According to Daily Mail, the lewd act with a cucumber took place around 5:30pm in the Truxton Circle neighborhood north of D.C. It was actually close to a high school so that might bring even more problems his way if he’s eventually caught. In the video posted to Reddit, the unidentified man is seen going into the driveway of the home before he then positions a cucumber in the front grill of a parked SUV. Then, he checks his surroundings to make sure nobody is looking (he didn’t spot the camera) and makes the cucumber into an adult toy seemingly putting it inside of himself.

The footage was shared to Reddit by the homeowner with the doorbell cam in hopes of identifying the culprit. Catherine Baker told DCNewsNow, “I was so disgusted, and freaked out. I want people, I want my neighbors to know and keep an eye out for this person. I want parents to be mindful. There’s a lot of kids, there are high school students, they walk themselves to and from school but we all have to be vigilant about this kind of thing.”

In the video, you can see him finally notice the security camera and that’s when he puts the cucumber back in his lunchbox and calmly walks away from the scene. Was he saving it for later? Why did he put it back in the lunchbox? Daily Mail reports that the man could face a fine up to $300 and faces 90 days behind bars if caught and convicted.

The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons because of his age, was previously due to be sentenced on 2 September - but proceedings were adjourned when the court learned the boy's mother was on holiday in Ibiza.

The boy was accompanied by his uncle instead, but District Judge Joanne Hirst told Manchester Magistrates' Court she was "frankly astonished" and ordered a parental summons for the mother to explain herself.

The 30-year-old single mother, who also cannot be named because that would identify her son, appeared at the court on Wednesday alongside him and told the judge the Spanish island break had cost £1,200.

She had decided to fly abroad for the five-day trip the day before her son was due to appear in court last week to be sentenced after admitting two counts of violent disorder.

Explaining her absence, she told the judge she spoke with her solicitor and the Youth Justice team: "It was not put to me how much I needed to be there. Each one said, 'Is there an appropriate adult?' My brother - which is why I went on holiday."

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She told the youngster, who has ADHD, he had been involved in "the worst type of feral behaviour in our country" and if an adult, he would be going to jail for up to five years.

However, the judge said she was giving him a "chance" and instead ordered him to complete a 12-month referral order.

He was described as a "lovely" child by his mother, but who had at times a "chaotic" home life.

The boy told the judge he was "sorry" and that he was receiving help from social workers and had taken up boxing.

Previously; Boy, 12, cannot be sentenced over riots after mum left for Ibiza holiday

Pen-chan, a female Cape penguin born and raised in captivity, who had never swum in the open sea before or fended for herself, absconded from an event in the central Aichi region on 25 August.

Her keeper, Ryosuke Imai, said a team began scouring the area immediately but a powerful typhoon that brought record rains across Japan hampered the search.

Given Pen-chan’s lack of preparation for life in the wild, the team thought she would not get very far or survive for longer than a week.

But on 8 September, Imai received information that the bird had been spotted happily bobbing in the water at a beach 30 miles (45km) away.

“I thought she would look exhausted, but she was swimming as usual,” Imai said after the animal was recaptured. “It was beyond my surprise … It’s a miracle.”

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/17323607

A new documentary on the history of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum is set to premiere at the BFI IMAX, in London, next month on Thursday, October 3rd, 2024

The Rubber Keyed Wonder - Story of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum is a new documentary from the directors of Bedrooms To Billions, Anthony & Nicola Caulfield. It aims to chart the history of the iconic British microcomputer, looking at how it originally came to be and how it opened the doors for a generation of game developers.

The documentary will feature new interviews with Sir Clive Sinclair’s family (such as his son Crispin Sinclair and nephew Grant Sinclair), various media personalities, former members of Sinclair Research, and the developers of several legendary ZX Spectrum games. It will also feature some rare archive footage, which will further help tell the story of the iconic machine.

Trailer

A new documentary on the history of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum is set to premiere at the BFI IMAX, in London, next month on Thursday, October 3rd, 2024

The Rubber Keyed Wonder - Story of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum is a new documentary from the directors of Bedrooms To Billions, Anthony & Nicola Caulfield. It aims to chart the history of the iconic British microcomputer, looking at how it originally came to be and how it opened the doors for a generation of game developers.

The documentary will feature new interviews with Sir Clive Sinclair’s family (such as his son Crispin Sinclair and nephew Grant Sinclair), various media personalities, former members of Sinclair Research, and the developers of several legendary ZX Spectrum games. It will also feature some rare archive footage, which will further help tell the story of the iconic machine.

