livus

livus, 12 days ago

@antidote101 weird... any theory about why?

livus, 12 days ago

I guess that's how gen Z think of him!

livus, 12 days ago

Has to be Dr Phibes era Price.

livus, 12 days ago

It's not a binary tho, it's more like a continuum, and it's all relative.

Seinfeld has been sounding off about kids these days being too "woke" and destroying comedy, which puts him pretty solidly to the right of most people here.

livus, 11 days ago

Could you be more specific?

I think if he wants us to laugh he needs to come up with something funny.

There's no shortage of funny comedy out there including caricatures etc.

livus, 11 days ago

Thanks for that well-thought out comment. I think you're right, and sites of knowledge/idea production are probably always targets of that kind of injection of right wing interests to some extent.

livus, 12 days ago

From the article:

In a video message, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, praised Belize for integrating primary disease prevention and treatment into maternal and child health services. He also commended Jamaica for its civil society organizations’ commitment to human rights and lauded St. Vincent and the Grenadines for investing in robust national laboratory structures. “While validation is a tremendous accomplishment, maintaining it requires sustained efforts to prevent new infections,” he said. “WHO and partners will continue to support all countries in the Americas to strengthen health systems, provide comprehensive services, and ensure the involvement of women in planning and service delivery.”

 

Globally, 19 countries and territories have now been certified for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV and/or syphilis, with 11 of them located in the Americas. In 2015, Cuba made history by becoming the first country in the world to achieve the dual elimination of HIV and syphilis. This was followed by Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, Cayman Islands and Montserrat and St. Kitts and Nevis in 2017, and Dominica in 2020.

 

“The end of AIDS is an opportunity for a uniquely powerful legacy for today’s leaders. We are again celebrating a great public health milestone today as Caribbean countries show global leadership in the elimination agenda to achieve an HIV free generation,” Christine Stegling, UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director, said.

 

New HIV infections among children in the Caribbean decreased by 25% between 2010 and 2022. During that period, annual notified cases declined from 2,000 to 1,500. Reported cases of congenital syphilis in the English-speaking Caribbean now stand at 36 cases per 100,000 newborns, below the goal of no more than 50 cases per 100,000 newborns.

 

“UNICEF welcomes the commitment of Belize, Jamaica and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines for achieving the double elimination of vertical transmission for HIV and Syphilis”, Garry Conille, UNICEF Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, said. “We are confident that this milestone will be a catalyst for other countries in the region to pursue the Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission Agenda toward the 2030 target: No child left behind in the progress to end AIDS,” Conille added.

 

WHO awards this certification to countries which have brought the mother-to-child HIV transmission rate to under 5%; provided antenatal care and antiretroviral treatment to more than 90% of pregnant women; reported fewer than 50 new cases of congenital syphilis per 100,000 newborns, and achieved an HIV case rate of fewer than 500 per 100,000 live births.

livus, 12 days ago

From the article:

In “live” sessions organized on social networks, particularly on TikTok, some Congolese express strong opposition against this agreement, deemed “dangerous” for the sovereignty of their country. In Bouenza, for example, some farmers view this concession as a "dispossession" of their “ancestral lands.”

During his visit from April 11 to 13, 2022, in Brazzaville, Rwandan President Paul Kagame concluded a total of eight cooperation agreements with his Congolese counterpart, Denis Sassou Nguesso. Among these agreements, one involves the cession, by the Republic of Congo, of a little more than 22,000 hectares of agricultural land to Rwanda over 25 years. With an area of 342,000 square kilometers, of which 60% is covered by forest, Congo has at least 12 million hectares of arable land.

livus, 12 days ago

Well no, the best hand you could have played would have been to drop them on military targets instead of civilian targets.

Those bombs were war crimes too; we don't need to invoke some kind of American exceptionalism for a war crime that happened 80 years ago.

livus, 12 days ago

This appeared in my feed right next to a movie called "Cocaine Werewolf". Seemed fitting.

livus, 12 days ago

Good question. The answer seems to be Cocaine Shark sequel.

livus, 12 days ago

Yes, I agree. WWII had a bunch of war crimes in it. I would rather we learned from them than we tried to justify them.

McNamara says of the firebombing of Japan that LeMay knew it was a war crime.

livus, 12 days ago

Chrismas Island is 135km2 (about 50 square miles) and under Australian rule. I don't think that's quite what you're looking for.

Your wider point still stands though and I agree with you.

livus, 12 days ago

Done, the monkeys paw is multitasking today and you're going to make your new owners in the Indonesian slave fishing fleet very happy. Those boats stay at sea for years on end and most of the slaves lose condition. But not you.

livus, 12 days ago

"Pop quiz hotshot, there's a bomb on the bus".

I think this movie holds up pretty well. Strange now to remember when I first saw a poster for it I wasnt convinced Keanu could do action.

livus, 13 days ago

From the article:

This was confirmed by ICC prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan in January 2024 during a statement. He mentioned, “There are grounds to believe that presently Rome Statute crimes are being committed in Darfur by both the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces and affiliated groups.”

At an international level, the availability of information regarding the crimes committed in Sudan has been a challenge. As a result, many of the crimes committed go unpunished, resulting in a lack of justice. Executive director at Human Rights Watch, Tirana Hassan, said that “the global inaction in the face of atrocities of this magnitude is inexcusable.” Conversely, in March 2024, the UN Security Council took further action regarding the situation in West Darfur. Resolution 2725 extends the Panel of Experts monitoring sanctions and actions in Sudan to 2025, assisting in the various reports.

The report includes a series of recommended actions to be considered internationally. These include targeted sanctions, an arms embargo, and further investigations into the events committed. The situation in Sudan is still under development. Stressing international cooperation and humanitarian action is a central priority in the report.

livus, 12 days ago

When people hear about it they do care though.

It's just way fewer people in the West get to know about it because the mainstream media is mostly interested in the western nations and their allies.

livus, 12 days ago

To me that bit's the most relatable. Trying to explain to a cop how it is that you "let" this weird guy mutilate your genitals would be a bit daunting.

livus, 12 days ago

That's the influence of @anon6789 and the owl lobby!