Parliament has passed a bill to make cigarettes inaccessible to future generations in the U.K. Children born after Dec. 31, 2008, will never be able to buy cigarettes under the new Tobacco and Vapes Bill.
The pay premium of the median teacher, or university lecturer, has also fallen
Poursuivi et ciblé... wouah!
"Le ministère de la Santé libanais indique que l’armée israélienne aurait « poursuivi Amal Khalil et Zeinab Faraj, qui s’étaient réfugiées après la première frappe dans une maison voisine, en ciblant le bâtiment où... ». "
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#OtD 21 Apr 1894 a nationwide strike of coal miners in the US against pay cuts began. 145,000 miners walked out, and despite violent repression and facing starvation they held out for weeks and won some concessions. Learn more in this great book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/str...
A map of Lebanese territory being invaded by Israel
Israel now controls more of Lebanon than Russia does of Ukraine
With all the financial chaos, course closures and jobs uncertainty in UK universities, giving degree-awarding powers to this AI-first startup college is a bad sign for the sector www.timeshighereducation.com/news/virtual...
FUN FACT: "indígena" e "endógeno" são dobretes (palavras com a mesmíssima origem etimológica mas acepções que divergiram ao longo do tempo, como aprumar/chumbar, duplo/dobro, delgado/delicado)
e "indígena" e "autóctone" são a mesma palavra (indígena em latim, autóctone em grego).
The city of Los Angeles must pay $11.8 million to a 27-year-old who was blinded by a projectile fired by police officers while he was celebrating the Dodgers 2020 World Series win.
Oscar Schmidt, the biggest Brazilian basketball legend, passed away today at the age of 68.
A HUGE, narrative-breaking moment for the UK car market
New EVs are now cheaper than petrol cars on average, says Autotrader
Last yr CCC said price parity was due by 2028 – and it's already here
And EVs are already MUCH cheaper to run than petrol
The golden-headed lion tamarin’s range has shrunk by 42% since 1992. To combat a 60% population decline, a new Brazilian center is rehabilitating tamarins displaced by urban sprawl.
The goal: move them from dangerous city streets back into the native forests they need to survive.
Learn more! 👇️
Mamdani hasn't had time to really think about all that space he now has, because he spends most of his time at City Hall and around New York City. He tries to keep a semblance of his old life by getting around the city on foot, by bike or train. "If you spend every single day driving around in a tinted window security detail, you will have a very specific view of the city," he said. "You actually meet other New Yorkers and you break out of the bubble that so many have come to expect of politics, where politicians only seem to be spending time with other politicians or the people who donated to make them politicians."
I'd say that this applies to anyone traveling in a car in any city. Being in a car versus walking, riding, or taking transit fundamentally changes how you view a place and your relationship to it. I wish more leaders set this kind of example.
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CNN exposes a global “online rape academy” that teaches men how to drug and rape women without detection. Over 62 million men attended in February alone.
Dureza concordar com Eduardo Cunha.
This is how it's done!
"a core reserve where fishing is banned outright, surrounded by a buffer zone that allows some artisanal fishing — designed to allow local fishing communities to retain their traditional livelihoods"
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Finitied
On and on. Apr 10 2018
Imagina os periódicos brasileiros fazendo esse tipo de investigação aqui no Br?
15 women were willing to come to testify in court on behalf of the FT.
That included 3 whose allegations had not previously been reported.
Brasileiros desconfiam mais de notícias de veículos jornalísticos que de conteúdo de amigos em redes sociais e mensagens jnascim.info/ugw2wZ
Pesquisadores dizem. Políticos de extrema direita "[coloque sua barbaridade aqui]"
"Levantamento identificou 18 mil patógenos até então desconhecidos na região cortada pela rodovia"
e o editor da folha mete um DIZEM PESQUISADORES
Pesquisadores não dizem. Pesquisadores demonstram, comprovam.
chart showing percent change in birth rates by women's age.
Updating my birthrate fan chart.
Since 1989, birth rates for US women age 15-17 have fallen 87%. For those age 40-44 birth rates have increased 146%. The total (not shown) has fallen 23%.
Fewer women give birth by 30, but most catch up The share of women in the U.S. who are mothers, by age 100% 90 Age 45 80 70 60 50 Age 30 40 1980 2000 2020 Source: Philip Cohen analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. By The New York Times
I'm very glad Claire Cain Miller was able to include my figures in this NYT story: "Women in Their 20s May Not Be Having Babies, but by 45 Most Probably Will," including @karenguzzo.bsky.social, @alisongemmill.bsky.social, and @marthajbailey.bsky.social.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...
Contrary to our initial hypothesis and to findings from other domains, using AI to synthesize complex legal materials improved performance on related legal work completed after AI was no longer available.
