Great Barrier Reef Hit by Major Coral Bleaching Event
The Reef Snapshot: Summer 2024–25 (pdf), published today by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, states:
Results of aerial surveys and in-water monitoring to date suggest the Reef has experienced widespread coral bleaching across the Far Northern and Northern regions of the Marine Park — mostly a result of prolonged exposure to higher-than-average water temperatures.
This event is the sixth since 2016 and, while less extensive than the coral bleaching event in 2023–24, it is the second time the Reef has experienced widespread bleaching events across consecutive summers.
Officially, Australia's international treasure suffered mass coral bleaching in 1998, 2002, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022 and 2024.
Great Barrier Reef Hit by Major Coral Bleaching Event
Climate change and the health of the Great Barrier Reef is front and centre ahead of the Federal Election with authorities stating the Reef hasMirage News
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Pubs in England and Wales allowed to stay open later for VE Day anniversary
Pubs in England and Wales allowed to stay open later for VE Day anniversary
Venues to remain open until 1am as PM urges UK to come together to mark 80th anniversary on 8 MayKiran Stacey (The Guardian)
Trump's tariffs are starting to kill jobs
Trump's tariffs are starting to kill American jobs
Goldman Sachs estimates that the tariffs will create about 100,000 manufacturing jobs while destroying 500,000 others. In Pennsylvania, it's already starting.Eric Boehm (Reason Magazine)
And yet his approval rating is holding steady.
Losing your job to own the libs, I guess
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The person you replied to used these strange symbols to show they were speaking from someone else's point of view and not expressing their own opinion.
Iran sells Russia drones and missiles to kill Ukrainians and Trump doesn’t care
While the president brags about his “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran and throttling its oil exports, its weapons sales to Russia get a pass.
While Donald Trump brags about his “maximum pressure” campaign to impoverish Iran and force its leaders to give up its nuclear program, there remains one source of revenue that the president appears to be OK with: Iran’s sale to Russia of deadly drones, missiles and technical expertise to help slaughter Ukrainian civilians.
Iran has earned at least tens of millions of dollars, perhaps many hundreds of millions, from its agreement to supply weapons to Russia over the past two years. And while that deal drew new sanctions against both countries under former President Joe Biden, it appears to have received no pushback from Trump.
“Not sure why specifically the Trump administration is not making this an issue with Russia,” said Steven Pifer, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine in its early years after the breakup of the Soviet Union.
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While the president brags about his “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran and throttling its oil exports, its weapons sales to Russia get a pass.
In the spirit of bipartisanship, I think we can all agree it is time to invade Iran.
You want Iraq 2.0?
After Yemen, Syria, and Libya I think we're closer to Iraq 6.0
Yeah, I am sure the guy posting against the Israeli Genocide in Gaza is a Zionist.
Please touch grass.
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What I really really hate about your type of people is this attitude of "two wrongs make one right", this "I don't care about issue x, because there is issue y and x MUST suffer as long as y suffers!"
Yes, we know Palestine is suffering a crushing genocide. WE KNOW. Now if you can excuse us for just a minute, Ukraine is suffering too and we'd like to give that a second of attention as well, if you'll allow us?
Israeli strikes on Gaza have killed more than 90 people in 48 hours, Gaza Health Ministry says
Israeli strikes on Gaza have killed more than 90 people in 48 hours, Gaza Health Ministry says
The dead include 15 people who were killed overnight, among them women and children.CBS News
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Nick Frost disables comments on Harry Potter post after backlash to HBO casting
Shaun of the Dead actor Nick Frost has disabled comments on a post celebrating his casting in HBO’s Harry Potter series, after fans reacted with upset over his involvement.
HBO announced yesterday (14 April) that the 53-year-old British actor, known for Hot Fuzz and The World’s End, will star as half-giant Rubeus Hagrid in its TV adaptation of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter novels.While mega fans of Rowling’s wizarding world have praised HBO’s casting team for lining up Frost as Hagrid, others have taken aim at Frost and his fellow future Harry Potter stars over their involvement in a series being executively produced by Rowling.
JK Rowling has repeatedly made her ‘gender-critical’ views on the transgender community clear, while she was recently criticised by asexual campaigners for branding International Asexuality Day “fake oppression” day.
Comments have now been disabled on his celebration post after fans pointed out that he would be working on a Rowling project.
Still, those disappointed in the star’s decision to be involved in Rowling’s work have begun flooding the comment sections on his other posts, with one reading: “You always were an artist I highly admired. Please think again if you want to get involved with that woman, you might lose a lot of fans with that decision.”
