Word from the Dark Side – refugee holidays, AI breakaways, shop teacher bust displays and happy horse chicken plays.

^{6 Underground by the Sneaker Pimps, 1996}

4 in 5 refugees living in Sweden have vacationed in the country they fled from:

A survey conducted by polling firm Novus on behalf of the Swedish online newspaper Bulletin revealed that 79 percent of refugees who claim to be fleeing war or persecution have voluntarily returned to their home country since making the trip to Sweden.

According to the survey, they do not wish, however, to return home permanently. When asked whether they plan to permanently return to their country of birth in the future, just 2 percent say they do, while 16 percent say maybe — 81 percent of those who arrived in Sweden from non-European countries say they do not, primarily because they believe Sweden to be a better country to raise their children.

40% of evacuees from Afghanistan have left Japan over poor support:

Between October and December of last year, the ministry provided the embassy staff and their families with lodgings in Tokyo, meals and salaries.

But several of the staff told Kyodo News that they were pressured to leave Japan, having been told that their work contracts would end in late August.

They said ministry staff visited their homes and told them that living in Japan would be difficult and that a decision on whether to stay or leave the country would have to be discussed with their families.

They also said the ministry told them that should they return to Afghanistan, their travel expenses would be shouldered and they would receive a 20 percent salary raise.

Most of the local embassy staff who fled Afghanistan speak English rather than Japanese, making it extremely difficult for them to find work. The public job placement office Hello Work said they had only a 1 percent chance of securing work in Japan, according to an evacuee.

Other factors compounded their struggles. Their children were unable to attend school until spring, when Japan’s school year starts, and only spouses and children could be brought to Japan, not other immediate family members such as parents and siblings.

The ministry’s Second Middle East Division has denied encouraging their return to Afghanistan.

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— I,Hypocrite (@lporiginalg) September 16, 2022

I’m on the side of the black girl. She has a weirdly aquatic appearance, including eyes on the sides of her head like a fish, plus she went to all the trouble of being called Haile Bailey. Let her have this one.

America currently has its oldest government in history:

You may enjoy the following, extended thread if you click over there. She says that only white men are complaining about this advice and that she’s not Jewish thank you very much, she’s Buddhist.

All bodies are good bodies

All food is good food

If you have a strong reaction to either of these statements I suggest checking your biases & reading about the diet culture we live in

— Dr. Cheri Levinson (@CheriLev) September 13, 2022

Mushroom hunting.

Some women’s universities in Japan plan to admit transgender students.

Ontario High School Teacher Seen Wearing Massive Prosthetic Bust to Class:

Found that video of a horse playing with a squeaking rubber chicken you were all looking for pic.twitter.com/FHbBPC38Cu

— Paul Haine (@paul_haine) May 13, 2017

Man in Western Australia killed by pet kangaroo.

If you find an orphaned joey you can take care of it, but once they get big, they revert to their wild nature.

In the bush they aren’t dangerous at all because a mob will hop away as soon as it sees a human at a distance. They only become hazardous once humans start getting too close, i.e. by feeding them or trying to raise them at home.

^{Lesser florican courtship display. Source}

That’s it.