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  • Fun fact: In Illinois we actually got pretty nice checks from Facebook over them violating a biometric law the state has. I believe most of us in the class action lawsuit got around $300 each.

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    US men are dying much earlier than women, as death 'gender gap' widens: Study
  • Holy shit. That makes it even more problematic that many men tend to avoid going to the doctor. They essentially have less time once they do show symptoms. :(

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    Bored ape NFT event attendees get their faces burned by event lighting
  • It's OK, I initially read the headline as attendees got their faces burned by the event's lightning. My remaining two brain cells massively overclocked themselves trying to sort that one out.

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    Your Windows 10 PC will soon be 'junk' - users told to resist Microsoft deadline
  • The installation has always been easy enough for me, but what I struggle with is updating drivers and installing new software. Granted, I'm not the brightest bulb in the box, so there's that. I did really like the insane variety of distros and all the needs they cater to. Like if there's something specific you need your OS to specialize in, there's probably a Linux distro for it.

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    sex work is work
  • I assume this is what they're talking about: "Under the Defense Authorization Act, the President is authorized to waive the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act's (the act) informed consent requirements in military operations if the President finds that obtaining consent is infeasible or contrary to the best interests of recipients and on an additional ground that obtaining consent is contrary to national security interests."

    https://www.fda.gov/science-research/clinical-trials-and-human-subject-protection/protection-human-subjects-informed-consent-exception-general-requirements#:~:text=Under the Defense Authorization Act,on an additional ground that

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    Detroit synagogue president found fatally stabbed outside her home
  • And the current geopolitical climate could give the far right cover for committing antisemitic crimes. Particularity for crimes less serious (and therefore less well investigated) than murder, they can commit hate crimes and blame it on the Arabs.

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    Boys With a Time Machine VS Girls:
  • It's called the University of Chicago. And yup, it continues to be a vicious pile of shit to this day, fucking over the vulnerable communities around it, providing substandard health care and sitting on a 10 billion dollar endowment that they refuse to use to either raise employee wages or lower tuition. (Fun fact: They're projected to become the first university in the country to have six-figure tuition.)

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    Hasn't happened yet
  • Oh god, my parents' piece of shit neighbor said this to me once. He also hit on me while I was underage, cheated on his wife, and finally died of COVID.

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    What’s driving Cycling Mikey, Britain’s most hated cyclist?
  • Has Mikey gotten anybody in trouble who's pulled into a lay-by, stopped the car, turned off the engine, removed the key, and left the car to take a phone call? If not, I don't see what your beef is with him.

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