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*Permanently Deleted* in c/opensourcegames@lemmy.ml

[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh no way, that’s awesome!!

New York City Children’s Services pays $75,000 settlement for removing newborn from home because black mom smokes marijuana — which is legal in New York in c/thepoliceproblem@lemmy.world

[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 65 points 1 year ago (57 children)

People who work in Child Protection aren’t doing it because they’re power hungry sociopaths. They’re people who do an absolutely horrible job for shit pay because they feel compelled to protect children.

I’m not in NY, but I have a friend who works in Child Protection. The shit her and her friends see is fucked up.

In the case here, the baby was born with measurable levels of THC in their system. It’s not illegal to smoke weed while pregnant, just like it’s not illegal to drink alcohol while pregnant - but both can fuck up a child for life before they’re even born.

Nobel Foundation reverses decision to invite Russia to prize ceremony following backlash in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Russia and Belarus make sense, but not inviting Iran? There are far worse governments out there than Iran…

iPhone vs Android in c/privacyguides@lemmy.one

[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A few massive differences:

You opt-in to targeted tracking with Apple. It’s impossible to opt-out with Google. Apple also enforces per-app opt-in for tracking.
Apple use your data, but they don’t sell it on
Apple features protect you from 3rd party tracking at a software level (Private Relay) and hardware level (MAC randomisation)

Japanese ministers eat Fukushima fish to show it's safe after nuclear plant wastewater is discharged in c/world@lemmy.world

[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

You gotta watch out for those Lifeguards with Lugers.

Japanese ministers eat Fukushima fish to show it's safe after nuclear plant wastewater is discharged in c/world@lemmy.world

[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can safely swim in the pool of an operational reactor, the ocean near Fukushima is perfectly safe.

https://what-if.xkcd.com/29/

rule in c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They They

U.K. police say 88 people who bought sodium nitrite from Canadian websites have died in c/canada@lemmy.ca

[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, it’s not a mistake.

Details are withheld in the news articles to avoid promoting suicide, but this link gives some useful context: https://beta.ctvnews.ca/local/toronto/2023/5/4/1_6384721.html

U.K. police say 88 people who bought sodium nitrite from Canadian websites have died in c/canada@lemmy.ca

[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I mean, the product is being sold as a way to commit suicide, so it’s hardly surprising that many of the people who bought it are now dead.

Hell freezes over as Apple supports right-to-repair bill in c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The proposed legislation:

https://legiscan.com/CA/text/SB244/id/2832427

(ii) A product or component of an “alarm system” as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 7590.1 of the Business and Professions Code. Code, including a fire protection system, as defined in the California Fire Code.

Hell freezes over as Apple supports right-to-repair bill in c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

For the same reason you need a licence in most places to install fire and security systems. If you make a mistake, people can die.

Pharmaceutical industrial complex rule in c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 67 points 1 year ago (7 children)

American pharmaceutical ads are weird. I guess I’m just not free enough to understand them?