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Salmonella in UK meat

mercredi 6 juillet 2022 à 18:18

*Dangerous strain of salmonella becoming more common in UK meat.*

*Potentially deadly [drug-resistant bacteria] found in British supermarket pork.*

Even worse, it was found in pork raised under a system that limits the antibiotics they are given.

Thugs adultify black teenagers and children

mercredi 6 juillet 2022 à 18:18

Thugs perceive black teenagers, and even children, as more adult than whites of the same age — and treat them as culpable.

Covid rapidly increasing in New Zealand

mercredi 6 juillet 2022 à 18:18

Covid in New Zealand is increasing rapidly, as people can get reinfected just a few months after having it. Doctors call for masks, self-isolation, and other measures to slow the spread of the disease.

Is there a need for official sex or gender status

mercredi 6 juillet 2022 à 18:18

Is there a need to give each person an official sex (or an official gender)? Maybe not.

It may be desirable to distinguish officially between being someone's biological mother and being per biological father.

Thugs in Akron shot and killed black man that ran from them

mercredi 6 juillet 2022 à 18:18

Thugs in Akron shot and killed a black man who was running away from them.

He may have been a criminal — he had left a loaded gun behind in the car, and was reportedly wearing a ski mask (in June!). But he was not threatening anyone when they killed him. Perhaps he deserved to be tried and convicted — we don't know — but there were no grounds for killing him.

The article linked to just above displays symbolic bigotry by capitalizing "black" but not "white". (To avoid endorsing bigotry, capitalize both words or neither one.) I object to bigotry, and normally I will not link to articles that promote it. But I make exceptions for some articles that I consider particularly important. That article is one of the exceptions.