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But everyone keeps telling me it's all those immigrants! /s

The bulk of your post is probably the reason why consumption goals aren't given - it's not going to be the same for everyone.

Anyone who only eats 1 steak per year is unlikely to see a general statement like "reduce your red meat consumption" and think "oh no, I'm eating too much red meat", because they are likely well aware of how much the average person eats compared to them.

The point Aceticon is making is that it doesn't really matter who the US president is when Israel is concerned.

Would you be saying the same thing if it was Russia "offering" for Ukrainians to just leave their home?

More importantly, where do you think those 2 million people should go? Who will house and feed them? Israel sure hasn't offered to do it.

Do you have any idea how hard it actually is to leave even for those who want to?

It sounds much better when you say 1 in 167 people then vs 1 in 25 people today.

There are plenty of options for both software and OS, so not every combination is going to have the same level of support as Windows, where every user gets the same experience.

That said, I've heard lots of good things about NoMachine.

The US electoral system is utterly fucked. At least voting for a third-party in Aus can make some sort of difference.

This spring marks the highest rate of military conscription that Russia has seen in 14 years. In late March, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree ordering 160,000 men aged 18 to 30 to be called up.

According to Ukraine's Eastern Human Rights Group (EHRG), at least 300 people from the occupied territories were conscripted into the Russian army in fall 2024

"After their training, many conscripts are sent to the front upon signing a contract with the Russian army," Lysianskyi says. This decision is sometimes voluntary, but often made under duress due to a lack of alternatives, he adds.

https://www.dw.com/en/how-russia-recruits-troops-in-occupied-ukrainian-territories/a-72289013

Russian authorities continue to conscript Ukrainian civilians in occupied areas or otherwise try to forcibly enlist them, including those in detention, into the Russian military

https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/20/russia-forces-ukrainians-occupied-areas-military

"She explained that it was in a military camp, and that I would be like a caretaker with tasks like cleaning and cooking..."

But once in Russia, Samuel was in for a surprise. Instead of cooking utensils and cleaning products, he was given a Kalashnikov – which he accepted very reluctantly.

Samuel found himself in uniform without knowing exactly who he was fighting for, or in which unit. "The contracts they made us sign are doctored. We don't have a copy of the document, so we don't get the salary we were supposed to. Apparently, the Russian commander who made us sign gets part of it back, so it's a whole chain."

https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20250117-african-troops-forced-to-ukraine-frontlines-while-russians-stay-in-camp

They don't all want to be there...

All your crops are belong to us

Giving The Guardian the benefit of the doubt: because they took time to verify its authenticity before reporting on it.

More likely reason: urgency and BREAKING NEWS gets more clicks.

Nothing in that explains why the majority of the population would have favourable views of Israel. There are several things that would appear to support the opposite actually, such as the Nigerian government arresting and deporting the Israeli film crew.

Upgrading from "died" to "killed" is so brave of The Guardian though

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One of the few big companies that seems to have some morals (Ben & Jerry's, not Unilever).

They even sued Unilever last year because Unilever silenced them expressing support for Palestinian refugees.

Thanks, it looks like vitamin D is definitely one of the harder ones to get too much of naturally.

Other sources suggest much lower upper limits, but still a lot higher than you're going to get via sunlight and diet.

This study found 3.2% of participants were getting over 4,000 IU daily in 2013-2014 (vs <0.1% about a decade prior). That trend of increased intake has probably continued, so stats for a more recent year would be pretty interesting.

I also didn't realise you could get vitamin D supplements as high as 10,000 IU without a prescription, so I'm sure there will be people taking that regularly without good reason to do so.

I admit I don't know at what point the dose becomes unsafe, but I'd imagine that taking a 1000 IU tablet daily plus the additional natural vitamin D intake could be problematic longterm.

Most multivitamins/supplements/whatever have WAY more than the recommended daily amounts.

I also read from other sources that much of the perishable food on the trucks is now rotting because they have been held at the border for so long.

At this point? This was part of their founding ideology.

The vast majority of people (including yourself) seem to think that the suffering is worth putting up with for some strange reason though...

If life was nothing more than suffering then I don't think nearly as many people would have children. Fortunately many of us are able to get enough out of life to see it as being worthwhile. I'm sorry that's not the case for you.