Nick Frost disables comments on Harry Potter post after backlash to HBO casting
Nick Frost has disabled comments on his Harry Potter casting post after backlash to his involvement in the HBO series.Marcus Wratten (PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news)
being a jk rowling fan*
We're all still allowed to like Harry Potter, just like we're still allowed to dance to Michael Jackson songs
But it isn't when it comes to Harry Potter. The reason I made the comparison is that JK Rowling is also a billionaire using her wealth to influence legislation against trans people. They are more similar than they are different. Buying Harry Potter stuff puts money directly into her pockets to further her TERF goals.
Michael Jackson is a bit more gray.
I mean, don't buy new HP stuff, you can find it used literally everywhere (or just sail the high seas). I just said it's OK to enjoy it, not give that cunt more money.
Shit, man, I still refuse to eat chik filet.
Still, those disappointed in the star’s decision to be involved in Rowling’s work have begun flooding the comment sections on his other posts, with one reading: “You always were an artist I highly admired. Please think again if you want to get involved with that woman, you might lose a lot of fans with that decision.”
He's an actor, it's a paying acting job. Are these supposed "fans" he might lose going to replace that pay check? No? Then shut the fuck up.
Video shows doctor with measles treating kids. RFK Jr later praised him as an ‘extraordinary’ healer
Doctor with measles who treated children during Texas outbreak later complimented by RFK Jr.
A video shows a Texas doctor, who has been treating children in a measles outbreak, with a measles rash on his face in a clinic while caring for patients a week before he met with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.. Dr.Michelle R. Smith (AP News)
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AFAIK it's the most known infectious.
Covid, or at least one of the omicron variants is next i think, but one might argue its more since the infection cycle was faster leading to larger numbers, but in terms 1 person infecting X people, it's Measles.
Forty years of Republican brain rot and systemic cutting of education.
If your country has conservatives that look up to the United States, stamp it out now.
I'm very familiar with the world of academia. To be honest, many of them/us are surprisingly stupid, but for a reason. To get a doctorate in a field is no easy task. Your lack of knowledge in much else is because you spent all you had being knowledgeable in a specific thing.
So even if you think a doctor is a stupid person in general, there is NO EXCUSE for them being stupid in the one thing they spent years becoming an expert in.
So, is this "doctor" actually holding a doctorate in this field? Let me check....
...god, he has the most generic name it's impossible to know.
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For what it's worth on the voice thing, assuming that's what "he sounds like that" refers to: npr.org/2025/01/29/nx-s1-52791…
That's the result of a rare neurological condition known as spasmodic dysphonia, which has afflicted Kennedy for decades.
If you've got any evidence that it was heroin that caused that neurological condition I'm all ears, but we have a pretty reliable source on this one.
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No, that's fake news
He got hepatitis from all the rapes he's actually done
Donald Trump vs Mr Market
Donald Trump vs Mr Market
As the US president’s rollercoaster tariff policy creates global financial chaos, Tim Harford asks: is he in a fight he can’t win?Tim Harford (Financial Times)
This Is How Far Vance Will Go to Sell a Lie
Opinion | This Is How Far Vance Will Go to Sell a Lie
Unfortunately for his argument, the Constitution is the Constitution.Jamelle Bouie (The New York Times)
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slamming critics who want the White House to obey a court order
What a sentence. What a time to be alive.
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My first thought was that this was the same guy who said immigrants in Springfield were eating cats, knowing it wasn't true. And the author of the piece remembered it, too:
During the presidential campaign, Vance defended his decision to slander the Haitian immigrants of Springfield, Ohio — to disparage and lie about them for political gain — by telling reporters that he would “create stories” if that’s what he had to do to get the news media’s attention. And here he is again, creating stories. In this case, however, it is less to get the attention of the press and more to defend the administration’s open contempt for the rule of law.
Nobody should take anything this man has to say seriously....
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James Donald Bowman is a despicable turd.
I will deadname him in every post about him I see.
Tenant Unions Are Coming. Landlords Aren't Ready.
Tenant Unions Are Coming. Landlords Aren't Ready.
An organizer speaks about collective power in the world of real estate capital.Hamilton Nolan (How Things Work)
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Don't pay rent, get evicted. Don't move out when evicted, get trespassed and thrown out by the Sheriff.
A renters union won't do shit. Laws need to be changed to scale property tax so the more properties you own the more taxes you pay.
It can cost landlords a lot of money. You can evict everyone but then you need to actually go through the process with them, one by one. The union can also collectively call attention from the municipality, file official complaints, etc.
If you rent strike and the landlord evicts eveyone, then they need to ready all the units all at once with none of the units generating any income. Assuming they have maintenance staff, they don't have enough to handle that kind of volume. They'll need to contract it out or deal with no income as units get ready one by one. The only downside (upside for them) is that they might be able to raise the rents on new tenants if demand is high enough.
