Hundreds of academics and engineers and non-profit organizations such as Reporters Without Borders, as well as the Council of Europe, believe that the Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (CSAR) would mean sacrificing confidentiality on the internet, and that this price is unaffordable for democracies....
The question I have is where does the world go from here? I can't foresee a future where these attempts by government to enact a kind of all-encompassing control and monitoring of citizens' lives just suddenly stop and we return to a time when our every movement wasn't watched. It seems like they will just keep trying, taking any pushback as a sign that their social engineering just needs a few tweaks and a little more corporate/media brainwashing before they try it again. The only winners are government and their corporate buddies.
We're entering a world that myself and a not insignificant percentage of humanity are fundamentally incompatible with. I don't see a reason to remain optimistic about the future, to keep building upon what I've got going on, to strive for more, when we're staring down the barrel of a technofeudalist nightmare dystopian future that it seems most people don't give a shit about eventuating because they've "got nothing to hide, and therefore nothing to worry about."
Somebody give me a reason to think things will get better.
Yeah, they didn't shoot that, it was the Palestinian Islamic Jihad according to the evidence delievered by Israel. Not the same groups, although they coordinate sometimes. But Hamas went right out of the gate blaming Israel despite apparently knowing better, and that's just not a good look at all if true.
As far as I know, basic income will grow up economy as everybody will be able to pay their bills and later go to the bar with their friends. More money = more activity and happy people or life quality (depends).
The idea that he is the inventor of mRNA vaccines is “a totally false claim,” said Dr. Gyula Acsadi, a pediatrician in Connecticut who along with Dr. Malone and five others wrote a widely cited paper in 1990 showing that injecting RNA into muscle could produce proteins. (The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines work by injecting RNA into arm muscles that produce copies of the “spike protein” found on the outside of the coronavirus. The human immune system identifies that protein, attacks it and then remembers how to defeat it.)
But Dr. Malone was not the lead author on the paper and, according to Dr. Acsadi, did not make a significant contribution to the research. While the paper stated that the technology could “provide alternative approaches to vaccine development,” Dr. Acsadi said none of the other authors would claim that they invented the vaccine.
“Some of his work was important,” said Dr. Alastair McAlpine, a pediatric infectious disease doctor based in Vancouver, British Columbia, “but that’s a long way away from claiming to have invented the technology that underpins the vaccines as we use them today.”
The vaccines “are the result of hundreds of scientists all over the world, all combining to come together to form this vaccine,” Dr. McAlpine said. “It was not one individual or the pioneering work of an individual person.”
A spokeswoman for Penn Medicine said, “We have been excited to witness the deployment of the vaccines in the global fight against the virus and the well-deserved global recognition for Drs. Kariko and Weissman’s decades of visionary basic science research.”
Dr. Malone pushes back against the criticism directed at him by scientists, researchers and journalists, and dismisses the dozens of fact-checks disputing his statements as “attacks.”
He also continues to repeat his claims, with the help of his wife, Dr. Glasspool Malone, who is trained in biotechnology and public policy. She writes, he said, more than half of the articles posted onto his Substack newsletter — which is awash in conspiracy theories about the Covid-19 vaccines. Recent articles include “The illusion of evidence-based medicine” and “How does it feel to be vindicated?”
Dr. Malone said he did not align himself with any particular political party. But in recent months, he and his wife have made numerous stops at popular conservative conferences, like Hereticon, the Peter Thiel-backed conference in Miami for Silicon Valley’s self-proclaimed contrarians, and the “Defeat the Mandates” march in Washington.
Dr. Malone says much of the pushback he receives is because anything that questions the guidance from organizations like the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is automatically labeled misinformation by the medical establishment, as well as the technology platforms.
Many well-meaning public figures and donors committed themselves to the wrong ideas, just to be able to tell themselves that they are indeed playing a role helping to solve the crisis, he said.
“It is really easy to get caught up in it, and obsess, and lose perspective — and kind of lose yourself,” Dr. Malone said of them.
Many scientists and researchers say there is good-faith disagreement about how to translate fast-moving science into policy, and acknowledge that health agencies have adjusted guidelines over time, as new information is collected.
Dr. Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan, said such guidance was “only as reliable as the evidence behind it, and thus it should change when new evidence is obtained.”
