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    How Americans describe politician's views

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  • "Not sure" is screwing with the results. Probably most of those 36% simply don't know who he is. If you omit "not sure", Mamdani is on top

  • Germans have lost faith in the US, survey reveals

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  • Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference

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  • You're right, but bad example. Maybe when talking about Germans, use an actual German example? There are more than enough, Kurt Georg Kiesinger for instance.

  • Could he 0ass the test?

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  • The funniest thing is that people who think you need some kind of qualification to vote also think they would be part of those qualified

  • Internet picture of a monkey

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  • Not really the same, I mean, Beanie Babies actually physically exist and require work to be produced. You could compare it to Labubus, Warhammer figures or collectibles of any kind but NFTs are just peak worthless stupidity with no prior equivalent

  • Leaked documents claim 'US wants to convince four countries to quit EU' in bid to 'Make Europe Great Again'

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  • It would strengthen the EU if Hungary were to leave

  • Not lovin' it: McDonald's pulls Dutch AI Christmas ad

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  • That looks absolutely awful

  • Just work a little harder

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  • If you are on welfare (Bürgergeld or Sozialhilfe) all costs in Germany are covered by the state that are deemed necessary for a dignified life. Several governments over the years repeatedly tried to cut benefits below that but were stopped by our constitutional court, referencing the first article of our constitution:

    (1) Die Würde des Menschen ist unantastbar. Sie zu achten und zu schützen ist Verpflichtung aller staatlichen Gewalt.

    (1) Human dignity is inviolable. To respect and protect it is the duty of all state authority

    It's not a perfect system and many fall through the cracks because like everything in Germany, the welfare system is highly bureaucratic. But yes, basic necessities including tap water are covered. To be honest, I don't get that this is so mind-blowing to some, I think that's the bare minimum.

    It also comes with a lot of cooperation duties: if you are capable of working, you must accept job offers that are deemed reasonable or you might be sanctioned. If you are incapable of working (e.g. because you're a single parent or disabled) you need to provide proof. It's not a universal basic income, it's meant as support to get people back into the job market.

  • That was a choice

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  • Wow!!! And no one said anything, they just built it.

    That's not how you write a joke. This is misinformation for the extremely gullible

  • Android overtakes iOS in tablet market share for the first time.

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  • I use mine as an ebook reader and to watch netflix et al. especially when I'm traveling. It was only 200€ for a very good 10" display, good sound and decent speed. Pretty good value for money and a lot more comfortable for me than a laptop for these use cases. It's not the most important device I own but it has its uses.

  • Android overtakes iOS in tablet market share for the first time.

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  • You should get out of the US more

  • UN delegates walk out in protest as Netanyahu takes the stage

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  • Right? It's so frustrating that there's no media outlet containing a clear list. It's such an easy thing to do for journalists and they can't be arsed to do the basics of their job. All I could find out so far is that UK and US stayed

  • Proposals for commercial planes to operate with one pilot shelved after critical EU report

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  • What an odd thing to say... "If conditions would be completely different the statistics would be different, therefore I don't trust the statistics". What's your point exactly?

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    Informative review

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  • Are the yanks okay?

  • She ate a poppy seed salad. Child services took her baby.

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  • But why don't they just ask the mother whether she took any medication or drugs she shouldn't have? Given what happened in the article, the information provided by the mother would probably be more accurate anyway. Routinely not believing women is on brand, though. Again, we're talking about women with absolutely no history of drug abuse. I'd seriously like to know how many women with no prior history of drug abuse start doing drugs just as they are getting pregnant to warrant routine testing.

    Another problem with these kinds of tests is that they are not accurate enough. If you test urine samples routinely, the majority of your tests will be false positives. (Example: you test all pregnant women, 1% take drugs, the test is accurate 98% of the time. Congratulations, 2/3 of your tests are false positives.) That's why you only do those tests if you have a suspicion based on other data and not just test everyone.

  • She ate a poppy seed salad. Child services took her baby.

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  • Please explain?

  • She ate a poppy seed salad. Child services took her baby.

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  • Hospitals have no business testing for drugs without cause, which they do in the US per the article: "Hospitals across the country routinely drug test people coming in to give birth." Screening people routinely for drugs is some police state shit.

    You're right, it doesn't say that she didn't consent. It also doesn't say she did either, the article simply doesn't address it.

    However, I just cannot imagine a scenario, where someone would be consenting to a drug test without coercion, can you? Why would she? If you didn't take drugs, there's no benefit. If you did take drugs and you want the doctors to know, tell them. If you took drugs and you don't want the doctors to know, you don't consent. And that doesn't even take into account false positives. I don't see any conceivable reason why anyone would subject themselves to a drug test where no possible outcome would be positive for you. So, please enlighten me, how are these completely voluntary drug tests with zero benefit to the test subject so common?

    Add to that, that these tests are not good enough for random testing. You have too many false positives, so you must have additional indicators of drug use to even consider them from a purely scientific perspective.

  • She ate a poppy seed salad. Child services took her baby.

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  • OP might like to shit talk the US and try to find topics specifically to do so. But they are not wrong here.

    You ought to understand liberal democracies don't just routinely drug test their population without consent or at least clear indication of a crime and following a court order. There was a time where the US at least aspired to be in the liberal democracies club. That you guys defend this practice even on a left-leaning platform such as lemmy is seriously frightening.

  • One Angry Man

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  • Same in German: "Krieg der Sterne" - "War of the Stars", but that title was only used for Episode IV. They switched to the English title afterwards