Climate change is making rice more toxic: A new study found that rising temperatures and CO2 levels significantly increase arsenic levels in rice, a staple food for 3.5 billion people.

Health risks are projected to rise sharply: Under future climate scenarios, arsenic-related cancer and disease cases could jump by up to 44% in major rice-consuming countries.

There are ways to reduce the risk: Farming techniques like alternating water use and breeding arsenic-resistant rice strains, along with climate action, could help mitigate the threat.

Trick question. These are all terrible, therefore I will eat with my fingers.

I mean, it is also obviously AI generated, so there’s that too. (Or is it?)

Which is, according to their cooked market surveys, most people. 76% prefer “relevant” ads.

You are just mistaken about this. They have surveys showing 76% of people say they want personalized (“relevant”) ads. Companies think this is something almost everyone wants.

That is one major reason I will no longer use a phone that doesnt let me easily uninstall their garbage. It is all spyware.

Well… since “race” isnt a real thing, it is that too.

Nah, I won’t give them my clicks, nor my data.

Some constructive criticism? This is info you should have put in OP, it would likely have made the thread more productive.

Let the enshittification begin continue!

It is so bad that there is literally a publication of frequently confused drug names (pdf).

Blip. Just like that, they are dead to me. I know our society has decided super invasive data collection for ads is okay… I’ve decided that is another part of the social contract we need to revisit. With prejudice.

Unfortunately, you may get your answer.

I dont think that is as far-fetched as you.

So, I am not great with numbers, but if we go by electoral college results from 2024 (using 270towin.com), significantly more states voted red in 2024 than blue; 31 red, 19 blue. 20 states have been red since 2000, vs 15 states (and DC) blue since 2000. My point is that the Republicans have an entrenched advantage. Annnnd of course this is why they would fight tooth & nail against reforming the electoral college.

Alito’s opinion would do enough mental backflips that we could harness it as a dynamo to power the whole world.

Would you like to equip the Chicken Hat?

RFK should heed his own advice, then.

White is whatever the rich white guys say it is. It was never about skin color for them. It is about maintaining power, wealth, control, etc. Othering is like a hack to get people to do whatever they want.

And of course, they control the hardware and software. I wouldnt risk it as a foreign national who has occasionally done work in the defense industry, but everyone has a different risk tolerance.

I am surpringly annoyed about Americans somehow finding a way to make this about themselves

Me too, bud. Me. Too. Alas, there is no escaping them for me. I do wish more Americans could travel abroad and see the world beyond our borders. I would wager fewer than 20% of Americans have been 50 miles from our borders and it can lead to a pretty insular world view.