"The House was in session at the Capitol on Thursday, but thanks to the latest procession of Republicans reporting for duty in front of a Manhattan criminal courthouse to show support for former President Donald J. Trump at his trial, the party risked ceding its control of the floor,” the New York Times reports....
So now you know they were never actually a "law and order" party, just as they've never actually been a "fiscal responsibility" or "liberties and freedoms" party. These are just words they say to their base when it is convenient.
Donald Trump and his allies are laying the groundwork to contest a potential loss in November, stoking doubts about the election's legitimacy even as opinion polls show the Republican presidential candidate leading in battleground states....
Probably also rent for the space in most places, whether they are a home-based business with high mortgage costs, renting space from a corporate landlord, or otherwise exposed to market-rate real estate/rents. If the cost of real estate is high, it impacts the entire economy.
Russian forces have made two cross-border assaults inside northern Ukraine, according to information from Ukrainian sources and officials, in what President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling a “new wave of counteroffensive actions” by Russia....
I mean, yes eugenicits have used carrying capacity in bad faith arguments. But why do the same and discount carrying capacity entirely?
TLDR: carrying capacity has been used by eugenicists in bad-faith arguments, but the finite nature of Earthly resources is a fact; ignoring it entirely makes any counter-argument against eugenics inherently flawed and weaker. When paired with the uncertainty created by human invention and potential extra-planitary resources, carrying capacity can be acknowledged as fact but effectively caveated, and instead debate can be shifted away from absolute limits on resources we are unlikely to hit, and to the much more important matter of the distribution of resources.
There is a finite amount of stuff in/on this little space-ball we call home. Some of that stuff is more rare, and some of it we need more of. There are physical limits to resources on Earth and I think it is fair to acknowledge that as well as helpful to avoid being wasteful with those resources or blind to the disparity of how they are distributed. Not acknowledging such a clear fact instantly gives the people using carrying capacity in an argument ammo to support their other non-factual claims and discount any other claims you make because you made this clearly unfactual claim about carrying capacity being just a made-up thing.
However, no other earthly species is as adept as humans at modifying their environment and the way they use resources. We find new ways to use resources, or replace resources entirely. See anyone using whale oil for lamps anymore? Nope, we changed what resources we need by advancing our lighting and power technology. We can't determine carrying capacity for humans on Earth because we don't know the limits of our ability to invent and adapt.
Also, at some point people have the potential to get off our home rock and start exploiting resources on other space-balls. The actual carrying capacity for Earth suddenly becomes meaningless. Will we make it that far as a species? I donno, but the possibility needs to be considered when discussing carrying capacity.
Much more important than carrying capacity is the distribution of resources. Currently, our resource distribution systems are incredibly inequitable and wasteful. As other have pointed out in this thread, at current capacity the resources we extract could address the basic needs of all humans many times over. It's a human issue that we don't do that, and that we polute/waste/etc, not an environmental/system capacity issue. We have improved these systems in the past, and we could improve them going forward.
I always feel like these induced demand arguments are suggesting that adding more lanes means the same number of people are just choosing to do more driving. Maybe, as you add more lanes you create the infrastructure for a city to grow, and it adds more people which then fill up the new lanes. People aren't just going out and buying a new car or rolling an existing car out of the driveway that they were previously not using because a new lane is built. These are net new drivers, who would not be in that city if the infrastructure for them hadn't been built.
Republicans? Hamas. Democrats? Hamas. Basically anyone who disagrees with us at any specific moment regardless of their previous or potential future positions, Hamas. We have the best justifications in the world because of Hamas.
Isn't this kind of a garbage comparison? Your chance of dying by childbirth is zero if you choose not to have kids, or if you biologically can't have kids. Same with almost everything on this list, other than the only other medical intervention of GA (which you may not have a choice to avoid if you need it for a medically necessary procedure). Wouldn't it be better to compare it to the risk dying of COVID? Or the risk of dying from other common vaccines?
Consumers have embraced 'Buy Now, Pay Later' products that allow them to pay for purchases in installments, but it's not clear how many of these loans are out there....
Surprise twist, Yellowstone suddenly blows up before any of these scenarios play out. The few remaining bacteria take back the properties. With no more scentient life present, "grimness" ceases to be a concept and there is no reflection on the present situation, the past, or potential futures. The outcome simply is.
Even if you have encrypted your traffic with a VPN (or the Tor Network), advanced traffic analysis is a growing threat against your privacy. Therefore, we now introduce DAITA....
Police and private security throng every entrance but one. Steel barriers line the streets. Students pack up belongings in their cars and leave for home - classes are cancelled, and exam plans are up in the air....
