One dead after ‘intentional’ explosion near fertility clinic in Palm Springs
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FBI statement describes attack as ‘intentional act of terrorism’, adding that clinic was deliberately targeted

Police say explosion outside American Reproductive Centers fertility clinic was ‘an intentional act of violence’

At least one person is dead after a car exploded near a reproductive facility in Palm Springs, California, according to local authorities.

Palm Springs Police spokesperson Mike Villegas told reporters the car explosion was “an intentional act of violence” but the investigation is ongoing.

Officials did not immediately say whether or not the person who died was associated with the car, but a facility official said all of the building’s staff were safe and physically unharmed.

At least also five people were injured in the explosion, ABC7 reported, citing law enforcement sources.

  • altphoto
    33·
    11 hours ago

    I was actually listening to NPR yesterday and they bring up the new old finding that world population is soon going to start declining. A lot of people bring up the Koreans and Japanese but don’t realize that they were first but we’re all fucked. Additionally, no matter what any government has done so far, people are having less kids and no single country has been able to improve that. So there’s something going on and we don’t know what it is. Also plastic in your testicles and ovaries is probably alright. And Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) forever chemicals are probably OK to drink from. Anyway, no clue what might be going on. So you guys go fuck, porn will soon be illegal so you’ll have to do the real thing. I know most of you are fat and many wear glasses… Which are definitely not due to pfas but you’ll have to compromise. God only wants you to fuck for kids, none of that transexual stuff is allowed. Get them babies out fast! We gotta war to win against China. But remember, go to schools so you too can pay a mortgage larger than your paycheck. Sorry, no healthcare for women, or IVF, or genetic vaccines that work better.

    • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
      4·
      8 hours ago

      Additionally, no matter what any government has done so far, people are having less kids and no single country has been able to improve that. So there’s something going on and we don’t know what it is.

      It’s not a mystery. People can barely afford themselves and kids are expensive as fuck and interfere with having a successful career(especially for women) so they’re having less of them.

      • altphoto
        1·
        6 hours ago

        Are you sure? How about if we started a new war and we gave you a whole 5,000 dollars just to have babies?

        • altphoto
          21·
          6 hours ago

          Plus look Cinnamon toast crunch has 24% sugar. No wonder people are fat. Every spoon full of cereal is 1/4 sugar! WTF. With all the diabetes out there, how can anyone think of having kids?

          • ExtantHuman@lemm.ee
            21·
            5 hours ago

            Did you never learn to read those labels? Add those numbers up real quick. It’s way more than 100%

            That’s your daily nutrition per serving. So a serving of cereal contains 1/4 of the total sugar you should consume in a day.

    • Burninator05@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      10 hours ago

      The only reason the US hasn’t started to experience a population slowdown the way Japan and Korea have is because of immigration. The process is significantly farther along for them but we would have started.

    • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
      5·
      10 hours ago

      Interestingly, the US fertility rate fell below the replacement rate all the way back in 2007. I knew we were dependent on immigration, but I didn’t know how long ago that happened. Japan was actually 1974. Korea 1983. So as you say this isn’t a new problem, and the US is not immune.

    • drewcarreyfan@lemm.ee
      2·
      10 hours ago

      One thing that I never see discussed when global population decline is brought up is that maybe we don’t need 7 billion humans on Earth, each competing for increasingly fewer resources? Our population could be declining because we have reached the limit of what resources our global economic system can provide.

      I have seen the polemics take the shape that humanity needs to be this large or else we will go extinct somehow, but I can’t be the only one who understands that if we grow to the point where we exhaust all available resources, our species is doomed. Conservation as a concept is an inherently selfish one — it’s ostensibly about biodiversity for the sake of the Earth, but really, it’s moreso about maintaining the kind of environment that humans find most comfortable. Humans can survive in the desert but not when it’s 145 °F during the day.

    • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      10 hours ago

      No no no, no schools, that’s too expensive and teaches people to be liberal. Maybe just start working to support the billionaires the economy

    • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
      1·
      10 hours ago

      Here is an interesting graph I found. Birth rate accounting for the child surviving to reach childbearing age. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/effective-fertility-rate-children-per-woman-who-are-expected-to-survive-until-childbearing-age Not sure if the target is still 2.1 though. I couldn’t find a better graph to show population rate by birth per country though. That would be an interesting graph that I think would tie into the haapiness of people and the polution levels of thier area.