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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Never liked the term “primitive”, it’s kind of like “barbarian”, used to push the civilisational narrative to justify imperialism and colonialism by saying they are “civilising” people…

But the Aussie lad behind the channel is an absolute legend. Love him. Just great videos so relaxing to watch.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27768178

FYI: Trump imposed tariffs on an island which only has penguins and seals as permanent inhabitants

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 hours ago

Surveillance Capitalism

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah. I’m really suprised how uncommon it is to defed lemmy.ml.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Interesting, but doesn’t motivate me to want to learn further lol. It basically told me you can convey much less meaning by speaking than writing, but writing is very difficult to learn.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

People are recommending for the local feed. I mostly changed for the experience. My instance has downvotes disabled, which IMO is a more pleasant experience as a casual user. And the instance mods have a more no-nonsense approach to moderation. And since I prefer quality over quantity, it’s a good thing.

One way to choose an instance might be to generally think of what instance the people and communities you like tend to be on? (obviously most ppl and comms are on a couple big instances, but apart from that.)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 18 hours ago (18 children)

The vast majority of lemmy users are on a couple massive instances: lemmy.world, lemm.ee, sh.itjust.works etc.

There are tiny instances which would be happy to host more users and are faster than the big ones but no one joins them because most people just hear of lemmy.world or whatever is being shared on reddit and join that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

What is the first column with percentages?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago

Exchange student got shanked and died. No one was charged with a crime, perpetrator unknown. Suburban setting, so was very shocking.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 20 hours ago

Absolutely based. So much respect.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

Ukraine but not Russia. What a twat.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 20 hours ago

Damn, fhe first half of that headline had me thinking something very different

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Long COVID is costing countries billions of dollars in lost productivity and increased health and social welfare costs, economists say.

Five years on from the start of the COVID-19 crisis, millions of people are struggling with debilitating health problems that have decimated their lives and livelihoods.

The first cases of long COVID were reported in May 2020.

The OECD, a club of mostly rich nations, estimates long COVID could be costing its 38 members $864 billion to $1.04 trillion annually due to reductions in quality of life and labour force participation. This does not include the extra burden on health services.

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Patients with difficult-to-diagnose conditions like endometriosis are often sent home with diagnoses like anxiety or bipolar disorder

 

The body of a disabled man was found in his flat in distressing, squalid conditions, just weeks after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) wrongly removed his disability benefits because he had failed to return a claim form.

His sister, his only surviving close relative, believes he may have been left without enough credit on his phone to call for help, while he had not had enough money to fix his broken mobility scooter.

Susan believes the wrongful removal of his personal independence payment (PIP) played a significant part in his death.

She told Disability News Service (DNS): “He was already on the breadline, so I think it would have been devastating for him.”

She also believes DWP failed to make the necessary safeguarding checks before removing his PIP.

She has now warned that the death of her much-loved brother must act as a warning of the horrors to come if the government goes ahead with its planned £4.5 billion cuts to PIP.

 

Trump’s administration is dismantling disability rights and education. History has shown this can be a warning sign for all civil liberties

 

The termination follows other steps that appear to target and erase federal responses to the Long COVID crisis.

This news, also reported by POLITICO and the Substack Inside Medicine, represents another blow among several moves this administration has taken to diminish federal resources for studying and supporting people with Long COVID.

 

 

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