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[–] destructdisc@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

They're also trying to make a movie about Hind Rajab's murder while her family is still stuck under the genocidal occupation that killed her

[–] destructdisc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Just about every state and province in North America could claim that title once you're outside the bigger cities

[–] destructdisc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

93% of gynecological research is conducted on men? Research into ovarian cancer? Development into drugs for preeclampsia?

That's not what that means at all. It means gynecological research + research into other issues that only affect female physiology only accounts of 7% of all medical research. The other 93% is either focused on general or male-specific issues (and conducted mostly on men).

[–] destructdisc@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Issues that affect both women and men still often tend to affect both in different ways -- but the majority of medical research tends to just take what works for the standard male body and apply that to everyone regardless of sex instead of investigating sex-specific effects and tailoring solutions around that

 

The Bluesky moderation team is unfairly suspending the accounts of Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip left right and center, and suppressing their ability to keep the world informed of the hell they're being subjected to. Why? We've no clue, but we're hoping a popular wave of support will help change that. Please sign up!

 

Source for the 7% statistic

[–] destructdisc@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Spoon found in kitchen

 

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/38551804

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino had said earlier Thursday that the strike was illegal and included some 5,000 workers.

“Unfortunately, following the unjustified abandonment of work at our plantations and operations centers since April 28 and continuing today, (the company) has proceeded with the termination of all of our daily workers,” the company said in a statement. It said the company had suffered losses of at least $75 million.

Protests marches and occasional roadblocks have stretched from one end of the country to the other as teachers, construction workers and other unions expressed their rejection to changes the government said were necessary to keep the social security system solvent.

[–] destructdisc@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

I'd honestly love to take my cats along on a motorbike ride, but that would mean subjecting them to the hellscape that is Mumbai's traffic, so...I'm not about to do that. Props to the guy who did, but nah

[–] destructdisc@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

...and also isn't stealing shit and wrecking the environment.

 

Just to be clear, I do think the obvious solution to terrible things like this is vastly expanded public transit so that people don't have to rely on cars to get everywhere, not overhyped technology and driving aids that are still only marginally better than a human driver. I just thought the article was interesting.

 

Just to be clear, I do think the obvious solution to terrible things like this is vastly expanded public transit so that people don't have to rely on cars to get everywhere, not overhyped technology and driving aids that are still only marginally better than the driver. I just thought the article was interesting.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30173090

The AIs at Sesame are able to hold eloquent and free-flowing conversations about just about anything, but the second you mention the Palestinian genocide they become very evasive, offering generic platitudes about "it's complicated" and "pain on all sides" and "nuance is required", and refusing to confirm anything that seems to hold Israel at fault for the genocide -- even publicly available information "can't be verified", according to Sesame.

It also seems to block users from saving conversations that pertain specifically to Palestine, but everything else seems A-OK to save and review.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30173090

The AIs at Sesame are able to hold eloquent and free-flowing conversations about just about anything, but the second you mention the Palestinian genocide they become very evasive, offering generic platitudes about "it's complicated" and "pain on all sides" and "nuance is required", and refusing to confirm anything that seems to hold Israel at fault for the genocide -- even publicly available information "can't be verified", according to Sesame.

It also seems to block users from saving conversations that pertain specifically to Palestine, but everything else seems A-OK to save and review.

 

The AIs at Sesame are able to hold eloquent and free-flowing conversations about just about anything, but the second you mention the Palestinian genocide they become very evasive, offering generic platitudes about "it's complicated" and "pain on all sides" and "nuance is required", and refusing to confirm anything that seems to hold Israel at fault for the genocide -- even publicly available information "can't be verified", according to Sesame.

It also seems to block users from saving conversations that pertain specifically to Palestine, but everything else seems A-OK to save and review.

[–] destructdisc@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

I know lol. This is like when the CIA put out that one recruitment video aimed at Chinese citizens a few weeks ago -- the video was supposed to lament the terrible conditions of Chinese workers, but inadvertently turned out as a brutal critique of American capitalism

 

Just came across this case where a California Highway Patrol officer tried to arrest a firefighter in the midst of treating people injured in a traffic incident, simply because he refused to move a fire engine that was blocking a lane of traffic on the highway to protect first responders and the patients they were attending to.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30167537

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/64705366

Denmark is set to have the highest retirement age in Europe after its parliament adopted a law raising it to 70 by 2040.

The retirement age at 70 will apply to all people born after 31 December 1970.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/64705366

Denmark is set to have the highest retirement age in Europe after its parliament adopted a law raising it to 70 by 2040.

The retirement age at 70 will apply to all people born after 31 December 1970.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30166807

Do we really have nothing better to do than suck up to genocidaires?

[–] destructdisc@lemmy.world 16 points 18 hours ago

The Houthis are targeting the airport, not airliners.

[–] destructdisc@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

There was also a more recent victory of Samsung workers against the company in Tamil Nadu, just a few weeks ago I think

[–] destructdisc@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

You're not wrong, but Sabine Hossenfelder is not a good source for well, anything (except physics, which she has excellent grounding in).

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