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Common cold can kill chimps

lundi 6 mai 2024 à 16:46

Humans that come near chimpanzees transmit viruses that in humans cause only "colds" but can kill chimps.

Queensland sex work

lundi 6 mai 2024 à 16:46

Queensland, a part of Australia, has legalized sex work, but the right-wing opposition wants to criminalize it again if they win the next election.

Transgender actors and casting

lundi 6 mai 2024 à 16:46

*UK transgender actors appeal to be cast in non-trans roles.* Discrimination is in general a bad thing. If in general it gives good results to cast actors without discriminating between cis and trans, it is better not to discriminate.

The hard part is judging whether a trans actor can do a good job of playing a cis role, and likewise whether a cis actor can do a good job of playing a trans role. Whether actor A plays role R well is a question that is inherently subjective -- so how can you tell if you are giving way to discrimination?

NYPD raided Columbia U. because …

samedi 4 mai 2024 à 16:43

Night-Mayor Adams asserted that the Gaza protest in Columbia was booted by "outside agitators". Reporters are skeptical, and Adams won't say who those were.

UC system: protesters' legal strikes back

samedi 4 mai 2024 à 16:43

The union of student workers at UCLA will strike against the school administration for using city thugs to crush a Gaza protest.

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