Babies from three people's DNA prevents [a] heriditary disease
Babies from three people's DNA prevents hereditary disease
The method was pioneered by UK scientists to overcome devastating, often fatal inherited diseases.James Gallagher (BBC News)
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Ukraine's Zelenskiy offers Russia more talks next week
KYIV, July 19 (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Kyiv has sent Moscow an offer to hold another round of peace talks next week, and that he wanted to speed up negotiations for a ceasefire.
Ukraine and Russia have held two rounds of talks in Istanbul over the past five months. They have agreed to swap prisoners but made no breakthroughs in ending almost three and a half years of conflict that started with Russia's 2022 invasion.
"Everything should be done to achieve a ceasefire," Zelenskiy said in his evening address to the nation. "The Russian side should stop hiding from decisions," he added.
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What does Zelenskyy expect to achieve here? If he concedes to some or all of Russia's demands, they won't back off; they'll ask for more, and there is no way he doesn't know that.
All he could possibly be asking for that is mutually beneficial is time to breathe, assess damage and regroup before fighting begins again.
Maybe he thinks Russia's resolve is breaking. Maybe it is. I sure hope so.
He probably wants to demonstrate to Trump (who said he would put economic pressure on Russia is a ceasefire was not done in less than 50 days from now.)
I don’t think anybody holds out hope on a ceasefire but Zelensky must keep asking to about situations where leaders think “Well both of them are stubborn and won’t do a ceasefire.” And reduce their supplies.
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China starts construction on world's largest hydropower dam in Tibet
HONG KONG, July 21 (Reuters) - China's Premier Li Qiang announced the start of construction on what will be the world's largest hydropower dam, located on the eastern rim of the Tibetan plateau and estimated to cost around $170 billion, the official Xinhua news agency said.
The project is part of China's push to expand renewable energy and reduce carbon emissions.
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Greeks mourn, Turks celebrate anniversary of invasion that split Cyprus
NICOSIA, July 20 (Reuters) - Greek and Turkish Cypriots marked on Sunday the 51st anniversary of Turkey's 1974 invasion of Cyprus, an event that split the island and remains a source of tension between NATO partners Greece and Turkey.
Air raid sirens sounded across the southern Greek Cypriot-populated parts of Cyprus at 5:30 a.m. (0230 GMT), the exact time when Turkish troops landed on the northern coast in a military intervention triggered by a brief Greece-inspired coup.
Four Greek Cypriots arrested in Turkish-occupied north on espionage charges
Four Greek Cypriots arrested in Turkish-occupied north on espionage charges
Four Greek Cypriots were arrested in the Turkish-occupied town of Trikomo in northern Cyprus on charges of espionage, according to Turkish Cypriot media reports.Newsroom (ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΕΣ ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΜΟΝΟΠΡΟΣΩΠΗ Α.Ε. Εθν.Μακαρίου & Φαληρέως 2)
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Calm reported in Syria's Sweida, Damascus says truce holding
-Syrian security forces take up position on roads near Sweida
-Bedouin fighters withdraw, interior ministry says
-US envoy says sides have 'navigated' to a cessation of hostilities, next step is prisoner swap
-Sharaa receives report of inquiry into coastal killings, during which 1,500 Alawites were killedDAMASCUS, July 20 (Reuters) - Residents reported calm in Syria's Sweida on Sunday after the Islamist-led government announced that Bedouin fighters had withdrawn from the predominantly Druze city and a U.S. envoy signalled that a deal to end days of fighting was being implemented.
With hundreds reported killed, the Sweida bloodshed is a major test for interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, prompting Israel to launch airstrikes against government forces last week as it declared support for the Druze. Fighting continued on Saturday despite a ceasefire call.
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ICE chief says he will continue to allow agents to wear masks during arrest raids
Legal advocates and attorneys general argue practice poses accountability issues and contributes to a climate of fear
The head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) said on Sunday that he will continue allowing the controversial practice of his officers wearing masks over their faces during their arrest raids.
As Donald Trump has ramped up his unprecedented effort to deport immigrants around the country, Ice officers have become notorious for wearing masks to approach and detain people, often with force. Legal advocates and attorneys general have argued that it poses accountability issues and contributes to a climate of fear.
On Sunday, Todd Lyons, the agency’s acting director, was asked on CBS Face the Nation about imposters exploiting the practice by posing as immigration officers. “That’s one of our biggest concerns. And I’ve said it publicly before, I’m not a proponent of the masks,” Lyons said.
Ice chief says he will continue to allow agents to wear masks during arrest raids
Legal advocates and attorneys general argue practice poses accountability issues and contributes to climate of fearMichael Sainato (The Guardian)
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Because they don't want to be hunted after this chapter of American history is slammed shut.
