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Lead with over 65

mardi 30 juin 2020 à 02:00

Biden leads the cheater with voters over 65 in battleground states.

The cheater surely knows that. Could that be part of why he is trying to spread coronavirus as much as possible?

Fire due to rising temperatures

mardi 30 juin 2020 à 02:00

3500 square miles of the Siberian forest is now on fire due to rising temperatures there.

Pun: "pulling up dandelions"

mardi 30 juin 2020 à 02:00

Pulling up dandelions

First steps toward artificial wombs

mardi 30 juin 2020 à 02:00

Scientists are taking the first steps that might some day lead to artificial wombs. (Not that the road will be quick or easy, even for nonhumans.)

If it becomes possible to move a 9-week fetus to an artificial womb and bring it to term, what moral implications should that have?

Except for the benefit of protecting the health of gestating women (and, ideally, fetuses also), not much. A fetus is not a baby, regardless of where it happens to be located at the time.

To protect Women's rights from theocratic oppression, we will need to reject, clearly, the idea that once a fetus is outside the mother, it has been "born" and is therefore a human being.

Large corporations donating funds to anti-racism campaigns

mardi 30 juin 2020 à 02:00

Large corporations are donating funds to anti-racism campaigns, but mostly not changing the harsh working conditions that they impose.

One exception to this picture is that Target announced a $15-per-hour minimum wage for the whole US.