This should be a lesson for every state to enact marriage equality laws. If you think they're not coming for Obergefell, then you aren't paying attention.
Gang violence in Haiti has displaced 300,000 children, the United Nations says
Children are more than half of the nearly 580,000 people who have become homeless in the last four months. The spike in violence began in late February after a series of coordinated attacks on key government infrastructure eventually led Prime Minister Ariel Henry to resign in April.
Gangs now control at least 80% of the capital Port-au-Prince and the key roads leading in and out of it, with more than 2,500 people killed or injured across the country in the first three months of the year, according to the U.N.
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Honestly I thought this was already pretty well known
Fighters from Sudan’s notorious paramilitary group looted homes and shops and took over the main hospital in a central city, forcing tens of thousands to flee, residents said Sunday, as a new front opened in a 14-month war that has pushed the African country to the brink of famine.
Fighters from Sudan’s notorious paramilitary group looted homes and shops and took over the main hospital in a central city, forcing tens of thousands to flee, residents said Sunday, as a new front opened in a 14-month war that has pushed the African country to the brink of famine.
Space Pioneer had been prepping the vehicle for its debut launch later this summer.
The rocket was undergoing a static fire test of the stage, in which a vehicle is clamped to a test stand while its engines are ignited, when the booster broke free. According to a statement from the company, the rocket was not sufficiently clamped down and blasted off from the test stand "due to a structural failure."
Video of the accidental ascent showed the rocket rising several hundred meters into the sky before it crashed explosively into a mountain 1.5 km away from the test site.
The work underpinned an Alzheimer's drug by Cassava, now in a Phase III trial.
A federal grand jury has indicted an embattled Alzheimer's researcher for allegedly falsifying data to fraudulently obtain $16 million in federal research funding from the National Institutes of Health for the development of a controversial Alzheimer's drug and diagnostic test.
Hoau-Yan Wang, 67, a medical professor at the City University of New York, was a paid collaborator with the Austin, Texas-based pharmaceutical company Cassava Sciences. Wang's research and publications provided scientific underpinnings for Cassava's Alzheimer's treatment, Simufilam, which is now in Phase III trials.
Effort to withhold Mexico funding over water crisis passes second congressional hurdle
On Friday, the House voted to approve the fiscal year 2025 State, Foreign Operations & Related Programs, or SFOPS, appropriations bill — part of which included first-of-their-kind financial sanctions against Mexico, which is failing to abide by an 80-year-old water sharing treaty with the U.S.
But with the next cycle deadline of October 2025 fast approaching, Mexico has fallen so far behind that its reservoirs no longer contain enough water to meet the deficit.
Or that part if the Bible was written by a politically motivated king to centralize his power and overturn the checks and balances between the monarchy and priesthood.
Gosh it would be awful if someone taught all those kids that Adam was originally androgynous, that priests are required to perform abortions, that the sin of Sodom was not fully supporting the poor, and that Joseph was a drag queen.
Sure would be a shame.
Yes aleph posted links to survey data below that shows most Hareidi Jews do not consider themselves "somewhat" or "very" Zionist. Hence that statement. I was basing my statement on government participation. Hareidi Jews vote at or above national voting rates, and their parties (Shas and UTJ) are members of the governing coalition. Anti-Zionist parties (such as Ra'am) would never be willing to join a ruling coalition.
Thank you for the links. It seems I missed the mark on that one.
Your definition of Zionism is almost certainly not what the word means in Israel
They are a minority in Israel, but powerful because they all vote as a block, so their votes are almost guaranteed.
They believe that their prayer and study provides divine protection to Jews in the land of Israel, so is better than military service. Most Israelis consider that bs and say that they are living for free off of the state.
Hopefully they leave the government in protest and trigger an early election. They are the only parties left keeping Netanyahu in power. (IE if any one of them left, he would lose the majority)
The vast majority of Hareidi Jews are Zionist. There are small groups totalling a few thousand who are Anti Zionist but live in Israel.
The Ultra Orthodox majority not only supports the state, but are represented by religious parties in the current government under Netanyahu.
Edit: Survey data shown below shows that although Hareidi Jews in Israel participate in the government, are represented by designated parties, and those parties are members of the current government under Netanyahu, the majority of those same people consider themselves either "not too" Zionist or "not at all" Zionist.
Its not true however. This is Neturei Karta, a small group of a few hundred members that has been denounced by even other Ultra Orthodox groups such as Satmar. Most ultra Orthodox Jews are Zionist [edit: based their participation in the state], although there is a minority who believe that the State of Israel is illegitimate because only God can create a Jewish State in the Land of Israel.
Anadolu Agency – Bias and Credibility
Overall, we rate Anadolu Agency Right Biased editorially and Mixed factually due to poor sourcing. Further, this is an agency controlled by the right-wing ruling party and has a very strong pro-government state bias.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: RIGHT Factual Reporting: MIXED Country: Turkey MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: LIMITED FREEDOM Media Type: News Agency Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY
Anadolu Agency – Bias and Credibility
Overall, we rate Anadolu Agency Right Biased editorially and Mixed factually due to poor sourcing. Further, this is an agency controlled by the right-wing ruling party and has a very strong pro-government state bias.
