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Motavader, in Leave Texas and other Draconian states and risk getting pulled over for driving pregnant? Nope, just have the pills mailed from California.

"The California Catholic Conference opposed the law, arguing the state is “engaging in ideological colonization against states and citizens that do not want abortion.”"

  • Oh fuck right off. What’s that? You don’t like it when someone has an ideology forced on them?
JimmyChanga, in Delta passenger's dog who went missing at Atlanta airport found safe after 3 weeks

That poor wee dude. I’d be fuckng livid of that was my dog

ButtCheekOnAStick,

Did you read the article? The dog was lost because it escaped from its cage and roamed loose in the airport, evading capture.

Cenzorrll,

“He said that she was being transported (to the plane) on the runway, and staff had opened her kennel, and she had escaped into the middle of the runway,”

I’m pretty sure that falls under incompetence.

JimmyChanga,

Yeah, i did. Their incompetence lost the dog. It didn’t escape.

sebinspace,

Hi, yes, quick question:

Can you not both be right?

HappycamperNZ,

I mean, owner can be livid, technically not lost, and incompetent staff are all correct.

Pogogunner,
@Pogogunner@kbin.social avatar

"escaped"
Did you read the article?

iHUNTcriminals, in Apple Formally Endorses Right to Repair Legislation After Spending Millions Fighting It

Which means it’s bullshit.

Bitrot,
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Apple released a self repair storefront, soon afterwards comes legislation that perfectly mirrors the way they operate their program. AFAIK Apple is still free to keep people from using old parts off eBay and such.

Martineski,
@Martineski@lemmy.fmhy.net avatar

Also you can’t stock parts from what I remember. You need to get the consumer first and only then you can order the parts when the official repair stores have their stock ready to make the 3rd part stores less attractive because of the slowness.

Oodelallic, in Texas church defies government crackdown by blessing drag queens

this is how you level up from being a drag queen to a drag empress.

Cylusthevirus,
@Cylusthevirus@kbin.social avatar

Royal coronations do generally involve clergy.

Trexman, in California Is Free of Extreme Drought Conditions for the First Time in 3 Years

I thought this was a cheeky Onion headline at first.

HappycamperNZ,

Still surprised its not.

playereightyone, in Henry Kissinger, America’s Most Notorious War Criminal, Dies At 100
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TheScaryDoor,

Robert Evans sends his regards!

cerement,
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agamemnonymous,
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Wow, a six parter?

Gradually_Adjusting,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

It was a lot of bastardy

porcariasagrada,

the guy was walking scum with power. he is one of the few people in my opinion that deserves the death penalty for their crimes.

SatyrSack, (edited )

Break it down for me in a ten-second video while twerking.

SheDiceToday,

/twerk_continuously

  • Henry Kissinger bad!
  • Henry Kissinger bad!
  • Henry Kissinger was so bad, his death is pretty rad!

/end_twerk

agent_flounder,
@agent_flounder@lemmy.world avatar

Someone on another thread shared this blunt exposition of Kissinger’s many sins against the country and the world.

rollingstone.com/…/henry-kissinger-war-criminal-d…

scarabic, in Leave Texas and other Draconian states and risk getting pulled over for driving pregnant? Nope, just have the pills mailed from California.

And the pills will be mailed in a box that looks like the packaging for a new gun to make sure Texas gets it through without checking it or anything.

RagingRobot,

These are just tiny white bullets

elbarto777,

Oh lol! Great comment!

BigilusDickilus,

I would think that if they are sent by USPS then the states would not be able to legally intercept them. USPS is not responsible for enforcing state laws and there are some pretty serious laws protecting the privacy and integrity of your parcels and mail.

mashbooq, in Neighbors call police on boy asking to mow lawns to save for a PS5, officers pitch in to buy him the console

This is the 5% people are talking about when they say “95% of police ruin it for the other 5%”

Adeptfuckup,

The apples that haven’t rotted all the way through…

kamenlady, (edited )
@kamenlady@lemmy.world avatar

Isolated pockets of emphatical cops…

They are pretty rare.

FlashMobOfOne,
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The 5% are just as bad, unless we’re talking about Serpico here.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod, in It's one of the biggest experiments in fighting global poverty. Now the results are in
@Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social avatar

So poverty, which is caused by a lack of money, is solved by giving people money. Who knew?

Kalkaline,
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But importantly, how that money is given is important to the outcome. It looks like lump sums are better than regular payments at creating new enterprise.

yenahmik,

It’s interesting, because this is a widely known concept in the finance world. Lump sum investing in the stock market is more profitable than dollar cost averaging that same amount over time ~66% of the time. It seems that holds true in non-stock market investments into people as well. They’re better off getting a lump sum investment into their accounts than having that money DCA’d to them.

