Originally Posted By u/Bloberta221 At 2025-05-12 09:28:58 PM | Source

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Originally Posted By u/saviorofGOAT At 2025-05-12 05:57:00 PM | Source

Bananas are the world’s most consumed fruit – and the fourth most important food crop globally, after wheat, rice and maize. About 80% of bananas grown globally are for local consumption, and more than 400 million people rely on the fruit for 15% to 27% of their daily calories.

And the climate crisis is threatening the future of the world’s most popular fruit, as almost two-thirds of banana-growing areas in Latin America and the Caribbean may no longer be suitable for growing the fruit by 2080, new research has found.

Rising temperatures, extreme weather and climate-related pests are pummeling banana-growing countries such as Guatemala, Costa Rica and Colombia, reducing yields and devastating rural communities across the region, according to Christian Aid’s new report, Going Bananas: How Climate Change Threatens the World’s Favourite Fruit.

The first group of white South Africans granted refugee status by Donald Trump’s administration has arrived in the US, stirring controversy in South Africa as the US president declared the Afrikaners victims of a “genocide”.

The Afrikaners, a minority descended from mainly Dutch colonists, were met at Dulles international airport outside Washington DC by US deputy secretary of state, Christopher Landau, and deputy secretary of homeland security, Troy Edgar, with many given US flags to wave.

A Democratic National Committee subcommittee on Monday recommended that the organization invalidate one of its February vice-chair votes over claims that it unfairly disadvantaged female candidates.

The move, which won't be official unless the entire DNC votes to approve it, could open up new races for the positions held by David Hogg, a Florida activist, and Malcolm Kenyatta, a Pennsylvania state legislator.

The challenge by Oklahoma Democratic Committeewoman Kalyn Free, who unsuccessfully ran against Hogg and Kenyatta in the February race for vice chair, is not related to the ongoing tension between Hogg and the national party over his push to support primary challenges against incumbent Democrats.

Instead, it was based off Free's claim that the handling of the vice-chair vote gave the two men an unfair advantage amid the national party's requirements that its executive committee achieve gender balance.

OpenAI has released a new benchmark for testing AI systems in healthcare. Called HealthBench, it's designed to evaluate how well language models handle realistic medical conversations. According to OpenAI, its latest models outperform doctors on the test.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has criticised Britain’s invitation to Mr Donald Trump for a second state visit, saying it undermined his government’s effort to project a united front against the US President’s talk of annexing Canada.

Mr Starmer, who is trying to improve trading ties with the US after Britain left the European Union, has sought to play to its strengths when dealing with Mr Trump, talking up its security expertise, pledging higher defence spending, and offering the pomp and pageantry that comes with a state visit.

House Republicans are moving forward with plans to raise the nation’s debt ceiling by $4 trillion as part of a larger plan to advance President Trump’s tax agenda.

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Rachel Reeves will on Tuesday set out contentious “backstop” plans to force large pension funds to invest up to £50bn in private assets if they fail to meet voluntary targets in a new “Mansion House accord”.

Shadow chancellor Mel Stride told the Financial Times the idea smacked of “desperation”, adding: “Pension funds must be free to make investment decisions based on what’s best for savers.”

Recently, the vice-chair to the DNC, David Hogg, has been running an effort to primary and remove the ineffective/establishment members of the democratic party in favor of representatives who will truly fight for us and against money in politics. Unsurprisingly, the DNC is casting a vote to remove him. Is there anything we can do to protect his position? Such as a number we can call, or a petition we can sign? If not, what are the best ways to go about continuing support for his efforts after he's stripped of power?

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Originally Posted By u/saviorofGOAT At 2025-05-12 05:57:00 PM | Source

Money is the only thing they care about. So, if you want change, save some money.

Originally Posted By u/Flippy3333 At 2025-05-12 07:39:50 PM | Source

If Lemmy had a few LLM-powered accounts for fun and not spam, would you like to interact with them?
I don't recall seeing even a classic utility bot on Lemmy.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged Monday to cut immigration numbers and make it harder to settle in the U.K.

Starmer said he would end “Britain’s failed experiment in open borders,’’