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FriedButter

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siegecrossbow said:
There is still hope in this country!
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They have a quota otherwise it is off to the guillotine. Heck I wouldn’t be surprised if they arrested legal or US citizens to meet the quota. The last quota from 2 days ago was 1500 per day

The Trump administration is demanding at least 1,800 arrests per day from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — setting a quota of 75 busts minimum for each of the agency’s 25 offices, according to multiple sources.
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supercat

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Chevalier said:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1884019927033810994
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Such a scathing condemnation of Western hypocrisy by Caitlin Johnstone - make sure you read the whole tweet.

daifo said:
Unless they criminalize financial transaction, I'm gonna have to jump the great prison firewall at some point with vpn.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1884305226553065844
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I'm sure OpenAI has back-doors as required by US intelligence agencies, not DeepSeek.
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1883786181797904544

How everything started:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1884215610147848270

LMAO tweet of the day:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1883975100208472199
 
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abenomics12345

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abenomics12345 said:
Ok folks I'm going to have to set the record straight on this one. First off, the US is indeed the OPEC of plasma/blood products globally.

Secondly, American standards are fucked up in that regard - you're allowed to sell plasma 2x per week. WHO standards are that the maximum frequency is 1x per 2 weeks.

As per this
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report writes: Some of the fucked up practices include putting alcohol stores next to blood collection centers (you get drunk easier after your 'donation'), people putting on extra jackets to make the minimum weight or hitting higher weight brackets (for getting paid more), or setting up collection centers near the Mexican border - you can guess why.

Additionally, China has companies in similar business doing similar things: Shanghai Raas, China Resources Boya, Tiantan Biological Products

Conclusion: It's extremely bad in the US, but this isn't something that isn't happening in China either. And the fact of the matter is that many drugs cannot be manufactured without plasma donations - so its part of the cost of science/saving lives.
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Want to come back to this point - despite all of the wins we’ve had lately it’s not entirely accurate to ignore the similar (perhaps not as excessive in China) issues in China. This is an example of a kid in Shanxi who “donated” plasma 16x in 8 months (basically the WHO maximum).

I mean the fact it made the news is likely a reflection of the rarity (but one cannot rule of the possibility of local censorship since these companies are huge tax payers to local governments).
 
siegecrossbow

siegecrossbow

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abenomics12345 said:
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Want to come back to this point - despite all of the wins we’ve had lately it’s not entirely accurate to ignore the similar (perhaps not as excessive in China) issues in China. This is an example of a kid in Shanxi who “donated” plasma 16x in 8 months (basically the WHO maximum).

I mean the fact it made the news is likely a reflection of the rarity (but one cannot rule of the possibility of local censorship since these companies are huge tax payers to local governments).
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Yeah it’s a bad idea to drink one’s own koolaid.
 
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