Tag: Brickbats

Brickbat: Hello Goodbye

Belgium's Permanent Commission for Linguistic Control upheld a complaint against train conductor Ilyass Alba for using the French word bonjour alongside the Dutch goeiedag in a bilingual greeting on a train in…

Brickbat: I Swear

Thanet District Council in England is reviving plans to fine individuals up to £100 ($134) for swearing in public spaces, following an attempt last year that was abandoned due to a threatened legal challenge. The proposed…

Brickbat: No Children Allowed

Australia will implement mandatory age verification for logged-in users of search engines starting Dec. 27, 2025, under a new online safety code that charges non-compliant providers with breaching industry standards,…

Brickbat: Who Audits the Auditor?

Tobias Otieno, a former auditor with the Office of the New York State Comptroller, was arraigned on charges of second degree grand larceny as a public corruption crime. Between June 2022 and September 2024, Otieno was…

Brickbat: Pretty Tied Up

A federal judge sentenced Mario Stewart, a retired police sergeant in Mount Vernon, New York, to six months in prison and six months of home confinement for repeatedly tasing a restrained 20-year-old man who was experiencing…

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