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Pregnant women in Missouri can't get divorced. Critics say it fuels domestic violence (www.npr.org)
The turning point for Destonee was a car ride....
A YouTuber let the Cybertruck close on his finger to test the new sensor update. It didn't go well. (www.businessinsider.com)
Vatican calls gender fluidity and surrogacy threats to human dignity (www.theguardian.com)
I am so tired of the whole “cool pope” thing with Francis. It’s 100% PR.
400,000 species (lemmy.world)
TIL: You can easily check eggs for being bad or fresh (slrpnk.net)
Plastic-Free Vegan Leather that Dyes Itself Grown from Bacteria (www.imperial.ac.uk)
A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing (apnews.com)
At issue is a once widely used test that overestimated how well Black people’s kidneys were functioning, making them look healthier than they really were — all because of an automated formula that calculated results for Black and non-Black patients differently. That race-based equation could delay diagnosis of organ failure...
Just doesn't seem fair (lemmy.world)
We need more eco-friendly memes (lemmy.world)
Frozen embryos are ‘children,’ Alabama Supreme Court rules in couples’ wrongful death suits (www.al.com)
The state's highest court reversed a judge's dismissal of the case involving embryos destroyed by a wandering Mobile hospital patient.
Aspen loving the Costco Sherpa throw (lemmy.world)
It’s brand new, still fuzzy, and was right out of the dryer. Sometimes it’s hard to tell where the blanket begins and her floof ends.
Millions of Americans face below-zero temperatures as storms bring blast of Arctic air, snow and ice (apnews.com)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Subfreezing temperatures across much of the U.S. left millions of Americans facing dangerous cold as Arctic storms left four dead and knocked out electricity to tens of thousands in the Northwest, brought snow to the South, and walloped the Northeast with blizzard conditions that forced the postponement...
Anyone else notice the fediverse is quite close knit?
I keep seeing the same names popping up. I think it’s rather cute!
A boomer retirement bomb is about to blow up America's economy (www.businessinsider.com)
The great baby-boomer retirement wave is upon us. According to Census Bureau data, 44% of boomers are at retirement age and millions more are soon to join them. By 2030, the largest generation to enter retirement will all be older than 65....
A Skibirational message on Christmas (lemmy.world)
Honor to Joseph's House (media.kbin.social)
Jolly Old Saint Schrödinger (lemmy.world)
Plummeting interest rate (startrek.website)
Dev Behind Highly Regarded PC Game Explains Why He Raised The Price: "Go Pirate It, I Don't Care" (www.gamespot.com)
summary:...
Man arrested for shouting 'gas the Jews' outside DC synagogue (www.jpost.com)
The incident is being investigated as a hate or bias-motivated crime.
Webcam repairman (i.imgflip.com)
IDF sniper kills two women inside Gaza church, Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem says (edition.cnn.com)
Never stop, king (lemmy.world)
Current state of Reddit (poptalk.scrubbles.tech)
My friend sent me this, the current state of Reddit. (I left during the app issue and haven’t looked back)
Prosecutors Refuse to Drop Charges Against Texas 11-Year-Old Put in Solitary Confinement (themessenger.com)
Timothy Murray lost his father earlier this year and had been asking his principal for counseling when she called in the police
when the insurance won't pay for the medicine you were prescribed (lemmy.world)
I'm now concerned about the billions I flushed in my teen years... (lemmy.ca)
Rate of suicide in the U.S. peaks among older men, a hard demographic to reach (www.usatoday.com)
Municipalities ordered to strip Palestinian children of Belgian nationality (www.brusselstimes.com)
Belgium's Foreigners' Office has instructed dozens of municipalities to strip children born in Belgium to Palestinian parents of their Belgian nationality, L'Echo reports.
what is a skill you wish you had, and why?
Ok, I might as well go first: I wish I could draw. Not at the level where I could make photorealistic portraits, but I’ve always been envious of those who are able to scetch something together in a few minutes that perfectly captures what they want to convey. Sometimes words aren’t enough to express what I want to say, and...
Tech CEO Forced Assistant to Sign 'Sex Slave' Contract, and Tormented Her With Sadomasochistic Bondage, Lawsuit Alleges (themessenger.com)
A former Bay Area tech CEO was fired earlier this year after allegedly enslaving, torturing, and sexually abusing his assistant. He claims the pair had a consensual relationship that people would “celebrate” if it were fictitious....
Calgary traffic reporter goes viral after response to body shaming comment (www.cbc.ca)
TV traffic reporter Leslie Horton has developed a thick skin over the years because of nasty feedback from viewers, but she unleashed a viral smackdown last week after she says one of them “crossed my line.”...
Woman who threw bowl of food at Chipotle worker sentenced to work 2 months in fast food job (www.cnn.com)
You must pick a point in human history before the 1950s to be spend the rest of your life in. What era and place would you choose?
You would still have the same age, gender, personality, skin color, etc. and you would be able to speak at least one local language and would know basic information of the era and place. Your family, social standing, and such would be randomly picked.
Nowhere is safe (lemmy.world)
People spend one-third of their lives asleep. What if employees could work during that time … in their dreams?...
Ohio Lawyer Suspended After Chucking Poop-Filled Pringles Can From His Car (au.sports.yahoo.com)