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An eviction just costs court fees in my state, and the landlord will automatically get the fee and any legal fee back.
People put deposits down exactly for this reason. The properties are insured. There is no way a renters union would work.
I think an all out strike as in, not paying rent, is a very serious and aggressive option that you'd only exercise in extreme circumstances.
Unionising provides a lot of power to tenants long before going that far.
For example, as a group you can afford legal representation.
I would honestly strike if my tenants unionised lmao
No chance of that happening here tho. I specifically even rent rooms to the immigrants who know fuck all about the local law and won’t play any funny games
Hey all, I'm an absolutely massive wanker, just wanted to share!-Emmie@lemm.ee
Edit: oof, check that post history for more.
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It isn’t my fault that I have to argue with misinformed people every 15 minutes or so
I can assure you that I do rent rooms to immigrants and thus vote for libs because my business depends on the most amount of them flocking to capital
And also I get lowest taxes in this biz like 8% a year when wagies pay 30% or so. It’s comfortable as heck
Seeking negative attention on obscure social media platforms isnt winning, Emmie.
Get help.
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I'm literally crying laughing reading these responses, holy shit people took the bait XD
10/10 trolling, well done you monster
Piece–of–shit landlord doesn’t want repercussions for their piece–of–shit choices on rental agreements. If landlords make profits, they’re leeches on the less fortunate. Maybe look into co-opting the property… or just kill yourself and make the whole society better you fucking loser.
I’m just so over people like you. If we lived in the Neolithic age you would have been stoned to death for not contributing to society.
Toothpaste widely contaminated with lead and other metals, US research finds
Toothpaste widely contaminated with lead and other metals, US research finds
Most of 51 brands tested, including those for children, contained dangerous heavy metalTom Perkins (The Guardian)
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The highest levels detected violated the state of Washington’s limits
Tamara Rubin is an internationally recognized, multiple federal award-winning Lead-poisoning prevention advocate, documentary filmmaker, and mother of four sons (ages 26, 20, 17, and 14). She took on the cause of childhood Lead poisoning and consumer goods safety advocacy after her sons were acutely Lead poisoned by the work of a painting contractor in 2005. Tamara lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and two youngest sons (who each have permanent disabilities from Lead exposure as infants).
She does this work specifically because it can cause permanent harm. Her family literally are victims of it.
Also, as the article notes, Washington State has much stricter standards than the Federal government.
More on Rubin:
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The max thresholds don't mean it's fine if it's lower, just that at some point it becomes difficult to both detect the presence of things and there's a limit on how much can be prevented. If we were progressing in time correctly we should be lowering these maximum levels both in the ability of detection and in the beginning sources. Especially in cases like this where either the metals are being added or are part of specific ingredients that would cost more to process and remove the metals.
And wow, they said Washington State was lower than the FDA, but that's a magnitude less! Good job, Washington!
When it comes to lead, there is no "safe" level of lead in ones body. I think the reason the FDA has a limit is because we know it's everywhere, so having a standard limit lower than where the average person may begin to see noticeable side-effects is important. Although, as everyone's body chemistry varies, what is "safe/tolerable" for one individual may not be for another.
Lead is also one of those things that from research I have read affects children to the greatest degree while their little brains are growing. In children it can cause things like aggression, learning disabilities, and slow growth and development amongst other things.
Also this is only one source of lead children (or any of us) may be absorbing, which would make you wonder about a compounding affect when looked at in aggregate. We know it's in a LOT of chocolate, spices (cinnamon being the current one doing kids in), toys, and environmental things like paint in places like old homes and schools (read a story not long ago about a kid they figured out was being poisoned from lead paint dust on a windowsill at school).
The article told you. There is NO safe level of lead. The legal limits are not appropriate for health.
Low level mass lead poisoning makes the world make a lot more sense now.
Probably because the bulk of the products tested were likely kids toothpastes.
Lead Safe Mama community members nominate products for laboratory testing and then the LSM community uses crowd-funding (including through GoFundMe) to raise the funds to cover the costs related to testing and reporting of these nominated products. This is how the toothpaste and tooth powder products listed in the chart below were chosen for testing, and how the testing and reporting was paid for.
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I don't dispute her lead findings, but her statement about Hydroxyapatite shows she's willing to give comment on things she knows nothing about.
Hydroxyapatite is extracted from cow bone and added because it allegedly helps teeth absorb calcium, though Rubin said she doubts it does.
Hydroxyapatite is used as an alternative to flouride, as it's able to attach to the enamal and act as a barrier similar to how flouride does.
Research has shown it's less effective than flouride overall (it can't withstand as low a pH/acidity before dissolving), but it's not added to increase calcium absorption, like she claims.
