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BREAKING NEWS: Elon Musk ended a speech today by shouting "Heil Hitler". Republicans were quick to defend the billionaire, arguing that he may have actually said "whale glitter".
Selfish or selfless? Anti-natalists argue not having children is ethical, protecting unborn from life's inevitable suffering. An anthropologist explores the view that birth is a lottery—parents gamble, children face the consequences. https://theconversation.com/selfish-or-selfless-anti-natalists-say-theyre-going-child-free-to-protect-the-kids-they-wont-have-242271 #reproduction #ethics #childfree
Selfish or selfless? Anti-natalists say they’re going child-free to protect the kids they won’t have

Life is a gamble, anti-natalists say, and it’s unethical to force someone else to take the risk.

The Conversation

I’m proud to be one of 5000 Providence caregivers going on strike Friday working for fair compensation for RNs and doctors. https://www.oregonrn.org/page/PatientsBeforeProfits

And totally unrelated, I spent the morning trying to figure out how our medical and dental insurance work.

Your body already has a built-in weight loss system that works like Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro – food and your gut microbiome https://buff.ly/49dkc9Q
Your body already has a built-in weight loss system that works like Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro – food and your gut microbiome

Weight loss and diabetes drugs target regulatory pathways involved in metabolism that the microbes in your gut and certain molecules from food already play a key role in regulating.

The Conversation
The question was unclear 🚌😂
We made a comic about a space heater.

8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms.

Historically, women faced barriers to publication and prejudicial attitudes, leading some to adopt male pseudonyms.

https://www.thecollector.com/famous-women-writers-under-male-pseudonyms/

#books #literature

8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms

While the literary industry is arguably still prejudiced in favor of male writers, historically, women faced barriers to publication and prejudicial attitudes, leading some to adopt male pseudonyms.

TheCollector
Susie Dent always finds the right word at the right time for the right occasion.
Ladies and gentlemen, it's finally happened. One of my posts has been fact-checked by Snopes. Today is a day that will go down in low quality history.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/clint-eastwood-patriarchy-quote/
Clint Eastwood Once Said, 'Don't Tell Me the Patriarchy Still Exists'?

The Hollywood star's alleged statement was shared on social media throughout 2024.

Snopes

"Sunlight is the life-blood of Nature."
Ch. 19.

#OTD in 1889.

Jerome K. Jerome's comic fictional English travelogue set on the River Thames, Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), is published in Bristol. Its sequel is Three Men on the Bummel (also known as Three Men on Wheels, 1900).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Men_in_a_Boat

Three Men in a Boat at PG:
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/308

#books #literature

Three Men in a Boat - Wikipedia