Russia are forcing Ukrainian teachers to spread propaganda: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/01/moscow-forcing-teachers-in-ukraine-to-sign-up-to-russian-curriculum

#russia #ukraine #russo-ukrainewar #guardian #theguardian #propaganda #lies

Seville to categorize and name heatwaves, like hurricanes and tropical storms are: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/26/seville-name-classify-heatwaves-effort-to-protect-public

#seville #spain #guardian #theguardian #heatwaves #climatechange #globalwarming #environmentalism

Scientists devise a pill that reproduces some of the weight-loss benefits of exercise: https://www.bcm.edu/news/the-benefits-of-exercise-in-a-pill-science-is-closer-to-that-goal (popular), https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04828-5 (academic).

Note that the popular-level headline is irresponsible and sloppy, as exercise has many benefits and not all of them are weight-loss related.

#exercise #medicine #nature #baylor

How to get rid of medical debt—or avoid it in the first place: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/07/01/1095294993/medical-bills-debt-relief

Please share with (an American) someone you love.

#healthcare #health #debt #scams #npr #capitalism #latestagecapitalism #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #usa

Most workers want their employer to share their values—56% won’t even consider a workplace that doesn’t, survey finds (but 40% of workers say they would likely quit their job if their organization took a stand on a political issue they do not agree with): https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/01/most-workers-want-their-employer-to-share-their-values.html

#employment #workplace #values #activism #politics #msnbc #culture #corporateculture #corporatevalues

If you get a weird txt or call, just ignore it every time: https://maxread.substack.com/p/whats-the-deal-with-all-those-weird

You stand nothing to gain and will very likely empower weirdo scammers.

#scams #substack #scammers #maxread #cryptocurrency #crime #crypto

@GrandmaJ The next time I go to Alba, I will have to visit. A buddy of mine spent many moons in Scotland (in part getting a doctorate) and fell in love with it.

@b4cks4w Thank you. Why should anyone be making more than five times as much as the lowest-paid employee?

Predictive policing algorithm evidently has 90% accuracy: https://www.psychnewsdaily.com/algorithm-predicts-future-crime-in-advance/ (popular), https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01372-0 (academic).

It would be nice if police spent more times on predictive white collar crimes. Are there no algorithms to spot wage theft?

#crime #dystopia #policing #police #predictivepolicing #algorithms #psychology #nature #psychnewsdaily

@GrandmaJ That sounds amazing. I've seen seals in San Francisco, which I think is similar.

If you are looking for nature webcams, check out https://explore.org/livecams

#explore #livecams #webcams #nature

Jim Watkins just straight up outs himself as Q: https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxn8bz/qanon-q-is-back-jim-watkins

What a bunch of jerks.

#q #8ku #8chan #vice #stupidity

@JLong Nice. But will it make your coffee taste like garlic?

@ThisNameWasntTaken Sure, but Wikipedia also figured it out. The solution is just more eyes to make all bugs shallow.

A woman spent a decade vandalizing Wikipedia with fictional Russian history: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1010653/she-spent-a-decade-writing-fake-russian-history.-wikipedia-just-noticed

Please don’t do this. Everyone is working to make the largest free repository of the world’s knowledge, so don’t piss in the pool.

#wikipedia #sixthtone #lies #liars #hoaxes

@JLong Good point: this is maybe one of those instances where converts are the most energized and extreme?

@tuges The author mentions this as well. The broader point that I personally got from it was that snobbery really does no one any favors. It is totally fine to point out the advantages of (e.g.) fresh garlic, but being a jerk about it can end up hurting or marginalizing others, in ways that you surely do not intend.

Some trenchant media analysis here of why and how the right wing has tried to discredit Cassidy Hutchinson: https://slate.com/business/2022/06/cassidy-hutchinson-fox-news-newsmax-conservative-media-jan-6.html

#slate #newsmax #liars #grifters #lying #grifting #cassidyhutchinson #fascism #fascists #january6 #j6 #january6committee #j6committee #gregkelly #sexism #misogyny

On ableism and food snobbery: https://thewalrus.ca/garlic-in-a-jar/

This reminds me how it’s probably a good idea to avoid being odious to someone (even a hypothetical stranger) in a public space for purely aesthetic reasons and save disgust for moral ones.

#ableism #cooking #disability #garlic #twitter #thewalrus

Non-whites in the United States are adopting vegetarian/vegan diets at much higher rates than whites: https://www.npr.org/2022/07/01/1106943018/vegetarian-plant-based-diet-vegan

#vegan #veganism #vegetarian #vegetarianism #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #usa #npr #personsofcolor #whitepeople