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This is a life and death story for the UK – so why is it being brushed under the carpet?
theguardian.com · 38 people Worth reading
The news that healthy life expectancy is in decline in Britain exposes a serious truth about the state we’re in, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
"It doesn’t have to be like this. While our healthy life expectancy has been dropping, in Sweden it has been rising. That’s real progress. Not GDP going up 0.1% or Rachel Reeves forecasting an extra couple of billion in fiscal headroom – but whether you live or die, are well or sick.
In a society as unequal as the UK, how well or sick you are depends on how rich you are. The NHS provides free healthcare, but it can’t pay your bills, free your flat of mould or keep your kids fed."
— @afewbugs · Mar 06
System76 on Age Verification Laws
blog.system76.com · 32 people Worth reading
Liberty has costs, but it's worth it.
System76 on Age Verification Laws
s76.co · 31 people Worth reading
Liberty has costs, but it's worth it.
“In the case of Colorado’s and California’s bills, effectiveness is lost. In the case of New York’s bill, liberty is lost.”
Carl Richell, System76 Founder and CEO, urges New York to reject S8102A OS-level age verification.
Read his full statement:
— @system76 · Mar 05
This is a life and death story for the UK – so why is it being brushed under the carpet?
theguardian.com · 22 people Worth reading
The news that healthy life expectancy is in decline in Britain exposes a serious truth about the state we’re in, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
"British governments have made choices that mean poorer children get old sooner and die earlier than richer children. The fact our healthy lives are now getting shorter is also a political choice. Much of the choosing was done by George Osborne and David Cameron, by Nick Clegg and Danny Alexander, who imposed year after year of spending cuts."
"This is a life and death story for the UK – so why is it being brushed under the carpet?"
— @patrickhadfield · Mar 06
Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds
theguardian.com · 52 people
Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño
The Guardian on our new study, which shows that global heating is significantly gathering speed. Our efforts to overcome our fossil fuel addiction should do the same.
— @rahmstorf · Mar 06
The Terrifying New Era of American Imperialism
rollingstone.com · 17 people Worth reading
Donald Trump's war against Iran is part of a terrifying new era of American imperialism, one in which the military budget never stops growing.
The Terrifying New Era of American Imperialism (Jonathan Taplin/Rolling Stone)
— @memeorandum · Mar 05
Urban Truth Collective: Straight Talk About The Joy Of Cities In An Age Of Disinformation — Streetsblog USA
usa.streetsblog.org · 20 people Worth reading
The Three Tenors of Urbanism explain their latest effort: The Urban Truth Collective.
@BrentToderian and some of his associates have started the "Urban Truth Collective", an organisation dedicated to combatting lies about good urbanism:
Most of these lies are collateral damage from the fossil fuel industry's anti-climate change efforts. This is one way that urbanists are fighting back. More to come !
— @notjustbikes · Mar 06
My Resume - Alice Averlong Wiki
wiki.averlong.com · 18 people
Hello! I'm Alice Averlong (née Foone Turing), a multidisciplinary programmer living in San Leandro, CA.
Hiya! Anyone in the SF Bay Area/Remote need a cool programmer for your team? I've been messing with computers for over 30 years now, I can program anything with bits, and I've got a lot of experience with all sorts of different systems, environments, and languages.
I've done mostly CI/CD/devops/SRE stuff recently, but I also do embedded software, some hardware, primary development, tooling, etc.My resume:
— @foone · Mar 06
Trump's War
time.com · 15 people
If Trump campaigned as a President of peace, he has governed as the opposite
Asked whether Americans should be worried about retaliatory attacks at home, Trump acknowledges the possibility. “I guess,” he says. "...Like I said, some people will die. When you go to war, some people will die."
— @newsguyusa · Mar 06
Language learning methods that actually work #1: The binge
wordsmith.social · 25 people Worth reading
Today’s news was about the stock market crash of Duolingo, and I was talking about how this is one of the few positive things about “AI”:...
🔁 @elilla:Whenever I discuss how much Duolingo sucks and doesn't work and is in fact counterproductive, and all that was already the case *before* it got rebuilt from slop, people ask the very reasonable question: "If not Duolingo, then what"?
My answer is that literally any other method is better than Duolingo lol
But I've collected some of my more detailed answers about two methods I strongly recommend—comprehensive input and tandem exchange—in these two blog posts:
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*This is cleaned up and edited from the threads of today, so if you want to #like and #share this #content with your friends, please use the links above. Thanks everyone who participated in the comments :pinkgirl_heart:
— @paul_edwin · Mar 06
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