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usnewsrank · 2 years

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NHS guidance on periods doesn’t mention girls or women once

The period information website was commissioned by the Welsh government and the NHS (Picture: Bloody Brilliant) An NHS website about periods has triggered a debate for using gender-neutral language instead of the terms ‘girls’, ‘woman’ or ‘women’. Bloody Brilliant was commissioned by the Welsh government and the NHS last year, costing the taxpayer £84,000. The resource’s purpose is to ‘break the…

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thisonlyguy-49 · 2 years

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Just found Queen Elizabeth is confirmed dead…

…Holy shit.

Rest In Peace, Your Majesty.

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an-onyx-void · 1 month

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Plan to end ultra-Orthodox students’ military exemption sparks row in Israel | Israel | The Guardian

#the guardian #uk guardian #uk news #british news #united kingdom news #uk news source #british news source #Haredi #Haredi Judaism #orthodox judaism #israel #idf #israeli defence forces #military conscription #military service

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sayruq · 2 months

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#yemen #jerusalem #tel aviv #current events #palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #news on gaza #palestine news #news update #war news #war on gaza #imperialism #united kingdom #gaza genocide #genocide

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intersectionalpraxis · 3 months

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Love the community notes;

Boycotts work! Keep it up, folks!

#feminist #feminism #social justice #free palestine #palestine #freepalastine🇵🇸#free gaza #settler violence #settler colonialism #current events #current news #boycotting #bds movement #boycott mcdonalds #end the occupation #end the genocide #ceasefire now #united kingdom #mcdonalds

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the-eyespy · 2 months

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🇬🇧🇵🇸 Big Ben in London is illuminated in solidarity with a ceasefire as UK Members of Parliament vote on the ceasefire in Gaza.

#gaza genocide #free gaza #gaza strip #gazaunderattack #gaza #london #uk #united kingdom #big ben #israel #palestine #news update #human rights #war news #genocide #tel aviv #antisemitism #jerusalem

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tikkunolamresistance · 4 months

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Yemen have full jurisdiction to forbid entry into their seas, just as any nation. Yemen have the autonomy and authority to regulate their own waters— but the United States and United Kingdom had a violent response to Yemen preventing comercial shipping using a route through the Red Sea.

You can read more about the situation here:

President Joe Biden initiated the strikes without congressional approval, “This is an unacceptable violation of the constitution,” said Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, a Washington Democrat and the chair of the Progressive Caucus. “Article 1 requires that military action be authorized by Congress.” [Quote from X.com: https://x.com/repjayapal/status/1745602388524671351?s=46 ]

The President of the United States, who unquestionably greenlights funds to the Israeli State to genocide Palestinians, went against the US Constitution itself to declare a war on Yemen. The imperialists themselves confess to their own crimes; they do so proudly. The people who are responsible for our lives, are declaring wars and using money that should feed and house us to genocide a population all for power and resources and more money. We must unite, more than ever, we must stop having faith in our governments and have faith in one another and ourselves.

#Yemen #Politics #anti capitalism #anti imperialism #news #updates #united states #united kingdom #colonialism #imperialism

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peacefulandcozy · 3 months

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ohfugecannada · 7 months

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Any chance we could get #RejoinMarch trending on here at least? Just wondering…

#RejoinMarch #uk #united kingdom #Uk politics #RejoinEU #eu politics #european union #bbc news #sky news #itv news #uk news #NationalRejoinMarch #protest #protest march #Twitter

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usnewsrank · 2 years

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Russia strikes Ukraine’s port of Odesa hours after signing grain export deal

The strike was called a ‘spit in the face’ of Turkey and the UN, who brokered the deal (Picture: Reuters/Twitter) Russian missiles hit Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa hours after Moscow and Kyiv signed deals ending a blockade of grain exports from the city. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry denounced the strike as ‘spit in the face’ of Turkey and the United Nations, which brokered the…

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reasonsforhope · 16 days

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Scientists have developed a new solar-powered system to convert saltwater into fresh drinking water which they say could help reduce dangerous the risk of waterborne diseases like cholera.

Via tests in rural communities, they showed that the process is more than 20% cheaper than traditional methods and can be deployed in rural locations around the globe.

Building on existing processes that convert saline groundwater to freshwater, the researchers from King’s College London, in collaboration with MIT and the Helmholtz Institute for Renewable Energy Systems, created a new system that produced consistent levels of water using solar power, and reported it in a paper published recently in Nature Water.

It works through a process called electrodialysis which separates the salt using a set of specialized membranes that channel salt ions into a stream of brine, leaving the water fresh and drinkable. By flexibly adjusting the voltage and the rate at which salt water flowed through the system, the researchers developed a system that adjusts to variable sunshine while not compromising on the amount of fresh drinking water produced.

