[–] 12 points 3 months ago

I think that's the point though, that the app can be misleading as to the needs of the people using it, especially in regards health.

Or, “What’s the right mix of things that will actually reduce the likelihood of heat-related illnesses?”

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    My problem 15 years ago was the NHS, which is not fond of what they deemed 'sports medicine'. Maybe that's changed. I found a surgeon in Germany that did a dual inguinal repair and it's hanging in there great. I had to wait about a month to do much, so definitely take it easy!

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I would say this headline is misleading. The first paragraph reads,

    "A court in Paris ruled on Thursday that energy company TotalEnergies must account for its consumers’ greenhouse gas emissions, giving the French oil giant six months to report the environmental risks caused by the consumption of its gas and oil products."

    Also, further down,

    "TotalEnergies expressed “satisfaction” that the court didn’t ban it from pursuing new oil and gas projects or force it to reduce oil and gas production."

    I'm skeptical they'll even write the report.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I'm not trying to be rhetorical here, but genuinely curious. How can NDAs apply when a crime has been committed? If they can apply, shouldn't that loophole be closed?

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago

    There are legitimate complaints from the anti-immigration camp, resources reaching their limits and dwindling government support are real problems. I don't see this as a factor of immigration, but rather the endgame of a system that feeds on more.

    In the case of the UK, virtually every 'anti-immigration' Conservative government actually increased immigration more than the Labour opposition. I suppose no one knows the 'benefits' of cheap labour and infinite growth better.

    My feeling is, until a balanced steady-state economic system is acheived, or even desired, immigration will remain a side-show. The proposed Swiss law says it all. When the population reaches 9.5 million, the government must 'do something'.

    Good luck.

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  • [–] 19 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    It will never not astonish me how something as basic as trying to stop infinite growth on a finite planet has been politically transformed into let's get rid of the brown people.

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  • [–] 26 points 10 months ago

    Just going to add two tidbits here, because I'm a bit fan of Paine having spent many years in Lewes.

    The first is more incredible, in the sense it's actually hard to believe: he escaped execution during The Terror because of what amounted to clerical error (obligatory fuck Robespierre)

    A chalk mark was supposed to be left by the jailer on the door of a cell to denote that the prisoner inside was due to be removed for execution. In Paine's case, the mark had accidentally been made on the inside of his door rather than the outside because the door had been left open when the jailer was making his rounds that day, since Paine had been receiving official visitors. But for this quirk of fate, Paine would have been executed the following morning. He thus survived the few vital days needed to be spared by the fall of Robespierre on 9 Thermidor (July 27, 1794).

    Second tidbit: in escaping execution, Paine finished The Rights of Man which, among other things, is one of the few texts explicitly about Deism.

    I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life.

    I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church. All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.

    Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and tortuous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness with which more than half the Bible is filled, it would be more consistent that we call it the word of a demon than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind; and, for my part, I sincerely detest it, as I detest everything that is cruel.

    I'm a Deist myself, thanks to him and the film Breaker Morant. Thanks again, Wikipedia! We're doing everything to keep you going!

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    At least 12,454 grassland, woodland or crop fires were recorded by fire services in England in the three months from March to May 2025 ... This is more than four times the 2,621 incidents logged by these services in the same period in 2024 and is the highest spring total for more than a decade.

     

    I searched this, but got back a lot of AI slop, so like to hear what people's experience is.

    I was considering upgrading to reduce the morning noise for the household, and learned that big burrs are faster and can be quieter. Maybe that's true?

    Going down the rabbit hole, it seems like the burrs can also affect the taste (clarity, body, etc.) in wildly different directions, not necessarily one size fits all.

    Is there anyone with more than one grinder over time that has noticed one way or the other? I use a Niche now, and had a Commandante 40. I just drink espresso, but what do I know? In this case, nothing!

     

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    Like many countries, France has an near infinite number of charging stations, all of which require a different card and paid membership.

    All of those companies used state funds to build their infrastructure.

     

    Germany has accused Russia of a cyber-attack on air traffic control and attempted electoral interference, and summoned the Russian ambassador.

    A foreign ministry spokesman said Russian military intelligence was behind a "cyber-attack against German air traffic control in August 2024". The spokesman also accused Russia of seeking to influence and destabilise the country's federal election in February this year.

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