More than 170 attacks have been committed against politicians in the lead-up to the June elections. This violence has put campaigns under tension and is sowing doubts about governability in several regions. Specialists warn that the line between the Mexican state and organized crime is increasingly blurred...
Donald Trump‘s inner circle doesn’t expect the Supreme Court to go along with his extreme arguments about executive power in the immunity case before the justices. But what the high court does now is almost beside the point: Trump already won....
César Nebrera pours out a cup of coffee he has brewed on a stove in the boot of his car. The old green Kia saloon sits in the shade of a carob tree just off the main road near Ibiza Town....
Where will the locals go? They have networks of support, professional networks, etc. those are hard to replicate elsewhere?
How will they afford to leave and establish themselves? This is very hard to do when you already live close to poverty.
What’s to stop the rich folk from bringing in cheap “temporary foreign labour” that is housed in the same conditions? Dishes still get washed, it’s just the poor locals and the exploited TFWs that lose out.
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Russian soldier puts a washing machine drum on his head when he sees an FPV drone. ( streamable.com )
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Republicans Flock to Trump’s Trial, Risking Control of the House Floor ( www.nytimes.com )
"The House was in session at the Capitol on Thursday, but thanks to the latest procession of Republicans reporting for duty in front of a Manhattan criminal courthouse to show support for former President Donald J. Trump at his trial, the party risked ceding its control of the floor,” the New York Times reports....
Trump, allies are laying the groundwork to contest potential election loss ( www.reuters.com )
Donald Trump and his allies are laying the groundwork to contest a potential loss in November, stoking doubts about the election's legitimacy even as opinion polls show the Republican presidential candidate leading in battleground states....
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Slovakia's prime minister injured in shooting ( apnews.com )
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Russia mounts surprise assault on northern Ukraine in most serious cross-border offensive in two years ( www.cnn.com )
Russian forces have made two cross-border assaults inside northern Ukraine, according to information from Ukrainian sources and officials, in what President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling a “new wave of counteroffensive actions” by Russia....
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‘I am starting to panic about my child’s future’: climate scientists wary of starting families ( www.theguardian.com )
A fifth of female climate scientists who responded to Guardian survey said they had opted to have no or fewer children...
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Israel frustrated U.S. paused weapons shipment over Rafah assault concerns, official says ( www.nbcnews.com )
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Americans Are Racking Up 'Phantom Debt' That Wall Street Can't Track ( www.bloomberg.com )
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Boeing forced to scrub first crewed Starliner launch to the space station ( www.nbcnews.com )
The launch attempt was called off roughly two hours ahead of the planned liftoff....
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Columbia University community 'shattered' after police raid ( www.bbc.com )
Police and private security throng every entrance but one. Steel barriers line the streets. Students pack up belongings in their cars and leave for home - classes are cancelled, and exam plans are up in the air....
DEA to reclass marijuana to Schedule III ( apnews.com )
Bout damn time
Mexico is heading towards its most violent election ever, with 30 candidates murdered, 77 threatened and 11 kidnapped ( english.elpais.com )
More than 170 attacks have been committed against politicians in the lead-up to the June elections. This violence has put campaigns under tension and is sowing doubts about governability in several regions. Specialists warn that the line between the Mexican state and organized crime is increasingly blurred...
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Independent auditors confirm top VPN doesn't log your data ( www.techradar.com )
Deloitte confirms PIA's no-log claims, with servers running on RAM-only system for maximum privacy....
Team Trump Is Ready to Lose the Supreme Court Immunity Case. They're Celebrating ( www.rollingstone.com )
Donald Trump‘s inner circle doesn’t expect the Supreme Court to go along with his extreme arguments about executive power in the immunity case before the justices. But what the high court does now is almost beside the point: Trump already won....
Students arrested in California and Texas; Netanyahu compares campus protests to Nazi Germany ( www.nbcnews.com )
What's the worst thing that's ever happened to you after being caught lying?
Dubai Grinds to Standstill as Cloud Seeding Worsens Flooding ( www.bloomberg.com )
still want to do large scale geo-engineering?..
Russia to grow faster than all advanced economies says IMF ( www.bbc.com )
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‘Sleepy Don?’: Trump Nods Off During Trial of the Century ( www.thedailybeast.com )
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Chechnya bans all music deemed too fast or too slow ( edition.cnn.com )
Authorities in the Russian Republic of Chechnya have announced a ban on music that they consider too fast or slow.
Ibiza locals living in cars as party island sees rents soar ( www.bbc.com )
César Nebrera pours out a cup of coffee he has brewed on a stove in the boot of his car. The old green Kia saloon sits in the shade of a carob tree just off the main road near Ibiza Town....
Microsoft opens a "high priority" bug ticket in ffmpeg, attempting to leech the free labour of the maintainers ( trac.ffmpeg.org )
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