And it might take years or even decade++, but this chapter will eventually close.
Every video I've watched where their masks are down and they're speaking, they don't look or sound like white Americans.
They look and sound like Federales.
Small sample size but just an observation.
What about taking the license plates off of their vehicles ?
Is that still legal ? Because vandalizing their cars is a way of dealing with that.
And I've read that glitter-splashing is another way of dealing with their masks.
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Videos have flooded social media showing Ice agents wearing masks over their faces, detaining people without immediately identifying themselves, refusing to answer questions or explaining why people are being detained, and pushing them into unmarked cars with tinted windows.As well as the tens of thousands of arrests, there have been several reported cases of masked criminals posing as Ice officers, such as a man in Raleigh, North Carolina accused in January of kidnapping and raping a woman, threatening to deport her if she didn’t comply, or a man in Brooklyn attempting in February to rape a 51-year-old woman. In April 2025, a Florida woman posed as an immigration officer to briefly kidnap her ex-boyfriend’s wife from her job.
In a way it's understandable... if there is a chance that you might be targeted for doing your job then wearing a mask is the right choice to protect yourself and your family.
I mean, it's not THAT uncommon: SEK and other more "militarized" police units in Germany also wear masks during raids for the same reason.
They’ve never needed masks until now.
They’re afraid of the public because their actions are shameful and “just following orders” didn’t protect the Nazis last time.
Just to set the record straight:
It very much did.
Do you think every SS guard, every SA man and every Wehrmacht soldier who was participating in atrocities was prosecuted? Nah, i would argue that only perhaps 2 - 5 % (if ever) of the participating officials where put on trial and only a low number of those got harsh sentences.
Japan's Ishiba vows to stay on after election defeat
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Ishiba's coalition loses majority in Japan's upper house election
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ’s ruling coalition failed Monday to secure a majority in the 248-seat upper house in a crucial parliamentary election, NHK public television said.
Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party and its junior coalition partner Komeito needed to win 50 seats on top of the 75 seats they already have to retain their majority. With just one more seat to be decided, the coalition had 47 seats.
The loss is another blow to Ishiba’s coalition, making it a minority in both houses following its October defeat in the lower house election, and worsening Japan’s political instability. It was the first time the LDP has lost a majority in both houses of parliament since the party’s foundation in 1955.
Despite the loss, Ishiba expressed determination to stay on and not create a political vacuum to tackle challenges such as U.S. tariff threats, but he could face calls from within his party to step down or find another coalition partner.
“I will fulfill my responsibility as head of the No. 1 party and work for the country,” he said.
Tennessee woman denied prenatal care for being unmarried
Pregnant Mother in Tennessee Denied Care for Being Unmarried
Denial of prenatal care to unmarried women in Tennessee raises concerns over the state's Medical Ethics Defense Act.Rachel Wells (Nashville Banner)
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Officials say 85 Palestinians seeking aid are killed in Gaza as Israel widens evacuation orders
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/33251084
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza saw its deadliest day yet for aid-seekers in over 21 months of war as at least 85 Palestinians were killed while trying to reach food on Sunday, the territory’s Health Ministry said.There was new alarm as Israel’s military issued evacuation orders for parts of central Gaza, one of the few areas where it has rarely operated with ground troops and where many international organizations trying to distribute aid are located. One group said several offices were told to evacuate immediately. There was no immediate Israeli comment.
The largest death toll was in devastated northern Gaza, where living conditions are especially dire. At least 79 Palestinians were killed while trying to reach aid entering through the Zikim crossing with Israel, Zaher al-Waheidi, head of the Health Ministry’s records department, told The Associated Press. The U.N. World Food Program said 25 trucks with aid had entered for “starving communities” when it encountered massive crowds.
A U.N. official, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to comment on the incident to the media, said Israeli forces opened fire toward crowds who tried to take food from the convoy. Footage taken by the U.N. and shared with the AP showed Palestinian men running as automatic gunfire was heard.
“Suddenly, tanks surrounded us and trapped us as gunshots and strikes rained down. We were trapped for around two hours,” said Ehab Al-Zei, who had been waiting for flour and said he hadn’t eaten bread in 15 days. He spoke over the din of people carrying the dead and wounded. ”I will never go back again. Let us die of hunger, it’s better.”
Nafiz Al-Najjar, who was injured, said tanks and drones targeted people “randomly” and he saw his cousin and others shot dead.
https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-07-20-2025-2b494af89d710793bc6933f5ae437566
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Confirmed: Uranus Really Is Hotter Than It Has Any Right to Be
A new analysis of decades' worth of observations has revealed that Uranus does indeed emit more heat than it receives from the rays of the Sun.
