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Jdillagent t1_jaeunjn wrote

Yup, unbiased reporting is boring. NPR still has its moments, and nowadays if you report on anything topical in a logical way, it will come across as a left talking point.

Libraries forced to remove books, the opinion that it shouldn't be done is sadly now seen as a left talking point. Of course it isnt. It's the majority opinion.

The problem is many pundits on the right refuse to make that statement because it can lock them from further appearances.

This continues down the topic list. From LGBTQ matters and police reform, to environmental issues. This makes it hard to book guests, and also makes it difficult to engage in honest discussion because no one wants to say something that loses them money, and I can tell you from experience, if it's journalism on TV or Radio, it's about money.

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Nmilne23 t1_jaeugyj wrote

This is like the story of the guy in prison who claimed he gave his lawyer the submission for patents he himself thought up while in prison for the Doritos locos taco, with the seasoned shell, and gave them to his lawyer to submit to the patent clerk on his behalf, and he is alleging the lawyer took the recipe and stole them. It’s wild

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GonzoVeritas OP t1_jaeu6h9 wrote

Yep, I screwed that up in the title, autocorrect suggested an apostrophe and I fell for it.

It should be just 'Adams Event' because it's named after him, it's not his event. The researchers named it the ‘Adams Transitional Geomagnetic Event.’

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marmorset t1_jaess7c wrote

Although some US bills are embossed, the government provides a free electronic device called a bill reader to blind people upon request. It's a foolish system. Bills stay in circulation less than ten years and the twenty is always being redesigned. If the treasury had started embossing the numerals when the issue was first brought up all the money would be fixed, but they're still just holding meetings. The US worries about BS and ignores actual problems. All the touch card or phone apps must be of incredible benefit to blind people.

When I was in China they had paper money for fractions of a yuan. There were coins for amounts under a yuan, but also tiny, little paper bill for cents. I seem to remember that all the regular bills had Mao on them, regardless of denomination, but the tiny bills had allegorical figures.

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