A fifth-grade teacher in Massachusetts has been placed on paid leave after a series of incidents including holding a mock slave auction, using a racial slur, and calling out the student who reported the slur, a school official said....
you missed the point completely. life has always survived mass extinction events and will survive this one too. life will eventually flourish once again and humanity will have been a blip in earths history
Replying to a player on Twitter who said recent patches have made the game “unplayable,” Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt conceded that he’s not satisfied with his studio’s current balancing approach....
humans have been making do with much less than what you have for hundreds of thousands of years. making do also does not necessarily exclude political action
The Biden administration said Friday it would again delay a decision on a regulation aiming to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes, citing the “historic attention” and “immense amount of feedback” on the controversial proposal by the Food and Drug Administration....
no they’re arguing that companies should not be allowed to intentionally make addicting products. akin to the difference between the caffeine found in coffee vs if a company started selling pure caffeine powder
matlab likes to pick the smallest available spot in memory to store a list, so for loops that increase the size of a matrix it’s recommended to preallocate the space using a matrix full of zeros!
I installed NetGuard about a month ago and blocked all internet to apps, unless they’re on a whitelist. No notifications from this particular system app (that can’t be disabled) until recently when it started making internet connection requests to google servers. Does anyone know when this became a thing?...
Massachusetts teacher on leave after holding mock slave auction and using racial slur, official says (abcnews.go.com)
A fifth-grade teacher in Massachusetts has been placed on paid leave after a series of incidents including holding a mock slave auction, using a racial slur, and calling out the student who reported the slur, a school official said....
So, the Seattle cop who drove 74 mph in a 25 zone, without sirens, killed a woman, and wasn't disciplined ... had *previously* been fired by the Tucson PD, for "failing to meet minimum standards." (publicola.com)
Anon figures out how dieting works (sh.itjust.works)
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Mother Gaia and Humans (geekxgirls.com)
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Anon catches his wife (sh.itjust.works)
UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new rights and reviving its UN membership bid (apnews.com)
Arrowhead CEO says Helldivers 2 balancing patches have 'gone too far' recently: 'It feels like every time someone finds something fun, the fun is removed' (www.pcgamer.com)
Replying to a player on Twitter who said recent patches have made the game “unplayable,” Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt conceded that he’s not satisfied with his studio’s current balancing approach....
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Young Democrats face Gaza blowback as they try to mobilize students for Biden (www.cnn.com)
Menthol cigarette ban delayed due to "immense" feedback, Biden administration says - CBS News (www.cbsnews.com)
The Biden administration said Friday it would again delay a decision on a regulation aiming to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes, citing the “historic attention” and “immense amount of feedback” on the controversial proposal by the Food and Drug Administration....
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Asylum Rule (i.imgur.com)
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Google Allows Creditors to Brick Your Phone (lemmy.world)
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Which way, Western man? (feddit.de)
What's the black sticker for? (lemmy.ca)
My cat needed to be euthanised last month, and I just received her ashes. They came with a round black sticker. What’s the purpose of this sticker?...
European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls (arstechnica.com)