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If it's producing more heat than a standard world that size would (I'm assuming compared to Neptune), perhaps it's due to the composition of the rogue body that collided with it in the distant past to give it its axial tilt. Considering how profoundly, anomolously large the current 20km interstellar object 3I Atlas is, its reasonable to assume interstellar objects are larger and more common in general than theory would suggest. Perhaps something interstellar and truly exotic slammed into Uranus in the distant past, maybe studying its oldest moons would give some clues as to what.
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I'm confused. The title suggests it's hotter than anticipated, but the articles contents suggest that it's not as hot as it should be. It's emitting less heat than the other giant planets. Not more.
Now I understand that this means it's losing heat at a slower rate, but wouldn't it likely have to be colder than expected to begin with in order to it be losing it at a slower rate than the others?
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Stupid me and weird titles.
This conclusion, arrived at by two independent teams of scientists, finally resolves a puzzle that first emerged when Voyager 2 cruised past the stinky planet all the way back in 1986. Those observations suggested that Uranus was not emitting any excess heat – a finding that put it at odds with all the other giant planets in the Solar System.
They know what they're doing
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i guess this means that a nuclear process occurs in its interior?
i.e. uranium decay releases heat or sth
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‘Japanese First’ party emerges as election force with tough immigration talk
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/44390561
Birthed on YouTube during the Covid-19 pandemic spreading conspiracy theories about vaccinations and a cabal of global elites, the party broke into mainstream politics with its “Japanese First” campaign.
‘Japanese First’ party emerges as election force with tough immigration talk
Sanseito party leader Sohei Kamiya draws inspiration from US President Donald Trump. Read more at straitstimes.com.ST
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ah yes, tough immigration talk in a country with an actively collapsing population
That's gonna go over well
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...which is funny because the way things are going, the tiny people living in Japan will share the same fate as homo floresiensis (hobbit-sized species of humans that lived on an island nation of sorts and we've extinct). Thousands of years from nowz archeologists will compare the two and wonder if homo floresuensis were equally as racist.
The last "true" Japanese person (according to them)—someone named, Sato—will be heard shouting that "it's all the immigrants fault" as they die of heat exhaustion about 200-250 years from now.
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The phrase Japanese First was meant to express rebuilding Japanese people’s livelihoods by resisting globalism.
This isn't such a bad thing, by itself. For one, Japan's entirely beholden to the American tech giants for its tech sector and really should start its own buildout.
"Globalism" invariably means some sort of conspiracy theory, usually about Jews. Given this party are also anti-vaxxers, that's the most plausible conclusion.
And a broader coalition among the rest of the Western countries including Europe and Australia/NZ etc makes more sense than duplicating effort in every country.
Globalism is a dog whistle, used by the same oligarchs who promoted globalization and destroyed the middle class.
Whatever feefees it rustles in you, their actions will almost never translate to that in reality.
Don't forget that like most racist and anti-immigration parties of the world, they have ties to Russia.
The head of the party of course denied this, as he did in the past when he tried to claim that Russia wasn't really responsible for the war in Ukraine...
Congresswoman Tenney Introduces the Better Straws Act to Codify President Trump’s Agenda
Congresswoman Tenney Introduces the Better Straws Act to Codify President Trump’s Agenda
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) today introduced the Better Straws Act to restore consumer freedom and eliminate burdensome federal mandates on everyday products.Representative Claudia Tenney
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Honestly OP, you could have included the whole thing.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) today introduced the Better Straws Act to restore consumer freedom and eliminate burdensome federal mandates on everyday products. This bill codifies President Trump’s Executive Order 14208, which bans the federal requirement for paper straws and protects Americans’ right to choose practical, affordable alternatives, such as plastic straws.“Soggy paper straws that disintegrate mid-sip are not just an inconvenience; they’re a symbol of how far the Left is willing to go to impose its radical climate agenda. Paper straws often cost more, function worse, and can carry a larger carbon footprint than plastic straws. The Better Straws Act upholds President Trump’s commitment to common sense by banning federally mandated paper straws and putting consumers back in charge,” said Congresswoman Tenney.
Ignorant Fuck Act
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Reported as a rule 1 copyright violation, and if this were the case of an actual news article, it would be removed.
This isn't a news article. It's a public press release on the page of an elected congresswoman.
If you read the copyright notice on the website, it links to the relevant law, which starts with:
Copyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government, but the United States Government is not precluded from receiving and holding copyrights transferred to it by assignment, bequest, or otherwise.
