[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 hours ago

And, sadly, sometimes parents refuse the vaccine that would help.

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

"For Peace" for Americans, everyone else can bomb each other to death.

And by 'Americans', he only means those who support him. Those who don't get bombed, too.

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 4 hours ago

An interesting study into how people can rationalise any harmful action as justified when motivated to swallow enough complete bullshit.

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 hours ago

I'm an academic working to analyse hate speech, with a particular focus on online misogyny. As bigotry is illogical, common features of communications of that hatred is stuff that is wholly made up. This include the idea that men are being short-changed by a medical industry which prioritise female health. This is factually untrue, in terms of gender differences in health outcomes.

If knowing about the truth makes me a 'sad sack', fine. Maybe being correct and 'sad' is more important than being incorrect yet happy.

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 4 hours ago

And then encourage people with useful degrees to move to states which will cancel the debt.

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 hours ago

It’s a good thing we invented this straw person

So, neither misogynists nor anti-vaxxers exist?

I can find you evidence of men complaining about free period products. I am certain there will be men complaining that female cancers are getting cures, and not male ones.

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 hours ago

You seem to be having a bad day. Maybe taking it out on strangers will help?

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 8 hours ago

While the reasons for the decline are not immediately clear, researchers and those on the frontlines believe it is driven by changes in the drug supply as well as improved access to treatment and harm reduction programs. [...]

But she also highlighted the continued – and increasingly unequal – death toll from the overdose crisis when it comes to who in society is affected the most.

“It’s also important to acknowledge that progress has not been equal for all groups,” she said. “Unfortunately, for the most affected groups, namely Native Americans and Black American men, the death rates are not decreasing and are at the highest recorded levels.”

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 9 hours ago

Was "Those weak French, amirite?" trolling, or was it making fun of people who falsely call French people 'weak' as a form of nationalistic bigotry?

I read it as the latter. "The French are still weak," would be clear bigotry, the 'amirite?' makes me lean more towards making fun of them.

Of course, we can't definitively say due to the lack of clear tone in written language.

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 9 hours ago

This is great news. Yet, sadly, I am drawn to wondering who will complain about this the loudest. Will it be misogynists who say "they're not helping men with their cancer", or anti-vaxxers saying "this vaccine will actually CAUSE cancer"?

What about people who are both misogynist and anti-vaccine?

[-] Samvega@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 12 hours ago

Making fake money by burning real hydrocarbons is a loud business, Maureen. So loud I can't hear you complaining over the noise of all this binary industry.

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First Sea Lord Adm Sir Ben Key said he was “truly sorry” to the women who had suffered “misogyny, bullying and other unacceptable behaviours” while serving their country. “We must be better than this and do better than we have,” he said.

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"Conservative activists are being safely removed from society into prison ships that will orbit Neptune until they die of being so angry," would be a pleasant follow-up headline.

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Subtitle: Springfield’s immigrant community was targeted by far-right extremists months before Trump shared racist rumors

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Carol Higgins was 15 when she first reported her father’s abuse to the police. They told her he wouldn’t be charged. But she refused to let it rest until he finally stood trial

Higgins gave a 17-page statement, signed it and was given a painful internal examination. At the end of it, she was informed that Appleyard would not be charged. Apparently, the case wasn’t strong enough. There was no forensic evidence. The police told her that because her brother, who was 14, was a minor, his account was inadmissible. They said that, should the case reach court, her name and sexual history would be dragged through the mud. Could she handle it? Higgins said she couldn’t.

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In January 2019, after more pushing by Higgins, who refused to let it rest, Appleyard finally stood trial. It took the jury less than two hours of deliberation to find him guilty of 15 sexual offences against her, including rape and sexual assault. He was sentenced to 20 years. Earlier this year, Higgins also received £15,000 compensation and a public apology from West Yorkshire police, acknowledging that her “extremely serious and truthful allegations took too long to come to justice”.

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Temperatures above 50C used to be a rarity confined to two or three global hotspots, but the World Meteorological Organization noted that at least 10 countries have reported this level of searing heat in the past year: the US, Mexico, Morocco, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Pakistan, India and China.

In Iran, the heat index – a measure that also includes humidity – has come perilously close to 60C, far above the level considered safe for humans.

Heatwaves are now commonplace elsewhere, killing the most vulnerable, worsening inequality and threatening the wellbeing of future generations. Unicef calculates a quarter of the world’s children are already exposed to frequent heatwaves, and this will rise to almost 100% by mid-century.

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Here is a picture of a frog. (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

The frog that is in this picture is the subject of the picture, which is why it is a picture of a frog.

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"Israel presents itself as an LGBT haven in the region, but for Palestinians it offers neither refuge nor solidarity"

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