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WANALS

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Finally a good answer on that website

EPA Approved a Fuel Ingredient Even Though It Could Cause Cancer in Virtually Every Person Exposed Over a Lifetime (www.propublica.org)

The Environmental Protection Agency approved a component of boat fuel made from discarded plastic that the agency’s own risk formula determined was so hazardous, everyone exposed to the substance continually over a lifetime would be expected to develop cancer. Current and former EPA scientists said that threat level is unheard...

Goathound ,

Just saying, this is only being manufactured at one refinery right now, yeah? Maybe there would be a good place to protest.

Thermo Fisher Scientific settles with family of Henrietta Lacks, whose HeLa cells uphold medicine (apnews.com)

More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks’ cervical cells without her knowledge, a lawyer for her descendants said they have reached a settlement with a biotechnology company they sued in 2021, accusing its leaders of reaping billions of dollars from a racist medical system.

Goathound ,

And let's not forget her cells are the foundation of modern vaccine research, without them we'd still have waves of Polio and who knows what else. Even outside of the financial aspect we owe a lot to Henrietta Lacks as a species.

And it is beyond cruel that she was used like a lab rat, like many Black Americans have been through the country's history. It's not about the degree of harm, IMO, sure they didn't cut off her arms, but she was a systematic victim of our medical industry and given no compensation or credit for the advancements in global medicine during her time.

Goathound ,

Starlink has already cut access to front line Ukrainians before, forcing them to hold off on advancing due to lack of communication.

Starlink has benefitted immensely from the war, so it's not a purely humanitarian desire to help Ukrainians. Free publicity and a guaranteed market share when only a handful of people ever even heard of Starlink is what they were after, IMO.

Goathound ,

Archive.org anyone?

Starlink has become the 'blood' of Ukraine's communication infrastructure, but officials are reportedly growing concerned about relying on Elon Musk's tech (www.businessinsider.com)

Ukraine’s digital minister has reported concerns about the country’s overreliance on Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet system amid the war with Russia, The New York Times reports.

Goathound , (edited )

Couldn't the US nationalize it and then set up an agency to maintain the network/ensure it doesn't get shut off again by Elon Musk?

Edit: Obviously I mean the US should do an imminent domain / purchase first, so they have access to the satellites first, smh.

Goathound ,

Both of your comments are tbh. I don't get the sarcasm out of the blue, it just ends up fuelling a nonsense feud.

Mastodon is easy and fun except when it isn’t (erinkissane.com)

"After my last long post, I got into some frustrating conversations, among them one in which an open-source guy repeatedly scoffed at the idea of being able to learn anything useful from people on other, less ideologically correct networks. Instead of telling him to go fuck himself, I went to talk to about fedi experiences with...

Goathound ,

Why do you have to be so sarcastic man they weren't even talking to you

Goathound ,

Just wait until we get the VenTech Prometheus Drug from their Speculative Engineering department

Goathound ,

Tradition! Raises broken arm to the sky

Goathound ,

I had a close family friend shot and killed by SAPD last year. Not surprised to hear this, but damn.

Goathound ,

Yeap. SAPD shoots and kills a handful of people a year, often times the body cam footage gets posted and nothing gets done. Hopefully things will be different this time, but damn. This is fucked.

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