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Hydroxyapatite is basically bone without the last calcium ion, which is calcium apatite
Hydroxyapatite is present in bones and teeth; bone is made primarily of HA crystals interspersed in a collagen matrix—65 to 70% of the mass of bone is HA. Similarly HA is 70 to 80% of the mass of dentin and enamel in teeth.
I think you may want to reconsider, it might not be used for calcium absorbtion (that's via preferential binding and transport pathways in the gut lumen), the apatite is absorbed by the collagen matrix for the outer coating, effectively regenerating the tooth.
Flouride is a stronger, but worse version of this (strengthing apatite without the Ca++ ion), though both together could theoretically be optimal, I don't know of any studies looking into this, and we should be wary of making such claims barring evidence.
I'm not suggesting hydroxyapetite is without merit for dental purposes, it absolutely is useful, and I agree combining it with flouride would likely be optimal (I recall reading a study that seemed to suggest HA can actually remineralize deeper into the tooth than flouride can).
I was just pointing out that the woman in the article didn't seem to know what hydroxyapetite is actually used for, despite trying to seem like a source of knowledge.
I don't know the woman, I'm just against improper use of science.
Most of the Flouride studies are a century old, I consider all medicine of that era to be effectively meaningless.
Let's do some new studies and put this stupid shit to bed.
Id love studies with apatite and fluoride combined, I'd also like to see the efficacy of Flouride mouthwash and toothpaste vs in water, no reason to treat systemically if we can treat topically.
We're practicing voodoo medicine based on tradition, let's see if we can come up with something even better now that we're not illiterate morons.
There are many recent studies on the efficacy of flouride, both mouth rinse and paste from the last two decades, as well as studies on the efficacy of essential oil rinses (Listerine) and stabilized chlorine (Closys).
There have been developments in flouride compositions as well, such as Stannus flouride, which has been fully stabilized and no longer stains the teeth like it once did. It brings with it advantages over the older Sodium Flouride, such as better resilience against low pH, reduction of temperature sensitivity from its ability to fill in the microtubules of the teeth, and an antibacterial effect from being stabilized to zinc, which remains on the teeth and kills caries causing bacteria for many hours after use.
I highly disagree that science is not advancing regarding dental solutions, we are very much not playing with voodoo. I would suggest instead that advancements in dental technology and science is not pushed harder due to financial interests, as wide adoption would drastically reduce the income of dentists. It's capitalism, basically.
To give a highly encapsulated version of an ideal dental regimen based on modern science, it would be thus:
- Begin with a small rinse of Closys, which is effective at penetrating biofilm in the mouth, and raises the pH of the mouth to protect the teeth from abrasion for the next step (teeth enamel becomes softened in an acidic environment).
- Brush with a Stannus flouride toothpaste. The action of brushing itself even without toothpaste is beneficial, as it mechanically disturbs the colonies of bacteria on the teeth, which mouthwash alone cannot achieve. Leave the toothpaste on for a couple minutes if possible.
- Without rinsing with water, spit out the remaining toothpaste and begin a rinse of classic Listerine (or off brand). The essential oils will finish off all the bacteria that the brushing dislodged, as well as get between the teeth to act as a liquid flossing.
- Finish, again without rinsing with water, with a standard ACT mouth rinse (or off-brand).
This last step is is important for a few reasons.
- First, it is a high pH, and will neutralize the acidic nature of the Listerine.
- Second, it rinses out the alcohol of the Listerine, which if left in would have a detrimental effect on saliva production and dry mouth, which prevents the teeth from remineralizing from the phosphorous and minerals in your saliva.
- Third, it introduces yet another source of flouride after the acidity of the Listerine etches the enamel, which strangely increases the absorption of the flouride (flouride is most effective in an acidic environment, but that can only be taken advantage of with a liquid, as the brush would be harmful in that environment).
- Fourth, the ACT type rinse contains another antibacterial (cetylpyridinium chloride) that studies have shown stick to the enamel, killing yet more caries creating bacteria.
If this protocol is followed diligently twice a day, you will effectively entirely prevent caries causing bacteria from being able to proliferate enough to actually cause plaque buildup whatsoever, and you will likely never get another cavity for the rest of your life. Especially if combined with xylitol mints after meals, which caries causing bacteria uptake thinking it's a sugar they can digest and use as fuel, but in fact cannot be, causing them to die. It also promotes saliva production, which increases pH and flushes the teeth with minerals.
Lastly, the reason we treat water with flouride is for the sake of those unable to afford access to, or proper knowledge of, flouride containing dental products as described above. If everyone did the above protocol, there would be no need to fluoridate water, but as that is unlikely, water fluoridation is a compromise.
