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I read today that people who are now 50-75 years old were at the peak of exposure to leaded gasoline fumes. It's pretty well established that greater lead exposure leads to increas…

It's incredibly foolish. Whatever the justification is, it doesn't matter as much as the horrible outcome. This is one of those things the government does for the benefit of the wh…

As the article says, "The Musk/DOGE plan is one of self-enrichment and outward punishment. Someone should outline a different path."

That's not exactly true, to pick some examples Bernie quitting the race in 2020 used his connections with biden and got a lot of things into a unity party platform, and I've seen i…

See I know something of what actually wanting to fix the government's waste fraud and abuse would look like. It would be beefing up the IRS (where every dollar more than pays for i…

It was a cousin on my dad's side, they don't live near me and we just don't talk that much directly.

Eh I wouldn't have known a friend died if I didn't occasionally log into FB. I wouldn't have known that my best friend from middle school lost her house. I wouldn't have known that…

blaming the wolves is an interesting choice.

More eligible voters didn't vote for any candidate then for Trump or Harris. Trump won a slim majority of the people who did choose to vote, but it's hardly an endorsement by a maj…

My concerns about the future are based on what President Trump did in 2017 with the NIH budget (attempting to cut it 22%)¹ thus preventing important scientific research funding, as…

Pretty sure a bunch of statistics that might be used to argue against Republican talking points are going to disappear or not be updated. Maybe they won't even get to be collected.…

A full pardon should mean that he can get all his bitcoin back, as I understand it.

That's almost exactly the split they made actually, with things like feats and flight still species based, but statu bonuses and backgrounds (with maybe some small exceptions) not …

The entire premise of insurance is that people get care for their medical issues. Mental health issues are medical issues; just because they manifest in terms of behavioral and thi…

Actually that's covered by the rule. Buying Positive or Negative Reviews: The final rule prohibits businesses from providing compensation or other incentives conditioned on the wri…

Just to note this is for ISL, Indian Sign Language, not ASL, American Sign Language.

private equity does seem to be kinda crap at running stuff, even screwing up with successful brands. It's not a surprise that hospitals and smaller businesses also get screwed up. …

Hey, just going to say what I've been telling folks IRL, if you are reading this, and your parents and family members aren't tech savvy, you need to set them up with two factor aut…

Wait... So Microsoft doesn't use Microsoft Teams, it uses Slack?

Probably because of the high number of civilian deaths in a much shorter period. Adults are harder to split out into civilians vs combatants, so sticking with just kids, by the beg…

I'm unsure on the ethics of this. Yes only the elite have the internet, but also the internet is likely used internally for communication, which is important for resource distribut…

TL:DR Avoid highly processed foods, chicken nuggets are worse than chicken breasts Try to use glass containers over plastic ones. Heat from dishwashers and microwaves can cause pla…

Yeah the 5th Circuit was giving standing on hypothetical issues. However since states were allowed to join the case in district court, they may raise the issue again and be judged …

Governments can and cooperate on international crimes, and the US has more resources to prosecute US corporations. Columbia extradited the AUC leaders.

I feel like the US government has a legitimate interest in making sure US corporations don't pay paramilitary death squads for drug traffickers, especially ones that the US had des…