Miscellaneous Articles You Should Read (3 Viewers)

[Deadmanposting]

How Ozempic and Wegovy are impacting Denmark's economy

How Ozempic and Weight Loss Drugs Are Reshaping Denmark’s Economy

Novo Nordisk, the Danish company behind two popular obesity medications, is reaping huge profits and is now responsible for most of the country’s economic growth.

www.nytimes.com

Accounted for all of Denmark's GDP growth last year

Economists want to start stripping the company out of the stats, because they warp the numbers so much

Kind of like us and tech. Except it's one company, and two drugs they make.



tl;dr Denmark is small, and the world has lots of fat people

 

[pete]

The adorable love story behind Wikipedia’s 'high five' photos

Nearly 14 years later, the tale of this iconic couple can finally be told.

www.inverse.com

 

[egg_]

A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma controversy - Fifteen Eighty Four | Cambridge University Press

tl;dr - a particular type of brain hemorrhage is associated with "shaken baby syndrome", but it can also be caused by "minor household falls ... genetic conditions, metabolic disorders, blood clotting abnormalities, or infections". Despite this it is almost always diagnosed as shaken baby syndrome, which means parents get prosecuted, lose their kids, and often go to jail

Actually found it really upsetting, especially the part where he's talking about dads making false confessions about shaking a child so that the baby can get released from state custody and can go and live with the mam

 

[pete]

Addressing the Nazi skeleton in Ireland's closet - opinion

In light of Irish Foreign Minister Micheál Martin visit to Israel last month, is Ireland ready to acknowledge their Nazi-sympathizer past?

www.jpost.com

 

[egg_]

What on earth is the point of apologising for what someone else did?

 

[nuke terrorist]

Addressing the Nazi skeleton in Ireland's closet - opinion

In light of Irish Foreign Minister Micheál Martin visit to Israel last month, is Ireland ready to acknowledge their Nazi-sympathizer past?

www.jpost.com

Trash article by former Israeli ambassador to UK Mark Regev.
Only thing he could come up with was Eamon De Valera sympathising with Nazi ambassador after Hitler blew his brains out.
Nothing in there we didn't know and we all detest De Valera already.

I am glad Likud and their allies know Irish folks are broadly pro Palestinian.
One the few 'Irish' things I'm proud of.

 

[pete]

Meanwhile

Five Jews arrested in Jerusalem for attacking, spitting at Christians

One of the suspects appeared in a video earlier this week where Orthodox Jews are seen spitting at Christian pilgrims carrying the Four Species.

www.jpost.com

 

[Deadmanposting]

Addressing the Nazi skeleton in Ireland's closet - opinion

In light of Irish Foreign Minister Micheál Martin visit to Israel last month, is Ireland ready to acknowledge their Nazi-sympathizer past?

www.jpost.com

I'd have to have thought that Ireland's adoption of neutrality in WWII for many well understood reasons, also gave DeValera et al a free side order of gently sticking it to the Brits.

And who doesn't like a bit of that when it's going?

 

[nuke terrorist]

I'd have to have thought that Ireland's adoption of neutrality in WWII for many well understood reasons, also gave DeValera et al a free side order of gently sticking it to the Brits.

And who doesn't like a bit of that when it's going?

85 years of neutrality is the best thing about the Irish government - even if it is flimsy at times.

 

[pete]

The weird aliens of early science fiction

Humanity's ideas about aliens have been evolving for millennia – but in the era before television, they were considerably stranger.

www.bbc.com

 

[seanc]

It's a long one, but the twists and turns are mad.

A Lost Trove of Civil War Gold, an FBI Excavation, and Some Very Angry Treasure Hunters

“I’m going to find out what the hell the FBI did and I’m going to expose it to the world.”

www.theatlantic.com

 

[pete]

The Curious Phenomenon of Nigeria's Disappearing Penises

The kind of acute panic attack that brings on ‘koro’ is not unique to Africa but, as economic and social pressures build, more men are feeling the squeeze

newlinesmag.com

 

[chris d]

The Curious Phenomenon of Nigeria's Disappearing Penises

The kind of acute panic attack that brings on ‘koro’ is not unique to Africa but, as economic and social pressures build, more men are feeling the squeeze

newlinesmag.com

This is the one who got me by the penis peepaaaal.

 

[Deadmanposting]

These poor pricks

 

[nuke terrorist]

there was a great hardcore punk record by a US band called KORO - 700 Club 7" about 1983.
the first time I heard of this condition was when it was first bootlegged.
that is all. feel free to continue...

 

[Cormcolash]

These poor pricks

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This doesn't usually happen! It's never happened before, honest!!

 

[pete]

Thread by @WolfieChristl on Thread Reader App

@WolfieChristl: As part of our new report on RTB as a security threat and previously unreported, we reveal 'Patternz', a private mass surveillance system that harvests digital advertising data on behalf of 'national...…

threadreaderapp.com

https://www.iccl.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Europes-hidden-security-crisis.pdf

 

[Deadmanposting]

This almost has a Douglas Adams feel to it

Restaurant at the end of the universe kind of thing

Moët in the wilderness: inside the strange world of super-luxury cruising

A new generation of ‘floating hotels’ promises bucket-list experiences — and champagne by the bucket-load. Jemima Kelly joins Explora I’s inaugural Greenland voyage

www.ft.com

 

[pete]

The Secret Language of Ships | Hakai Magazine

Signs and symbols on the sides of ships tell stories about an industry few outsiders understand.

hakaimagazine.com

 

[seanc]

A lot of that I didn't know, a lot of it I did.
But now you know about the Plimsoll line, so what am I supposed to bore people with now?