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Hedgehogs being decimated by human behavior: report(dw.com)
5 points by Qem 2y ago|0 comments
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by Qem 2y ago
FYI I'm Catholic.
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Why are victims of a Brazil dam disaster suing miner BHP in a London court?(aljazeera.com)
4 points by Qem 2y ago|0 comments
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by Qem 2y ago
> I don't think that's what people think about, when hearing about human hostages. Indeed, they think more about something like this: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/newsfeed/2024/6/23&#x2F
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by Qem 2y ago
https://www.oct7factcheck.com/index
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by Qem 2y ago
Given they targeted observation posts and monitoring cameras first, I suspect they don't want witnesses observing war crimes. Local witnesses are outright killed or smeared with accusations of belonging to militant groups, as it's
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by Qem 2y ago
At this point the country should be suspended from UN, like Apartheid SA was before, in 1974. See https://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/13/archives/south-africa-is-...
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FBI's WMD Program Has a New Target: Animal Rights Activists(theintercept.com)
6 points by Qem 2y ago|1 comments
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Vortex86(en.wikipedia.org)
4 points by Qem 2y ago|1 comments
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by Qem 2y ago
> There's no similar context because the Apartheid system that existed in South Africa has no resemblance to today's Israel. According to Human Rights Watch[1], Amnesty International[2], and many other human rights organization
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ASML shares -16% in Amsterdam, the most in 26 years(twitter.com)
6 points by Qem 2y ago|9 comments
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by Qem 2y ago
It seems sanctions levied against China are crippling ASML instead.
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by Qem 2y ago
8086 was launched in 1978[1], so the x86 architecture is quite old, spanning over 45 years. How long before enough patents expire so those who don't trust Intel or AMD can launch a competing compatible implementation? [1] https:/
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Booby-trapped robots loaded with explosives used by Israel in northern Gaza(euromedmonitor.org)
3 points by Qem 2y ago|0 comments
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by Qem 2y ago
It was lucky none of the thousands of pagers employed in this terror attack blew inside some airplane and made it much worse. It's dismaying we have a state doing this.
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by Qem 2y ago
It appears they have land counterparts now, booby-trapped robots loaded with explosives: https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6502/With-booby-trappe...
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From Uzbek Disco to Uighur Rock: Forgotten Sounds of the Silk Road(aljazeera.com)
3 points by Qem 2y ago|0 comments
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by Qem 2y ago
Around 20 generations passed since Columbus set foot in Americas. Given we have his DNA, I wonder if it's still possible to pinpoint living descendants if any exists.
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by Qem 2y ago
That was actually done before: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cast_Thy_Bread
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by Qem 2y ago
> If everyone is on Ozempic, they might have more children, requiring more overall food and harming even more animals in the process. It's reported it reduces a series of impulsive behaviours. Would it extend to sex? If people are
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by Qem 2y ago
> GLP-1 agonists appear to reduce the impulsive behavior. Does it reduce sex drive as well?
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by Qem 2y ago
> what I assume was a misfire. Given the dispatching of drones and the effort to destroy UN monitoring cameras before the attack, I doubt it was a "misfire". See https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10&
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by Qem 2y ago
> When populations are half what they are now, housing will likely be cheaper I thought like this, but pondering a bit, climate change and associated sea level rise will probably destroy many coastal properties where a lot of people live
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by Qem 2y ago
What are the precedents for UN peacekeeping forces not actively engaged in combat being targeted in the past? Is that a(nother) warcrime? To me it seems odd a regime can keep a seat at UN while shooting at UN troops.
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Wildlife numbers plummet 73 percent over past half-century, report finds(aljazeera.com)
6 points by Qem 2y ago|0 comments
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by Qem 2y ago
https://theintercept.com/2024/09/19/israel-pager-walkie-talk...
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by Qem 2y ago
Those figures are credible, based on research [1][2] that estimated total deaths including those by secondary effects from the attacks, like diseases and famine spread by purposeful destruction of medical[3][4], water treatment/sanitat
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by Qem 2y ago
> That being said Google is orders of magnitude scarier and more intrusive than this is. For all evil things Google does, at least it isn't booby trapping consumer electronics with explosives and putting them in the market yet, as f
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by Qem 2y ago
In Portuguese: https://www.uol.com.br/tilt/colunas/carlos-affonso-de-souza/...
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by Qem 2y ago
Probably anyone that goes to such lengths to have kids intends to raise them well. The kid will have above average odds of being raised by people that will love him/her.

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