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hemmes, to lemmyshitpost in Leaked photo
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That’s what every wants. But instead they turn everyone against one another for votes aka donations.

hemmes, to lemmyshitpost in Protect your PC
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Everyone loves listening to their favorite purchased movie while watching a black screen

hemmes, to privacy in Do you think people would be okay with 'Recall' if Apple did it?
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creates privacy through taking power from the user.

What do you mean by that?

hemmes, to politics in Kristi Noem Still Has No Regrets for Killing Puppy
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It’s kind of her thing

hemmes, to world in India’s Modi elected as leader of coalition and set to form new government
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Very compelling

hemmes, to world in Israel Threatens 'Severe Consequences' for Nations Who Recognize Palestine
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How could Switzerland do this!?

hemmes, to world in At least 42 die from measles outbreak in northeast Nigeria
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That’s fair. Those two locations are both at risk of a Measles outbreak but for very different reasons.

hemmes, to politics in Some ex-TikTok employees say the social media service worked closely with its China-based parent despite claims of independence
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Is this where we post the shocked Pikachu face? Or do they only accept Pooh bear memes?

hemmes, to retrogaming in The Story of The Oregon Trail - The history behind one of the most successful edutainment games of all time, and why the original creators never made a penny.
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Look at Johnny 5 over here

hemmes, to world in Greta Thunberg detained at The Hague climate demonstration
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I doubt any money he’s donating to politicians is going towards any of his causes.

hemmes, to politics in The House GOP just gave Biden’s campaign a huge gift: Roughly 80 percent of House Republicans just lined up behind a plan to cut Social Security and ban all abortions
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I was basically going to say the same thing, they’ll vote anyway, party over policy. It doesn’t matter what they propose. As long as Democrats disagree with it, their constituents will vote for it, standard team-driven advertising.

Most voters don’t care about politics at all, we just want what everyone else wants - a chance at opportunity, some form of health care and social security, you know, the good life. We can all pretty much agree on that and it’s really not that interesting a topic. So, politicians turn politics into a sports game because that’s what people care about and engage with, sports and competition, our old friend, Ego.

Follow your heart, not your ego.

hemmes, to world in Gambia Votes to Overturn Landmark Ban on Female Genital Cutting
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What sources are you citing there?

The World Health Organization and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS have stated that male circumcision reduces men’s risk of acquiring HIV through sex with women by approximately 60%. In East and Southern Africa, voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) has been a WHO-recommended HIV combination prevention intervention since 2007

which is apparently an expired policy and has not been reaffirmed

The above WHO/UNAIDS report is from late 2023.

UTI rates can be lowered by teaching parents to properly wash their children.

Not sure if you’re uncircumcised and/or have children who aren’t and are speaking from experience, but the couple of friends I have that are not all spoke of difficulties maintaining cleanliness, even when showering daily and pulling the skin back to clean thoroughly. My point being it’s not typically the parents at fault here.

For HIV, they mention female to male transmission which is something that is extremely rare in the US.

Says who? Maybe relatively rare, but “extremely”?

Without a single source cited in your comment, it sounds more like virtue signaling. I’m not trying to be combative but I think some folks get caught up in an article like the OP link and wrongfully attribute it to vaguely related topics like male circumcision. Just because it’s an elective medical procedure doesn’t negate the truth of its medical benefits.

hemmes, to world in Gambia Votes to Overturn Landmark Ban on Female Genital Cutting
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complications with circumcision happen more often than instances of it being beneficial

That’s just not true, my dude.

The American Academy of Pediatrics states that “the health benefits of newborn male circumcision outweigh the risks and that the procedure’s benefits justify access to this procedure for families who choose it. Specific benefits identified included prevention of urinary tract infections, penile cancer, and transmission of some sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.”

I’m all for choice on this topic. But they shouldn’t even call it female circumcision, as there’s no medical benefit to such a procedure, and such practice should only be referred to as female genital mutilation (or cutting).

Cultural and ascetic opinions aside, male circumcision is objectively medically beneficial.

hemmes, to politics in Rudy Giuliani Should Be Forced To Sell Florida Condo To Pay Off Debts, Creditors Say
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Absolute gold. And nothing happened, right? Kind of looks like evidence to me.

hemmes, to lemmyshitpost in B E L I E V E
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