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>I wish you short sighted fucks in the PMC could actually do something about it.

What is the PMC the author is referring to here?

funwareson Countries that have accepted the World Passport

I was interested in the countries in bold that have been listed as officially recognizing the passport.

The wikipedia page (which lists this passport as a "fantasy travel document") is skeptical:

> "The World Service Authority website has scans of letters dating from many decades ago from six countries (Burkina Faso, Ecuador, Mauritania, Tanzania, Togo and Zambia) which the WSA claims is legal recognition of the World Passports. "

> "These letters of recognition are several decades old (i.e., 1954 for Ecuador, 1972 for Burkina Faso, 1975 for Mauritania, 1995 for Tanzania, 1983 for Togo, 1973 for Zambia)"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Passport

funwareson Elizabeth Holmes to Accuse Ex-Boyfriend of Abuse at Trial

Holmes founded Theranos in 2003, Balwani joined in 2009.

Is she going to argue that the lying to investors increased after Balwani joined? Because isn't it the case that she lied to investors from day 1 of Theranos existing?

funwareson PayPal to add $20 inactivity fee in Canada

As mentioned in the article, this was implemented in the UK on December 16 2020.

This article by The Guardian has some additional information that may be of interest: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/dec/12/paypal-introdu...

> The fee won’t be applied to those who have a zero balance, where there is a credit or debit card linked to the account. PayPal says will only take the fee from the balance and not from a linked card or a bank account.

> The company says it will warn inactive customers in advance when the fee is set to be charged.

Does anyone happen to know how far in advance the inactive customers in the UK have been/will be warned?

funwareson The Great Hanoi Rat Massacre of 1902 Did Not Go as Planned (2017)

Although a much smaller feat, New Zealand was very successful in eradicating an estimated 200.000 mice from Antipodes Island without affecting native animals populations [1]

There is an interesting video about the preparatory research leading up to this highly successful pest eradication [2]

Very curious to see how well the Predator Free 2050 program will turn out.

[1] https://www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/eradicating-mice-from-antip...

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVcqLblOHCM