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Matty Healy: Malaysia festival cancelled after The 1975 singer attacks anti-LGBT law
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If you don't want to inconvenience anyone, then it's not a protest.
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Matty Healy: Malaysia festival cancelled after The 1975 singer attacks anti-LGBT law
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If you don't want to inconvenience anyone, then it's not a protest.
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WTF is this new crypto scam on reddit? Karma is now on the blockchain????
That's not karma. Those are community points, which are subreddit-only points that have been on the blockchain for years.
If you're not on the crypto subreddits, you've probably been blissfully unaware they exist. But it sure gets the crypto subreddits excited, especially when they can announce that their pet coin is moving to a New And Improved Blockchain (tm).
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A Woman Was Denied Medication for Being of ‘Childbearing Age.’ She Just Sued the Hospital
This sort of thing has been common practice since long before Dobbs. And it is usually motivated by the doctor's fear of getting sued over birth defects, especially if there is an alternative prescription that is not known to be associated with birth defects. And there almost always is an alternative.
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Elon May Have a Huge Issue Because Microsoft Owns the “X” Trademark
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In 1991, Apple Computer made an agreement to pay Apple Records $26 million in exchange for letting Apple Computer use the "Apple" trademark for music. But that was long before iTunes, they wanted the Apple trademark for their computer chimes. Apple Records agreed to let Apple Computer use the Apple trademark for music as long as it did not "package, sell or distribute physical music materials."
Much later, iTunes was developed and Apple Records sued Apple Computer. Eventually a judge sided with Apple Computer, pointing out that iTunes did not package, sell or distribute physical music materials. Thus, Apple Records couldn't get another bite of that Apple....
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Judge rejects Trump bid to push federal election trial to 2026
This trial is now scheduled to start on March 4, so the defense has about six months to prepare.
While you have your calendar open, the New York hush money trial is set for March 25 and the federal stolen documents trial is set for May 20. The Georgia election interference trial date is not yet set.
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Man who shot YouTuber on video at Dulles Town Center found not guilty by jury
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You don't have a monopoly on reasonableness. Twelve jurors, not Redditors, agreed that the YouTuber was behaving aggressively, and violence is a common response to aggression.
And the YouTuber's entire shtick is to make people think they might be in danger, by not letting them back away. Because that's how fights commonly start. If he did the same routine ten feet away from his victims, the whole shtick would fail.
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Matty Healy: Malaysia festival cancelled after The 1975 singer attacks anti-LGBT law
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Like they said: Vendors, organizers, and everyone else that might've benefited from having international music acts in Malaysia.
And protests aren't about scoring points. They are about flexing muscle, about reminding everyone that inaction has consequences.
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The WHO is about to declare aspartame can cause cancer
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It doesn't take much for the WHO to classify something as a possible carcinogen.
Aspartame is now in the same risk category as cell phones, kimchee, and carpentry. And still considered less carcinogenic than meat, fried foods, hot beverages, and working a night shift.
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BBC News - Luis Rubiales: Spanish FA will take legal action over Jennifer Hermoso 'lies'
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We as just observers on the internet
George Orwell:
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
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Tesla owners are expressing buyer’s remorse - if not by selling their Teslas, then at least with an apologetic bumper sticker.
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Or just reduce the need to drive, for example by encouraging remote work.
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A sexy outfit can get you arrested in Phoenix — especially if you’re Black or trans
On this logic, I'm looking forward to laws that criminalize buying firearms because they "manifest an intent to commit murder".
Checkmate, SCOTUS!
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Just 12 per cent of people eat half of the beef consumed in the US
What a weird study. They only asked participants what they ate in the past 24 hours.
So that means a small proportion of people eat half the beef consumed on a given day. For that matter, a small proportion of people probably eat most of the strawberries consumed on a given day.
The title implies that there is a small group of people eating most of the beef produced in the US. But people don't usually eat the same thing every day. So the study only shows that most Americans are unlikely to eat beef today.
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Lost my F-35 in my couch
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F35s have transponders, just like every other aircraft that flies in the US. They are necessary to avoid mid-air collisions. When flying a stealth mission in enemy airspace, they can turn the transponders off.
Unfortunately, the transponder on this particular F35 is not working.
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces $15.5 Billion to Support a Strong and Just Transition to Electric Vehicles, Retooling Existing Plants, and Rehiring Existing Workers
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I certainly do not understand what concept of fucking justice that is related to.
This concept of justice:
higher scores will be given to projects that are likely to retain collective bargaining agreements and/or those that have an existing high-quality, high-wage hourly production workforce, such as applicants that currently pay top quartile wages in their industry.
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Alabama wants to be the 1st state to execute a prisoner by making him breathe only nitrogen
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Nitrogen hypoxia is a risk wherever liquid nitrogen is used. If too much boils too fast, it will displace the oxygen in the room. People in the room won't even realize what happened until they pass out and die shortly thereafter.
There are reports of people rushing in to rescue those who passed out, and suddenly passing out themselves and needing to be rescued as well. That's how insidious it is. And that's why MRI scanners (which use liquid nitrogen) have oxygen sensors in the room. You can't trust your own body to tell you that all the oxygen is gone.
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Man who shot YouTuber on video at Dulles Town Center found not guilty by jury
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It is not normal to behave aggressively towards someone, get within range to hit them, and then repeatedly close in when the other person tries to backs away. It is not normal for cis people and it is not normal for trans people.
When someone does those things, it generally signals they intend to start a fight.
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Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hateful tweets
Barbra Streisand called, she wants her effect back.
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Big Tech companies are finally getting the names we thought dystopian megacorps would have
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Those are just nicknames people use because the real names are long and boring.
"Fannie Mae" is actually the Federal National Mortgage Association (aka FNMA). "Freddie Mac" is actually the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
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Trump was just indicted for trying to steal the 2020 election
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Georgia is about to enter the chat.
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Trans model and actor is crowned Miss Netherlands and will compete for Miss Universe
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That website recently stopped using "actress", which is considered sexist.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/smallville-actor-allison-mack-released-prison-early-rcna92592
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/actress-anne-heche-critically-injured-los-angeles-crash-rcna41824 (an older article, note the revision that occurred from this url to the actual article).