Brain worms
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A very smart colleague just pointed out the grim truth that the U.S. leaving the WHO may ultimately be a win for the rest of the world. Why? Because without a vote, “the US can't block WHO actions like vaccine programs, disease surveillance, contraception, etc”. Man, that is daaaark, but accurate.
January 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
A very smart colleague just pointed out the grim truth that the U.S. leaving the WHO may ultimately be a win for the rest of the world. Why? Because without a vote, “the US can't block WHO actions like vaccine programs, disease surveillance, contraception, etc”. Man, that is daaaark, but accurate.
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🧵"Deaths from bombs & other traumatic injuries during the first nine mos of the war in Gaza may have been underestimated by more than 40%, according to a new analysis in The Lancet.
"The UN has relied on the figure from the Hamas-led Ministry of Health, which it says has been largely accurate>>
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"The UN has relied on the figure from the Hamas-led Ministry of Health, which it says has been largely accurate>>
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Death Toll in Gaza Likely 40 Percent Higher Than Reported, Researchers Say (Gift Article)
Analysis found that more than 64,000 Palestinians may have been killed by traumatic injury in the first nine months of the war.
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
🧵"Deaths from bombs & other traumatic injuries during the first nine mos of the war in Gaza may have been underestimated by more than 40%, according to a new analysis in The Lancet.
"The UN has relied on the figure from the Hamas-led Ministry of Health, which it says has been largely accurate>>
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"The UN has relied on the figure from the Hamas-led Ministry of Health, which it says has been largely accurate>>
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As many have pointed out already, aside from the normal neoliberal rot of runaway gambling spam, this seems like it creates a unique moral hazard because unlike the Raptors-Lakers over/under the avg person can, with a matchbook, uh, easily effect the outcome
online gambling might be the latest Worst Thing Ever to become widely normalized
January 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
As many have pointed out already, aside from the normal neoliberal rot of runaway gambling spam, this seems like it creates a unique moral hazard because unlike the Raptors-Lakers over/under the avg person can, with a matchbook, uh, easily effect the outcome
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What's scary is that these CEOs are going to keep killing us.
December 9, 2024 at 11:43 PM
What's scary is that these CEOs are going to keep killing us.
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This feels slightly relevant today
December 4, 2024 at 6:23 PM
This feels slightly relevant today
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Spain is increasingly either parched or flooded – and water-grabbing multinationals are profiting by forcing citizens to pay for it in bottles.
Under capitalism, even climate collapse is just another profit opportunity. That's why it isn't being tackled.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Under capitalism, even climate collapse is just another profit opportunity. That's why it isn't being tackled.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘It’s not drought - it’s looting’: the Spanish villages where people are forced to buy back their own drinking water
Spain is increasingly either parched or flooded – and one group is profiting from these extremes: the water-grabbing multinational companies forcing angry citizens to pay for it in bottles
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Spain is increasingly either parched or flooded – and water-grabbing multinationals are profiting by forcing citizens to pay for it in bottles.
Under capitalism, even climate collapse is just another profit opportunity. That's why it isn't being tackled.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Under capitalism, even climate collapse is just another profit opportunity. That's why it isn't being tackled.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Sheep are at Trader Joe’s on Sundays
November 17, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Sheep are at Trader Joe’s on Sundays
Yes I’m tweeting to the void
November 13, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Yes I’m tweeting to the void
Friend sent me sad Christmas song and now i can’t get out of bed
November 13, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Friend sent me sad Christmas song and now i can’t get out of bed
Do people post selfies on blue sky
November 13, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Do people post selfies on blue sky