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enokidake t1_izmaswu wrote
Reply to comment by Ok_Store_1983 in Dog abandoned, run over by pickup truck driver in San Bernardino County, surveillance video shows by Chemical-Station-740
Thankfully, animal abuse was recently added as a federal crime.
https://www.npr.org/2019/11/25/782842651/trump-signs-law-making-cruelty-to-animals-a-federal-crime
enokidake t1_iy6cev8 wrote
Reply to comment by TaliesinMerlin in World Health Organization to rename monkeypox as mpox -CNBC by wander9077
The world does not work that way, my friend. Influence knows no bounds. Here lie your answers:
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/22/who-monkeypox-mpox-rename-00070614
enokidake t1_iy53xq8 wrote
The Biden admin pushed this through over social concerns: "The decision comes after the name monkeypox — so named after first being identified in monkeys — was criticized for adding to racial and sexual stigmatization."
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/28/world-health-organization-to-rename-monkeypox-as-mpox.html
enokidake t1_j32jf66 wrote
Reply to comment by blinkertx in A powerful cyclone slams California, killing a child. Now, more flooding and ferocious winds are on tap for the weather-ravaged state by rootoo
SoCal here. I live maybe 30 minutes from the desert and it's been raining on and off for week and right now it is pouring and the streets, and my backyard, are flowing with water.