeping You Up at Night, Says New Study
We spend a third of our lives asleep.
www.sciencealert.com
Guess we can’t say, “It was just a bad dream” anymore!
Indeed we can't. The results of this study gave me chills!An Early Warning Sign of Dementia Risk May Be Keeping You Up at Night, Says New Study
We spend a third of our lives asleep.
Guess we can’t say, “It was just a bad dream” anymore!
Today I learned that Harold Ramis and Bill Murray, longtime friends and collaborators, had a falling out on the set of Groundhog's Day that led to their estrangement, and the two didn't speak at all for 20 years. It wasn't until Ramis fell gravely ill that Murray went to visit him and reconcile before Ramis' death shortly after. Sad, cautionary tale.
So apparently British Army Tanks have something called a boiling vessel inside that allows them to heat up water. While this is normally to allow them to have hot food and drink out in the field, apparently it's most often used to make....you guessed it, Hot Tea.
And that is the most stereotypically British thing I can imagine. Sitting in a Tank sipping on a cup of tea.
And that is the most stereotypically British thing I can imagine. Sitting in a Tank sipping on a cup of tea.
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Neil Gaiman has a tumblr and posts there a lot.
www.tumblr.com
Also, porn might be coming back to tumblr soon.
Neil Gaiman
The one who wrote Coraline, and co-wrote the book of Good Omens and made the TV show, also the Sandman comics writer and co-creator who made the Sandman TV show. Quite nice really.
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Also, porn might be coming back to tumblr soon.
It's how you keep things civilised.
People laughed when the Australian Army added aircon for the troop bay in their version of the LAV-25... until those same people got to try hooting about the desert in metalboxes without AC.
But... why? An aircon in a fucking armored vehicle sounds hella reasonable.
Probably because it didn't fit their idea of supertoughmacho soldiering.