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Eternity_html , in The first pill to treat postpartum depression has been approved by US health officials

Republicans will say it’s against their religion somehow and try to ban it.

Son_of_dad , in Shots again fired at site of Parkland school massacre in reenactment after lawmakers visit

What’s the point of the reenactment? Peterson was a coward, that’s clear, and the court already gave him a pass for being a coward, so why even pretend to care and do tests and reenactments

Thepinyaroma ,

The criminal court gave him a pass. I believe this is a civil lawsuit from the families of the victims.

It’s not justice but it would be better than nothing to make sure he dies broke.

TrismegistusMx , in Biden expected to create Grand Canyon national monument to block new mining, sources say
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The fact that the sanctity of such a place must be enshrined into law in order for capitalists to abstain from raping it tells you everything you need to know about the system.

TransplantedSconie ,

Yep. Fuck nature and our future. The shareholders need to see a 5% increase on profits every quarter.

bglad ,

Profit must grow year over year or a company is failing at capitalism.

Aliendelarge ,

You’re right, we should just stop using any resources.

TrismegistusMx ,
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Shit take. Are you a bad faith actor or just very stupid?

Aliendelarge ,

Straight to the personal attacks ehh?

TrismegistusMx ,
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Yes. I personally attack morons.

Kitten_Mittens , in Artificial intelligence is gaining state lawmakers’ attention, and they have a lot of questions
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Questions like: Who is OpenAI and how does live in my telephone? Can OpenAI serve me crackers, also what day is it? Why does OpenAI suggest Furry porn when I google furry porn?

Lawmakers, most lawmakers, barely remember to take their medications much less have the mental capacity to understand what AI or LLMs are. It’s laughable/frightening to think our congressional octogenarians are writing laws and restrictions on anything pertaining to technology.

lasagna ,
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Most importantly, can it help keep our islands floating?

bentrow ,

Just don’t put too many sailers/soldiers on one side and you should be ok.

teft , in The first pill to treat postpartum depression has been approved by US health officials
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Microwave, do you ever sleep? I swear when I go to bed you’re posting and when I wake you’re still posting.

MicroWave OP ,
@MicroWave@lemmy.world avatar

I promise I do sleep and go outside!

MossyFeathers , in Biden expected to create Grand Canyon national monument to block new mining, sources say

For people who aren’t aware, there’s a very good reason why Native Americans Iirc it’s the world’s 3rd largest nuclear disaster and the government pretended nothing happened for a long time.

CherenkovBlue ,
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Shit. I work in the nuclear industry and I wasn’t aware of this. Thanks for sharing. The mistreatment and sheer disrespect shown to native people by corporations and government is one of the major stains on US history.

VitoCorleone ,

Username checks out

gillrmn , in Oregon lifts ban on self-serve gas, leaving N.J. as the only state prohibiting it
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Self serve drives up gas prices due to insurance. Insurance goes up due to a couple of people smoking while filling gas and gas station without anyone being the favorite place for looters. The self serve campaigns advertise how gas will come down due to it, but it actually goes up. So question is who you want to pay - insurance companies or min wage employees...

ephemerality ,

Oregon has the fourth most expensive gas by state. New Jersey is pretty high up there, although admittedly cheaper than its neighbors by a few cents. I would doubt that full vs. self service has any real impact on gas prices

r00ty Admin ,
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I suspect you tip the guy filling your car though? Probably a few dollars each time?

From what I read tipped workers are generally paid below minimum wage and as such the cost difference to a station is probably negligible.

But the real cost to you will be less because I doubt you're going to tip the cashier and definitely not pay at the pump..

Glowworm6441 ,

I’ve never seen anyone tip a gas station attendant in NJ before. I don’t know what they get paid though

ExMimic ,

My son used work as a gas attendent years ago in NJ, and he was paid a little above minimum wage. Sometimes he would get tips.

r00ty Admin ,
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That's interesting. I've seen all kinds of people you wouldn't tip elsewhere routinely be tipped in the USA. So I assumed as someone performing a service they would be included.

afraid_of_zombies ,

Assuming = making an ass out of you and me.

AngryDemonoid ,

Anecdotal experience incoming…

I used to pump gas in NJ at a Wawa. I got paid around $9 an hour in the early 2000s. At Wawa at least, the gas attendants get paid the same as the inside staff.

Tips were always appreciated, but never expected.

afraid_of_zombies ,

I suspect you tip the guy filling your car though? Probably a few dollars each time?

No, but continue to express an opinion on something that you don’t understand and doesn’t impact you.

r00ty Admin ,
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Will do, sir!

