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MelmothTheLost replied to the thread NY NY - Jacob Pritchette, 11, autistic, not seen several weeks, mother arrested, Brownsville/Brooklyn, Sept 2025.

Autism has a high degree of heritability so it's possible that she is autistic herself.

Monday at 11:20 PM
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MelmothTheLost replied to the thread Australia AUSTRALIA - 4YO AUGUST (GUS) Missing from rural family home in Outback, Yunta, South Australia, 27th Sept 2025.

The idea of birds of prey carrying off children is a fascinating one nevertheless and is well established in both British and European...

Monday at 3:28 PM
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MelmothTheLost reacted to packetgravy's post in the thread Australia AUSTRALIA - 4YO AUGUST (GUS) Missing from rural family home in Outback, Yunta, South Australia, 27th Sept 2025 with Like.

Yup. In Gus’s case, the three hour delay may have reduced the window for a successful recovery and highlights the importance of...

Monday at 3:08 PM
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MelmothTheLost replied to the thread UK UK- Yorkshire, Sowerby Bridge railway station, MaleWht, 4o-50s, 5'8''-9'', moustache, Che Guevara shirt, size 8 boots, Manchester U.scarf, Jan. 2012.

It's quite amusing that Comrade Che's fizzog appears on so much cheap mass-market fashion produced by ultra-capitalist companies.

Sunday at 10:24 AM
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MelmothTheLost replied to the thread 2025 Hurricane and Tropical Weather.

I'm in the West Midlands and we've had fairly strong winds and periods of heavy rain yesterday and overnight. It's still pretty blustery...

Saturday at 9:14 AM
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MelmothTheLost reacted to CredibleSauce's post in the thread Australia AUSTRALIA - 4YO AUGUST (GUS) Missing from rural family home in Outback, Yunta, South Australia, 27th Sept 2025 with Like.

Thank you, it’s a bit frustrating listening to the repeated misinformed questions and accusations that have been answered over and over...

Saturday at 9:11 AM
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MelmothTheLost replied to the thread Australia AUSTRALIA - 4YO AUGUST (GUS) Missing from rural family home in Outback, Yunta, South Australia, 27th Sept 2025.

I wonder if that is an indication of how far Gus might have wandered on his own or whether someone would have been with him. If the...

Saturday at 8:17 AM
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MelmothTheLost replied to the thread Found Safe New Zealand - Tom Phillips, 34, shot/deceased; his 3 children who were with him found alive.

As I recall, New Zealand's international isolation and domestic lockdown were longer and more extreme than almost anywhere else in the...

Saturday at 5:04 AM
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MelmothTheLost replied to the thread Australia AUSTRALIA - 4YO AUGUST (GUS) Missing from rural family home in Outback, Yunta, South Australia, 27th Sept 2025.

Isn't it a normal stage of child development that he or she goes at some point from constantly sticking close or clinging to mummy to...

Friday at 3:07 AM
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MelmothTheLost replied to the thread Police say there was no rape by gang of men on the grounds of St Mary's Church, Banbury, 28 Sep, 2025,.

I'm not entirely shocked. We are expected to believe without question claims of this sort but the reality is that there are some false...

Friday at 2:43 AM
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MelmothTheLost replied to the thread Caribbean Islands - Jessica Collins, 47, US citizen, failed to return to the Carnival cruise ship after a stop in Bonaire, Caribbean, 17 Sep 2025.

Just to mention that Bonaire airport only has flights to and from the nearby Dutch islands of Curacao and Aruba, but she could get a...

Oct 2, 2025
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MelmothTheLost replied to the thread Blackstone looking to offload Ancestry.

True, but then we have seen the benefits of this through the work of Othram and others. As it happens, my DNA is on a number of sites...

Oct 2, 2025
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MelmothTheLost posted the thread Blackstone looking to offload Ancestry in Up to the Minute.

Blackstone weighs options for Ancestry.com, including sale or IPO, sources say Blackstone is weighing strategic options, including an...

Oct 2, 2025
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MelmothTheLost replied to the thread Caribbean Islands - Jessica Collins, 47, US citizen, failed to return to the Carnival cruise ship after a stop in Bonaire, Caribbean, 17 Sep 2025.

Sure, she appears to have left the ship voluntarily but we don't know what happened to her after that. We don't know that she also sent...

Oct 2, 2025
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MelmothTheLost replied to the thread MI, Grand Blanc - Mass Shooting at Mormon Church, fire, 28 Sept 2025.

This assumes that mental health issues can always be treated, whether the individual complies with the treatment or not. I'm not a...

Oct 2, 2025