How much do you think it cost automakers to add seat-belts to their cars? Probably not that much, when compared with the overall cost of the car. This made it seem incredible to some of the public, for a time, that car manufacturers would be fighting legislation to force them to add seat-belts in bad faith.
But, there was, and always is, a lager issue at hand. To the auto industry seat belts represented public responsibility for the overall safety of their product.
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Il sindaco di Fiumicino è indagato nell'ambito di un'ampia inchiesta su presunti appalti truccati nel comune - Il Post
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Meeting at the border: Fico is going to meet Zelensky in Uzhgorod, from where Koshta is returning Koshta
According to the press, the Slovak prime minister will discuss energy with the Ukrainian president. By the way, a few days ago Fico met with Putin in China and complained to him about the strikes on "Druzhba."
According to Zelensky, Trump is unhappy that Slovakia and Hungary buy oil from Russia
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Taylor Swift e Travis Kelce, nozze d'estate in Rhode Island - Musica - Ansa.it
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Per far da sfondo al loro matrimonio Taylor Swift e Travis Kelce avrebbero scelto la villa di lei sull'Atlantico del Rhode Island. Lo ha detto a Page Six un amico della coppia. (ANSA)Agenzia ANSA
Le pipe per il crack stanno facendo litigare governo e comune di Bologna - Il Post
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Le pipe per il crack stanno facendo litigare governo e comune di Bologna
Ma la discussione ha implicazioni più grandi, che riguardano le difficoltà dei comuni con i problemi di spaccio e sicurezzaIl Post
Cinque anni di Charlie - Il Post
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Cinque anni di Charlie
La newsletter del Post è diventata il più seguito contenitore di giornalismo sul giornalismo, tra chi lo fa ma soprattutto tra chi vuole capirloIl Post
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Taylor Swift e Travis Kelce, nozze d'estate in Rhode Island - People - Ansa.it
Per far da sfondo al loro matrimonio Taylor Swift e Travis Kelce avrebbero scelto la villa di lei sull'Atlantico del Rhode Island. Lo ha detto a Page Six un amico della coppia. (ANSA)Agenzia ANSA
Alongside federal layoffs & spending cuts, employers cite Trump’s tariffs, store closings & bankruptcies for the hiring freeze. apple.news/Amu2mx7DGQXOMt12mM3… #press #economy
The U.S. added just 22,000 jobs in August, confirming dramatic slowdown in the labor market — NBC News
The August report is the first since President Donald Trump fired a top Labor Department official over accusations of releasing inaccurate data.apple.news
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Nu är det bråttom! Enligt Karlstens källor kommer den danska revisionen av massövervakningsförslaget Chat Control 2.0 diskuteras redan på fredag. emanuelkarlsten.se/sa-forsoker…
Så försöker Danmark trycka igenom Chat control i EU – på agendan under nästa veckas möte
På fredag nästa vecka ska EU:s medlemsländer försöka komma överens om en ny version av Chat control. Det bekräftar nu tjänstemän inom Coreper.Kan det kritiserade övervakningsförslaget få tillräckli…Emanuel Karlsten
24 hours left 🚨 Yall, we failed to meet Mai's rent deadline through the giving circle...thankfully, some one-time support came in separately, so she was able to avoid eviction. Out into streets where tanks are approaching.
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Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter.Chuffed
📢 The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, released a video on Friday featuring two Israeli captives held in #gaza
🔹 The footage, dated AUG-28 2025 shows PoW G. Gilboa-Dalal riding in a vehicle amid the widespread destruction of infrastructure in #GazaCity
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'Captives of Netanyahu, not Hamas,' says Israeli captive in new video
In a new video from Gaza, an Israeli captive accuses his own government of abandoning captives and fueling endless war for political gain.Al Mayadeen English ('Captives of Netanyahu, not Hamas,' says Israeli captive in new video)
"Global temperatures to remain above average despite return of La Niña, says UN"
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Global temperatures to remain above average despite return of La Niña, says UN
Climate phenomenon cools surface of Pacific but won’t stop human-induced climate change increasing temperatures and exacerbating extreme weatherGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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The job market continues to slow, and it's pretty dramatic. Keeping our head above water (for now).
August jobs growth was only +22k. July revised up +6k to +79k. June was revised down by -27k to -13k. Average jobs growth over the three months = +29k. That's pretty worrying.
Unemployment rose a tick to 4.3%
This is the Mosque in Azizia, Mecca, Saudi Arabia near our Hotel where we used to offer Salah (Namaz/Prayer).
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30 Best Architecture and Design Firms in Tokyo - Architizer Journal
If Tokyo is a vibrant metropolis acts as a gate to the future, then these architects are shaping the city of tomorrow.Architizer Editors (Architizer)
Ralph Ruthe live
Hier gibt's Ralph Ruthe live, auf der Bühne und/oder bei Signierstunden. Alle aktuellen Tourdaten.ruthe.de
🏫La Junta inicia el curso sin auxiliares, con más educación concertada y enfrentada a la universidad pública.