PBSkidz4Lyfe ,

The reason West Coast states have expensive gas is that there are no pipelines connecting them to the rest of the countr, specifically Texas. Washington and Oregon produce zero crude oil. California can’t produce enough for the whole West Coast so a majority of oil has to be shipped by a more inefficient way, causing prices to go up. This is reflected by the fact the 4 most expensive states for gas are California, Washington, Hawaii and Oregon.

r00ty Admin ,
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I live in the UK and for as long as I can remember and probably considerably before that (and I'm not young) fuel has been self service.

I also have seen plenty of people smoking and using phones (surely the bigger danger is backfiring cars though). You know I cannot recall a single news story about a fuel station exploding due to this. I reckon that's the kind of story that makes it onto the news. Not to say it never happens, but with the amount of fuel pumped daily, I'd expect it to be a common event yet I cannot recall a single time I heard about it happening.

So, feels like insurance companies fear mongering stations into higher payments to me. Sure it's possible, but highly unlikely.

afraid_of_zombies ,

Because it is bull. A cigarette doesn’t burn hot enough to light gas on fire. If anything it would be the wood matches, you know that thing no one has anymore. There is a reason why sailors are allowed to smoke on tankers.

Ilikepornaddict ,

The rare station around me that offers full service, is always more expensive, usually 10-15 cents per liter (40-60 cents per gallon). So that logic doesn’t hold up.

coffeekomrade ,
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Yeah you are gonna need to cite some type of credible information for this.

Zak ,
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If this were true, full-service gas stations would be common in places where they’re not mandated by law because it would be cheaper and more profitable for the owners. They are not.

jmsy , in Oregon lifts ban on self-serve gas, leaving N.J. as the only state prohibiting it

Doesn’t long island NY still have this too?

ericisshort ,

LI still has full service gas, but they have no law against self service, so it’s not really the same as NJ or Oregon.

arefx ,

I love in western New York and places have full service still here, although it’s not as common and you can always pump it yourself.

deeznutz ,

There’s one township that has full service attendants but nobody is going to get mad if you pump your own

Waldowal , in Passengers were stuck on plane for 7 hours with no air conditioning, no food or water provided, woman says
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From the US DOT “FlyRights” page (which is woefully inadequate):

Some flights are delayed on the airport “tarmac” before taking off or after landing. DOT rules prohibit most U.S. airlines from allowing a domestic flight to remain on the tarmac for more than three hours unless:

  • the pilot determines that there is a safety or security reason why the aircraft cannot taxi to the gate and deplane its passengers, or
  • Air traffic control advises the pilot that taxiing to the gate (or to another location where passengers can be deplaned) would significantly disrupt airport operations.

U.S. airlines operating international flights to or from most U.S.airports must each establish and comply with their own limit on the length of tarmac delays on those flights. On both domestic and international flights, U.S. airlines must provide passengers with food and water no later than two hours after the tarmac delay begins. While the aircraft remains on the tarmac lavatories must remain operable and medical attention must be available if needed.

the_itsb , in The first pill to treat postpartum depression has been approved by US health officials

Hurray! And then, if we can all stop pretending that pregnancy is magic and babies are awesome, maybe mothers will feel less monstrous when they’re struggling and more willing to seek help.

Pregnancy and mothering an infant was the hardest and worst extended period in my life - I’ve had individual, shorter worse experiences, but that was the longest stretch of misery I’ve had. Meanwhile, people were telling me that I should savor every moment because it just gets harder! 🤦😂 I can laugh about that now, but jfc did it make me suicidal to think that!

If you’re suffering through that period too and surrounded by people telling you how awesome it is - maybe that was their experience, but it’s totally okay if it isn’t yours, because it wasn’t mine either, but things got better. Once your child can communicate, that lessens the difficulty dramatically. And if you ever wanna bitch to a sympathetic mom who is open about the shitshow it all can be, I am here for it. ❤️

BzzBiotch ,
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I’m sorry you had to go through that. Totally agree with you about the whole thing. I was a happy oblivious dad to be, right up to the point where we lost the little bean. Nobody told me that a LOT of pregnancies turn out to be a dud. If I knew beforehand, I would’ve been better prepared. Alas, I was not prepared and it broke my heart. There’s a whole other side to pregnancies. When can we finally be realistic about it? That would be so helpful for all new moms and dads.

the_itsb ,

Oh man, I can’t even imagine the devastation you felt. I am so sorry that happened, and I’m grateful that you can talk about it now.

