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The obscenity of gun deaths

Posted by rhanrott on 22 January 2022, 10:01 am

AR-15-style assault weapons were designed to kill people quickly with little effort. Allowing shooters to buy these weapons of war has torn so many families and communities apart: Boulder – 10 murdered El Paso – 22 murdered Parkland – 17 murdered Sutherland Springs – 26 murdered Las Vegas – 60 murdered Orlando – 49 murdered …

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Man finds love with robot woman

Posted by rhanrott on 21 January 2022, 10:05 am

A man who “never thought he would find love” has revealed he plans to marry a robot woman. Geoff Gallagher, from Queensland, Australia, had given up all hope of finding a partner until he read an article about AI robots and decided to splash out £3,000 on a synthetic girlfriend. He told 7 News: “The …

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Obscene wealth

Posted by rhanrott on 20 January 2022, 10:23 am

“Oxfam’s new bombshell report “Inequality Kills” lays out in stark detail just how much economic inequality has grown over the past two years of the pandemic and the negative, real-world consequences of the growth. “We all know that inequality is out of control, but some of the numbers coming out of this report are truly …

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Doomsday glacier

Posted by rhanrott on 19 January 2022, 9:49 am

Scientists say a critical ice shelf in Antarctica could break apart within the next three to five years, leading to large sea-level rises. Satellite images presented at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union suggest the ice keeping together the Thwaites glacier in western Antarctica could soon shatter. The glacier is known as the …

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Epicureanism in shorthand (sort of)

Posted by rhanrott on 17 January 2022, 10:11 am

Epicureanism was never meant to be a dry academic philosophy. In fact, it is best kept away from academia, where, as usual with philosophy, long words render it dull, if not incomprehensible. Rather, it is a vital way of living which seeks to free men and women from a life of unhappiness, fear and anxiety. …

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