In 2007, Canada started requiring all vehicles to have a cheap, effective anti-theft device. The U.S. didn't. Now, it is paying the price with a surge in Kia and Hyundai thefts.
To generate as much profit for their shareholders as possible.
Even that is not really their legal responsibility… if you’re thinking of their fiduciary duty, that means there is a responsibility to act in the best interests of the corporation & shareholders (rather than, eg, putting personal gain forefront). “Best interests” doesn’t necessarily mean “make the most money possible right now”, particularly if it can be argued that there would be long term damage to brand reputation etc by doing so.
Having to work hard to find an appointment then travel for a day or two while spending perhaps hundred of dollars getting there might also cut down on last minute indecision too, I'd imagine.
While Threads-related headlines have focused on its big traffic drops, Meta's CEO says its Twitter alternative is a 'compelling long-term opportunity.'
I’ve used it on occasion…. IMO it’s not bad at finding you something related to your query, but it pales in comparison to google for finding something specific.
There’s a warning about a dangerous bacteria that might have infected a local woman who’s still recovering after nearly two months in the hospital. An online fundraising effort says she contracted the bacterial infection after eating fish and is now a quadruple amputee....
While freezing should kill multicellular eukaryotes (worms or other parasites), bacteria are pretty hardy, even to things like freezing. Plus, even when they aren’t, they make up for it in numbers… if you kill 99% of 10 million bacteria, you still have a hundred thousand that can subsequently repopulate if they are thawed left to grow a bit (even in the fridge). I’m not sure about these Vibrio strains, but the infective dose of some E. coli and Salmonella strains is measured in quantities less than 1000 bacterial cells.
Edit: reading a bit, probably this won’t be doing much growing at fridge temperatures (prefers warm water after all), however infections have been reported from oysters that were tested at about 900 cfu/gram of meat, so it might take (coincidentally) about a hundred thousand bacteria to cause an infection (~10g/oyster * 900 cfu/gram * 12 oysters or so). This isn’t very much… you probably have at least 1 to 100 million cfu/g of various bacteria on chopped lettuce, for instance.
I mean id probably be good if we waited until hs or college to teach gender identity.
Children are bombarded by gender norms long before they stop using diapers… so you can’t really mean ‘gender identity’ here. Presumably you mean “nobody should learn about transgender identities until high school or maybe college”.
I assume, much like the many people who realize they are gay or lesbian earlier in adolescence, that many transgendered individuals also realize or suspect their gender status early in adolescence as well. It’s rather cruel to hide away information like this at the time when it is especially relevant… just as it would be cruel to not teach about periods until many girls have already started them (another bright inspiration brought to us by social conservatives). Rather than being isolated in the dark, children should be supported as they grow into their own individuals.
Yeah… decades ago when I was a socially awkward teenager, I actually was called out for that usage by people who were definitely not terminally online (hard to accomplish via dialup)…. and then I reflected and made a point not to do that anymore.
If you don’t get called out irl for that, this probably is primarily a reflection of the culture of the people you are associating with.
That’s a good point too. Come to think of it, you could also have had missing numbers from the other direction too: people who wouldn’t have regretted it but didn’t have the opportunity to give their opinion.
Just spreading awareness about whatever the fuck Mojang thinks they’re doing. Given their enforcement of the EULA, or the lack thereof, this probably isn’t going to have as huge of an impact, but I think it’s still something worth talking about....
Just for the record, Bedrock has free mods too. If they’re packaged appropriately, they even install automatically when you open them. The main difference is there isn’t a way to lock bedrock to a specific release version, so things tend to break over time as the game changes. This make the very large & complicated compilation mod packs impractical on Bedrock.
I wish the article touched on the nano particles more… like, what happens to them after you’re done? Are they dissolved or expelled (or do they pile up in various parts of the body and cause chronic issues…)?
That said, very few doctors actually perform late term abortions anyways (even though these are almost universally due to complicating medical scenarios and not for funsies).
1/7 districts (14%) were majority black, but the population is 27% black. The argument was that the black voters were unfairly concentrated into one district and diluted into the other 6 so as to limit their effective representation in the government.
It seems the fines have to do with voters providing the wrong county of residence when registering through third party canvassing groups, for which, for some reason, the groups are responsible for. Apparently minority groups see particular boosts in registrations by third party groups, so hindering their activities will likely have a disproportionate impact.
“Life begins at meiosis” is a fun exercise to examine the whole “life begins at conception” argument (and by extension, the new “life begins at 6 weeks” argument implied by all these conservative abortion bans).
Last year I used a combination of r/hurricane, weather underground pro, and my weather radar pro. I am wanting to forgo Reddit for obvious reasons, and wondering if any one knows of any good fediverse sources, and or better apps. Also this is my first post after lurking a bit, and a few comments.
https://theeyewall.com/
This is a new Atlantic Ocean / Gulf of Mexico tropical weather blog from the meteorologists of Space City Weather (of local
Houston fame). They’ve always done a good job when things get nearby Houston, so I have high hopes for this as well.
/r/tropicalweather has always been a good resource as well… this is one of the things I have no problem going back to Reddit for specifically.
I didn’t used to bother with school board elections, but I’ve made a point of voting for all of these in the last several years on account of crazies like these.
You could probably get pretty far by referring to ‘ethnic Africans’ as well, or some similar phrasing, since ethnicity encompasses not just racial, but common national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin as well.
More importantly, pushes everything closer to the tipping point where Republicans can pull off Constitutional amendments without meaningful opposition. I see no reason to expect there won't be a significant push towards cementing Christofascism Constitutionally at that point, given the way the party is currently angled.
