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Denisa Stastna and her boyfriend said they were just filming the demonstrations when her head was pushed against a building by the high-pressure water coming from the cannon over the weekend. The Czech national had to have more than 15 stitches because of the fracture, local media reported. ‘We just stood there filming and walked away. They had no right to use the water cannon on us,’ Ms Stastna told Omroepbrabant. Her boyfriend, Michael Piksel, insisted the couple were ‘never out for violence’ and were only filming the protests in Eindhoven. They said they are going to take action against the police for her injuries. A spokesperson for Dutch prosecutor Janine Kramer said: ‘There was an emergency order and there were several announcements that you had to leave. ‘If you do not leave then you are in principle punishable.’ The demonstrations came after the Netherlands announced a tough curfew forcing people to stay inside their houses from 9pm until 4.30am every day. It was...

The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel peace prize for the way its call for systemic change has spread around the world. In his nomination papers, the Norwegian MP Petter Eide said the movement had forced countries outside the US to grapple with racism within their own societies. “I find that one of the key challenges we have seen in America, but also in Europe and Asia, is the kind of increasing conflict based on inequality,” Eide said. “Black Lives Matter has become a very important worldwide movement to fight racial injustice. “They have had a tremendous achievement in raising global awareness and consciousness about racial injustice.” Eide, who has previously nominated human rights activists from Russia and China for the prize, said one other thing that impressed him about the Black Lives Matter movement was the way “they have been able to mobilise people from all groups of society, not just African-Americans, not just oppressed people, it has...

Research from the Education Policy Institute and The Prince's Trust said wellbeing and self-esteem were similar in all children of primary school age. Boys and girls' wellbeing is affected at the age of 14, but girls' mental health drops more after that, it found. A lack of exercise is another contributing factor - exacerbated by the pandemic, the study said. The wellbeing of both genders fell during adolescence, with girls experiencing a greater decline, the report said. However, it recognised that girls' self-esteem and wellbeing stabilises as they move into their late teens, whereas it continues to drop for boys. Heavy social media use was linked to negative wellbeing and self-esteem, regardless of a young person's mental state, with more girls experiencing feelings of depression and hopelessness. “Those who feel worse may turn to social media for solace or community,” Dr Amy Orben, research fellow at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, said of the research. “It’s...

Apparently left this shit as an Easter egg: To the surprise of no one, does not let anyone join enclave because they are "Trump supporters".

(Bloomberg) -- A rush of short covering and day trading fueled a record stock surge for GameStop Corp. just days after the addition of activist investor and Chewy Inc. co-founder Ryan Cohen to the video-game retailer’s board. The Grapevine, Texas-based company spiked a record 94% Wednesday as retail investors flocked to the struggling company. Traders betting on Cohen’s plans to transform the chain in the image of his highly successful Chewy helped fuel the now three-day rally with the stock shaking off years of underperformance. GameStop shares have climbed as much as 118% in the three days since news of Cohen’s addition to the board and reached the highest price since November 2015. Short interest in GameStop remains near recent highs, with 138% of shares available for trading currently sold short, data compiled by S3 Partners shows. Cohen’s spot on the board, along with two other former Chewy colleagues, was well-received by Wall Street analysts, with Telsey’s Joseph Feldman...

Well, that’s disturbing. A former ADT technician has admitted to exploiting the company’s security cameras to spy on clients having sex in their own homes. On Thursday, 35-year-old Telesforo Aviles pleaded guilty to illegally accessing the security video feeds belonging to about 200 customers in the Dallas, Texas, area, according to the Justice Department. Last year, police arrested Aviles, but at the time, the motives behind the spying remained unclear. Federal officials now say they understand why. “Mr. Aviles took note of which homes had attractive women, then repeatedly logged into these customers’ accounts in order to view their footage for sexual gratification, he admits,” the Justice Department said in a statement. “Plea papers indicate he watched numerous videos of naked women and couples engaging in sexual activity inside their homes,” the department added. The spying began around November 2015 and persisted until last March. Aviles was able to gain access through the...