I would suggest instead that advancements in dental technology and science is not pushed harder due to financial interests, as wide adoption would drastically reduce the income of dentists. It’s capitalism, basically.
See, I'm willing to go with you on your other points, but I don't buy this at all.
Dentistry in America is ludicrously broken, but Europe has had its own way for decades, and diverged in many important ways, while having a far smaller economic incentive. My wife insisted on flying back home for all her dentistry after a catastrophic incident in the US (bad infection after unneeded root canal almost lead to sepsis). Personally I have nearly perfect teeth, or I did until recently. After the first examination I mentioned I had changed dental insurance, the dentist stepped out for a moment, came back, and suddenly I had 4 cavities that must be drilled at once. That was an eye-opening experience. My next dentist found nothing of course.
I don't like the theory of adding compounds to water without a very, VERY compelling reason, particularly one with no alternatives. Providing free dental rinses to kids at school seems like it would solve this better, but adding it to water? If the state can add compounds to water, why not other compounds that reduce aggression? That's actually not bad either, but can lead down a slippery slope. It's less a concern for America, but I can imagine a communist country doing that with 0 reflection.
I'll take up closys, I use a hydroxyapetite toothpaste that I find very powerful, alongside listerine.
There are a lot of things we could add to water that would help everyone, magnesium is at the very top of that list (as someone who grew up with rural water, city water is horrifically deficient here), but let's just add that as a secondary supplement, it gets better scrutiny, but mostly, and here's the real kicker:
IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THE FORMULATION, WE DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE EVERYONE'S WATER INFRASTRUCTURE!
Dentistry in America is ludicrously broken, but Europe has had its own way for decades, and diverged in many important ways, while having a far smaller economic incentive.
I don't disagree with that at all. The amount of false dental procedures done in the US for monetary gain is quite high, making it a hassle to find an ethical dentist.
Providing free dental rinses to kids at school seems like it would solve this better
I think that would be a better solution in theory, but the cost of doing that en-masse across the country would be quite a bit higher than putting it in the drinking water (Single bulk purchase of fluoride with only a single person needed to be hired to add it to the water supply Vs. Millions of bottles of fluoride rinse being either being created by the government or contracted out to a company, which is then regularly distributed to schools, likely via truck, requiring hundreds to thousands of new employees to manage and run an operation of that size).
I can't imagine a bill for that program being passed in this political climate. I mean, we can't even get lead out of the water in many communities, and that's far, FAR more dangerous. Not to mention PFAS now being in the water supply. Also, while that solution would help children, what about adults who cannot afford to buy fluoride rinses?
We have pretty solid evidence that shows when a community stops fluoridating their water, the poorest in that community have a pretty steep increase in preventable dental and oral health outcomes.
There is also some tentative evidence that high levels of fluoride could have negative effects to pregnant women, babies, and small developing children (potential lowering of IQ), but it's pretty weak evidence that hasn't been verified, and there is no evidence that it is harmful to adults.
So we have to choose between a 100% known bad outcome for poor people and a potential bad effect for young people from a poorly done study. I don't think it's too crazy of a decision to go with the option that does a significant amount of known good to the most disenfranchised part of the population, personally.
The places that do fluoridate their water do so publicly, is regulated and tested (and can be personally verified at home with a test kit), and adds the least amount possible to achieve the positive outcome, which comes out to a very small dose (many communities have naturally occurring fluoride in their water at higher levels)
If the state can add compounds to water, why not other compounds that reduce aggression?
That part is going a bit too far into conspiratorial thinking, IMHO, coming from someone who used to be a full on religious conspiracy theorist prepper. If we begin to assume that the government is going to start manipulating the water supply secretly, you would then have to assume that any water that you didn't personally purify is suspect, and at that point water fluoridation is the least of your concerns.
The risk to a government doing that is absolutely immense, as the now modified water would be accessible and testable by the entire population that drinks it, and unless there are suddenly new chemicals that are undetectable by known scientific methods, the chances of a government being able to pull that off are below nill, and detection would result in a scandal beyond imagining.
So we have to choose between a 100% known bad outcome for poor people and a potential bad effect for young people from a poorly done study. I don’t think it’s too crazy of a decision to go with the option that does a significant amount of known good to the most disenfranchised part of the population, personally.
I disagree with your risk calculus. We are talking about something so 100% fundamental to human life, water. This is something we should consider absolutely sacrosanct, and a human right to all. It should be unthinkable to alter or modify it in any way imho.
I'm not trying to "Precious bodily fluids" here. 
You're right it's more expensive and the logistics are worse, but at the same time you could inculcate better habits in your population, and even subsidize proper mouth rinses.