Froyn,

Most importantly is that money given to the poor is put directly back into the local economy vs squirreled away in an offshore account.

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/12/02/781152563/researchers-find-a-remarkable-ripple-effect-when-you-give-cash-to-poor-families

Every dollar in cash aid increased total economic activity in the area by $2.60.

fsr1967,

😲

Sordid,
@Sordid@kbin.social avatar

Truly a cutting-edge idea.

notapantsday,

The belief that poverty is caused by incompetence, laziness or rogue spending is still very widespread. A lot of aid programs are based on the idea that it takes western wisdom, education and discipline to really lift people out of poverty. Teach farming techniques to people who have been farming that land for generations. Give water saving advice to people who use a tenth of what westerners use. “Teach a man to fish” when that man has been living at the coast for all his life but never been able to afford a fishing boat.

It’s good to see clear evidence that it’s not a lack of education, discipline or intelligence that causes poverty, it’s that the system is rigged and people who start out in poverty can never escape it because you need to have money to make more money.

Semi-Hemi-Demigod,
@Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social avatar

To be successful in capitalism you need some capital to start with. It's in the damn name. That's why behind every billionaire is a bunch of rich parents who bankrolled them.

shalafi, (edited )

The belief that poverty is caused by incompetence, laziness or rogue spending

I’m not sure how to reach people that believe this. Been dirt poor, now I’m well off. I know what that looks like. One thing is that so many first-world people think they’ve been poor. Well, poor relative to their previous circumstances, poor vs. their parents, etc.

Those sorts never had to steal napkins from McDonalds to wipe their ass. Never fried plain flour with the last of their oil. Never went hunting nuts for food and didn’t have any salt left. Fuck me, my roommate and I were figuring how to steal a duck or goose off the local college campus.

Can’t afford a washing machine? Go to the local laundromat, spend that money. Spend that time. My fridge has an issue with some sort of fan. I have the leisure time and tools to take it apart, figure it out and buy a new fan. If you’re poor? Oh well. Pay someone a load of money. $20 for me, $200 if you’re poor.

tl;dr: We need to be hammering home the fact that being broke is more expensive than having a little folding money. And just like having some money stacks in your favor, having none stacks against you.

Vaggumon, in After 34 Years, Someone Finally Beat Tetris
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Honestly, for me, the best part about this, is how excited the person they were competing against was for them. They didn’t care that they didn’t get it, they were happy for their competitor. That was awesome.

neinhorn, in Baby shark caught in glove rescued by couple on scuba diving trip in Rhode Island

Baby shark du du du du du du du

Patimation_studios,

no

Bonehead,

It's too late do do doodoo doodoo

abobla,

no, please, STOP! LEAVE MY THOUGHTS.

do do doo doo dooo

elbarto777,

Safe at last do do doodoo doodoo!

Yepthatsme, in Supreme Court blocks $6 billion opioid settlement that would have given the Sackler family immunity | CNN Politics

They need to be held criminally accountable. Heads need to roll on this one.

Greyghoster,

Given the amount of time that the justices spend holidaying with billionaires what’s the bet that they side with their mates?

BratPAQ, in New S.C. law lets students bring sunscreen to school without a doctor’s note

This is uplifting news?

AnUnusualRelic,
@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world avatar

Uplifting news from the US are from the upside down world.

notabird,

The bar is low. Quite low.

BruceTwarzen,

No one got shot over it.

towerful, in Analysis Shows We’ve Been Overestimating the Amount of Plastic in Oceans by 30x

I’m sure that’s great news.
But microplastics have already been found in seafood.
So, yay. But ultimately, it’s still there and still a problem

omgarm,

But the problem is a magnitude easier to solve hopefully.

Dee,
@Dee@lemmings.world avatar

Exactly. It’s not the ideal situation but it’s much better than we thought, which is uplifting.

Turbofish,

Nah it’s means we’ve got way more free space for additional plastic.

MxM111,
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29 times more, to be precise.

Smokeydope,
@Smokeydope@lemmy.world avatar

There will eventually be more microorganisms tohat develop the ability to digest and break down microplastics. We’ve already found a few!

towerful,

Which is also alarming, depending on the rate they break down plastics and whether they are harmful to humans.
It’s like having a snake problem, releasing mongooses, and suddenly having a mongoose problem

HubertManne, in Scientists discover first new antibiotics in over 60 years using AI
@HubertManne@kbin.social avatar

ai is finding antibiotics for diseases ai hasn't even created yet (I kid, I kid)

Ibex0,

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