Staccato

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[–] Staccato@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

full Taiwanese independence is still a minority held belief on the actual island

Excuse me wut

[–] Staccato@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

The way they behave I think they meant to use "and" instead of "or".

[–] Staccato@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I get that you're trying to do a reductio ad absurdum but your post really falls flat on its face.

The Roman Empire no longer exists in any shape or form.

The United States of America is a surviving institution that has continuity to its darker history as it pertains to slavery.

The problem is not simply that slavery is causing some sort of moral taint; it's that there are still institutions today that continue to have advantages that stem from the unjust practice of slavery in the US.

[–] Staccato@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Informed consent laws were around well before The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks came out. I think there were earlier publicized examples of subject mistreatment (like Tuskegee) that already pushed the field to be better.

[–] Staccato@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

23andme requires you to agree to what they ask, which is far more than what Johns Hopkins did for Henrietta Lacks.

[–] Staccato@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Nah I think it was when Nixon won the Presidency. You can draw a straight line from that corrupt fuck to so many of our current problems.

[–] Staccato@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm sorry, did you say cervix?

You either need to go back to school or you have some weird-ass fetish for endoscopy

[–] Staccato@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Is he lying? He's just dressing formally and showing off how heels don't have to be just for women.

DeSantis for gender equity in clothing 2024. Let it happen (but don't vote for him plz).

[–] Staccato@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

ChatGPT has better grammar

[–] Staccato@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Sorry guys it's my fault. I canceled my D+ from my Hulu account when the prices went up. Didn't realize Disney would stage a full-on takeover of Hulu to get me back.

[–] Staccato@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

You have it half right.

Our healthcare system is fucked.

Our insurance system is quite profitable.

[–] Staccato@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

For Boston specifically, they could rebuild the Long Island Bridge, which before its demolition was a usable footpath for addicts seeking treatment to get to Long Island, which at one point housed a hospital and even after the hospital's closure offered facilities for those in need including a homeless shelter and rehabilitation programs.

The area the article discusses, called politely "Mass and Cass," is also referred to as "methadone mile" and it does not really have comparable facilities to help those in need. Methadone mile sprang up when the BU medical center became the only real place where addicts can get treatment to try and wean off their drug addiction, and it's a real problem even for the addicts as there is very easy access to genuine opiods.

Stressful street living + constant presence of dealers + no facilities besides a regulated hospital = a really fucking impossible way to kick your addiction.

Methadone mile needs to go. Boston also needs the neighboring town of Quincy to stop fighting the rebuilding of the Long Island Bridge.

 
 

Her advance team realized there weren't going to be enough plugs to go around. One of the station's four chargers was broken, and others were occupied. So an Energy Department staffer tried parking a nonelectric vehicle by one of those working chargers to reserve a spot for the approaching secretary of energy.

That did not go down well: a regular gas-powered car blocking the only free spot for a charger?

In fact, a family that was boxed out — on a sweltering day, with a baby in the vehicle — was so upset they decided to get the authorities involved: They called the police.

The sheriff's office couldn't do anything. It's not illegal for a non-EV to claim a charging spot in Georgia.

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