If we begin to assume that the government is going to start manipulating the water supply secretly, you would then have to assume that any water that you didn’t personally purify is suspect, and at that point water fluoridation is the least of your concerns.
I agree, which is why I don't want any tampering or adultering of water to begin with. I trust now that the levels are appropriate, but your whole argument boils down to "we're adding stuff to water because it's convenient", which is true, but a lot of things are convenient.
Let's have people take new referenda on adding them, flouride was added in the early 1900s without any political process.
I say this as someone who grew up in areas with truly horrible water quality from agricultural and industrial runoff, that was still declared "perfectly fine" by a dramatically corrupt local government. I also lived near the town where "A Civil Action" took place, and the water tasted funny there too (not terribly bad, but still weird).
Chlorine absolutely makes sense.
Chlorine is our anion gap, we have so much more than you can imagine, it's literally in salt.
Flourine is less common, saying some places have a lot is like saying arsenic is fine because chile has high concentrations. The Pampas actually is known for their wines and they have massive arsenic.
saying some places have a lot is like saying arsenic is fine because chile has high concentrations.
It's not though, is it. It's more like saying 'there are safe levels of arsenic'. Which there are.
The Pampas actually is known for their wines and they have massive arsenic.
Sooo this is an interesting fact, but I would assume that arsenic was present in the wine in organic form and therefore not really an issue. I'm not really sure what the point being made here is anyway...
Btw, asked gpt4o this question:
Fluoridation Coverage and Socioeconomic StatusLower Access in Disadvantaged Areas: Studies have found that areas with greater socioeconomic disadvantage often have less access to fluoridated water. This disparity is attributed to factors such as limited infrastructure, political opposition, and logistical challenges in implementing fluoridation programs in these communities .
Variability Across Income Levels: In the United States, data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) revealed that children from families with low income—but not those living in poverty—were less likely than other income groups to reside in predominantly fluoridated counties .
So your argument is somewhat flawed, poor people tend to be less flouridated, so the people who need it get it the least.
This is the wrong way to distribute this, please stop and find a better way, MOST IMPORTANTLY A CONTROLLED WAY, and work out a precise dosage schedule while you're at it, none of this ignorant yeehaw cowboy shit where each town rolls a dice.
Rural areas tend to be socioeconomically disadvantaged, while also not being connected to a municipal water (it's more economical to have your own well in rural areas).
Just because those people don't have access to fluoridated water does not mean the solution is to then take away fluoridated water from the poor who do live in areas with municipal water.
You’re right it’s more expensive and the logistics are worse, but at the same time you could inculcate better habits in your population, and even subsidize proper mouth rinses.
The minute that's successfully done across the country, I would be in favor of removing fluoride from water, but only after all economically disadvantaged have that better option in place, and they are adequately educated with better habits to utilize it. I think you'll find that it is much easier said than done.
Everyone on this argument seems to be posting a rather religious position and rationalizing backwards.
Europe has vastly better dental health in every possible way, without flouridation.
It's not working, cut the shit.
I mean, my solution is just to leave the US, which worked for me.
It's not just lowering dental costs btw, but you're right, taking money out of dentistry would probably give the most improvement to medical outcomes.
lol I'm sorry I just couldn't resist.
I was tempted to go for
The tooth has spoken the truth.
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The tooth has spoken the twooth
Finally a benefit to not brushing my teeth! My ADHD finally gets a win!
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My uncle always used to say that his goal in life is to have all his teeth replaced with implants.
He died at 51 from a heart attack.
I have a single implant. One. I fucking hate it. Not to speak of the dentist because he's fantastic, but the structure of the things drives me nuts.
If anyone's unaware, they don't go into the socket like a normal tooth. There's an anchor, but they're kinda T-shaped and leave a miniscule gap between the "tooth" and the gum. SO MUCH SHIT GETS TRAPPED IN THERE! I carry metal toothpicks with me everywhere ("weapons" according to every security guy ever) because I constantly have to dig shit out.
There's other problems too, but that's the most annoying one.
Good to know that I should avoid implants.
I have three ceramic crowns and they do not have that issue at all. I was bad at my luxury bone maintenance when I was younger so I will probably have to get many more crowns in the future.
So I'm all for substances to be routinely measured for lead concentration. I wouldn't be surprised if lead and fascism have a link.
But, because of leaded gasoline and widespread use of lead in other products historically we cannot escape 0 lead.
I wouldn't be surprised if you took a plate of food from a randomized selection of restaurants, you would find lead in every meal.
Lead is dense, and leaded gasoline absolutely fucked our planet. We know the safe level is 0.
We cannot say that any measurement of non-zero is worse than what we can ultimately control for. We need to be measuring these things over decades, to verify the amount continues to decrease with the ultimate hope of 0 (though, that's unlikely).
