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  • ‘R-tarded’ is a slur, and I’m sick of otherwise “liberal” people going along with the right’s move to renormalize it

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  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retard_(pejorative)

    For context, until the 1960s, the terms moron, idiot, cretin, and imbecile were all genuine, non-offensive terms used, including by psychiatrists, to refer to people with mental intellectual disabilities and low intelligence. These words were discontinued in that form when concerns arose that they had developed negative meanings, with "retard" and "retarded" replacing them.[6][7] After that, the terms "handicapped" (United States) and "disabled" (United Kingdom) replaced "retard" and "retarded". Disabled is now considered a more polite term than handicapped in the United States as well.

  • Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang complains about stock price slide during all-hands meeting — says market did not appreciate company’s ‘incredible’ quarter

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  • I made good money off nvidia. Not going to be a bag holder.

  • UK: A mother's warning after Temu electric cleaning brush rips out her 3-year-old daughter's hair

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  • Lol what?

    There's dozens of similar products sold at home depot, target, and other name brand stores. They sell brush attachments for drills too, I see Ryobi makes some.

    You're saying that a "spin scrubber" shouldn't spin? Huh.

  • Waymo CEO Says Society Is Ready for One of Its Cars to Kill Someone

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  • Society wasn't even ready for a waymo to kill a cat

  • 2 Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won't turn against my neighbors"

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  • Just like tienamen square :)

  • Scientists demand cancer warnings on bacon and ham sold in UK

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  • Often times it's cheaper to add the label than pay for the product testing in a lab.

  • Scientists demand cancer warnings on bacon and ham sold in UK

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  • It's theoretically possible, some experts think no level of radiation is "safe". Yet, it's so improbable that the risk of developing cancer from a single banana is indistinguishable from background noise. You get a far higher dose of radiation just from living on earth.

    This fun infographic from xkcd shows a comparison of doses, and just how low a banana ranks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_equivalent_dose#/media/File:Radiation_Dose_Chart_by_Xkcd.png

    It would have to be the "perfect shot" of a particle hitting a cell to cause DNA damage that wasn't repairable. And you would need to be extremely immunocompromised.

    If you were in such a position to get cancer from eating a single banana, you would likely already get it from living life.

  • Have you done US district court jury duty? What CAN I bring with me to the courthouse?

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  • They don't actually tell you why.

    I presume it's because people in stem are more likely to have strong opinions about statistics, validity of tests or science, that sort of thing. Or, they'll sound more competent when discussing with other jurors.

    I also think both sides wanted to appeal to emotions, and have their expert witnesses be the technical authorities.

  • Have you done US district court jury duty? What CAN I bring with me to the courthouse?

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  • I recently went to jury selection, was excused twice. Probably because I raised my hand when they asked "has anyone been a victim of reckless driving" and the case was about a DUI and reckless driving. The other involved DNA evidence and they struck all of the people who worked in STEM.

    Anyway, the security did NOT let me bring in my fountain pen, asked me if it was a pen gun lol... Ball point and pencils were fine. I think crochet needles won't be allowed... Vapes and zyns were allowed. They didn't seem to care about food or liquids at the courthouse I went to.

    You'll be spending most of your time in the waiting rooms, unless you're picked for a trial.

    Drinks and food were up to the judge, but the 2 justices I reported to basically said "if you have drinks, make sure they're covered, otherwise be careful and don't spill". Boiled down to "don't make a mess".

    They told us to turn phones off, but a lot of folks did not.

    Books and sudoku should be fine. Just try to bring an empty bottle you're okay with tossing if needed. There will likely be vending machines inside too.

  • Convicted rapist receives no jail time after granted youthful offender status

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  • You would have? That's fucked up.

  • [USA] Is "there are ICE agents roaming the streets" a good reason/excuse to avoid going outside? Or is it just a part of reality that you have to learn to accept?

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  • A common "self soothing" technique (depression, anger, negative feelings) is to take a short walk outside.

    A new environment / context can make it much easier to get out of a negative thought loop or spiral.

  • Airports across North America hacked to play pro-Palestine, anti-Trump messages

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  • I remember the "bleach and ammonia diamonds". Fucked up

  • The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds

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  • PTFE and some others are considered chemically inert. Other PFAS are mostly chemically inert.

    Carbon-fluorine bonds are extremely strong. If these weren't mostly chemically inert, they wouldn't be "forever" chemicals. They would readily degrade and it wouldn't be an issue.

  • The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds

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  • Asbestos is chemically inert, as are PFAS, but both are understood to be pretty bad for you

  • Chicago fighting ICE

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  • Do both.

  • Water Wars Imminent

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  • All that is required is reflexes faster than ours to make them insanely difficult to hit.

    Better aim, stabilization while moving, incredible hivemind-esque team coordination.

    It's not even going to be fair.

  • Locked

    ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

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  • freedomadvocate

    So that was a lie

  • Journalist hospitalized after attempting to photograph ICE agents in public elevator

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  • Accelerationism

  • Trump’s prosecution of a Democratic lawmaker is a test run for authoritarian rule

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  • Are we already past the point of no return?