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Canadian Cops Questioned Dad About Human Trafficking After He Took His Daughter to a Coffee Shop

Plus: AI for mass surveillance, Alaskan lawsuit to decriminalize prostitution, "enhanced" British regulation of streaming services, and more…

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‘My greatest handicap was the attitude of normal people.’ Alan Marshall’s artful polio memoir, I Can Jump Puddles, turns 70

With vaccine sceptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr as United States Health Secretary and an outbreak in Papua New Guinea last month, polio – largely eliminated in most of the world – has been back in the news. It’s a potent sign of why vaccines are important. Mass polio vaccination began…

The Conversation

If you watch just one video of Pink Floyd's Brain Damage and Eclipse being sung by a giant sad clown today, it should be this one

Much loved internet clown Puddles Pity Party has filmed a video for one of his most melancholy covers yet

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Oregon’s Mascot Cleverly Trolled Deion Sanders But Literally Lost His Head in the Process

Puddles the duck endured a whopper of a wardrobe malfunction before Oregon’s game against Colorado.

Sports Illustrated

The Oregon duck mascot suffered through 546 push-ups after team scored 81 points

Poor duck.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Who is Mike Geier, the musical star of the 2022 John Lewis Christmas ad?

The US performer’s cover of All the Small Things, originally released by punk rock band Blink 182 in 1999, accompanies The Beginner, this year’s festiva ad from the shop

Evening Standard

Who sings the John Lewis Christmas advert song?

Mike Geier is the voice behind the song used on this year's John Lewis Christmas ad

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John Lewis Christmas ad: Blink 182’s All the Small Things covered by Michael Geier

Michael Geier originally covered the single in his alter-ego Puddles Pity Party back in 2017

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