There is also a long history of using paedophilia and ideas about child grooming in homophobic and transphobic ways to oppose the recognition of the civil rights of LGBTIQA people.
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How LGBTQ rights fared around the world this year
Countries from the United States to Uganda have passed legislation targeting gay and transgender rights since Pride Month last year.
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Here’s why this hurricane season could be unusually unpredictable
Seasonal forecasting is always difficult, but it’s even harder to predict which of the competing influences will win out in the months ahead.
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El Niño is coming; Why the world has braced itself
The arrival of El Niño could mean significant impacts worldwide, including a push toward levels of global warming that climate scientists have warned could be devastating.
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War in Ukraine accelerates global drive toward killer robots
The technology exists to build autonomous weapons. How well they would work and whether they could be adequately controlled are unknown. The Ukraine war has only turned up the pressure.
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How Russian and Iranian drone strikes further dehumanize warfare
As Russia’s war in Ukraine illustrates, the use of lethal automated weapons, or LAWS, can always be justified. Their ability to desensitize their users from the act of killing, however, shouldn’t be.
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An inventor of direct air capture technology shows how it works
Klaus Lackner is finding new ways to cut the technology’s high costs and energy demand, and he’s about to launch the first ‘mechanical tree.’
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Elliott Epstein: Expect a bumper crop of McMansions in Auburn’s ag zone
Auburn appears to be heading towards making its AG Zone “agricultural” in name only.
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Carbon removal is where green investment should go
Net zero is unreachable without it. And forget about offsets. They’re mostly bunk.
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Child care is broken. Working from home won’t fix it.
It’s tough to get anything done while watching the kids, but shaming caregivers doesn’t help, either.