Carbon neutrality doesn't require every technology to be low carbon so long as you offset the carbon you produce.

Every extra dollar you spend on low carbon concrete would have been better spent buying normal concrete and using the savings to plant trees.

This is what equality looks like. People who use braces are represented in dolls now. It's a small thing that barely matters, but this is a push on the right direction.

I don't want to be treated like some kind of other group. Having a brace for scoliosis is not something that should be shunned or put on a pedestal.

I want corporations to treat me like everyone else. As a wallet for them to exploit.

The person who wrote the original comment sounds like they want pity for their condition. Pity is for losers. I don't let any of my disabilities define me and I despise people like that.

All the toys I had as a kid looked nothing like me and I was fine.I just don't see why this is such a big deal.

"A specialist in children’s complex spinal disorders was consulted on the development of the new doll"

Chill out missrepresentation magistrate

If you're a yank you would call an esky a 'cooler', i.e. a portable ice box for beers.

Wtf is an esky lid?

You’re probably right.

Ain’t nothing wrong with mitigating the harm within the industry though.

it's more nuanced that that.

many disabilities are permanent. and the healthy thing you can do is accept.

and look into the social model of disability. for example, a wheelchair bound person isn't blocked from the second for for lacking legs, bit rather because the building wasn't built to be accessible. having representation of disabled people will make them more visible and encourage more accessible infrastructure and actually making disabled people less disabled.

If you try to abolish bullfighting it will gain support again. It's better to just let the tradition die by itself.

“The law allows developers to use nonanimal models, such as cell-based assays, organ chips, organoids, and computer modeling, to prove safety and efficacy during the approval of new drugs. It further removes a requirement for animal studies as part of the process for licensing a biological product that is biosimilar or interchangeable with another biological product. Theoretically, it's a big switch. Until now, the FDA has required the testing of products in at least two animal species before it can advance to human trials. It is also the culmination of years of effort to significantly reduce the use of animals in research and development.

Surprisingly, however, it only took a single congressional session to pass the law, which had significant bipartisan support, said Wayne Pacelle, president of Animal Wellness Action, a Washington-based nonprofit that lobbies for animal welfare. "The fact that we essentially got this passed almost unanimously is a watershed," Pacelle told Medscape Medical News. He said members of Congress had been influenced by the increasing move away from animal testing in the cosmetics and chemicals industries, where the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ordered an end to animal use by 2035.”

Dude, same lol, I was like which one is the new picture?

Well, their prototype facility did use flue gasses for the CO2 source and their Alabama facility will also use flue gasses from another industrial facility as the CO2 source.

I don't see why they would bother with direct air capture at that one facility and not use some type of zero emissions power for it.

Well, good for them, then. Personally, I find this a bit odd, as those with disabilities may not approach the concept of representation the same way as, say, people of a certain culture would. Like, if you've got African heritage, then that's something you take pride in, something you consider a part of your identity and want people to recognize you as. People with disabilities would like to just not be disabled. They don't particularly like being disabled, and many don't want to be treated and recognized as one with disability. In that regard, this kinda representation seems... more icky, I guess?

Thought I was looking at 2 pictures of the same 2 girls for a second

I think many do, that's why they exist. and based on many comments, the ones that don't like it is because it didn't go far enough.

Animal research makes me uncomfortable but it isn't going away anytime soon. It would be cool if this tech could reduce the need for animal research in the drug development sector.

Ugh of all the things they could use right-to-repair it had to be handicapped equipment...

What this tells me is that they don't have a way to test drugs in a way that guarantees our safety

And you don't think it's OK to complain about having your disability exploited for money?

It shows her with a curved spine, which is likely going to be the most visible symptom for a toddler or child. It also shows the equipment- a back brace. What a miserable life you must lead, always finding the bad. I think this doll is a great step in the right direction. It is okay if it does represent every person ever.

The one thing I can say though is that if they are doing it to sequester carbon from their processes, it might actually be more beneficial than simply planting trees and hoping for the best, especially when the plant in question is located in desert areas.

It depends on how efficient the process is though, because if it's only partial capture, or the concrete suffers in some manner requiring more replacement, etc, then it might not be. But really, we are pretty well way beyond the point of being able to tree our way out of this. We need active sequestration methods and potential active decarbonization of the atmosphere now, and likely still then some weather modification like solar screening via reflective gases or particulate in the atmosphere.

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The point is money. All companies want all the money and will cash in on everything that they can. There is nothing special about this doll or having scoliosis.

This is a joke right?

They don't care about the doll. They care about a company trying to cash in on their disability.

And if it doesn't look like them, what, exactly, is the point?