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  • University of Georgia pulls out of ‘Cop City’ lawsuit requesting public records

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  • No it doesn't. The dean who made this decision, as with most people in stable positions of power, does not need telling what to do because he will do it anyway.

    Rutledge clerked for Clarence Thomas, and is featured in a painting included in ProPublica’s reporting on Republican donor Harlan Crow’s gifts to the Supreme Court Justice.

  • The Unpunished: How Extremists Took Over Israel

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  • I didn't say you denied the Holocaust. I said you implied that it is the first example of European antisemitism.

  • The Unpunished: How Extremists Took Over Israel

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  • I agree with a lot of this but this bit is a non-sequitur:

    One thing many people don’t realize is that the Zionist colonial project was in motion long before WWII, as far back as the late 1800s.

    Political zionism did get started in the late 1800s, as a proposed solution to the centuries of pogroms, expulsions and discrimination against Jews in Europe. Prior to the horrors of WWII, most Jews considered it literal heresy. It was the Holocaust that convinced many that Zionism was their only option, not least because most of the free world closed its borders to Jews fleeing the Holocaust and its aftermath. There was nowhere else to go.

    This is a very useful short piece by a Jewish anti-zionist, pleading with the pro-Palestinian movement to take more care with their understanding of history: Zionism, Antisemitism and the Left Today

    The Palestinians are paying the price for Europe's crimes. The problem cannot be solved by denying that those crimes ever happened.

  • Teacher accused of having sex with two students says she ruined her 'dream job' with stupid 'mistakes', jury hears

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  • Statutory rape does not exist as an offence in English law. The offence is sexual contact with a minor.

    The age of consent is 16 but 18 if the older party is in a position of responsibility (like a teacher). So whether or not she had unlawful sexual contact with the second boy would depend on how that law was interpreted, as well as when the first contact took place.

  • Barcelona is parched — and angry at quenched tourists

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  • I’m used to that having full articles

    Quite a lot of communities ban posting of full articles, including this one:

    Rule 2: Do not copy the entire article into your post.

  • Malawians who abandoned Israeli farms deported

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  • Helluva headline given the story is about tied labour.

  • Looking for advice: BEV vs PHEV for Company Car in UK

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  • I don't think it actually is that important? She wouldn't need to charge up during any of those commutes so the only problem to solve is finding a charger near the 210 office (while pressing them to put in chargers there, of course).

  • Astounding absurdity

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  • I mean, yeah. All of this. Absurd.

    But, FWIW, offloading cheap tat onto charity shops is not going to work well. It costs them money to put it on a shelf and it probably takes up more space than it is worth. Plus, they very likely can't sell electrical equipment that has had its cord chopped up and repaired, or at least not without spending more on having it tested than they could sell it for anyway.

    Next time, find a friend with small feet who would like to take it off your hands.

  • For the jury in Trump's hush money trial, evidence of a criminal conspiracy comes in bits and pieces

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  • The article is not arguing that it should have been any different. The sub-editor had a bad day and that's OK.

  • US man has brain damage, mother says, after allegedly being pushed into lake

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  • You can learn to swim in water that is shallow enough to stand in. And if being safe in the event of a pychopathic 'prank' is the primary concern, focus on learning how to tread water. Everything will seem easier once you know for sure that you can keep your head above water. Most people who are enjoying a pool or the sea are not actually swimming anywhere anyway.

  • Two newborn twins need a one-dose treatment that would save their lives: Zolgensma, a $2.1M drug. Insurance (also the mother's employer) cut coverage of the drug the day after they were born.

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  • lol

  • Two newborn twins need a one-dose treatment that would save their lives: Zolgensma, a $2.1M drug. Insurance (also the mother's employer) cut coverage of the drug the day after they were born.

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  • Good grief. You don't need to wave your hands so wildly, this is really fucking simple maths. Expenditure which is 21% of the total cannot possibly be the reason why USians pay 2-3 times more than everywhere else for drugs.

  • Two newborn twins need a one-dose treatment that would save their lives: Zolgensma, a $2.1M drug. Insurance (also the mother's employer) cut coverage of the drug the day after they were born.

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  • That's a mind-numbingly obvious point which completely ignores the context, which is Pharma justifying their high prices based on the amount they spend on R&D.

    The rest of the world gets drugs 2-3x cheaper than the US. Do you imagine they're selling at a loss to everywhere else?

  • What did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older?

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  • Two newborn twins need a one-dose treatment that would save their lives: Zolgensma, a $2.1M drug. Insurance (also the mother's employer) cut coverage of the drug the day after they were born.

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  • It doesn't cost that much because the company are making a hefty profit, of course. And much more profit off it in the US as per usual, the NHS pays considerably less

    The deal struck [in 2021] with Novartis Gene Therapies, secures the drug for NHS patients in England at a substantial confidential discount and paves the way for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to publish draft guidance recommending treatment with Zolgensma.

    The terms of the deal mean that some young children that currently fall outside the NICE recommendation criteria will also be eligible to be considered for treatment by a national multidisciplinary clinical team (MDT) made up of the country’s leading experts in the treatment of SMA.

    This means as many as 80 babies and young children could potentially benefit from the life-changing gene therapy a year.

    But profiteering aside, the number in the final paragraph is your answer. Up to 80 kids in the UK per year, so up to ~400 in the US, ~500 for the EU. It's not a big market but the cost of drug development doesn't get cheaper just because the number of cases is small, it gets more difficult and more costly. And there's more than one drug company chasing the market.

    None of that is a defence of Pharma. But it is inevitable under capitalism. Eat the rich etc etc.

  • Two newborn twins need a one-dose treatment that would save their lives: Zolgensma, a $2.1M drug. Insurance (also the mother's employer) cut coverage of the drug the day after they were born.

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  • What percentage would be right?

    Given that they're using the cost of R&D to justify their prices? A lot more than 21%.

    The rest of the world gets much lower prices. That's not out of the goodness of their hearts or the generosity of their wallets, yaknow?

  • FTC fines Razer for every cent made selling bogus “N95 grade” RGB masks | Ars Technica

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  • I don't disagree with your overall argument but, if they're fined 100% of revenue, that's way less than zero profit (because they've still paid to make, distribute, and recall the things).

    Fines should, of course, always be more than the profit made. 3x is a good number.

  • BYD unveils luxurious Sea Lion 07 mid-size electric SUV interior poised to rival Tesla's Model Y

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  • I don’t think we’d ever get real safety statistics about companies in China.

    China cares a great deal about its exports, and the testing by ANCAP / NCAP / NHSTA is the same in those export markets. Their safety record is not something they can hide. BYD alone is outselling Tesla, so there will be a large volume of real world data coming along shortly. The NHSTA is too gutless to make Musk share the data but they won't be so shy with Chinese brands.

  • Land of the dinosaurs: baseline of sexism overshadows tennis in Madrid

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  • The event is called the Madrid Open.

  • World News @lemmy.world
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    Accused rapist who tried to clear his name loses blockbuster defamation trial against TV network | CNN

    edition.cnn.com /2024/04/15/australia/australia-lehrmann-defamation-verdict-intl-hnk/index.html
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    On Being an Outlier

    www.goethe.de /prj/geg/en/thm/tru/25453339.html
  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
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    Font sizes on Lemmy: they vary too much?

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    Google search is over

    mastodon.social /@rodhilton/110894818243613681