KindnessIsPunk

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[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago

Because Reddit is corporate rock and we're punk rock

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 29 points 2 days ago (8 children)

At least you don't have a co-worker that messages you Happy Fri-yay! and Happy Fri-yay eve!

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

While that can definitely be true, it's not the case in this instance, they actually did say Russia was justified and that Ukraine joining NATO provoked the war.

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Car culture permeates North America to such a degree that people tie it to their very identity

It's really hard for me to imagine us moving away from it but it's very clear it's toxic in every way it touches our lives.

From our dependence on Russian oil, to the climate impact of hydrocarbons, to the exhaust fumes being linked to childhood asthma, to tire particulates being a huge source of microplastics, to the enormous tax subsidies required to even make them viable, to the ways it has shaped our society to be more isolated.

I truly fucking hate cars.

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I mean, no company's your friend but Nvidia have basically been giving consumers testicular torsion for about a decade now.

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not sure I follow.

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

TL;DR:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans to bar government-funded scientists from publishing in several government funded medical journals accusing them of being "corrupt" and controlled by Big Pharma. Instead, he proposed creating HHS-run "in-house" journals, claiming they would become the new gold standard for medical research.

This move risks turning U.S. medical research into a political tool, eroding trust, accelerating the decline of American science and creating an eminent threat to the American healthcare system.

Link to the article without the required sign in.

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Capitalists won't be happy until our future is not but ash.

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's pretty clear that Trump's stance toward the slaughter of Ukrainians has been one of quiet complicity.

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

my gf is also imaginary

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

TLDR:

Israeli airstrikes killed at least six Palestinians guarding aid trucks in Gaza, according to Hamas, as aid distribution struggles due to looting and delays.

Israel says it allowed 300 trucks in since easing its blockade, but aid groups say it’s not enough and many supplies are stuck at the border.

The UN warns of extreme hunger, with two million people at risk of famine. Meanwhile, Israel intensified strikes overnight, hitting 75 targets.

The conflict, ongoing since October 2023, has killed over 53,600 Palestinians,

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