James Dobson Is Dead. And He’s Going To Hell. - Lemmy.World

By dying, on August 21 Dr. James Dobson, evangelical thought leader, anti-gay activist, and staunch defender of child abuse, did the only good thing he ever did with his life. […] His most famous work, 1970’s Dare To Discipline, stands as both his entry into the  public consciousness and as an early salvo of his views. It endorses hitting toddlers as young as two and three years old (pg. 40 & 41, et al)*. It praises trauma bonding [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traumatic_bonding]–which is classified as a form of abuse by many actual practicing psychologists, for the record–as a genuine expression of parental love (ch.1 p.2,  pg. 23), bemoans the lack of stick-beatings in the classroom (ch. 3, pg.81) and spends a good deal of a book on raising children decrying the ACLU (pg. 87), the  agency of women (pg. 39 & 40, et al), birth control (pg. 146), and most if not all  expressions of human sexuality (ch. 5).  A follow-up, 1978’s The Strong Willed Child, begins by recounting a time he beat the shit out of his dog (p. 11-14)  and goes on to extol the virtues of doing the same to children.

'Where's our money?' CDC grant funding is moving so slowly layoffs are happening - Lemmy.World

Health departments around the country have noticed there’s something strange happening with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: It’s not showing up on schedule and there’s been no communication about why. The federal public health agency doles out most of the money it receives from Congress to state and local health departments, which then contract with local organizations. That’s how public health work gets funded in the U.S. According to two CDC staff members with knowledge of the agency’s budget, the CDC has yet to receive its full funding for the 2025 fiscal year. NPR agreed not to name the staff members because they were not authorized to speak to the media. […] “If they can delay until the end of September, then that’s it,” the staffer adds. “Those projects are not going to happen. That money goes straight back to Treasury.” That’s why both CDC staffers who spoke with NPR say this amounts to impounding the agency’s funding.

Murders are down nationwide. Researchers point to a key reason - Lemmy.World

The number of homicides is falling dramatically nationwide. In 2024, murders fell by at least 14% across the U.S., according to analyses by the data firm AH Datalytics and the Council on Criminal Justice, a nonpartisan think tank. Official data from the FBI goes only through 2023 but shows similar drops. Early analyses from AH Datalytics suggest the drop will be even bigger in 2025.

Environmental groups sue to stop 'Alligator Alcatraz' from operating in the Everglades - Lemmy.World

Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit in a South Florida federal court on Friday over the immigration detention center under construction in the Everglades that has been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” They later filed a motion for expedited relief, seeking entry of a temporary restraining order by July 1. The environmental groups complain the plan has not gone through any environmental review as required under federal law, and that the public has not had an opportunity to comment. “The site is more than 96% wetlands, surrounded by the Big Cypress National Preserve, and is habitat for the endangered Florida Panther and other iconic species,” said Eve Samples, executive director of Friends of the Everglades. “The scheme is not only cruel, it threatens the Everglades ecosystem that state and federal taxpayers have spent billions to protect.”

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Floridians have no right to bodies of water 'free of pollution,' appeals court rules - Lemmy.World

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A health care provider that faced dozens of prisoner lawsuits is filing for bankruptcy - Lemmy.World

For years, Wellpath, the largest commercial provider of health care in jails and prisons across 37 states, has been the target of federal lawsuits and scrutiny by lawmakers for its practices that have been alleged to cause long-term health problems and the deaths of dozens of incarcerated individuals. As part of the bankruptcy proceedings, a federal judge in Texas granted a pause in all lawsuits that involve Wellpath. Legal proceedings in such cases can take years in normal circumstances, but Wellpath’s bankruptcy means dozens of those cases, like the Capaci case, are on hold for the foreseeable future.

‘Giant bronze poop’ statue ‘honoring’ those involved in Jan. 6 riot appears on National Mall - Lemmy.World

Hurricane Milton's downpour around Tampa Bay was a 1-in-1,000-year rain event - Lemmy.World

Hurricane Milton dumped so much rain over parts of Florida’s Tampa Bay area that it qualified as a 1-in-1,000-year rainfall event. St. Petersburg had 18.31 inches of rain — or more than 1.5 feet — in the 24-hour period during which the storm made landfall, according to precipitation data from the National Weather Service. That included a staggering 5.09 inches in one hour, from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. ET — a level considered to have roughly a 0.1% chance of happening in any given year.

Popular gut probiotic completely craps out in randomized controlled trial - Lemmy.World

In a randomized controlled trial, the probiotic Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis—used in many probiotic products, including Dannon’s Activia yogurts—did nothing to improve bowel health in people with constipation, according to data from a randomized triple-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial [https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2824333] Wednesday in JAMA Network Open.