BzzBiotch ,
@BzzBiotch@lemmy.world avatar

Thank you, kind internet person. I wish you all the best. Hopefully we can do small things in our communities to spread some knowledge and help those around us to deal with these things. ❤️

Mr_Blott , in Who ‘banned’ what? Florida schools grapple with fallout from AP psychology dispute

The quarrel puts the state’s education system back in the national spotlight dark ages

Lol ftfy

twistypencil , in Prosecutors ask judge to issue protective order after Trump post appearing to promise revenge

I hope that jack Smith had this as part of his strategic plan and knew this was coming. I really want to believe that he actually does have 9 dimensional chess abilities like the media has been reporting, but the media…

abcd , in Oregon lifts ban on self-serve gas, leaving N.J. as the only state prohibiting it

Don’t worry guys. Whole continents manage to pump their own gas without Major issues. I’m sure you will manage it too 😉

cvozbosher ,

We know. This wasn’t a ‘citizens needing help’ thing. This is a ‘propping up an archaic “job creation” law at the annoyance of the citizen’ thing.

BigNote ,

They’re going to keep the full-service option. Now we have a choice.

bleistift2 , in Who ‘banned’ what? Florida schools grapple with fallout from AP psychology dispute

The arts, sciences, research and education are free.

Article 5, paragraph 3, sentence 1 of the German constitution. Every article I read about Florida makes me appreciate that more.

Deceptichum ,
@Deceptichum@kbin.social avatar

Odd, because a quick search shows that early years education is not free in Germany?

bleistift2 ,

“Free” in the sense that the state(s) cannot interfere with what is taught. It’s the same meaning of “free” as in “land of the free”, not as in “free beer”.

However, all public tuition (primary school, secondary school, and universities) really is free as in “free beer”. Only kindergarten and private schools aren’t.

Deceptichum ,
@Deceptichum@kbin.social avatar

Oh well that just sounds fucking stupid.

That's how you get crazy religious schools teaching hate.

Not to mention, it's also false as I doubt a school could say teach Nazism in Germany.

treefrog ,

Rather than crazy religious people using the State to interfere with what is taught to everyone?

Like in Florida?

Deceptichum ,
@Deceptichum@kbin.social avatar

Crazy.

Almost like either extreme isn't good.

treefrog ,

Making education a right and leaving it up to educator’s doesn’t sound extreme.

And religious schools teach hate here in the states. No one is stopping that.

So I don’t really no what you’re going on about.

Deceptichum ,
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I’m literally an educator, I understand the value in a base nation wide curricula - that doesn’t mean we aren’t given freedom to focus on learners needs.

And frankly nearly everything America does is fucked up in some way or another, hardly an indictment for or against pursuing something.

Not to mention the fact that Germany apparently does have some restrictions in place shows that I’m right.

bleistift2 ,

You got me, I didn’t quote the whole thing because I didn’t think it was relevant.

Article 5, paragraph 3, sentence 2 states:

The freedom of education does not relieve [the individual / the teacher] from being loyal to the constitution.

Nazism isn’t compatible wtih loyality to the constitution. Neither is religious schools teaching hate.

Deceptichum ,
@Deceptichum@kbin.social avatar

See that's more sensible.

Still there's benefits for setting minimums in educational curriculum across a nation.

bleistift2 ,

You’ve encouraged me to look into this further. Apparently, I interpreted these freedoms wrong. They seem (in my limited undestanding) to be more about research and university teaching than “regular” schools. That is, researches can look into anything they want, but teachers can’t teach whatever they want.

There are curriculums, issued by the individual states, that are binding for schools and teachers. This should’ve told me immediately that education can’t be as free as I thought.

I agree with you that there should be “minimums in educational curriculum”. There’s an ongoing debate that education should be more standardized across the states, but as it is now, even different schools within the same state have different exams that are not all equally difficult to pass.

S_204 ,

A minimum education standard would be inclusive not exclusive like what Florida is pushing.

There’s a clear difference.

Deceptichum ,
@Deceptichum@kbin.social avatar

We're clearly talking about Germany here.

No one gives a fuck what the idiots in Florida do.

S_204 ,

This whole thread is about Florida. Both places are far too highly concentrated with Nazis, try not to hurt yourself in your confusion.

Deceptichum ,
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The original post is about Florida.

This comment chain pivoted to Germany.

S_204 ,

Thank you for acknowledging your mistake.

Deceptichum ,
@Deceptichum@kbin.social avatar

Yeah, nah.

You don’t know how conversations work do you?

r_wraith ,
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Luckily, article 5, paragraph 3 has two senteces: " The arts, sciences, research and education are free. The freedom of education does not release from the loyalty to the constitution"

r_wraith ,
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Improtantly, article 5, paragraph 3 has two senteces: " The arts, sciences, research and education are free. The freedom of education does not release from the loyalty to the constitution"

Furthermore, this freedom of “research and education” means “scientific research and education” and thus primarily prohibits the German state of deciding what is researched and thaugt at universities. There are state mandated curricula for all public schools.

mojo , in Oregon lifts ban on self-serve gas, leaving N.J. as the only state prohibiting it

I drove through Oregon and that threw me off when I was at the gas pump. What a weird law. Someone must have super fucked up to get that law pushed in the first place lol.

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