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Blood Money: Alabama Department of Corrections pays to settle lawsuits alleging excessive force

ADOC agreed to settlements in nearly 100 lawsuits alleging corrections officers left inmates with broken bones and brain damage. State taxpayers are footing the bill.

> Forty-five percent of the lawsuits detailed injuries so severe that the victims required hospitalization, ranging from lacerations requiring stitches to broken bones, many requiring surgery.

alabamareflector.com/2025/05/1

Debt bailout warning
"Paetongtarn #government announced a bold #policy to address #Thailand's mounting #householddebt #crisis.. audacious debt haircut can be risky & costly.. shifts part of financial burden to e #public, raising concerns abt its LT #fiscal implications.. biggest concern is #moralhazard. Being spared fr their own responsibilities, #borrowers might take on additional or #excessive #debt in future, in the hope the govmnt will help clear their debt again" 1/2
bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio

Bangkok Post · Debt bailout warningBy Editorial

We all knew this. Governments won't act because they are servants of the rich. Instead, they raised interest rates which hurt all of us.

"business profits rose by 30% among UK-listed firms, driven by just 11% of firms that made super-profits based on their ability to push through stellar price increases – often dubbed #greedflation.

#Excessive profits were even larger in the US, where many important sections of the economy are dominated by a few powerful companies.#

theguardian.com/business/2023/

The Guardian · Greedflation: corporate profiteering ‘significantly’ boosted global prices, study showsBy Phillip Inman

I, for one, am excited about the prospect of global search here — not just for the ability to search keywords + do research, but also because it might inspire a few folks to chill out on the #excessive hashtags.

Excessive Fructose Metabolism Explains Obesity and Epidemics of Obesity-Associated Diseases: Study
The fructose survival hypothesis proposes that obesity and metabolic disorders may have developed from over-stimulation of an evolutionary-based biologic response (survival switch) that aims to protect animals in advance of crisis.
sci.news/medicine/excessive-fr #Excessive #Fructose #Metabolism #Obesity #Epidemics #ObesityAssociatedDiseases #Survival #switch #evolution

Sci.News: Breaking Science NewsExcessive Fructose Metabolism Explains Obesity and Epidemics of Obesity-Associated Diseases: Study | Sci.NewsObesity and its associated metabolic diseases have had devastating health consequences on modern society.