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Matt Gaetz, the former Republican representative, withdrew from consideration to serve as Donald Trumpâs attorney general on Thursday, amid intense scrutiny of allegations of sexual misconduct âș www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/21/matt-gaetzâŠ
Anywhere but Washington âș https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxgTa...
After meeting with senators on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Gaetz determined that his nomination was âbecoming a distraction to the critical workâ of the new Trump administration, he explained on X.
âThere is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle, thus Iâll be withdrawing my name from consideration to serve as Attorney General. Trumpâs [justice department] must be in place and ready on Day 1,â Gaetz said.
The hard-right congressman from Florida is a longtime Trump loyalist and gained attention last year after leading the successful charge to oust his fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy as House speaker.
Before his resignation from Congress, Gaetz was being investigated by the House ethics committee over allegations that he paid for and engaged in sexual relations with an underage girl.
In February 2023, the justice department declined to bring charges of sex trafficking against Gaetz, who has denied wrongdoing since the allegations first came to light.
Live updates âș www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/nov/21/trumpâŠ
#mattgaetz #attorneygeneral #uspolitics #politics #trump #donaldtrump #uselection2024
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Gynaecology waiting lists have grown by 60% since before the pandemic â a bigger proportion than any other area of medicine, according to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
Watch: The Vagina Dispatches âș https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAFvG...
Read more âș www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jun/02/the-pain-iâŠ
It means that many women, transgender and non-binary people with conditions such as endometriosis, prolapse and heavy bleeding can wait more than a year for NHS care in England.
A fragmented approach to gynaecology in the UK also means thousands are being shuttled between GP surgeries, sexual health clinics and hospitals while advocating for their own treatment.
Though such conditions are defined as medically benign, those experiencing the debilitating health issues tell of being left in agony for months, worsening symptoms and sexism from healthcare professionals.
#gynae #gynaecology #waitinglists #nhs #nhswaitinglists #nhscrisis
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Plastic pollution: 'We've lost the battle on the beaches' âș https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHMiM...
Oil and chemical companies who created a high-profile alliance to end plastic pollution have produced 1,000 times more new plastic in five years than the waste they diverted from the environment, according to new data obtained by Greenpeace.
Read more âș www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/20/five-fâŠ
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) was set up in 2019 by a group of companies which include ExxonMobil, Dow, Shell, TotalEnergies and ChevronPhillips, some of the worldâs biggest producers of plastic. They promised to divert 15m tonnes of plastic waste from the environment in five years to the end of 2023.
#plasticpollution #pollution #plastic #plastics #singleuseplastics
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Roses are red / Violets are blue / Your friend might prefer an AI poem / Over one written by you ⊠*â
â Back from the dead: could AI end grief? âș https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5udOx...
Contrary to previous research, a new study has found that non-expert poetry readers ranked AI-generated poems higher in terms of overall quality than poems written by humans such as William Shakespeare, Allen Ginsberg and Emily Dickinson.â
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The studyâs authors propose that non-expert readers prefer AI-generated poems because they find them more straightforward and accessible.â
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The âcomplexity and opacityâ of human-written poetry is âpart of the poemsâ appealâ, write the study authors. Such poems âreward in-depth study and analysis, in a way that the AI-generated poetry may notâ.â
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However, âbecause AI-generated poems do not have such complexity, they are better at unambiguously communicating an image, a mood, an emotion, or a theme to non-expert readers of poetry, who may not have the time or interest for the in-depth analysis demanded by the poetry of human poets,â they said.â
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In another concerning development for anyone worried by the rise of AI, the studyâs participants were also more likely to judge AI-generated poems as being written by humans than those actually written by humans.â
Read more âș www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/18/ai-poetry-raâŠ
*Opening verse written by a real human being on the Guardian USâs social media team.
#artificialintelligence #ai #poetry #aipoems #poems #shakespeare #allenginsberg #emilydickinson
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The view from the UK farmers protest: mistrust, anger and blaming Bill Gates âș https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sveY8...
Thousands of farmers marched through central London on Tuesday to protest against changes to inheritance tax announced in the budget last month. The farmers argue the changes will destroy family farms, while the government says it will make no difference to food security. But who is right?
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#farmers #farmersprotest #inheritancetax #farming #agriculture #rachelreeves #keirstarmer #budget #tax
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Dear Mamma: a transgender man, his mother and their journey âș https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW_v3...
After Delaware elected the first ever openly transgender member of Congress earlier this month, a Republican introduced a bill to ban her from using the bathroom that corresponds with her gender identity.
Read more âș www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/19/sarah-mcbrâŠ
The South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace introduced the bill, which comes a little less than two months before Sarah McBride is due to be sworn in as the first openly transgender member of Congress. The measure would charge the House sergeant at arms with enforcing the bill, though it is unclear exactly how, according to the Hill.
