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autotldr t1_jdy4r7l wrote

Reply to Glass beads on moon’s surface may hold billions of tonnes of water, scientists say | The moon by GeraldKutney

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> Tiny glass beads strewn across the moon's surface contain potentially billions of tonnes of water that could be extracted and used by astronauts on future lunar missions, researchers say.

> The latest research, published in Nature Geoscience, points to fine glass beads as the source of that surface water.

> Further tests on the material showed the water diffuses in and out of the beads on the timeframe of a few years, confirming an active water cycle on the moon.

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Superb_Nature_2457 t1_jdy122u wrote

Reply to comment by SendGock in US-Canada agree to turn back asylum seekers at border by nat9191

Yeah, no doubt it’s grim, but they were always going to try this shit. They’re also attacking cis women or anyone else with a uterus, minorities, etc. Folks see the writing on the wall.

The other saving grace is that we have a better alternative to offer. We have the labor movement, and that legit has the chance to unify people. We have a common cause to rally around.

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Superb_Nature_2457 t1_jdy0o0c wrote

Reply to comment by SendGock in US-Canada agree to turn back asylum seekers at border by nat9191

Yeah, it’s certainly a scary time, but the way I see it, those people were always going to find an excuse to hate us and try to kill us. It’s probably morbid, but I made peace with that a long time ago. Realistically though, this could also be like every other American mass shooting: a statistic and forgotten within a week.

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Superb_Nature_2457 t1_jdxzu7y wrote

Reply to comment by SendGock in US-Canada agree to turn back asylum seekers at border by nat9191

No, I didn’t say they’ve died. They have definitely changed, but the same seeds we planted at still out there blooming.

Let’s be realistic about this: Bullshit wedge issues like this make very loud, very horrible people money. They give politicians easy distractions. There are a lot of people who have a good reason to gin this shit up. But just because bigots are loud doesn’t mean that’s who we are or how it’s always going to be. This fight has always been ugly, but it’s not hopeless.

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Professional_Class_4 t1_jdxy8qp wrote

Reply to comment by Wwize in Germany is overhauling its immigration rules to bolster a rapidly shrinking workforce by yash13

From a german who has a child and is thinking about a second one: Its less about the money but more about child care. In general wages in germany are OK. Yes it is extremly hard to get rich through labor but if you have a full time job the wage is OK (underpayed maybe but no comparison to having multiple jobs in the US). The problem is, it is often impossible to find child care. It is more or less for free and thus there are few private kindergardens.

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SendGock t1_jdxy8m2 wrote

Reply to comment by Superb_Nature_2457 in US-Canada agree to turn back asylum seekers at border by nat9191

And to follow up. That shooter really fucked trans people hard. They now have a piece of evidence in their claim that trans people are a threat to children and broader society as a whole. They will use this as justification to ban trans people total access to schools, to take away their guns, and to commit retributive justice against LGBTQ+ people. But It doesn't need to be true for lawmakers to take away trans rights, and for fascists to step up their street violence. No matter what, people are going to try and make this about trans people being inherently violent. This is going to either cause people to want us to be disarmed, or it's going to cause violence.

This could be their Reichstag Fire moment, to no longer just encourage isolation but to advocate for full genocide.

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Professional_Class_4 t1_jdxxg3k wrote

Reply to Germany is overhauling its immigration rules to bolster a rapidly shrinking workforce by yash13

German here who has dealt with the German immigration nightmare in the past. The government talks big that Germany needs skilled immigrants. They make laws to make it easier to get a visa but don’t think it much further. The immigration offices are overloaded beyond belief. It takes > 6 month to get an appointment. In addition, Germany has a fetish for degrees. You have worked for > 10 years as a plumber in your country? You don’t have a German plumber degree? Well too bad you are not allowed to run a business.

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