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  • Chickens aren't any more prone to salmonella than any other poultry, eg ducks. The reason chicken get salmonella and the reason you're expected to cook it thoroughly to kill off the bacteria is purely down to how chickens are reared and the appalling conditions.

  • Drax helps the UK government meet its climate targets because, on paper at least, the power station is treated as emission-free. This is because international carbon accounting rules state that greenhouse gas emissions from burning wood are counted in the country where the trees are felled as opposed to where they are burned.

    Such bullshit. All the emissions happen here, but they don't get counted here.

  • Cassetteboy wasn't really a form of deepfaking, he took clips of them literally saying the words and then pitch adjusted them, that's all.

    Deepfaking is much more involved, and in terms of audio you typically need a voice actor to make a convincing enough copy. People seem to find it harder to recognise AI images than AI sounds.

    Trey Parker did a great video on deepfakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WfZuNceFDM

  • When it comes to hacking, China is very capable. Along with the US, Russia and even North Korea (no, really), they are the main state actors.

    However these days zero day exploits are more often written by private contractors (a lot in Argentina, for some reason) and then sold to nation states on discrete markets, rather than written by state actors themselves. It wasn't the NSA who gave the FBI the ability to unlock an iPhone when they couldn't compel Apple to do so through the courts.

  • No he called them out because they remained seated. He asked them if they were Israeli, they said yes, then he told them to leave (which he can't do to paying customers) and set the crowd against them. Their views on genocide or Israel's actions weren't even determined, it was just the fact they were Israeli and didn't give him a standing ovation.

  • British Sugar never had a license to grow cannabis, they have a license to produce cannabis products - all the cannabis was grown by GW Pharmaceutical, who were the only license holder for growing until a couple years ago.

    Edit: Source, from 2021: https://www.ft.com/content/e5984c45-34b4-4669-badf-d99b3fbeb4f5

    Northern Leaf, which was founded two years ago and received its permit in December, is the second only company to be granted a UK licence for commercial marijuana cultivation. GW Pharmaceuticals, a US-listed leader in cannabis-based epilepsy medicines that was founded in the UK, was awarded the first permit in 1998.

    The story about Victoria Atkins came from Theresa May's tenure as PM, which was well before 2021.

    I'm aware there are articles that say British Sugar grew it, but they're simply wrong. Like I say, I'm pretty sure there's also been a 3rd license granted to a company in England since this article.

  • The issue isn't the current government, the issue is all the people (such are yourself) putting down striking workers instead of supporting them and their cause.

    Frankly, we're long overdue a general strike. But the British public are such masochistic pussies that it probably will never happen.

  • And all of that was by one company. The government wouldn't grant a license to anyone else. You can see why it hasn't been legalised, it's more profitable to them if they have a monopoly.

    They've since granted 2 more licenses, one of which is out in Jersey, both are no doubt tied to politicians.