Moreno Bonilla ha suprimido el servicio de 1.800 auxiliares de idiomas en todo el territorio y ha dejado sin 'maestros sombra' al alumnado con necesidades educativas especiales.
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Good morning, my fellow Friday Fedi-tooting scroller friends.👋
This shortened workin week may have made us misplace our hump jumping day this past Wednesday, but a Friday is always #TGIF day.
So, a Happy #TGIF Friday shout-out to y'all #today. 💪😁
It's the start of another hot one here today. A too warm n misty 69deg wakeup with the heat of #myday heading up into the low steamy 90s ( that's around 32C for you metric measuring mavens), predicted to hit around 93deg or there abouts today. Still quite humid, though, and the muggy staying on the sweaty sticky side a things.🥵
But, on the bright side, this lovely morning starts with sunshine to start to #myday. It's supposed to last all day. So, once the coffee is ready for my sipping, I'm kinda thinking maybe a trip outside to sit n soak up some of this morning sunshine is in order for my Friday starting today. ☕️🤞
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Calibre 8.10 open-source ebook management software is now available for download with improvements to the Kindle MTP driver and other changes.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
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A caterpillar of what I think is the Formosan Swift (Borbo cinnara), a skipper butterfly, spotted at Rifle Range Nature Park, Singapore on 1 March 2025. These butterflies lay their eggs on grasses.
On iNaturalist [ inaturalist.org/observations/2… ].
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Formosan Swift (Borbo cinnara) observed by Soh Kam Yung
Formosan Swift from Bukit Panjang, Singapore on March 1, 2025 at 09:31 AM by Soh Kam Yung. Ref: Life History of the Formosan Swift, 5th instar [ https://butterflycircle.blogspot.com/2014/0...iNaturalist
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Ma io vi invidio, sapete?
A me sti discorsi fan venire in mente la colonscopia...
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Photography from Death Valley. #art #landscapephoto #photography #california #travel #decorate #wallart #art4sale #homedecor #giftidea #artlovers Please refer to link for info and pricing buff.ly/3YZTGMx buff.ly/495B82b
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下界は相変わらずの残暑猛暑酷暑でしたが、ここでは季節が進んでいました。画像はオヤマリンドウ。
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Biennale Mosaico contemporaneo a Ravenna tra passato e presente
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Ravenna torna protagonista nel panorama artistico con la nona Biennale di Mosaico Contemporaneo, in programma dal 18 ottobre al 18 gennaio, promossa dal Comune di Ravenna-Assessorato alla Cultura e al Mosaico, con la direzione artistica di Daniele To…Agenzia ANSA
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EFF Joins 55 Civil Society Organizations Urging the End of Sanctions on UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese
Following the U.S. government's overreaching decision to impose sanctions against Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, EFF joined more than 50 c…Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Britische Vize-Premierministerin tritt wegen Steueraffäre zurück
Die britische Vize-Regierungschefin Rayner hat ihren Rücktritt angekündigt. Die Hoffnungsträgerin des linken Flügels hatte beim Immobilienkauf zu wenig Grunderwerbssteuer gezahlt. Für Premierminister Starmer ist das ein herber Rückschlag.
“The zombie is the absolute void present within capitalist everyday life.”
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Der aktuelle Gesetzentwurf zur Anpassung deutschen Rechts an das Gemeinsamen Europäischen Asylsystems (GEAS) beschränkt die #Menschenrechte Schutzsuchender stärker, als es EU-rechtlich erforderlich wäre.
Unsere Mitabeiterin Annika Fischer-Uebler hat für den @verfassungsblog aufgeschrieben, welche menschenrechtlichen Risiken drohen.
ho sbagliato a dire già alla mia famiglia dell'idea di tornare in Italia l'anno prossimo, ora è tutto "oh ma hai sentito di questo concorso?", "e come lo trovi lavoro?" anche se non sono al 100% sicura di volerlo fare.
vediamo come procede nei prossimi 2/3 mesi, vediamo se trovo qualche offerta di lavoro interessante da aziende che non la menano con l'IA e il post-editing e che non richiedono 83739 anni di esperienza, vediamo se conviene che mi trasferisca a Pisa per stare col mio ragazzo 🥲
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@kappazeta grazie per aver condiviso la tua esperienza! sì, ci devo pensare bene e quando sarò sicura, non tornerò finché non ho trovato un altro lavoro. io sto in Polonia da 8 mesi, quindi non da tanto. qui ho trovato l'unica azienda che mi ha risposto al mio CV e sto mettendo da parte un po' di esperienza per trovare poi altro.
again, non credo che sarebbe un ritorno definitivo: il mio ragazzo studia ingegneria nucleare, ha intenzione di fare una tesi all'estero e in tal caso lo seguirei. 1/2
@kappazeta sono sempre in movimento da 2 anni a questa parte, da quando sono partita per l'Erasmus in Belgio poi è stato un continuo spostarsi: Gent, Forlì, Grosseto, Lussemburgo, Grosseto, ora Cracovia, dove un po' di stabilità in più l'ho trovata in ambito lavorativo.
se decidessi di tornare, non lo farei subito, ecco... però almeno l'idea di un eventuale ritorno mi aiuta a sopportare i momenti in cui provo davvero tanta malinconia e solitudine. e so che non tornerei a casa dei miei stavolta!