Using data first gathered in the village of Chelleru near Hyderabad in India, and then recreating these conditions of the village in New Mexico, the team successfully converted up to 10 cubic meters, or several bathtubs worth of fresh drinking water. This was enough for 3,000 people a day with the process continuing to run regardless of variable solar power caused by cloud coverage and rain.

[Note: Not sure what metric they're using to calculate daily water needs here. Presumably this is drinking water only.]

Dr. Wei He from the Department of Engineering at King’s College London believes the new technology could bring massive benefits to rural communities, not only increasing the supply of drinking water but also bringing health benefits.

“By offering a cheap, eco-friendly alternative that can be operated off the grid, our technology enables communities to tap into alternative water sources (such as deep aquifers or saline water) to address water scarcity and contamination in traditional water supplies,” said He.

“This technology can expand water sources available to communities beyond traditional ones and by providing water from uncontaminated saline sources, may help combat water scarcity or unexpected emergencies when conventional water supplies are disrupted, for example like the recent cholera outbreaks in Zambia.”

In the global rural population, 1.6 billion people face water scarcity, many of whom are reliant on stressed reserves of groundwater lying beneath the Earth’s surface.

However, worldwide 56% of groundwater is saline and unsuitable for consumption. This issue is particularly prevalent in India, where 60% of the land harbors undrinkable saline water. Consequently, there is a pressing need for efficient desalination methods to create fresh drinking water cheaply, and at scale.

Traditional desalination technology has relied either on costly batteries in off-grid systems or a grid system to supply the energy necessary to remove salt from the water. In developing countries’ rural areas, however, grid infrastructure can be unreliable and is largely reliant on fossil fuels...

“By removing the need for a grid system entirely and cutting reliance on battery tech by 92%, our system can provide reliable access to safe drinking water, entirely emission-free, onsite, and at a discount of roughly 22% to the people who need it compared to traditional methods,” He said.

The system also has the potential to be used outside of developing areas, particularly in agriculture where climate change is leading to unstable reserves of fresh water for irrigation.

The team plans to scale up the availability of the technology across India through collaboration with local partners. Beyond this, a team from MIT also plans to create a start-up to commercialize and fund the technology.

“While the US and UK have more stable, diversified grids than most countries, they still rely on fossil fuels. By removing fossil fuels from the equation for energy-hungry sectors like agriculture, we can help accelerate the transition to Net Zero,” He said.

-via Good News Network, April 2, 2024

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an-onyx-void · 4 months

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#an onyx void reports #uk news #united kingdom news #united Kingdom news source #uk news source #guyana #venezuela

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dadaonice · 6 months

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UN Security Council rejects ceasefire proposal in Gaza Strip

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intersectionalpraxis · 2 months

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Defend and Protect Black Women!!

Misogynoir medical bias is KILLING Black women disproportionately. If you know even a little history of how Black women have been systematically dehumanized and objectified in the medical industrial complex -you'd know this is FAR too common and it's despicable. These medical professionals should be losing their licenses to practice medicine.

"Black women are three to four times more likely to experience complications during pregnancy and childbirth and die from these complications compared with white women. Additionally, infants born to Black women are two times more likely to be born premature (<37 weeks of gestation) compared with infants born to white women."

"In the 19th century, J. Marion Sims performed experimental surgery on enslaved Black women without their consent to develop a cure for vesicovaginal fistula. These experiments facilitated the generations of two key health care scripts about Black women in the context of reproductive health care: (1) it is acceptable to perform procedures on Black women without their consent; and (2) Black women have a high tolerance for pain."

"Although there is a plethora of research documenting Black women's experiences of racism and discrimination while navigating perinatal care, much less has been reported regarding the relationship between racism and clinical care through the lens of clinicians' caring for Black women during pregnancy and childbirth."

#feminist #social justice #feminism #current events #current news #black women #protect black women #protect black girls #systemic inequality #systemic injustice #medical bias #medical apartheid #antiblackracism #antiblackness #tw child death #tw pregnancy #history #obstetrics and gynecology #united kingdom

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usnewsrank · 2 years

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Don’t assume barristers like me are overpaid – here’s why we’re on strike

Around 20% of criminal defence barristers have left the industry since 2016 and numbers are dwindling (Picture: REX/Shutterstock) It’s a familiar image. The rotund barrister in a wig and gown glugging a glass of champagne at his private members club to celebrate getting his client off. Sadly it’s as out-dated as the one of a Bobby on the beat giving the young scamp in shorts a clip round the…

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an-onyx-void · 1 year

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Watch "Where King Charles’s giant diamonds come from #shorts" on YouTube

#vox #vox media #coronation #united kingdom news #united kingdom #king charles lll #the british royal family #colonialism #colonization #an onyx void reports

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