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While in the past, parents who had a girl first were more likely to keep trying to have children in an effort to have a boy, the opposite is now true — couples who have a girl first are less likely to keep trying.

This line suggests that parents place less value on boys and it's possible this will lead to them failing to vaccinate them or delaying seeking medical advice when they're sick. I haven't looked into it beyond that.

Shouldn't the author of this piece be concerned that boys will be aborted and neglected in favour of girls? It's interesting that the thought didn't occur to him or her. They already found evidence of this by mentioning the higher number of couples who try again after having a boy rather than a girl. It's not a huge leap to think they might not want to continue the pregnancy if it's another boy.

The notification says that the Office of Remigration “will also actively facilitate the voluntary return of migrants to their country of origin or legal status,” which is a key aim of remigration ideology.

European countries have been doing this for decades. Britain was buying one way bus tickets for Eastern Europeans 20 years ago. This article was heavy on opinion but light on facts.

I was expecting a much stronger argument based on the headline.

Personally I'd prefer regulation on how social media is structured and how algorithms operate. First thing I'd do is ban infinite scroll, which corporations like because it increases 'engagement' whilst harming the quality of the experience for their users.

They only want to ban social media and even then only the big ones with an exception for youtube.

These AI models require huge amounts of electricity. If governments wanted to they could destroy their ability to operate, like when China banned bitcoin mining.

They use spare hydro power during the off season so the net impact on the environment is negligible.

It's shameful that we can't think of something better to do with all that electricity. Data centers, supercomputers even LLMs would create something of social value.

Some are some aren't. This crackdown kicked off after a Chinese celebrity was kidnapped by one of these gangs after being lured to Bangkok with an offer of an acting gig. The fact that multiple compounds were raided but not a single gangster was arrested stinks. The fact that it's assumed all the workers are victims with hearts as pure as snow is bullshit. The AP isn't even covering half the story in this article.

The Thais are making a big show of shutting down a couple of compounds in the hopes that the Chinese tourists will come back and forgive them for turning a blind eye for so long but they can't even be bothered to identify or investigate the people who run them.

Many of them knowingly and willingly signed up to work as scammers and deserve to be sent to prison before they are sent home. I have little sympathy for them.

The headline is misleading, many of these people knew full well that they were going to work in scam centers they were just naive or ignorant about the horrendous working conditions that awaited them. They should be sent to court and then prison before they are sent home.

The fact that 300,000 people work in this industry makes it impossible for them all to be victims of subterfuge by traffickers.

The crash at Charles de Galle contributed along with 9/11, the sonic boom limiting flights and the inability to fly across the Pacific. Also the plane is super narrow making seating uncomfortable.