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Dead babies, critically ill kids: Pediatricians make moving plea for vaccines
"I remember holding a baby dying of complications of pneumococcal meningitis."
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/01/dead-babies-critically-ill-kids-pediatricians-make-moving-plea-for-vaccines/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Dead babies, critically ill kids: Pediatricians make moving plea for vaccines

“I remember holding a baby dying of complications of pneumococcal meningitis.”…

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2025. you go to a website. you see all the elements on the page pop-in, loading one by one. it's like the 90s again. your internet connection might be hundreds of megabits per second. the web designer is using a 4k video file as a looping background, and that somehow loads quickly compared to all the actual useful elements on the page. three seconds, five seconds, ten seconds. each checkbox and table has to initialize its own software stack of UI abstraction libraries and surveillance middleware
Because irony is dead, a Dutch tulip farmer is heating their greenhouse with Bitcoin mining: The servers in turn are powered by solar energy from the roof, reducing the normally huge electricity costs for mining, and cutting its...
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Latest comic on Big Tech's climate hypocrisy

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Musk’s X blocks links to JD Vance dossier and suspends journalist who posted it

X says it suspended reporter for "posting unredacted personal information."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/09/musks-x-blocks-links-to-jd-vance-dossier-and-suspends-journalist-who-posted-it/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Musk’s X blocks links to JD Vance dossier and suspends journalist who posted it

X says it suspended reporter for "posting unredacted personal information."

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These 3D-printed pipes inspired by shark intestines outperform Tesla valves

Prototypes control fluid flow in a preferred direction with no need for moving parts.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/09/these-3d-printed-pipes-inspired-by-shark-intestines-outperform-tesla-valves/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

These 3D-printed pipes inspired by shark intestines outperform Tesla valves

Prototypes control fluid flow in a preferred direction with no need for moving parts.

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RFK Jr’s anti-vaccine group can’t sue Meta for agreeing with CDC, judge rules

Meta can censor “distasteful” anti-vaccine views, appeals court rules.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/08/rfk-jrs-anti-vaccine-group-cant-sue-meta-for-agreeing-with-cdc-judge-rules/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

RFK Jr’s anti-vaccine group can’t sue Meta for agreeing with CDC, judge rules

Meta can censor “distasteful” anti-vaccine views, appeals court rules.

Ars Technica

31% of Republicans say vaccines are more dangerous than diseases they prevent

The partisan divide on vaccine falsehoods threatens the health of children nationwide.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/08/31-of-republicans-say-vaccines-are-more-dangerous-than-diseases-they-prevent/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

31% of Republicans say vaccines are more dangerous than diseases they prevent

The partisan divide on vaccine falsehoods threatens the health of children nationwide.

Ars Technica

Elon Musk declares “it is war” on ad industry as X sues over “illegal boycott”

"We tried peace for 2 years, now it is war," Musk writes.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/08/elon-musk-declares-it-is-war-on-ad-industry-as-x-sues-over-illegal-boycott/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Elon Musk declares “it is war” on ad industry as X sues over “illegal boycott”

"We tried peace for 2 years, now it is war," Musk writes.

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