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xkcd #3081: PhD Timeline (xkcd.com)

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Rümeysa Öztürk was grabbed off the street in my town one month ago.

https://explainxkcd.com/3081/

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

I can't think of any other ones that are sad. Maybe I missed them?

[–] [email protected] 110 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

The ones about cancer were pretty sad, but some were hopeful too.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

The Trump administration just yesterday stopped a long running data gathering effort to study women's medical needs as they age. Decades of valuable information, blood samples interviews etc.

Fuck women right? Grab them by the pussy!

But not my daughter or my sister or my nieces or my mom. My sister in law might be interested though and her friend too, but that's a whole nother story.

[–] AnExerciseInFalling 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do you have a link? I heard about this one but haven't found a sharable link yet

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/24/nx-s1-5376473/hhs-restores-funding-for-womens-health-initiative