“I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned.” - Rich Feynman
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“I would rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned.” - Rich Feynman
This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.
The U.N. says 90% of Gazan's are Displaced and 60% of Infrastructure Damaged/Destroyed (lemmy.ml)
Sorry about not having the link, I don’t have any main stream social media, but a solid commentator I follow just covered this information. I felt like it needed to be shared.
US Trying to Water Down New Cease-Fire Resolution at UN Security Council (scheerpost.com)
“The U.S. cannot afford to be further isolated by vetoing this resolution,” said one human rights advocate....
'Long Flu’ has Emerged as a Consequence Similar to Long COVID (medicine.wustl.edu)
Enzymes Can’t Tell Artificial DNA From The Real Thing (today.ucsd.edu)
Unmasking Media Complicity: The Urgent Call for Truth in Gaza (dissidentvoice.org)
Western media has the potential to be a catalyst for change. We have seen the impact of unfiltered reporting during the Vietnam War when journalists chose to reveal the truth, irrespective of government constraints. There are the equivalents of the Tet Offensive and the My Lai Massacre currently being in Gaza by Israel. Any...
Venezuela and Guyana to Maintain Direct Dialogue Amid Essequibo Dispute (peoplesdispatch.org)
Yemeni Operations in Support of Gaza Deal New Blow to Israeli Economy (new.thecradle.co)
Panama’s Supreme Court Declares Mining Law Unconstitutional (progressive.org)
Panama’s Supreme Court declared a controversial copper mining project in the Latin American country unconstitutional. In a unanimous decision against the Canadian mining company First Quantum, the court suspended the extension of the mining contract, which had generated months of protests from citizens....
$6 Billion in PhRMA Network Grants Flood the Non-Profit World, Muddying the Advocacy Landscape (www.commondreams.org)
A new report by Public Citizen has uncovered that the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and its member pharmaceutical companies — the PhRMA Network — have showered the nation’s largest patient advocacy groups, universities, professional associations, and more, with at least $6 billion in grants.
Sunrise Responds to Biden 45X Tax Credit Announcement: “A Step Forward, but Only a Start” (www.commondreams.org)
Following the Biden administration’s announcement of uncapped 45X tax credits to support a green manufacturing revolution, Michele Weindling, Political Director of Sunrise Movement, released the following statement:...
Causing Gaza Blackouts, Israel Benefits from Media Double Standards (fair.org)
U.S. Empire Humiliated at the UN: The World Stands with Palestine! (www.liberationnews.org)
Disgusted by the United States blocking a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, an emergency procedure was used at the United Nations General Assembly yesterday to force a vote. By a margin of 153-10, the countries of the world called for an end to Biden and Netanyahu’s massacre....
A Sobering Christmas Reality: Cocktail of Hazardous Pesticides in Wine has Tripled (www.thecanary.co)
A French nationwide study published in the Environmental Research journal suggested that agricultural practices and pesticides used in vineyards could have been linked to the occurrence of Parkinson’s disease....
Palestinians Killed 'Execution-Style' in Gaza School: Report (new.thecradle.co)
Can installing an open source os on a pixel phone count as de-googling?
I mean they’re still the ones who made the hardware
U.S., Big Oil Exploit Guyana Border Dispute to Attack Venezuela (mronline.org)
The exploitation of newly found oil reserves larger than those of the United Arab Emirates or Kuwait by U.S. oil giants triggered the escalating aggression by the White House....
The Ghosts of the Worldwide Surveillance Apparatus Show Their Hand (scheerpost.com)
Phantom Parrot, a British documentary now screening in the US, sheds light on the Orwellian technologies being used across borders to repress activists, journalists, and others.
The Ghosts of the Worldwide Surveillance Apparatus Show Their Hand (scheerpost.com)
Phantom Parrot, a British documentary now screening in the US, sheds light on the Orwellian technologies being used across borders to repress activists, journalists, and others.
The ‘Brain Drain’ is a Symptom of How Capitalism has Failed the Healthcare Sector (peoplesdispatch.org)
As a healthcare professional whose experience is rooted in the public healthcare sector of South Africa, I can sympathize with healthcare professionals who choose to leave the continent, in order to pursue their career overseas. The phenomenon of ‘brain drain’ which is the emigration of highly skilled professional, from...
What is the weirdest food your cat wants to eat? (lemmy.world)
By weird I mean outside of regular cat diet, things like cornflakes, ketchup or banana bread (these are real examples from my and my friends’ cats).
Puma Drops Israel (peoplesdispatch.org)
After years of pressure from the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, which has intensified in recent months, the German company Puma announced on December 12 that it will drop its sponsorship of the Israel Football Association.
EU Deal on AI Act Is 'Missed Opportunity' to Ban Mass Surveillance, Say Privacy Groups (www.commondreams.org)
“Whilst the Parliament fought hard to limit the damage, the overall package on biometric surveillance and profiling is at best lukewarm,” said one advocate.
