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So, Trans Lifeline has been having trouble making ends meet of late. So much so that they’ve started having to cut management and hours.
This is sub-fucking-optimal.
If you’ve got a few bucks to spare, these folks are doing insanely good work and need to keep the lights on.
Also, if you like this without boosting, it’s basically a hate-crime. Just so we’re clear. 😉
Have you heard about Rice's whales? They are a great whale species found only in the gulf of Mexico. They were only identified in 2021, but are already highly endangered with only 51 individuals remaining. There have been excessive delays in protecting this species and their habitat. NOAA has blocked efforts to institute regulations on ship speeds and underwater sound levels that could make the difference in whether or not this species survives.
This was a fantastic article- I find myself very invested in these whales now, both for their own sake as well as the significance this will have on our shared futures on Earth. I am sharing a few highlights in the pics below, but it is also absolutely worth reading in it's entirety. There's a quote in here from a senator who sounds like an absolute cartoon villain, a parody of greed and corruption.
https://www.npr.org/2023/11/16/1212690111/only-51-of-these-u-s-whales-remain-little-has-been-done-to-prevent-their-extinct
“Long Covid, a disease that studies have shown to have a quality of life worse than some end-stage cancers. We know it can be fatal. Many people with Long Covid have described it as a ‘living death.’
There are no cures, no established treatments, no financial support, and no incoming research funding despite the risk of Long Covid increasing with each COVID-19 infection.” https://thesicktimes.org/2023/11/14/welcome-to-the-sick-times-a-letter-from-our-co-founder-miles-w-griffis/
It’s not mysterious. A highly contagious airborne virus has spread around the world for the past four years and continues to infect people as I write. SARS-Cov-2 has killed an excess of 23 million people worldwide and plagued over 65 million people with Long Covid and other associated conditions.
Don't use real brands in your games/novels
Not because you can't, but because you often can in novels at least— but shouldn't, because you're giving mega corps free advertising.
I mean there's other good reasons too, like "inventing dumb fake brands is half the fun", but that's plenty reason already. Don't lick boots, even if they taste like Oreo.
Bank of Canada doing its best to act surprised that what Canadians have been saying since this inflation era started might be true. "Profit Led Inflation" aka PRICE GOUGING
"He cites data from Statistics Canada showing that at one point last year, the cost of a unit of labour had increased by a little more than 10 per cent since the start of the pandemic. The per-unit profit, meanwhile, was up by more than 70 per cent over that same time frame."
CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/inflation-profit-analysis-1.6909878
#inflation #cdnpoli #canpoli #food #corporations #capitalism
Supply chains, worker wages and the price of energy has been blamed for the current bout of high inflation. But central bankers around the world are starting to clue in to something consumers have been aware of for a while — corporations just aren't afraid to raise their prices anymore.
The #EPA Has Found More Than a Dozen Contaminants in Drinking #Water but Hasn’t Set Safety Limits on Them
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The inaction on regulating contaminants — including those that likely cause #cancer, reproductive or developmental issues — found in the water of millions of Americans illustrates shortcomings in the U.S. response to environmental threats, say experts.
#DrinkingWater #Chemicals #Safety #Texas #News #Pollution #Health #Government #Regulation
The inaction on regulating contaminants — including those that likely cause cancer, reproductive or developmental issues — found in the water of millions of Americans illustrates shortcomings in the U.S. response to environmental threats, say experts.
Landlords are being sued for colluding on rent increases. When more than 90% of units in large buildings have their rent controlled by the same software, it acts as a cartel to raise rents. If all landlords can coordinate rent hikes, it puts pricing power in their hands.
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