But they say Dr. Malone has twisted legitimate policy debates to use them as cover for continuing to spread misinformation and to advance claims about the pandemic that are demonstrably incorrect.
Months ago, he was promoting the drugs hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin for treatment of Covid-19, despite several studies and scientific trials showing a lack of evidence that the drugs improved the conditions of Covid patients. Dr. Malone said that early on in the pandemic, he believed that what he could contribute was bringing repurposed drugs to market.
“All the big boys came in for the vaccines,” Dr. Malone said. “We weren’t needed for that.”
The Food and Drug Administration continues to caution against the use of hydroxychloroquine “due to risk of heart rhythm problems,” and a large study published in March found that ivermectin does not reduce the risk of Covid hospitalization. The F.D.A. has also said taking large doses of the drug is dangerous.
“Robert Malone is exploiting the fact that data-driven course correction is inherent to the scientific process to peddle disinformation,” Dr. Rasmussen said. “It’s extraordinarily dishonest and morally bankrupt.”
If your state has terpene amounts and types listed its probably better to pick based on those. You can find guides with terpene types and purported effects online. When you’re researching how to choose flower look for articles that mention entourage effects as these are the interactions between terps and thc. Also, the guys who are really into this stuff talk about type 1 and type 2 flower so there’s something else to look up. Take it all with some salt and watch out for people that use science words to replace magic and you’ll be on your way. The fun part is trying all the flower and seeing which terps work best for you!
Copenhagen, Denmark — Denmark’s Lego said on Monday that it remains committed to its quest to find sustainable materials to reduce carbon emissions, even after an experiment by the world’s largest toymaker to use recycled bottles did not work. Lego said it has “decided not to progress” with making its trademark...
On numerous occasions in post-Soviet Russia, conservative politicians and the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) have called for anti-abortion measures and the return of traditional gender roles. However, medical experts have defended accessible abortions, and no health minister has previously argued that women should prioritize...
It's a rather bizarre argument, essentially saying "it's not the whole solution so it's not a solution at all"
The article dismisses lab grown meat because the technology might cost $450m to build one 10,000 metric ton per annum producing factory, claiming it won't work because of economies of scale. But they clearly have no understanding of economies of scale. There is economies of scale in the building of factories and reactor production too. One novel reactor is expensive and difficult to maintain, but a global chain of 100s of factories become much cheaper to build individually and maintain as you have a whole supply chain and supporting infrastructure built out.
A good example of this is Apple's Vision Pro. The 1st iteration of this technology will be prohibitively expensive for most people. But by starting production Apple is stimulating the building of factories and infrastructure to build all the component parts at scale. Version 2 will be cheaper per unit, as will Version 3. The production capacity will increase reducing cost, even if the components iteritively get more advanced and complex from generation to generation. It's an expensive proposition for investors up front, but the long term potential to scale up is what makes it so powerful.
A "bio-reactor" to make meat is the same - the more you build, the more you invest in the supporting infrastructure, the cheaper it gets. There will be a risk barrier to starting, but it's crazy to dismiss the whole thing based on the projected cost of the first industrial scale factory. This is similar to Fusion power; the ITER fusion reactor in France is crazily expensive but the idea is the lessons learnt and the build out of the supportive infrastructure is what will move Fusion from a lab experiement to a real world source of power.
The reality is there is no one single solution to climate change, it will by multiple different things happening together that will improve the climate situation. Lab Grown Meat will help reduce methane from animals, while renewable energy will reduce carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, and Electric Vehicles with renewables will do the same and so on.
Disney wants to narrow the scope of its federal lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis to just a free speech claim that the Florida governor retaliated against the company because of its public opposition to a state law banning classroom lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades....
Since we all know these cases are going to get appealed no matter what, it's entirely possible Disney could be trying to entice the Supreme Court into taking on the federal case down the line by whittling it down to just one issue (free speech).
Single issue cases revolving around constitutional arguments are like crack to the Supreme Court, they love to take these so that they can announce new rules or reasoning before applying it to the case, which they get to do when """interpreting""" the Constitution.
Disney might suspect that the current Justices are drooling at the possibility of ruling expansively in favor of free speech.
As in giving them human word names they won’t understand is weird? Or the names themselves don’t make sense?
If the latter, that’s gonna be an opinion that few share.