I mean, it depends what you're willing to call "research".
The testing, conducted by Lead Safe Mama, also found concerning levels of highly toxic arsenic, mercury and cadmium in many brands.
I'm not sure I would put this on the same level as a controlled, reproducible double-blind peer-reviewed study by Harvard and MIT published in a prestigious journal, but I'm sure it's really close. /s
Edit: Ok, so people argue she's at least a little legitimate, but why the fuck can't we use actual scientific institutions anymore? We have a scientific method for a reason. Where's the peer review? Where's the people reproducing her results?
Part of the reason the USA has gotten to this state is because we allow unverified sensationalist slop like this to get the public's attention and be used against them. We've already seen 1 bullshit study linking vaccines and autism that is STILL being widely circulated and used to this day to convince people not only that vaccines are bad but that the whole GOVERNMENT is bad. Look at the results.
Now we're going to convince people toothpaste is bad using the same quality of "independent research"?
I did not interpret this to mean toothpaste is bad. All I see is greedy corporations not doing their due diligence in making sure their product safe.
I agree that the reason we've gotten to this state is due in part to sensationalist media using bad research to promote claims that get clicks/views that earn them money.
But I don't think that's the same thing at all as someone paying independent labs to test consumer products for toxins.
There are plenty of sensationalist articles about pseudo-science to get upset over. But someone who's paying for independent testing of consumer products for heavy metals is not it.
back in my day they even leaded the wine!
that's where the phrase, "get the lead out", became so popular.
invite some friends over for dinner, break out the wine and one of the servants would say, "this wine is vinegar!" and then you'd whip them and scream, "get the lead out!"
Rubin said the contamination seems to lie in some ingredients added to toothpaste, including hydroxyapatite, calcium carbonate and bentonite clay.Several children’s toothpastes, like Dr Brown’s Baby Toothpaste, did not test positive for any metals and did not contain the ingredients in question.
The thing is, I'll need further research from other countries to consider trusting these findings, even if I'm already used to being overly cautious when purchasing hygiene products.
I pay eight dollars for what I assumed was "fancy toothpaste". It's expensive. Good teeth, too bad about the fucking lead poisoning though...
Wtf!
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Jeffrey Sachs Goes Off, Roasts Donald Trump’s Trade Talk, Says 'Mickey Mouse Is Smarter Than Him'
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Russia to stop 'all hostilities' in Ukraine as Putin announces 'Easter truce' until end of Sunday
- Russian President Vladimir Putin [announces an "Easter truce'' in Ukraine according to reports
- Putin says there will be a temporary end to hostilities from 18:00 Moscow time (16:00 BST) today until midnight on 21 April (22:00 BST)
- Putin adds he assumes Ukraine will follow the truce and [Russian troops are ready to repel any possible violations
- It is unclear whether Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accepted the terms of the truce
- This comes after US President Donald Trump threatened to "pass" on Ukraine peace talks if no progress was made on a deal
Zelensky calls Putin’s words ‘empty’ as Ukraine and Russia trade blame for breaking ‘Easter truce’
Kyiv says Russian shelling and drone activity have increased today while Moscow accused Ukraine of launching hundreds of drone attacks.BBC News
Translation: “we’re dangerously low on supplies in a bunch of areas and we need to rush some logistics in without Ukraine blowing them up”
I genuinely do hope Zelenskyy completely ignores this unilaterally-declared truce
"Guided by humanitarian considerations, today from 18:00 00:00 from Sunday to Monday, the Russian side declares an Easter truce. I order that all military actions be stopped for this period."
Fuck this guy and his 'humanitarian considerations' 3 years after invading his neighour, killing its people and stealing its childen - he finally deigns to give a whole 2 days reprieve (likely to be broken) because he's finally felt a teeney bit of pressure from t'old Donald.
Because given Russias track record, they lie about stopping with fighting. Multiple times.
So slap me silly for being skeptical.
If Ukraine wants a breather they can agree to it knowing they need to stay alert for the Russians to break it.
If Ukraine doesn't want to play that game, they can just say "we'll agree to a ceasefire when you leave Ukraine permanently" and carry on.
A Fading Coal Town Banked on a Wind-Power Boom. Then Came Trump.
The top-level post uses a gift link with a view count limit. When it runs out, there is an archived copy of the article
Given that this is the WSJ, you might actually prefer the archived copy to avoid giving them ad revenue.
I did verify.
51% is awfully close for me to have such harsh feelings towards a town investing in clean energy despite being founded due to coal. But I won't dissuade anyone from sharing that sentiment.
