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CDC invited anti-vaxxer to present report on thimerosal
The CDC has invited an anti-vaxxer to present a report containing
disinformation about thimerosal. It contains a mistaken citation that
seems intended to report a real study, but cites that study's results
exactly wrong.
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"Predictive policing" is disguided excuse for harassment of black males
"Predictive policing" often amounts to a disguided excuse for systematic
harassment of black males.
The article raises the possibility that it could be better if it is "more transparent", but no actual results of trying.
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PEN America concerned by deportation of Australian writer
*PEN America "gravely concerned" by deportation of Australian writer critical
of Trump administration.*
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UK proposes prohibiting online commercial advertising of sexual services
The UK proposes to prohibit online commercial advertising of sexual services,
and the wording makes it clear that the motive of this campaign is based on
rigid conservative ideas of right and wrong in sex.
The author rigidly presumes that doing sex work is "being exploited".
Women who are trafficked are being exploited. Women who do sex work
by choice, and there are many of those, are doing business for their
benefit.
In a better world, the traffickers would be punished, the trafficked
women would be freed, and the self-employed sex workers would not have
to hide or be ashamed. We cannot get there without recognizing all of
these groups.
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Republican congresscritters who say they would have voted against Big Bad Bill
At least two Republican congresscritters said they would have voted against
the Big Bad Bill if they had known it said X or Y.
To be adopted, the House will have to approve the final version. If
that final version still contains X and Y, will they vote to defeat
it? Their majority is so small that Just a couple of Republicans
voting no would be enough to defeat it.
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Call for armed aid convoys to deliver food
The UN special rapporteur on the right to food calls for armed aid convoys
to deliver food, where that is necessary.
I think this might be successful in places such as Sudan, where the enemies
are not powerful enough to crush the arms of he aid convoys from a distance.
But I think they would be ineffective in Gaza, because Israel would kill
the armed UN guards from the air.
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Common for thugs to attack and accuse victims of "assault"
It is commonplace for thugs to attack people and then accuse their
victims of "assaulting" them. Usually they do that to people with
little influence, such as poor young black men.
Now they are doing it to Democratic elected officials,
which is a terrorist/intimidation tactic.
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Law requiring display of Ten Commandments in schools
*Court strikes down Louisiana law requiring display of Ten
Commandments in schools.*
Texas is on the verge of passing a similar law.
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ChatGPT lowers subjects' capacity to think
Preliminary results from an experiment suggest that using ChatGPT
lowers subjects' capacity to think while writing essays.
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Journalists have had difficulty knowing how to present Kilmar Ábrego's name
Kilmar Ábrego, victim of an unjust deportation, has been much in the news,
and journalists have had difficulty knowing how to present his name.
The Hispanic naming system gives Kilmar Armando Ábrego Garcia (like
almost everyone else) two apellidos (family names):
his are Ábrego and
Garcia. It is helpful, in an article which discusses a person at
length, to present per name in full form (as in this paragraph) at
least once, for completeness. But mostly one uses only the first
apellido.
Some writers in English seem to think that the two apellidos are
equivalent to a hyphenated double name in English, but that is not so.
An English hyphenated name is just one name, and it is incorrect to
omit part of it.
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Kilmar Ábrego García's case has become complex and paradoxical
Kilmar Ábrego García's case has become complex and paradoxical, as
different parts of the US government demand to do different things to
him. The consequence is that he can't be released on bail lest that
put him in danger of precipitous deportation.
This shows there is a dangerous flaw in the current law. The criminal
charges were created as a justification for deporting him; even if
they were true, it is an obvious injustice to use them to deport him
before those charges are adjudicated.
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Mahmoud Khalil freed by a judge
Mahmoud Khalil has been freed by a judge, and has returned to New York
to appear at a rally for *Palestinian freedom and opposition to both
the university and the [bully].*
I also advocate for a free state of Palestine, but I partly disagree
with Khalil. I am careful to make it clear that Palestine would be
alongside Israel, not a replacement for Israel.
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Average person 40% poorer if world warms by 4C
*Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research shows.*
Experts say previous economic models underestimated impact of global
heating — as well as likely ‘cascading supply chain disruptions’.
If they have estimated well the effect of those cascades, maybe this
estimate will be on target. But I doubt that is even possible.
With globalized production, it is easy for even a local disaster
to make a crucial component totally unavailable for years.
Maybe there would be no new computers, or no new cars.
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