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Ford joins list of companies walking back DEI policies
  • "cis" isn't an acronym, FYI. It's just short for "cisgender" and doesn't need to be capitalized. No shade intended at all, just wanted to let you know.

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    How avoid microplasics?
  • I'm going to take a different approach than most of the other comments here: you can't. Microplastics are in the air and a large chunk of it comes from car tire residue. You're breathing it, likely right now. Research is still in the early phases and we just don't know how bad it is yet, both from the proliferation and the impact side of things.

    Source is Breaking the Plastic Wave and Overview on the occurrence of microplastics in air.

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    Sid Meier’s Civilization VII - Gameplay Reveal Trailer
  • Ah, there's the catch and confusion. Not required for single player but required for multi, I guess? Not sure how others play Civ but that's not gonna affect me. I've only ever played these games solo besides a very rare duo game.

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    Labour MPs begin quitting X over ‘hate and disinformation’
  • I think the distributed nature of Mastodon keeps government control from being an issue. It would be kind of cool as a space for citizens to ask for assistance or air grievances while giving the politicians an officially owned space for things like announcements.

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    ‘Fallout: London’ Sets GOG Record, Gets Hotfixes In Big Update
  • Not really. Most large story DLCs for any Bethesda game require all expansions. I suspect it's for assets, but I would also just pick the largest use case (and already owning the expansions most certainly is the largest use case) and say it's a requirement also, so I'm not chasing down edge cases for people all day. Just the rough math of releasing something you have to support afterwards.

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    Times and WaPo Jump On Board Trump Camp Swift Boating of Walz
  • They are very upfront about the bot describing bias against the American center and not the global or whatever "objective" standard people try to insert. By that metric, center-left perfectly describes NYT. Their editorial board has posted multiple times describing Trump as an unfit candidate and they have historically endorsed the democratic candidate. They're obviously not even American leftist and they're not center-left on the global scale, but it's all relative.

    I personally like the extra information and those who don't are free to block the bot. I have seen commentor twisting themselves into absolute pretzels to avoid admitting that they can simply block the bot.

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    Oklahoma schools in revolt over mandate to teach the Bible
  • None of that works when "because I say so" is supported by a majority of the electorate. I'm not sure where the numbers come up exactly on Walters and this specific issue, but the Oklahoma electorate is not gonna be as clean cut against this as you might hope.

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    me_irl
  • Our individual stories do not always translate to the bigger picture, gmtom. You might have grown up in a household where you were insulated from the predations of the processed food industry. You might have had better habits instilled in you as a child. You might have had a positive body image at one point in your life, to serve as inspiration for your weight loss journey. Maybe none of those are true and you truly are one of the lucky (and hard working!) ones who escaped this situation just like the addicts who recover through willpower alone. Regardless, we cannot all rely on being gmtom.

    My final paragraph is not focused on the individual but on the epidemic of obesity. We cannot solve this through brow beating about CICO just like Republicans aren't going to solve the drug addiction crisis through jailing everyone with an addiction. People are using food to fill a hole in their lives, just like drugs, and we have to do the hard work of figuring that root out. Otherwise, we are doomed to become ineffective and unhelpful, leaving people to suffer.

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    me_irl
  • It really is the "pull yourself up by the bootstraps" or "just don't take any drugs, duh" of weight loss. Like, you can't just ignore all the social, systemic issues in our health and food industries, reduce it all to cals in vs cals out, and expect that to work. It's reductive and unproductive.

    People aren't having trouble with math or willpower, they're having trouble with the fact that most (emphasis on "most") readily available, cheap food is bad for you. Most people in poverty grew up with processed, heavily advertised junk and have literal addictions to this shit.

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    Kamala Harris' approval rating surges as Donald Trump's falls
  • Nope! I don't have to post to recognize horrible sources in the same way that I don't have to write a song to know one hurts my ears to listen to.

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    Kamala Harris polls 20 points ahead of Trump in voters age 18-34
  • She's a lot more borderline on the issue than Biden. Her speech in December-ish was fairly critical of Israel's behavior up to that point and she called for a ceasefire pretty early on in comparison to others in the admin. She also normally would have presided over the speech Netanyahu gave this week, but chose not to. Is it enough? No, not really, but she's the VP and effectively a figurehead. I think it bodes well for at least a small shift in stance if she makes it in though. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.

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  • The first thread was fun, let's try again! And let's try to keep it positive, that's always a lot more fun to read.

    Personally, the new Fable trailer was exciting and Clair Obscure was the most interesting new IP I saw.

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    Gotta be Civ 7 for me, but I'd love to see some other highlights shouted out by people who are excited for them!

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    Hello! First, a huge shout out to the creator of this community for bringing over the old FTB community.

    For my actual request, I am just looking to get some community input on the best modern mod pack that contains MineColonies. My partner loves playing for that mod and that mod only. I'm more of a kitchen-sink or progression-based player, so I'm just looking for whatever the new hotness™️ is.

    Or, just give me your favorite pack newer than a year or so old, I'm just aiming to look around for the first time in a while.

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