Trailer

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/17313687

The Thursday Murder Club is one of our most-anticipated upcoming movies, and Richard Osman has shared an exciting update for the Netflix adaptation.

Talking on The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X, Osman revealed that today (September 11) marks the final day of filming on the movie, which has been in production since late June in the UK.

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We still don't have a confirmed release date for The Thursday Murder Club movie, but Osman added that it "should be out next year" albeit with the caveat that "who knows with films".

The Thursday Murder Club is one of our most-anticipated upcoming movies, and Richard Osman has shared an exciting update for the Netflix adaptation.

Talking on The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X, Osman revealed that today (September 11) marks the final day of filming on the movie, which has been in production since late June in the UK.

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We still don't have a confirmed release date for The Thursday Murder Club movie, but Osman added that it "should be out next year" albeit with the caveat that "who knows with films".

The long-awaited movie adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot from director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) is coming exclusively to Max this Halloween season.

Announced today, Salem’s Lot premieres on Max on October 3, 2024.

Stay tuned for the official trailer, coming very soon…

Stephen King had recently tweeted praise for the film. He wrote earlier this year, “I’ve seen the new SALEM’S LOT and it’s quite good. Old-school horror filmmaking: slow build, big payoff. Not sure why WB is holding it back; not like it’s embarrassing, or anything.”

Think of British cultural exports in the 21st century and you might reach for the familiar examples: James Bond, Downton Abbey, Adele.

But in the algorithm-driven universe of TikTok where a trend known as “Britishcore” is one of the most in demand movements of the moment, it’s the mundane aspects of life in the UK which are going viral.

Britishcore first emerged as a cultural term at the turn of the decade, to describe ramshackle symbols of British life such as dilapidated pubs and lone traffic cones.

Now it has spread to include videos inspired by Trainspotting, lip-synching to Towie stars and satirical celebrations of the Oasis reunion.>

TikTok has flagged a surge in interest for UK fashion, comedy and travel on its platform as evidence of renewed interest in British culture – and typically wry takes on it.

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In one TikTok, US content creator @the_quivey10 lists the things he wants to do when he comes to England. They include everyday activities popularised by BritishCore TikToks such as going on a “cheeky Tesco run” and grabbing a Greggs sausage roll.

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Alwyn Turner, senior lecturer at the University of Chichester and an expert in British popular culture, said a “sense of cheekiness” is what links together some of the UK’s most popular cultural exports.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/41815012

It was the talk of the town. After the authorities sought to break a long-running heatwave in Chongqing by using cloud-seeding missiles to artificially bring rain, the Chinese megacity was blasted by an unusual weather event – an underwear storm.

Termed “the 9/2 Chongqing underwear crisis”, an unexpected windstorm on Monday brought gusts of up to 76mph (122km/h), scattering people’s laundry from balconies on the city’s high-rises. Douyin, China’s sister app to TikTok, was filled with videos of pants and bras flying through the skies, landing in the street and snagging on trees.

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One man bereft of his underwear said he was “laughing like crazy” but the rain storm in Chongqing had now turned him into a “lifelong introvert”.

In A Minecraft Movie, a group of humans are sucked into the Overworld, the dimension where Minecraft is real. A nonplussed Momoa is fresh back from getting his highlights and bangs done at the hairdresser, having accidentally picked up the wrong pink coat. Danielle Brooks from Orange Is the New Black is there with some “kids” (including 22-year-old Emma Myers from Wednesday). Here they meet Steve, one of the default characters from Minecraft, who comes in a light blue T-shirt and jeans and played by Jack Black, who after last year’s performance as Bowser in the Super Mario movie is surely regarded by Warner Bros as something of a success talisman. “This guy is such a toolbag,” moans Myers.

“Anything you can dream about, here you can make,” explains Black to our bewildered heroes, as cuboid pigs fly past and pink blocky sheep go “baa”. To get back home “they’ll have to master this world (and protect it from evil things such as piglins and zombies, too) while embarking on a magical quest.” Told you.

The reactions to the trailer have gone from “horrifying”, “devastating” and “expensively naff” to “painful for the parents who are going to be dragged along to see it” and “worst thing to happen in cinema in 2024”. But, like many video game spin-off movies, it isn’t aimed at adult film critics. The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw, who knows his cinematic onions, was so critical in his two-star review of 2023’s The Super Mario Bros Movie (as was The Observer’s Wendy Ide in her one-star review) that Guardian games editor Keza MacDonald felt moved to defend it as a decent translation of the games, even if it’s not that good a movie.

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So what does a real connoisseur think? “I think it looks pants,” says 10-year-old Arlo, whom I rudely interrupt playing some post-school Roblox on the iPad.