Talking to them isn’t really silly either. They definitely do recognize it, as you’ve found, and while trying to communicate 1:1 with them is fully, your voice is comforting for them to hear. They won’t know a thing you say, but they can associate words with specific actions. And hearing your voice is comforting, even if they don’t know what you say.
And when repeating yourself to them, I think you can communicate certain phrases, and it will be easier to remember what you said if you use the English (or whatever language they usually hear) words, since it’ll be easier to repeat later if you don’t have to remember what random sound you used last time.
The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed efforts to temporarily block the state’s near-total ban on gender-affirming care for minors, clearing the way for the measure to take effect Friday....
Fighting pedophilia at the expense of our privacy: The EU rule that could break the internet (english.elpais.com)
Hundreds of academics and engineers and non-profit organizations such as Reporters Without Borders, as well as the Council of Europe, believe that the Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (CSAR) would mean sacrificing confidentiality on the internet, and that this price is unaffordable for democracies....
Judith and Natalie Raanan: Hamas frees two US hostages (www.bbc.com)
Hamas has released two US hostages who were abducted during the Palestinian group’s deadly raid on Israel this month....
Just Do It [extra fabulous comics] (startrek.website)
Early Europeans Ate Seaweed for Thousands of Years (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Israel says Islamic Jihad rocket misfire caused blast near Gaza hospital (www.timesofisrael.com)
Full IDF Spokesperson statement:...
Basic income is less radical than you think (www.vox.com)
TIL about Bomberman debuffs (lemmy.world)
Meta Quest 3 demand allegedly 5 million units below expected level (www.pcgamesn.com)
Just needs a little more NaCl. (mander.xyz)
www.nytimes.com/2022/…/robert-malone-covid.html?s…
Legal cannabis labels inflate THC potency contained in products, executives say (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Ukraine fears that the war will end in a divided country, like North and South Korea (english.elpais.com)
Lego drops prototype blocks made of recycled plastic bottles as they "didn't reduce carbon emissions" (www.cbsnews.com)
Copenhagen, Denmark — Denmark’s Lego said on Monday that it remains committed to its quest to find sustainable materials to reduce carbon emissions, even after an experiment by the world’s largest toymaker to use recycled bottles did not work. Lego said it has “decided not to progress” with making its trademark...
RPG experts on why we love Baldur's Gate 3, and the future of the genre (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
Developers and experts in CRPGs give us their takes on why Baldur's Gate 3 and RPGs in general seize the public's imagi…
Rishi Sunak considering weakening key green policies (www.bbc.co.uk)
Rishi Sunak is considering weakening some of the government’s key green commitments in a major policy shift....
Ukrainian commander says he'd be dead if he fought exactly how the US and its allies taught him (www.businessinsider.com) Ukrainian
The War Is Coming For Women Too: Abortion Increasingly Restricted In Russia (russiapost.info)
On numerous occasions in post-Soviet Russia, conservative politicians and the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) have called for anti-abortion measures and the return of traditional gender roles. However, medical experts have defended accessible abortions, and no health minister has previously argued that women should prioritize...
What do you mean upgrade? (aussie.zone)
Lab-grown Meat is not a Climate Change Solution (www.climatedrift.com)
Study Finds Elephants Call Each Other by Name (www.onegreenplanet.org)
I’ve linked the paper in the comments
Misheard song lyrics (lemdro.id)
Am I the only one this happens to? I used to “feel it coming in the yellow night” with Phil Collins. What are yours?
Disney wants to narrow the scope of its lawsuit against DeSantis to free speech claim (apnews.com)
Disney wants to narrow the scope of its federal lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis to just a free speech claim that the Florida governor retaliated against the company because of its public opposition to a state law banning classroom lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades....
Cat names make no sense and talking to animals is silly (files.catbox.moe)
I love my little cat. The idea of names and using words seems extremely silly to me....
Bethesda hired a Skyrim modder to create the "lighting and clutter" in Starfield (www.gamescensor.com)
Texas Supreme Court allows ban on gender-affirming care for most minors to take effect Friday (www.cnn.com)
The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed efforts to temporarily block the state’s near-total ban on gender-affirming care for minors, clearing the way for the measure to take effect Friday....
Washington's capital gains tax collects $850 million, over three times the estimates (www.king5.com)