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"Forever chemicals found at high levels across UK and Europe
* Pollutants known as "forever chemicals"… have been found at
high levels at thousands of sites across the UK and Europe,* |
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Making spreading of election misinformation a crime
Some US officials propose to make it a crime to spread election
misinformation.
In an abstract sense, that could be legitimate and useful, but I can
easily envision Republicans' using this law against people who tell
the truth. |
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Americans moving due to early stages of climate breakdown
Millions of Americans have been compelled to move by the early stages of
climate breakdown.
In the future it is likely to be tens of millions, and many of them will
die early as a result.
But most of them will desperately seek housing in places they can
survive, and they will find shortages everywhere, because of bad planning
of housing construction.
A few weeks ago I passed through the "Seaport District" in Boston,
where expensive new skyscrapers are being built at an absurdly low
altitude above sea level. You can see this for yourself since you can
look at the buildings and the sea together. What public funds will
the owners demand for protection against the danger they brought on
themselves? |
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Lawyer argues fetus victim of "unlawful and illegal detention"
A lawyer argues in a Florida court that a fetus is the victim of
"unlawful and illegal detention" because the pregnant mother-to-be
is in jail.
I think the lawyer aims to demonstrate that it is absurd to treat a
fetus as a person.
To continue the absurdity, the same argument could be applied to
confining a fetus to a single womb. |
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Norfolk Southern railroad negotiating about paid sick leave
Norfolk Southern railroad has yielded to public criticism for its
avoidable derailment by starting to negotiate about paid sick leave.
The workers deserve that, but meanwhile, the rest of the country
deserves safe trains. |
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Corpse fetishism spreading to Europe
Corpse fetishism is spreading to Europe. The inhabitants of an island
demanded "return" of skulls of medieval monks, which they claimed had
been "stolen" by academics doing research.
The worst part is, the university which had them gave in to the
demand.
If this sort of fetishism were applied to older remains — as some
wish to do — all our remnants of Neanderthal humans would be lost to
science, each bone "returned" to someone or other.
Imagine if that had happened 30 years ago. We would have been denied
the chance to determine that the Neanderthals were among our ancestors
and were the same species as we.
The only way human remains can contribute to the world, to the good of
present and future humans, is by being studied scientifically. The
old bones have more to teach us. We should not let anyone's fetishism
interfere. |
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Extremist killing last year linked to rightwing extremism
* Anti-Defamation League says all extremist killings last year linked to
rightwing extremism and a high number to white supremacy.* |
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Methane from Australian coal and gas higher than estimated
*Methane from Australian coal and gas could be 60% higher than estimated.* |
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Former Arizona attorney general withheld evidence debunking 2020 election fraud
*Former attorney general in [Arizona] withheld evidence debunking 2020
election fraud [claims by the bullshitter's followers].* |
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Turkey fines broadcasters for coverage critical of earthquake response
*Turkey fines broadcasters for coverage critical of earthquake response
[by Turkey's government].* |
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Urgent: US citizens: call for Windfall Profit Tax
US citizens: call for the US to adopt a Windfall Profit Tax
to respond to record-breaking profits for Big Oil. |