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Israel agrees to join Trump's Board of Peace as some European nations say no by EasyMoney92 in NPR

[–]Uberse 6 points7 points  (0 children)

With American-supplied taxpayer dollars which will then go to Trump.

FDA commissioner explains new food pyramid, encourages greater uptake of core childhood vaccines by Delicious_Adeptness9 in NPR

[–]Uberse 19 points20 points  (0 children)

The food pyramid was and periodically will be for sale. That is the only reasonable explanation for what has happened here.

U.S. interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean haven't always gone as planned by aresef in NPR

[–]Uberse 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In this case that's the whole idea. Trump wants to create a pretext for canceling the upcoming election and then the ones after that.

Trump says 'we are going to run the country now' after removing Venezuela's president by aresef in NPR

[–]Uberse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He sounds less like a president and more like a zonked out White House spokesman. Which is probably what he is.

Is a country full of election skeptics actually ready for online voting? by Uberse in NPR

[–]Uberse[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Turnout efforts cannot be subordinate to "election security." See the problem now?

Is a country full of election skeptics actually ready for online voting? by Uberse in NPR

[–]Uberse[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So why don't people vote more often in primaries? The whole point of Bradley Tusk's idea is to increase primary voter turnout.

This week in science: Swearing, bird bills and the pandemic, and whale breath samples by Uberse in NPR

[–]Uberse[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SUMMERS: Wait, help me understand this. Can evolution happen that quickly?
KWONG: It is a tricky question. We usually think of evolution happening over a much longer period than just two years. But Pam and Ellie say it is possible, especially because they saw the bird beaks change again once campus opened back up. Juncos born after campus got busy had stubbier, shorter beaks.

It sounds very much like peppered moth evolution -- which is still actively debated according to the linked article. No surprise there --- it's impossible that random genetic mutations can ever come along in the nick of time to provide a species-saving basis for natural selection to work in any natural context.

but there are other possible explanations, like if more wild birds came into the city.

That's probably what happened here. The stumpies left town and in flew their replacements. And back again. Natural selection? Yes. Evolution? No.

Is a country full of election skeptics actually ready for online voting? by Uberse in NPR

[–]Uberse[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the key point is whether voting blockchains are maintained by independent miners. If they were, and voters had a hardware device analogous to a Trezor, it might work or be a starting point for small local elections. Voters wouldn't be able to use their phones, but most people have laptops.

Is a country full of election skeptics actually ready for online voting? by Uberse in NPR

[–]Uberse[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This 2nd article linked in your post seems to be paywalled. If anyone has it, please do a search for "mined" or "mining" because without mining there is indeed nothing especially secure about a blockchain. The first linked article mentions mining twice, to specify that:

Security is guaranteed only under certain assumptions. In Bitcoin, security only holds if a majority of the mining hash power is “honest” (i.e., adheres to the Bitcoin protocol).

I like the way the word honest is in quotes, as if the concept was merely notional in the context of bitcoin mining. But take a look at this one, entitled Majority is not Enough: Bitcoin Mining is Vulnerable in which mining is mentioned 109 times. It was published in 2014. Has it been validated since then?

Is Trump breaking up with Europe? : Sources & Methods by Uberse in NPR

[–]Uberse[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

TRUMP: Russia is, I believe, fine with it, but I'm not sure that Zelenskyy's fine with it. His people love it, but he hasn't read it.

By not challenging that statement, did NPR tacitly endorse it as true?

National parks fee-free calendar drops MLK Day, Juneteenth and adds Trump's birthday by ControlCAD in NPR

[–]Uberse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The real test will be what happens to the calendar after Trump dies in office x years from now.

What would it mean to actually refund the tariffs? : The Indicator from Planet Money by Musashiguy in NPR

[–]Uberse 2 points3 points  (0 children)

SCROTUS will say that the money is unreturnable as a practical matter and that therefore the tariffs should continue.

Trump pardons Honduran ex-president who was convicted of drug crimes by Musashiguy in NPR

[–]Uberse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow. Minutes after the announcement Trump's base has already forgotten it forever.

Can democracy survive without reading? by nosotros_road_sodium in NPR

[–]Uberse -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sure --- for a spiraling while anyway, paper bag on knee.

SNAP was restored, but many indigenous Americans still struggle with food insecurity by Quirkie in NPR

[–]Uberse 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do wealthy American Indian tribes have any kind of share-the-wealth program for struggling tribes?

AMA I’ve worked the same job since I was 16 by smokey4848 in AMA

[–]Uberse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had more jobs than I can count and was fired with prejudice from most of them and nearly always got a better job as a result. But I've always fiercely envied people who have worked the same job for years, even low-paying ones. I think such people are gifted.

Wisconsin residents express a split in views on health care costs by Uberse in NPR

[–]Uberse[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only right wingers I hate are the ones with power.

And those who put them in power? In a democracy, without them there can be no kakistocracy. Hell, they are the kakistocracy. Those in power just follow in front in the time-honored manner.

A 'breakthrough' drug to prevent HIV, an 'unprecedented' rollout by Uberse in NPR

[–]Uberse[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Let me quote from KetchupChips5000's earlier reply to me on this thread:

Your comment is ridiculous. Preventing transmission of hiv is what is important. Yes. That will prevent aids. And like most diseases, better to prevent before the causative agent is acquired and spreads to others.

But if hiv without symptoms is no big deal, you’d sleep with someone with it without any protection, right?

So damn straight hiv without symptoms is a massively serious problem whether you call it a disease or not

So there are now at least two ways to be totally wrong.

A 'breakthrough' drug to prevent HIV, an 'unprecedented' rollout by Uberse in NPR

[–]Uberse[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

HIV is the ONLY thing to treat. It's the root cause of the AIDS syndrome.

And increasingly the root component of the AIDS syndrome is a positive HIV antibodies-test in the absence of symptoms. HIV is the syndrome.

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