On July 2, Florida’s new permitless carry law went into effect, continuing a disturbing trend across the country. Florida’s law marks the 26th state with permitless carry laws on the books as America is quickly becoming a nation of mass shootings. That is, over half of the country has now embraced permitless carry laws even...
Actor Michael Imperioli has something to say about the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling in favor of a Christian web designer who refuses to create websites to celebrate same-sex weddings.
Why that same argument wouldn’t apply to the more recent web designer case is beyond me.
Ahh, about that, well… welcome to the new Robert’s Court, where the facts are made up and the precedent doesn’t matter.
From courtroom to Congress, it seems these days conservatives only look at getting things their way, with consequences & the nation at large be damned. At times there’s startlingly little ideological consistency being proffered to justify their actions, and sometimes they even punish other conservatives to force getting their way (see recent rejection of a multitude of bills in Texas because the governor didn’t get his favored legislation through, for instance). I don’t see how this can be kept up long term… it’s like venture capitalism has infected the government and we’re working on burning out all the assets still.
That’s certainly one of the dumbest culture war legislations in recent history… I don’t even see any particular ideological justification for this either.
Gen Z boys and men more likely than baby boomers to believe feminism harmful, says poll (www.theguardian.com)
Fifth of men aged 16-29 look favourably on social media influencer Andrew Tate
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One Regulation Could Have Stopped a Nationwide Car Theft Wave. Why Don't We Have It? (www.vice.com)
In 2007, Canada started requiring all vehicles to have a cheap, effective anti-theft device. The U.S. didn't. Now, it is paying the price with a surge in Kia and Hyundai thefts.
Overturning Roe v. Wade led to more abortions overall, according to new research (www.motherjones.com)
Zuckerberg: Actually, Threads Is Great, Approaching 100M Monthly Active Users (www.pcmag.com)
While Threads-related headlines have focused on its big traffic drops, Meta's CEO says its Twitter alternative is a 'compelling long-term opportunity.'
‘Reddit can survive without search’: company reportedly threatens to block Google (www.theverge.com)
San Jose woman loses limbs after battling bacterial infection from tilapia (www.kron4.com)
There’s a warning about a dangerous bacteria that might have infected a local woman who’s still recovering after nearly two months in the hospital. An online fundraising effort says she contracted the bacterial infection after eating fish and is now a quadruple amputee....
Far-Right Activists are Planning an Anti-Sex-Ed Convoy Targeting Alberta Teachers’ Association Building (pressprogress.ca)
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Google’s Search AI Says Slavery Was Good, Actually (futurism.com)
Google's AI-driven Search Generative Experience have been generating results that are downright weird and evil, ie slavery's positives.
Long-Term Regret and Satisfaction With Gender-Affirming Mastectomy (jamanetwork.com)
This cross-sectional study uses validated instruments to assess long-term decisional regret and satisfaction following gender-affirming mastectomy.
Minecraft's recent EULA changes place heavy restrictions on Java servers (twitter.com)
Just spreading awareness about whatever the fuck Mojang thinks they’re doing. Given their enforcement of the EULA, or the lack thereof, this probably isn’t going to have as huge of an impact, but I think it’s still something worth talking about....
New Imaging Technology Provides a Quick Look Inside a Human Being, Radiation Free (scitechdaily.com)
Abortions surge in Colorado amid 500% increase in patients from Texas (coloradosun.com)
Alabama Lawmakers Refuse to Create 2nd Majority-Black Congressional District (apnews.com)
"I'M NOT A FASCIST. Why do people keep saying that?", -Ron DeFascist (lemmy.world)
GOP-controlled Iowa legislature votes to ban abortion after about six weeks (www.washingtonpost.com)
Iowa’s Republican-controlled legislature on Tuesday passed a bill banning most abortions after about six weeks....
For those that are, how are you keeping track of tropical weather this year?
Last year I used a combination of r/hurricane, weather underground pro, and my weather radar pro. I am wanting to forgo Reddit for obvious reasons, and wondering if any one knows of any good fediverse sources, and or better apps. Also this is my first post after lurking a bit, and a few comments.
Inside Moms for Liberty’s summit: Big money and even bigger conspiracy theories (www.mediamatters.org)
Manufacturing terror to mobilize parents and take over your kids’ school
Oklahoma Superintendent Insists Tulsa Race Massacre Can Be Taught Without Mentioning Skin Color (news.yahoo.com)
Game Porting Toolkit updated to 1.0.2, performance improvements for many games, up to 200% (youtu.be)
Conservatives go to red states and liberals go to blue as the country grows more polarized (apnews.com)
Florida Becomes Latest State To Allow Permit-less Gun Carry (www.blackenterprise.com)
On July 2, Florida’s new permitless carry law went into effect, continuing a disturbing trend across the country. Florida’s law marks the 26th state with permitless carry laws on the books as America is quickly becoming a nation of mass shootings. That is, over half of the country has now embraced permitless carry laws even...
Michael Imperioli forbids 'bigots and homophobes' from watching his work following Supreme Court ruling (www.cnn.com)
Actor Michael Imperioli has something to say about the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling in favor of a Christian web designer who refuses to create websites to celebrate same-sex weddings.
Notable U.S. State laws taking effect from July 1 (www.nbcnews.com)
July 1 marks the start of a new fiscal year for most U.S. states, and with that comes the enactment of new laws. Here's a list of the notable ones:...