So it's not a copyright violation, since it's a US government work (and doesn't fall under the exceptions listed in the law).
Better Straws. The important issues. Not genocide. Not concentration camps. Not pedophilia.
These people truly SUCK.
Fuck Trumpstein.
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Y'all realize this just gets rid of a ban (that was never followed) for federal facilities, right?
There's a lot of real shit we should be pissed about these days, so dumb shit like this will start happening, they're desperate to change subjects
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Fucking weird...
I just had the same thought like 15 minutes ago and looked around.
TMZ article from a week ago had a pic of him in jail doing a Slavic squat and throwing up the Shaka. Dude looks great.
It had a picture of a letter he responded to someone too, but I didn't bother reading that.
Other than that nothing since they challenged the dress code for his appearances. Typical stuff, nothing crazy
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This just dropped a couple of days ago, there was some news about it.
In brief, Mangione's lawyers are accusing the prosecution of falsifying a subpoena to Aetna to get protected health records about Mangione, which they received and at least partially reviewed.
'Extra Cruel': Trump Admin Ends Job Program for Seniors as Work Requirements Loom
'Extra Cruel': Trump Admin Ends Job Program for Seniors as Work Requirements Loom
"Many of our participants are living on the edge of poverty," said the head of one organization impacted by the termination of the Senior Community Service Employment Program.jake-johnson (Common Dreams)
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I'm ok with the pay package. I know in my area, perks are being restricted, which will probably shift some burden on to clients. I hope they will continue to be funded, though.
Eta: perks for Goodwill employees, not participants.
Goodwill Owner’s Net Worth Exposed: What’s Behind the Billion-Dollar Brand? - Celebs Echo
Goodwill Industries is a nonprofit organization with over 150 independent nonprofits across the U.S. and Canada, working under the umbrella of GoodwillAdmin (Celebs Echo)
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Sometimes called the ratchet effect. Republicans push to the right, and Democrats refuse to move to the left.
Then Democrats are confused why they're not more popular, despite being a watered down version of Republicans.
Idi Amin made himself out to be the ‘liberator’ of an oppressed majority – a demagogic trick that endures today
Idi Amin made himself out to be the ‘liberator’ of an oppressed majority – a demagogic trick that endures today
A new book delves into the tactics and people that propped up the brutal Ugandan dictator’s regime.The Conversation
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Israel to fund tour for MAGA and pro-Trump influencers: Report
Haaretz report says Israel plans to fly 16 social media influencers who support Trump’s MAGA and America First campaigns.
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The influencers each have hundreds of thousands to millions of followers. They will be flown in to counter what the Israeli government sees as declining support for Israel among young Americans, the report said, without citing any date.“With the rise of the America First movement and MAGA in American politics, it’s essential for Israel that the movement adopt a pro-Israel position,” Yacov Livne, senior deputy director of the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s Department of Public Diplomacy, was quoted as saying in the report.
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“[While] older Republicans and American conservatives still hold pro-Israel views, positive perspectives towards Israel are falling across all younger age groups,” it said, according to the report.The influencers will be pushed to share messaging that aligns with Israeli policy regarding the Palestinians. “We are working with influencers, sometimes with delegations of influencers,” an unnamed source from the ministry told Haaretz.
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Israel365 promotes support for Israel, specifically among Christians, based on biblical principles. Its website says the group “stands unapologetically for the Jewish people’s God-given right to the entire Land of Israel”.The organisation also rejects a two‑state solution as a “delusion” and describes its mission as defending “Western civilization against threats from both Progressive Left extremism and global jihad”.
Israel to fund tour for MAGA and pro-Trump influencers: Report
Haaretz report says Israel plans to fly 16 social media influencers who support Trump’s MAGA and America First drives.Al Jazeera
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... have no place in modern civilized democracy
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Who are the guys on the left?
Grandpa’s like “ok sure, wave for the camera rolls eyes”
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Defending Western civilization against threats from both Progressive Left extremism and global jihad.
Ah yes, the infamous Marxist-Islamist menace.
I don’t even engage with people who think that criticizing a government is the same as criticizing a religion.
If you think that using the word “genocide” to describe what’s happening in Palestine makes me antisemitic somehow, then fine. You’ve just told me that you don’t know what words mean. Fuck off and don’t talk to me.
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Oh boy, so much inhuman scum in one place at one time...
Totally not a convenient opportunity...
ICE Gets Access To Medicaid Records So It Can Deport People For ER Visits
ICE Gets Access To Medicaid Records So It Can Deport People For ER Visits
Saves them the trouble of asking 'Papers, please!'Doktor Zoom (Wonkette)
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As a country, we made a law that the ER has to treat you no matter what regardless of your financial status. That is an ultimate backstop: if people are about to die, as a society we decided that they should not if there is a means to prevent it.
