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Iceland allows whaling to resume in ‘massive step backwards’ in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What kind of research necessitates killing whales??

Iceland allows whaling to resume in ‘massive step backwards’ in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If he's doing this for profit, there has to be a consumer... Who are the consumers and what are they buying?

Software CEO worth almost $12 billion says he goes into the office ‘about once a quarter,’ bucking the return to office trend in Big Tech in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Do you not have multiple confluence space admins to avoid specifically this type of problem?

What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

My personal top 3:

insurance
subscriptions
Google and similar data hungry companies (while not a financial scam but moreso a privacy scam, companies like Google and Meta profiteering on our personal data without our knowledge or awareness)

Taliban's Massively Successful Opium Eradication Raises Questions About What US Was Doing All Along in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I mean... Sure there are major improvements that can be had in the US, but punishment and consequences as defined in Sharia law isn't exactly something that the US can simply adopt.

Tipping 'nudges' are now popping up on DoorDash. If you don't leave a gratuity, you'll hear about it. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm far from a cheap tipper, but the way tipping culture has evolved in North America is ridiculous.

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