In one of the coolest and more outrageous repair stories in quite some time, three white-hat hackers helped a regional rail company in southwest Poland unbrick a train that had been artificially rendered inoperable by the train’s manufacturer after an independent maintenance company worked on it. The train’s manufacturer is...
Current and former inmates announced a lawsuit Tuesday challenging Alabama’s prison labor program as a type of “modern day slavery,” saying prisoners are forced to work for little pay — and sometimes no pay — in jobs that benefit government entities or private companies....
A pregnant woman in Kentucky who filed a lawsuit demanding the right to an abortion has learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity, her attorneys said Tuesday....
It is ghoulish that this deeply personal information has to be made public just for this woman to get medical care that she always should have been able to get.
Breaking news: in one of the most productive countries / economies in the entire history of humanity, the majority of people creating that productivity do not get to enjoy the rewards of that productivity....
Oliver McGowan was 18 years old when he was hospitalized in England with recurrent seizures and pneumonia. He was autistic, and he and his parents had one specific request for the medical team: no antipsychotic medications. When he had taken them in the past, they made his seizures worse and had devastating effects on his mood....
“How is your interest anything but a religious view?” asked U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, one of the three liberals on the majority-conservative court. “The issue of when life begins has been hotly debated by philosophers since the beginning of time. It’s still debated in religions. So, when you say this is...
The event was organised by the International Foundation for Therapeutic and Counselling Choice – a London-based company that says it is a 'home for the once-gay'
This isn’t even the worst of it. We haven’t forgotten Nazi Germany, nor what the rest of the world did to us once World War 2 ended. They call for us to be forcefully castrated in private, but their true goal is the same as the rest of the organizations throughout history who have come together to “answer the question of the queers.”. They want us to be rounded up and shot.
Genocidal organizations such as those that promote conversion therapy should be banned, and individuals within them who promote such things should be prosecuted for hate crimes. But it’s become acceptable in the current political climate to ponder if committing acts of violence against us is right or not.
‘Greedflation’ study finds many companies were lying to you about inflation (fortune.com)
Billionaire-Backed Conservative Legal Groups Are Paying for Judges’ Luxury Vacations (jacobin.com)
a16z will give literally any politician money if they help deregulate tech (techcrunch.com)
Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them (www.404media.co)
In one of the coolest and more outrageous repair stories in quite some time, three white-hat hackers helped a regional rail company in southwest Poland unbrick a train that had been artificially rendered inoperable by the train’s manufacturer after an independent maintenance company worked on it. The train’s manufacturer is...
Lawsuit challenges Alabama inmate labor system as 'modern day slavery' (apnews.com)
Current and former inmates announced a lawsuit Tuesday challenging Alabama’s prison labor program as a type of “modern day slavery,” saying prisoners are forced to work for little pay — and sometimes no pay — in jobs that benefit government entities or private companies....
'America will become a renter nation': Grant Cardone warns the US could see 100-year mortgages — says we might even rent our clothes (finance.yahoo.com)
Pharmacies share medical data with police without a warrant, inquiry finds (www.washingtonpost.com)
The Names of Thousands of Neo-Nazi Music Fans Just Got Leaked (www.vice.com)
Thousands of purveyors of neo-Nazi tunes just had their day ruined by a crew of enterprising Scandinavian anti-fascists.
Kentucky woman seeking court approval for abortion learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity (apnews.com)
A pregnant woman in Kentucky who filed a lawsuit demanding the right to an abortion has learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity, her attorneys said Tuesday....
Satanists expose the GOP doublespeak on "free speech" and bigoted rhetoric (www.salon.com)
Missouri Bill Would Ban Many Companies From "Refusing To Deal With" Anti-Trans Businesses (www.erininthemorning.com)
The new bill comes after Andrew Bailey vowed to investigate companies pulling business from X, formerly Twitter over hate speech.
Google admits it's making YouTube worse for ad block users (www.theregister.com)
‘Britain is broken.’ Dire poverty could usher in Victorian-era inequality (www.cnn.com)
62% of Americans are still living paycheck to paycheck, making it ‘the main financial lifestyle,’ report finds (www.cnbc.com)
Breaking news: in one of the most productive countries / economies in the entire history of humanity, the majority of people creating that productivity do not get to enjoy the rewards of that productivity....
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Income isn't keeping up with inflation, 76% of Americans say in new CBS News poll (youtu.be)
Protesters say ‘obscene’ profits from ‘inhuman’ asylum housing conditions must end (www.disabilitynewsservice.com)
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Why Americans are going hungry despite a strong economy (www.nbcnews.com)
U.S. medical schools aren’t teaching future doctors about 7.4 million of their patients (www.statnews.com)
Oliver McGowan was 18 years old when he was hospitalized in England with recurrent seizures and pneumonia. He was autistic, and he and his parents had one specific request for the medical team: no antipsychotic medications. When he had taken them in the past, they made his seizures worse and had devastating effects on his mood....
Taxpayer-Subsidized Seminars Train Cops To Violate the Constitution (reason.com)
Anti-abortion attorneys ascend federal government ranks with Christian right legal training - Kansas Reflector (kansasreflector.com)
“How is your interest anything but a religious view?” asked U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, one of the three liberals on the majority-conservative court. “The issue of when life begins has been hotly debated by philosophers since the beginning of time. It’s still debated in religions. So, when you say this is...
A third of new mothers worldwide ‘have lasting health issues after childbirth’ (www.theguardian.com)
Problems such as back pain, incontinence and depression cause widespread suffering but are underrecognised, global review finds...
'These LGBT Freaks – Do We Have Them Castrated?': Inside Europe’s Invite-Only Conversion Therapy Conference (bylinetimes.com)
The event was organised by the International Foundation for Therapeutic and Counselling Choice – a London-based company that says it is a 'home for the once-gay'