Detailed Report
Bias Rating: RIGHT Factual Reporting: MIXED Country: Turkey MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: LIMITED FREEDOM Media Type: News Agency Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY
All true.
Why don't communities on Lemmy require "karma" minimums? Because admins remove bots and trolls. If reddit were not a completely toxic site, they could have done so as well.
Reddit uses karma as an underlying status symbol and reinforces it because it is driven by profit and "engagement." It's the same with likes on Meta platforms, subscribers/followers on other platforms… the gamification of social interaction. It's one part of social media that causes the kinds of harms we've been talking about here.
A wine still liquid after two millennia turned up at a construction site near Seville, Spain
"Accused" by whom?
Just before he was detained on Wednesday, the alleged plotter Zúñiga sowed seeds of doubt, telling journalists – without providing evidence…
Burried in the EIGHTH paragraph, past the break. FML that should be in the headline, Guardian. Please do better.
The first thing you learn when you start using Reddit is that karma matters. Lots of communities have a minimum. There are communities dedicated to building karma. There are secret clubs for high karma earners.
It is the great unspoken secret that everyone knows.
Lemmy has actually made me more thoughtful about this. Like a lot of people here, I was previously on reddit, where most interactions were pretty toxic. Now I do try to think about how my contributions make the platform better or more useful for others.
I was a "top 1% poster" on reddit (according to them), but it was mostly garbage and reposts and "zingers" so even though it got a lot of updoots, it was not really helpful to people. There were some communities that were exceptions, where I put a lot of effort, research, etc., but they were more niche.
A ballot question to enshrine Nevada’s abortion rights in the state constitution has met all of the requirements to appear in front of voters in November, the Nevada Secretary of State’s office announced Friday, and Democrats across the nation hope similar measures mobilize supporters on Election Da...
A ballot question to enshrine Nevada's abortion rights in the state constitution has met all of the requirements to appear in front of voters in November, the Nevada Secretary of State's office announced Friday, and Democrats across the nation hope similar measures mobilize supporters on Election Day.
TIL humans are the only animal with a chin. We aren't sure why.
It's an evolutionary conundrum, and scientists are still divided over the answer
Iran will hold a runoff presidential election pitting a little-known reformist against a hard-line former nuclear negotiator after results released Saturday showed the lowest-ever poll turnout in the Islamic Republic’s history.
Iran will hold a runoff presidential election pitting a little-known reformist against a hard-line former nuclear negotiator after results released Saturday showed the lowest-ever poll turnout in the Islamic Republic's history.
An officer in upstate New York shot and killed a teen fleeing while pointing a replica gun, police said Saturday.
The case represents, as Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned in dissent, an unconstitutional “power grab” by the federal judiciary.
People care when their drinking water is contaminated with lead. They care if their medicines aren’t safe and effective, or if somebody takes all the money out of their investment accounts. Those things don’t make people happy. Yet it’s administrative agencies that are guarding against that and protecting their rights. So when the Supreme Court starts to dismantle important features of these agencies, it matters because it’s destabilizing a really important part of government
Most amazing photo of Venus
The sharpest image ever taken of Venus.
From the Japanese spacecraft Akatsuki.
The dark side shines in the infrared, which is how this photo was taken.
A president’s vow to fight drugs unleashed violence and fostered a culture of impunity. But the crimes are finally getting a look, including from the International Criminal Court.
Armed terrorist groups have severed humanitarian access in many localities across the country. Moreover, the Sahel region grapples with drought-related issues.
Armed terrorist groups have severed humanitarian access in many localities across the country. Moreover, the Sahel region grapples with drought-related issues.
“In Burkina Faso, our humanitarian colleagues say the country is facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, with 6.3 million people in need of humanitarian support and protection," he said.
Appeals court decision potentially reversing publishers' suit may come this fall.
In an open letter to publishers, more than 30,000 readers, researchers, and authors begged for access to the books to be restored in the open library, claiming the takedowns dealt "a serious blow to lower-income families, people with disabilities, rural communities, and LGBTQ+ people, among many others," who may not have access to a local library or feel "safe accessing the information they need in public."
During a press briefing following arguments in court Friday, IA founder Brewster Kahle said that "those voices weren't being heard." Judges appeared primarily focused on understanding how IA's digital lending potentially hurts publishers' profits in the ebook licensing market, rather than on how publishers' costly ebook licensing potentially harms readers.
The Oregon case decided Friday is the most significant to come before the high court in decades on the issue and comes as a rising number of people in the U.S. are without a permanent place to live.
Bolivia coup attempt fails after military assault on presidential palace
Earlier in the day, military units led by General Juan Jose Zuniga, recently stripped of his military command, had gathered in the central Plaza Murillo square, home to the presidential palace and Congress. A Reuters witness saw an armored vehicle ram a door of the presidential palace and soldiers rush in.
Tensions have been building in Bolivia ahead of general elections in 2025, with leftist ex-President Evo Morales planning to run against former ally Arce, creating a major rift in the ruling socialist party and wider political uncertainty.
Many do not want a return of Morales, who governed from 2006-2019 when he was ousted amid widespread protests and replaced by an interim conservative government. Arce then won election in 2020.
Zuniga said recently that Morales should not be able to return as president and threatened to block him if he attempted to, which led Arce to remove Zuniga from his post.