Major Breakthrough for Severe Asthma Treatment (www.kcl.ac.uk)
A landmark study led by a King’s academic has shown that severe asthma can be controlled using biologic therapies, without the addition of regular high-dose inhaled steroids which can have significant side effects.
Netanyahu Says He Appreciates US Veto of UN Gaza Ceasefire Resolution (news.antiwar.com)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday said he appreciated the US vetoing a UN Security Council resolution that called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and vowed to continue his war in the besieged enclave, which has killed at least 18,000 Palestinians....
WHO Executive Board Adopts Resolution Calling for Unimpeded Flow of Aid into Gaza (peoplesdispatch.org)
During discussions around the resolution, US representatives opposed calls for a ceasefire, saying it would be “not only unrealistic but also dangerous.” Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza has killed over 18,000 people....
US Troops are Occupying Syria's Oil Fields. Congress Refuses to Withdraw Them (geopoliticaleconomy.substack.com)
The US military has illegally occupied Syrian sovereign territory since 2014, preventing Damascus from accessing its own oil and wheat. The Senate voted 13-84, rejecting a resolution to withdraw them.
Letter by Academics Across the Globe Raises Concerns Over the ICC’s Inaction on Gaza (peoplesdispatch.org)
At least 184 scholars, lawyers, and experts of international law and politics have expressed grave concerns over the integrity of the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC), in a joint letter on December 6....
'Shocking' Discovery: Electricity from Electric Eels May Transfer Genetic Material to Nearby Animals (www.nagoya-u.ac.jp)
The electric eel is the biggest power-making creature on Earth. It can release up to 860 volts, which is enough to run a machine. In a recent study, a research group from Nagoya University in Japan found electric eels can release enough electricity to genetically modify small fish larvae. They published their findings in PeerJ -...
US Asks Israel to Avoid Killing Gaza Civilians, Sends More Tank Shells (new.thecradle.co)
The White House has used an emergency authority to allow the sale of about 14,000 tank shells to Israel without congressional review, as Israel continues to kill large numbers of Palestinians amid its continued assault on the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza....
Landlords for Israel’s Arms Trade Shut Down, LondonMetric’s Mayfair Offices Re-decorated (www.palestineaction.org)
The offices of property firm ‘LondonMetric’ have been shut down by Palestine Action, with activists targeting the firm for their complicity in Israel’s arms manufacturing in Britain. The company owns the land and building of Elbit Systems’ UAV Tactical Systems drone factory in Leicester, from which military technologies...
Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access after launch of service that brought iMessage to Android (techcrunch.com)
Soundwaves Harden 3D-Printed Treatments in Deep Tissues (pratt.duke.edu)
Engineers at Duke University and Harvard Medical School have developed a bio-compatible ink that solidifies into different 3D shapes and structures by absorbing ultrasound waves. Because it responds to sound waves rather than light, the ink can be used in deep tissues for biomedical purposes ranging from bone healing to heart...
Riding Sound Waves in the Brain (ethz.ch)
A technology developed at ETH Zurich over the past few years for controlling microvehicles using ultrasound also works in the brain, as researchers have now been able to show....
It’s a Christmas Miracle — You Can Now Use Raspberry Pi OS in Dark Mode (www.raspberrypi.com)
It’s now been a little under two months since the release of the Wayland-based Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm. Whenever we do a major version release like this, we invariably spend the next few weeks fixing all the bugs that real users have found but our pre-release testing didn’t, and then make a bug-fix release with them...
Israel has just given BP licences to drill for gas off the coast of Gaza. So, people blockaded its head office (www.thecanary.co)
On Wednesday, 6 December, dozens of activists from Fossil Free London assembled outside BP’s London headquarters to protest Israel’s approval of 12 new licences for natural gas exploration off the west coast of Gaza to six companies, including BP....
Anti-fascists in Italy Protest Police Attack on Turin University Students (peoplesdispatch.org)
Progressive and anti-fascist groups in Turin, Italy mobilized to condemn the police action on students at the Einaudi Campus of the University of Turin. On December 5, students who had protested the campaigning of right-wing student group University Action on the campus were brutally beaten up by a big group of police....
Palestinian Resistance Organization Masar Badil Calls on Workers to Block Israeli Ships Amid Gaza Genocide (orinocotribune.com)
The Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement (Masar Badil) has urged labor activists, trade unionists, and workers’ organizations around the world to block Israeli ships from sailing as protest against the genocide in Gaza....
First Map of Human Limb Development Reveals Unexpected Growth Processes and Explains Syndromes Found at Birth (www.sanger.ac.uk)
Scientists reveal unprecedented insights into human limb development, including the many intricate processes that govern their formation....
TC on open source evangelists (lemmy.ml)
[email protected] - Oh my gosh I just figured it out....