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Israel aims to cut Gaza ties after Hamas defeat
Half the population are children, most of whom will dedicate their life to a blood feud.
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Israel aims to cut Gaza ties after Hamas defeat
Half the population are children, most of whom will dedicate their life to a blood feud.
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I can't believe we're still having this conversation with some people
Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.—In this formulation, I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be most unwise. But we should claim the right to suppress them if necessary even by force; for it may easily turn out that they are not prepared to meet us on the level of rational argument, but begin by denouncing all argument; they may forbid their followers to listen to rational argument, because it is deceptive, and teach them to answer arguments by the use of their fists or pistols. We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.
The Paradox of Tolerance,
Karl Popper,
1945.
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Scientific dietary advice
It's like if 4chan and Quora had a baby.
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Study: 100% of meat and dairy companies have lobbied against environmental and climate policies
100%
10 of the biggest
Always handy when a pop-sci article discredits itself without having to read it.
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Human rights investigators raise new questions on Gaza hospital explosion
Okay. So who is keeping tally? Does the side with the least war crimes win or something?...
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California becomes first state to offer health insurance to all undocumented immigrants
For us non-US readers; what's the difference between health insurance and healthcare? For comparison, in Australia private health gives you a room, nice TV, edible food etc but you don't get priority. When it comes to essential surgery or treatment you join the line with everyone else.
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Early bird
Need as in, for a healthy body and mind?.. Hardly needed if we can breed fresh meat for the economic grinder on less sleep!
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You ask too much of him
Straight up description of an entity thousands report seeing while on DMT tho.
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que ominous music
Did Leonardo da Vinci possess secret knowledge of the Great Pyramid's builders which he encoded into his Vitruvian Man?!
Or y'know... they boths mathed.
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Australia rejects proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in constitution
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The amendment if full,
i. there shall be a body, to be called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice;
ii. the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice may make representations to the Parliament and the Executive Government of the Commonwealth on matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples;
iii. the Parliament shall, subject to this Constitution, have power to make laws with respect to matters relating to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, including its composition, functions, powers and procedures
So... No. Your friend is full of shit. It provides no powers whatsoever.
The same parliament ignoring indigenous voices for a century will be the only one free to listen to "the" indigenous voice.
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More likely there's a bunch of data points it can use. Coming within BT range of someone who does have a cat for example. Otherwise all the major smart phone companies would need to be in collision to keep the secret because the battery drain would be so blatant of it was recording, processing, transfering etc.
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Reddit users are reporting Christian websites for violating Virginia's new porn identification law, citing vulgar passages in the Bible
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Same size cocks but donkey are smaller so they look bigger. In those days a flaccid bee-dick was the mark of a cool-headed thinking man; clearly capable of controlling their profane lust.
And it's not that the average horse smell worse than a donkey, their ass is just closer to most people's nose.
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Definitely Do Not Put Plastic in the Microwave
Why? Like, is this equivilant to 'smoking cigarettes will kill you?' Or more, 'going within ten metres of a running automobile will kill you?' Because stress and anxiety will kill you dead too. So...
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Elon Musk says 'we dug our own grave' with the Cybertruck as he warns Tesla faces enormous production challenges
Wait, that's a real thing? I thought it was just a marketing stunt!
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Random daily meme n°6
F in the chat for victims of the Great Oxygenation Event.
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In Spain, dozens of girls are reporting AI-generated nude photos of them being circulated at school: ‘My heart skipped a beat’
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Same goes for any deepfake. People are loosing their shit because we won't know what's real and what's not!.
We should have been teaching critical thinking a generation ago. Sagan was pleading for reform in the 90s. We can start teaching the next generation how to navigate the Information Age. What we can't do is make the world childproof.
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Man who sold black rhino and white rhino horns to confidential source sentenced to 18 months in U.S. prison
So two unique species that took billions of years to evolve are judged to be less valuable than two years of some pond scums life.
Return to monke when?
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Illegal in Australia. After a ten year legal battle I got mine refunded.
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And if they do tits or gtfo!
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Why aren't advertisers (Microsoft, Facebook, Google) held responsible for allowing scammy adverts?
Forget ads, Microsofts "free trial" wasn't free or a trial. You'd be charged for a product that would show up on your bank statement as free. Short answer; no one in a position of power gives a fuck.