nickiwest @ nickiwest @lemmy.world

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I feel like The Satanic Temple would be willing to do this.

They did something similar with abortion rights, but I don't think they have gained any legal traction with that argument. (That could also be because they're waiting for a member who has standing to bring a case.)

404 Media doesn't require payment for a subscription. Their content is behind a subscriber wall to keep AI bots from accessing their work.

I expect we'll see more of this sort of thing as AI continues gobbling up everything on the internet so that it can write laughably bad term papers for high schoolers.

What's your source for this? I find nothing that says therapists don't have to report cases of child abuse.

I just responded to someone else with a long list of sources that indicate that therapists across the US are required to report child abuse.

I find zero sources that agree with your claim.

I find several sources that indicate that therapists in all US states are required to break confidentiality when child abuse has occurred.

https://psychcentral.com/health/what-do-therapists-have-to-report

https://www.remnantcounselorcollective.com/resources/86536/the-ultimate-guide-to-mandated-reporting-laws-in-all-50-us-states-child-adult-abuse-neglect

https://www.stopitnow.org/ohc-content/when-must-a-therapist-file-a-report

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-therapists-report-confidentiality_l_5d2cf063e4b0bca603641a62

https://www.mentalyc.com/blog/exceptions-to-confidentiality-in-counseling

So either you're talking about another country's laws (in which case I'd like to know which country), or you're just incorrect.

I'm in Colombia, where psychologists are required to report "human rights violations, mistreatment or cruel, inhuman or degrading conditions of confinement of which any person is a victim and of which they become aware in the exercise of their profession."

A cursory search for "liquid trees micro algae" led me here: https://liquidtrees.org/urban-solutions

Even with ideal light conditions, there's still more to consider.

I lived in Louisville for many years. It's fairly green as cities go. In older parts of the city, trees had been planted between the streets and sidewalks ... definitely a long time ago, maybe 30 to 50 years? Maybe longer?

Every spring, we lost a number of those trees to thunderstorms. Enough rain, followed by strong winds, would topple multiple trees. Every single one that I saw had a root ball that was exactly the size of the opening where it had been planted, so maybe two square meters and maybe a meter or two deep. (For those keeping score at home, that's not enough root volume to support a full-sized tree.)

So we'd lose those lovely trees and on a good day, we'd lose the use of the street for a while. On a bad day, someone would lose a car or a chunk of their house.

"Just plant more trees in the middle of the city" is not the brilliant fix that many people seem to think it is.

Russia doesn't have nearly as much influence over global markets as the US.

Edit: But Putin has had a much longer political career and has probably set things into motion that we won't ever be able to confirm his involvement in. So you might be right.

With Republicans in general, I think. It seems to be their best attempt at misdirection, and I think it works to keep their target audience from paying attention to their least savory activities.

They spent decades training the leopard, so they thought they had tamed it.

I recall that he was also in favor of charter schools, which made him non-viable for me years ago.

I hoped that maybe he had a real change of heart last month, but I guess that was just a publicity stunt.

If it's really like Covid, toilet paper will be the first thing to go.

If you're concerned about your anonymity, keep in mind that companies frequently put ID numbers on their return envelopes to help match the returned mail piece with your record in their database. Sometimes the number is invisible (UV ink) so it doesn't look "mass produced" to the recipient.

I'm not, really. I just don't think we have the luxury of taking the amount of time that we would need to educate people thoroughly enough to counteract the algorithm.

Probably what we need is a limitation on free speech where blatant misinformation is involved. In the same way that shouting "Fire!" in a crowded theatre is harmful, so is repeating false claims to stir political discord.

Ten-year-olds understand quite a lot of things. They don't always think before they act, but they would absolutely understand this object lesson.

It's water. It's not harmful. Getting splashed with water is most ten-year-olds' idea of a good time in most scenarios.

Is this the most constructive way to go about teaching a kid how to behave properly? No.

Is this going to scar the average kid for life? Also no.

If you're old enough to draw your full Social Security payment, you're too old to hold public office.

Sorry, Bernie. You're one of the good ones, but you'll have to make sacrifices for the common good.

Yup. I'm 45 and I can't believe that people older than my parents are still running the country.

Debate, education and engagement take time.

The algorithm is instantaneously ready with the next easily digestible bit of content to send you further down the rabbit hole into radicalization.

I worry that we need a more instantaneous cure in our current information environment.

You give him too much credit. He doesn't know any of this. But the right-wing think tanks that have been waiting for this moment do, and he's easily manipulated into following their agenda.

Farther right than Fox. Yes, it's possible.

I live in Colombia. People here self-identify as "white," and they're surprised that white people in the US think of them as a different race.