Maceâs bill comes as Republicans have attacked transgender people as part of a broader political culture war strategy, limiting what bathrooms they can use and the youth sports teams they can play on.
Laurel Powell, a Human Rights campaign spokesperson, said the measure would also target trans people who had worked in the Capitol for years.
âLetâs call this what it is: rather than focusing on issues that matter to Americans, Representative Mace is seeking a spotlight by cruelly discriminating against her incoming colleague, the first openly transgender person to be elected to Congress,â Powell said.
#trans #transrights #transgender #uselection #uselection2024 #sarahmcbride #nancymace
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The Guardian has taken a ride on a tractor to get a view from the farmers' protest in London against changes to inheritance tax announced in the budget last month. The farmers argue the changes will destroy family farms, while the government says it will make no difference to food security. But who is right?
While you're here, watch this ... 'We've got a cow to shoot next': What death in farming really looks like âș https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj7Bz...
#farmers #farmersprotest #farming #inheritancetax #budget2024 #rachelreeves #keirstarmer #uk #politics
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Burned to the Ground: the Canadian village incinerated by record temperatures âș https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iBeH...
The internationally agreed goal to keep the worldâs temperature rise below 1.5C is now âdeader than a doornailâ, with 2024 almost certain to be the first individual year above this threshold, climate scientists have gloomily concluded â even as world leaders gather for climate talks on how to remain within this boundary.â
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Three of the five leading research groups monitoring global temperatures consider 2024 on track to be at least 1.5C (2.7F) hotter than pre-industrial times, underlining it as the warmest year on record, beating a mark set just last year. The past 10 consecutive years have already been the hottest 10 years ever recorded.â
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Although a single year above 1.5C does not itself spell climate doom or break the 2015 Paris agreement, in which countries agreed to strive to keep the long-term temperature rise below this point, scientists have warned this aspiration has in effect been snuffed out despite the exhortations of leaders currently gathered at a United Nations climate summit in Azerbaijan.â
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âThe goal to avoid exceeding 1.5C is deader than a doornail. Itâs almost impossible to avoid at this point because weâve just waited too long to act,â said Zeke Hausfather, climate research lead at Stripe and a research scientist at Berkeley Earth. â
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âWe are speeding past the 1.5C line an accelerating way and that will continue until global emissions stop climbing.ââ
#climatechange #climatecrisis #globalheating #cop29 #cop
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Anywhere but Washington goes to Ohio âș https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQL_B...
From a tiny office behind a Haitian grocery store on Springfieldâs South Limestone Street, Margery Koveleski has spent years helping local Haitians overcome bureaucratic red tape to make their lives in the Ohio city a little bit easier.â But Koveleski â whose family is Haitian â has noticed a major change recently.â
Read more â âș www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/17/haitian-imâŠ
Haitians are now coming to her to figure out how to leave.â
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âSome folks donât have credit cards or access to the internet, and they want to buy a bus ticket or a plane ticket, so we help them book a flight,â she told the Guardian. âPeople are leaving.ââ
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Koveleski, leaders in Springfieldâs Haitian community, and others have relayed reports of Haitians fleeing the city of 60,000 people in recent days for fear of being rounded up and deported after Donald Trumpâs victory in the 5 November presidential election.â
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âThe owner of one store is wondering if he should move back to New York or to Chicago â he says his business is way down,â Koveleski remarked.â
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Springfieldâs Haitian community has been in the spotlight since Trump falsely accused immigrants here of eating pets during a presidential debate in September. Since then, the city has seen false bomb threats and marches by neo-Nazi groups.â
#haitians #springfield #ohio #trump #donaldtrump #uselection #uselection2024 #immigration
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The worldâs largest known coral has been discovered in the waters of the Solomon Islands. Itâs so big that itâs visible from space, yet has eluded humans on Earth â until now.â
â The Great Barrier Reef: what have we left for our children? âș https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsmux...
Read more âș www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/14/worldsâŠ
Unlike a coral reef, which is a network of many coral colonies, it is a standalone coral that has grown uninterrupted for 300 to 500 years. With a circumference of 183 meters, the gigantic multicolored organism is an intricate network of individual coral polyps that is a haven for fish, crabs and shrimps.â
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âJust when we think there is nothing left to discover on planet Earth, we find a massive coral made of nearly 1 billion little polyps, pulsing with life and color,â said marine ecologist Enric Sala.â
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âThis is a significant scientific discovery, like finding the worldâs tallest tree. But there is cause for alarm. Despite its remote location, this coral is not safe from global warming and other human threats.ââ
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Despite its size, this individual coral had never been documented, with local fishers possibly having mistaken it for a boulder over the years.â
#coral #nature #pavonaclavus #solomonislands
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