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No, but I should check that out. I was just watching RFK in his congressional hearing.
And thinking about how, even to me, it seemed implausible that this could just be about not wanting to pay for universal vaccines for everyone. That there are people who are alarmed and horrified by people getting yearly vaccines for the flu because if they admit it saves lives ... what else will the public demand?
Better for every mother to "do her own research" and feel frightened.
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I can understand the scared and confused antivaxer mom more easily than I can understand those in insurance, government who look at the modest (relatively speaking) cost of a vaccine, or clean water, or public toilets or seat-belts and quail because they think "What else will the rabble demand?"
After all, there are so many simple things we could do that could save many lives.
And so they muddy the waters, keep the "debate" rolling just to save a blood-soaked dollar.
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This is the only way to understand how President Trump deserves a prize for the rapid development of the COVID vaccine, but also COVID was fake, but also it was a bio-weapon, but also it's the vaccines... all of them now, that cause disease.
It's not coherent, it's fear of responsibility.
Why?
They don't want to pay for it. All of these clowns were first in line for the damn shots and I don't know why that didn't tell everyone exactly what was going on.
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Sorry for ranting but this is a lot to process. I don't like to think people are evil cheapskates, but some people are. You can learn this by studying history.
If we get to look back on this it will teach the same lesson.
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I think the bigger issue is one of perceived truth. Their exist a click of people that seems to belive society in its entirety is political theatre, the so called big government.
That is the only way I have been able to rationalise the belief that banning abortion, vaccines, or what have you could classify as small government.
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it's also manufactured chaos, and it's abusive behaviour. one makes profit, the other grows fascism.
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in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •@SRLevine I'm bewildered by the economic argument some people make about all the money saved by not requiring insurers/government to pay several hundred dollars per person for vaccines.
Even if only a fraction of unvaccinated people later get sick, require medical care, and some of them drop out of the working economy, surely the cost of those people's care and lost productivity adds up to more than the cost of the vaccines for all.
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Look at the seat-belt example again and it'll make more sense. It's not just the cost, although that is part of it.
It's what it *represents* ... it represents an expectation that the government should have a role in preventing plagues. The for-profit world is unable to solve the problem. Do your own research, purify your own water, make your own seat-belt!
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in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •Yes, I totally agree that Those-Who-Wield-Power are making an ideological argument as you explain.
I'm thinking about those Useful-Personalities who get in front of cameras and microphones to sell a distilled version of the ideology to the Masses-Kept-In-Ignorance. They seem to be the ones who translate the ideology into populist pleasing arguments such as the economic argument.
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I think my point about seat-belts must not have been clear. When I say " To the auto industry seat belts represented public responsibility for the overall safety of their product." The product I'm talking about is the car.
I'm talking about the public expecting cars to be safe and holding the manufactures responsible in part for the harm that cars do.
This would lead to the public expecting even more safety features.
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When the seat belt "debate" was still going on one annoying argument was that seat belts could in some edge cases cause harm. And I think this is very similar to talk about the edge cases with vaccines.
And part of what making this kind of muddying of the waters is effective is the drops of truth. The initial designs for seat-belts had flaws. They were still better than not having them and if they were mandated sooner more people would be alive. Period.
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I used to think this. But, I think they might just be THAT miserly.
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...or they assume someone else will rebuild once they get out with their pile of loot. Because they've watched their peers do it and dammit it's MY turn to get my slice of the pie!
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in reply to myrmepropagandist • • •Or they take for granted that a lot of infrastructure is maintenance-free and/or easily replaceable by private institutions after "all those pesky poors" are dead.
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But insurance companies know the probable cost of a payout an extremely unlikely vaccine related adverse event is absolutely and utterly overwhelmed by the probable cost of a payout for a chronic illness/disability caused by a vaccine preventable disease/cancer.
Health insurance companies are by and large in favour of vaccines.
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or maybe they are just really thinking short term?
or that if you are the kind of country that ensures everyone gets basic vaccines people will wonder about other similar things that save lives.
Like prenatal care, better nutrition, etc. etc.
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The brain shift I've been experiencing is that there are people who would sell out human lives just to save a few hundred bucks.
Like I said, the anti vax mom makes more sense to me. Is more relatable ... even though that one was a doozy to understand as it was.
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