Fatima Houssana and 9 of her family members murdered 24 hours after film accepted in Cannes festival
Gaza Photojournalist In Cannes Doc Killed In Israeli Strike
Palestinian Photojournalist And Protagonist Of Cannes-Selected Doc Killed In Israeli Gaza StrikeMelanie Goodfellow (Deadline)
"the Jews run America" is definitely not white supremacist propaganda. Definitely the attitude of people who typically care about brown babies and journalists being murdered. Come on son. Let me hear your leftist thoughts on George Soros. Oroboros tail eating dumb shit useful idiotic racist motherfucker.
Also, more than half is enough to qualify for a false equivocation. So, no, with your fuzzy math.
Why can't we hate the behavior of a country distinctly from the people it makes up.
Absolutely nothing - on the contrary, they even supply the weapons with which these shameful murders are committed.
And Trump and his band of criminals are not even alone in this - my home country, Germany, is also aiding and abetting these terrible war crimes.
I simply cannot understand how a country like Israel, which is actually completely irrelevant on the world stage, not only gets away with genocide, but is even supported by many of those countries that otherwise always play the moralizer.
The only way I can explain this is that the fascist regime in Israel is taking advantage of the fact that this country is a leader in surveillance and espionage technology. Other than by blackmailing foreign state representatives, I simply cannot explain why so many countries persist in supporting all these terrible atrocities - in democratic countries even against the will of the people and at the massive expense of votes.
I'm aware that this is conspiracy theory, but I simply can't explain it any other way because it is so incredibly absurd and shameful.
I mean, Bibi has long been the subject of an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Courts.
It is of course quite clear that no government official in the USA is interested in this, but the fact that European countries, which recognize this intuition as binding, are also thinking about how Netanyahu could be invited as a state guest without having to arrest him immediately is simply telling. And then also supplying weapons to a war criminal?
How?
Israel is not irrelevant on the world stage. They are a major intelligence asset. Nobody comes close to what they can do. And America knows this. They have been enabling Israel all these years hoping to keep that asset on their side. The second we turn on Israel they become a mercenary operation for our enemies.
There’s not really any way to win with Israel. They are assholes. They shouldn’t exist in the first place. And we continue to play nice with them while they kill everyone around them and threaten anyone who dares question them.
Israel is not irrelevant on the world stage. They are a major intelligence asset. Nobody comes close to what they can do
Thats the utterly BS mystique zionists like to cultivate. You have no proof at all of it-- You're just parroting hasbara propoganda.
All I see day in and day out on the news is vicious Israeli war crimes, indiscriminate violence, and land theft for 80 years and the anger caused by it.
If the Israelis DO have any intelligence, its unreliable due to their rampant of torture, and it'll be about their enemies (not ours), and visciously slanted by their insane worldview and transparent attempts at manipulation of the west to their advantage.
Israels enemies are not the enemies of the west. All we care about in that region is oil and shipping lanes. Israel wants to steal land and kill muslims. The west has every reason not to care about that, and no gain to join in it.. So we arent even strategic allies. Israelis are rich barbarian cultists who buy influence. We need to dump them, despite their so called "intelligence".
Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under 18th century wartime law
Supreme Court temporarily blocks deportations of Venezuelans held in northern Texas
The Supreme Court has blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th-century wartime law.Nicholas Riccardi (AP News)
"Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented."
Even Trump's appointees are going against him here.
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Progressive Barbara Lee wins Oakland mayoral race
Barbara Lee wins Oakland mayoral race
Barbara Lee took an insurmountable lead in the Oakland mayoral race in the latest vote count Friday.Sarah Ravani (San Francisco Chronicle)
Oakland uses ranked choice voting, which means that if a candidate receives a majority of first-choice votes, that person wins. If not, the last-place candidate is eliminated, and voters who selected that person have their votes counted for their next choice — a cycle that repeats until a candidate gets a majority.
We need this nationwide.
I don't know anything about her, but this sounds all right to me:
As for homelessness, Lee has referred to the crisis as a “moral disgrace.” She said she wants to test a guaranteed income pilot program for homeless people, hire unhoused residents to clean the streets, and work with the Veterans Administration to get veterans off the street.
Trump administration announces fees on Chinese ships docking at U.S. ports
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The U.S. government began investigating China’s dominance in the shipbuilding industry, where it manufactures as much as 75%-80% of fleets, during the Biden administration.Steep levies on Chinese-made ships arriving at U.S. ports have been proposed, up to as much as $1.5 million, as part of a plan to bring more ship manufacturing back to the U.S., a policy which has bipartisan support.
Trump administration announces fees on Chinese ships docking at U.S. ports
The Trump administration on Thursday announced fees on Chinese-built vessels.Lori Ann LaRocco (CNBC)
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