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The one about attractiveness is on its face bizarre and gross. There are real problems with the way our society prioritizes (or should I say deprioritizes) womens' health. But IMO the framing in the linked image is dishonest. It makes it sound like the scientific community finally decided to get around to endometriosis in 2013, and chose to ignore causes and treatments. There are over 55,000 hits on NLM for "endometriosis." The vast majority of them appear, from a quick perusal, to concern things one would expect, such as treatment, management, risk, and root cause.

And the second study, the one about the effects on male partners? That one seems, idk... fine? Good, even. Endometriosis is incredibly painful, and seeing the person you love in pain can cause distress as well. Partners are usually the closest member of a person's support network. Doesn't it sound like maybe there should be some literature on the impacts on partners of people with endometriosis? Like maybe that could be useful? And idk how much this matters but five out of the six credited authors on that paper are women, and presumably they thought this was a worthwhile avenue of research.

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Renee Good Not an Activist, Had Just Dropped Son at School

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Quick reminder to anyone reading, since the other reply here implied implications about what is to be done: whatever your opinions on violence may be you should never, under any circumstances, suggest that yourself or others should or will commit violent or illegal acts in your own country or countries that your country has extradition treaties with.

The revolution will not happen on Lemmy or any other public forum. You can only hurt yourself and your fellow travelers by posting violent threats or incitement to other illegal activity. Do not post credible threats. The cops can and will show up at your house.

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Intellectually disabled teen shot by Idaho police dies after being removed from life support

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ACAB is a slogan. It's not factual in the strictest sense but it captures a truth. Statistically speaking, there is at least one good cop. Maybe even two. Real Andy Griffith, Carlton Lassiter types. Their existence does not change the fact that the system is rotten to the very core, and their tacit support for that system makes them bastards, even if they themselves have never abused anyone or covered for a colleague's malpractice. Good cops exist, but they don't last very long.

And as the sibling comment pointed out, institutionally speaking the RCMP is a god awful example if you're trying to make a case for good cops.

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Chipotle stock craters as company says young people without jobs can't afford their food anymore

Well this is interesting to me given that my employer has internally been talking about how Chipotle, the fast casual counter serve restaurant, has been growing faster than our full service pasta restaurant. Which obviously means they're stealing our market share in our separate segment and we need to move to compete with CMG more.

Methinks it is time to leave this industry.

Edit: haha. hahahahahahaha

A particularly challenged cohort is the 25- to 35-year-old age group," Boatwright said. "This group is facing several headwinds, including unemployment, increased due loan repayment and slower real wage growth.

ahahahahahahaha they are so out of touch if this is news to them