Medicaid is there to allow some people to go to regular doctors to save a couple of bucks vs. the ER. And it also pays for a lot of nursing homes.
I guess what I'm saying here, is the headline is kinda misleading. ICE wants the data, true, so they can find deportation targets. But it's probably more about inflicting additional cruelty, forcing people to ERs instead of clinics; or cutting funding to health care providers and forcing rural hospitals to close.
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My name is "John Doe." No, I don't have any ID of any kind, sorry.
I'm sure they'll get around to just denying life-saving emergency care right at the point of service.
Thankfully it's still illegal for a hospital to deny anyone life-saving emergency care tho, so it's good for people to know they have this option to not give their name.
It's embarrassing that we aren't delivering care even just at the level of care of emergency Medicaid as a universal anymore though.
Did you go around checking their documents or something?
Or were they just too brown for you to accept that they might be a citizen?
Oh, okay. That's what needed. More sick and dead people here. Great job, Republicans.
If you know a republican, tell them about this shit. Be brave, fellow Americans, or we will all be next.
Some inspiration:
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Trump really did try to drag his Musk feud into pure revenge territory.
Trump really did try to drag his Musk feud into pure revenge territory.
The WSJ reports on the president's efforts to pull SpaceX's contracts.Mother Jones
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But it’s the review itself, that it happened at all, that should cause considerable alarm, even if it involves an unsympathetic character such as Elon Musk.
Why should it cause alarm? It's just more of the same trashing of whatever catches their eye at a given moment as everything else has been.
Because it's revenge? Like Trump hasn't done a hundred things like cancelling federal contracts for projects out of spite already?
No, we're well past this pearl clutching already.
If anything, this should be a wakeup call to Americans about the dangers of being too reliant on private companies for public needs.
It's very strange to see people repeatedly make this assertion that, having yelled "Fire" one single time with no response, the moral and practical choice is now to sit down and quietly burn to death with everyone else.
This is, in fact, exactly the reaction fascists want. One of the most effective strategies of fascism is exhaustion. They want people to give up and choose silence over repeating the assertion that "This is wrong" for the hundredth time, and thus "Wrong" becomes "the new normal." We must never let them redefine what is acceptable. The first time or the thousandth time, we need people to continue to shout that this not acceptable.
If that's the assertion you think I made, we're not speaking the same language. Of course we're rightly upset. But this article should have been more than mere ragebait.
I'm taking issue with the article itself and that it doesn't reach the right conclusion (or really any conclusion). With the notion that it's ok at all for the government to be in a position where the whim of a shitbird, wannabe dictator toward a private person needs to be tempered against their business interests.
In a way, Trump is right (for the wrong reasons of course) that these contracts should be reviewed. It's utterly unacceptable to be backed into a "too big to fail" corner with a single company, especially when it comes to national security.
I'm disappointed that an article from Mother Jones didn't rail against this obvious and glaring issue with plutocracy/oligarchy: what the hell happens when the the next bromance dies and there aren't any sanity checks left? Instead, because it's missing, the article effectively further entrenches the notion that privatization of every aspect of government is right and good.
Great science teacher risks his life explaining potential and kinetic energy
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Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.www.youtube.com
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And sends inappropriate messages to children who come to learn from him...
Edit: adding source to my claims - insidehighered.com/news/2015/0…
Unlike some, I don't name call and am willing to provide proofs for my claims...
Complainant in 'unprecedented' Walter Lewin sexual harassment case comes forward
The complainant in the sexual harassment case involving a prominent MIT emeritus professor speaks out about what legal experts called an "unprecedented" event for MOOCs.Carl Straumsheim (Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs)
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I'm actually not being sarcastic!
I've kind of learned after 20 plus years on various social medias... Honestly going back even before that, to the BBS days.
You just kind of realize after a point, not everybody's voice is equal, most people should just shut the fuck up and have no reason to ever be heard.
I honestly feel that no one should ever be shy to block someone if they don't like the bullshit, the tone, anything they say, the way they think...
Hell, block me if you don't like my loudmouth attitude!
Life gets easier on Lemmy when you block like a mother effer LOL
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Physics works, and I'm still alive.
That does sound about accurate to life.
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in reply to baatliwala • • •Misleading title. The technique does not prevent all hereditary disease.
DNA from both parents can be injected into a donor egg, which uses the donor’s mitochondria. This is used to keep a child from inheriting a mitochondrial disease from the mother. These are the specific set of hereditary diseases this technique prevents.
All other hereditary diseases are not prevented by this.
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