Footage of remarkably bold cheating at the world junior surfing championship

Fox:

[An Australian] was in fourth place in the four-person heat and needed a score of 2.4 to advance with less than a minute remaining in the heat.

She took off on a wave, only to have [a Portuguese surfer] surf across her path and deliberately run interference.

[The Portuguese surfer] even attempted to push [the Australian] off her surfboard, yelled abuse at her and tried to grab the leash attached to her board.

Here's the footage:

@australiancommunitymedia The Portuguese rival repeatedly dropped in on Aussie surfer Willow Hardy, pulling at her board lead, pushing her off her board, and shouting abuse, during the El Salvador ISA World Junior Championship 2024. #surfing #juniorworldchampionship #willowhardy #surf #elsalvador ♬ original sound - Australian Community Media

And here's her apology:

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Gold went to a surfer named Ziggy Aloha Mackenzie:

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Today's news and jokes

When we were making #StarWarsBattlefrontII in 2005, we had to write new dialog for whenever playable hero characters entered a battle.

My favorite line (courtesy of Monkey Island writer Mike Stemmle) was "It's Count Dooku! Watch out, he's deceptively spry!!" pic.twitter.com/Fs0xiHRvDl

— David W. Collins (@DavidWCollins) February 21, 2024

Bag of $120,000 in cash allegedly left at home of juror just before deliberations began in massive fraud trial

Star Tribune:

The trial, now entering its seventh week, in the first one in a broader fraud case that prosecutors have called one of the largest pandemic fraud schemes in the country, totaling more than $250 million in federal money meant to feed needy children.

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The 23-year-old juror wasn't home when the woman showed up, but the unnamed person left the juror's father-in-law a bag of cash and told him to tell the juror that another bag of cash would be dropped off if she votes to acquit the seven defendants in the fraud case

Plastic toys of old school theme park ride vehicles

Webstore.

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Ghost in the Shell commercials for Hyundai's Ioniq 5

Two very different versions of chimera cosplay from Delicious in Dungeon/Dungeon Meshi

Spoilers for a comic you should read/show you should enjoy, so they're hidden below along with a bunch of fan art and some plush toys:

These are great posters and I was very confused as to what they were for

god, Pride promotional posters were in a different fucking realm of amazing. i miss this shit. pic.twitter.com/Xi8VaMDkfb

— irene koh / imouto 🌽 vtuber (@kohquette) June 2, 2024