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May 13
Florida surgeon ‘devastated’ over death of patient after removing liver instead of spleen

submitted by FTonsilStones to nottheonion
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/08/florida-surgeon-patient-death-liver-spleen

Thomas Shaknovsky botched the surgery of William Bryan, 70, who died on the operating table

According to Shaknovksy’s deposition, after removing Bryan’s liver, the surgeon instructed a nurse to label the organ as a “spleen” – and he…

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May 3
Gig work is just turning the poor class into servants. And adding further debt to other poors trying to use these services.

submitted by daannii to showerthoughts
347 points | 100 comments

How quickly we accepted that it’s normal to pay someone to go get our groceries for us. To drive us around when public transportation is available. To run errands for us. To bring us fast food.

Covid capitalized on it.

People don’t want to give up that luxury now that they’ve had it. Even if it makes things cost 2x-3x as…

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May 3
Tucker Carlson says he regrets backing Donald Trump and is ‘tormented’

submitted by hanrahan to leopardsatemyface
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/21/tucker-carlson-regrets-trump-support

“You know, we’ll be tormented by it for a long time – I will be,” Tucker Carlson said. “And I want to say I’m sorry for misleading people. It was not intentional, that’s all I’ll say.”

Though Carlson in 1999 had referred to Trump as “the…

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May 3
What is the "Mamdani Act"? GOP bill would ban socialists, Marxists from US

submitted by Sunflier to politics
368 points | 100 comments
https://www.newsweek.com/what-is-the-mamdani-act-gop-bill-banning-socialists-marxists-from-us-11855151

The Mamdani Act would amend existing immigration law to prohibit the admission and naturalization of any noncitizen who is or was a member of, affiliated with, or advocates for a Chinese communist, communist, socialist, Islamic…

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May 3
‘Vile’ Trump condemned for gloating over Robert Mueller death

submitted by HellsBelle to news
453 points | 100 comments
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/21/trump-robert-mueller-death

Donald Trump has been condemned as a “vile, disgusting man” and a “sick human being” after gloating over the death of Robert Mueller, a former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Mueller, a decorated Vietnam war veteran who led a politically…

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May 3
Trump vows to raise worldwide tariffs to 15% ‘effective immediately’

submitted by MicroWave to politics
364 points | 100 comments
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-global-tarrifs-increase-b2924994.html

Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, ushered in under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, were unlawfully imposed

On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Trump’s sweeping…

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May 3
Parents opt kids out of school laptops, ask for pen-and-paper

submitted by throws_lemy to technology
553 points | 100 comments
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/parents-opt-kids-school-laptops-ask-pen-paper-rcna257158

The middle schooler had been begging to opt out, citing headaches from the Chromebook screen and a dislike of the AI chatbot recently integrated into it.

Parents across the country are taking steps to stop their children from using…

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