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  • Evidence of LW's current and growing admin misconduct provided by @Goferking0@ttrpg.network

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  • "Israel does not have a right to exist because it commits mass murder against its neighbours" doesn't sound all that zionist to me? They quite literally provide a reason why Israel shouldn't exist, no?

  • wow😰

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  • A lot of studies regarding penis length are self-reported. So basically subtract an inch from the results and you get a more accurate picture.

    It's also why countries that censor genitals in porn report smaller penises than countries where the race of the local population is heavily fetishized wrt. supposed "big dicks". When actually measuring, all those differences become smaller than is statistically relevant.

  • Electric vehicles pass tipping point in much of Europe: lifetime cost matches petrol cars

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  • Ask yourself why you think it concerns you. Because car battery degradation is genuinely so minimal there's no real concern at all.

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  • You could do what the US does and elect them into office.

  • EU age verification app can be hacked in 2 minutes, claims security expert

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  • Yeah the weird thing is that Von der Leyen claimed it's basically done and perfect. But it's nothing of the sort.

  • New EU age verification app hack speedrun record

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  • It's apparently easy to bypass, but it also stores fingerprints and id images unencrypted.

  • The USSR was the spine of the global working class

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  • Life expectancy rose before the end because that's when the USSR focused on curbing the rampant alcoholism, which causes cardiovascular diseases (the notable weakpoint in the USSRs healthcare system and a major reason why life expectancy failed to rise further under the USSR). This wasn't a temporary stall, that wouldn't last that long, there's systemic reasons for it. The USSR lagged behind quite significantly compared to its capitalist peers.

    The skyrocketing problems the USSR experienced post-dissolution are obviously triggered by the switch, but it becomes hard to argue that capitalism as a system caused it, since capitalist peers don't actively suffer the same issues, and Russia since its recovery doesn't either (as it is still very much a capitalist world power). It's clear the switch was bad (horridly mismanaged), but the final result is that life expectancy rose above what the USSR ever achieved, finally reaching an on-par status with its peers.

    To be clear, I'm not arguing that socialism couldn't achieve this, or that capitalism is the better system or anything. But I am challenging the assumption that capitalism is the cause of a lowered life expectancy, since the graph you presented didn't exactly support that statement (given that under capitalism Russia's life expectancy rose well above what the USSR ever managed).

  • The USSR was the spine of the global working class

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  • You're ignoring that life expectancy stagnated under the Soviets and primarily started rising post-collapse due to the spread of treatments for cardiovascular diseases. It's why post collapse life expectancy finally rose above what the Soviet Union achieved. It's why "lowered life expectancy" is an odd claim to make if it's now higher than it ever was before. Short term, sure, but long term a higher life expectancy was reached.

  • The USSR was the spine of the global working class

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  • There was an increase up until 1970-ish, after which it stagnated. In western countries the life expectancy did better and kept rising. There's a brief bump around 1985, right up until the fall of the Union (which crashed it). Still, it was only after the fall of the Union that life expectancy started rising again, well above the earlier figures that were achieved under the Union.

    The stagnation was due to the so-called "cardiovascular revolution" (or rather the lack of one): treatments for many cardiovascular related diseases developed in the west, didn't reach the Soviet Union well. The Union focused on more general diseases, which helped younger people. This, combined with the severe disbalance in age groups post-WW2, caused life expectancy to stagnate. Healthcare in the USSR wasn't bad in general, just bad at dealing with diseases older people tend to get.

    Traumas and injuries from WW2, plus a somewhat stagnating Soviet economy then saw a significant rise in alcoholism (which in turn causes liver and cardiovascular diseases, for which the treatments lagged behind). So much so that in the 80s they tried to limit access to alcohol (likely causing the brief rise around 1985). Post-collapse life expectancy again fell due to the economic hardship suffered.

    The increase and gradual rise post-collapse is not due to "imperialists being kicked out by nationalists", but due to a slowly improving economic situation (compared to the poor state immediately after the collapse) and most importantly: a slowly balancing age demographic and finally significant improvements in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases spreading through the former Soviet states.

  • Same bud

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  • Google has pretty decent reverse image search.

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  • The USSR was the spine of the global working class

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  • Capitalism brought with it [...] lowered life expectancy.

    But your first graph clearly shows life expectancy stagnating after the initial post-WW2 climb, and only climbing again post-collapse of the USSR?

  • Stop Killing Games throw weight behind California bill that would force companies to either keep games working independently after server shutdowns or issue refunds

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  • That's exactly what SKG advocates for.

  • Viktor Orbán concedes defeat as Hungary's Tisza Party heads for election win

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  • But which genuine opposition movement actually threatened Orban before Magyar broke with Fidesz?

  • President shares video alleging Israeli soldiers abused Palestinian child

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  • You'll find no argument from me there.

  • President shares video alleging Israeli soldiers abused Palestinian child

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  • For anyone else reading this, the video was from 2024 and shows Israeli soldiers throwing a body off of a roof (not a living person).

    Still disgusting ofc, and Israel did take measures against these soldiers.

    There's plenty of footage of the IDF/colonists abusing Palestinians out there, in more horrific ways than were alleged here.

  • Intellectual Debate

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  • But right would also be wrong, because the torso is elongated instead of the neck.

    I suppose a giraffe centaur would be considerably shorter than either of these images suggest.

  • Viktor Orbán concedes defeat as Hungary's Tisza Party heads for election win

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  • If he was supposed to be Orban's successor, they wouldn't have had him start a new party or run a heavily pro-EU campaign. That makes no sense. You'd just have Orban step down and have the new guy take over in the next election cycle. Keeps momentum for the main party and all the installed cronies, no expectation of change from the population, no need to stir the hive. If Magyar backtracks on his promises now, you'll end up with a lot of unrest among the people, exactly what you want to avoid when planning your succession.

    Magyar's been communicating very effectively with the people for years. Opposition rallying behind the best chance at unseating an autocrat who threatens to establish indefinite single-party rule only makes sense.