Colombia, I think? But I had the same thought.
College textbooks.
Not high school.
“College.”
WTAF.
How do we support our children, our future?
Why are we not offering handles of all kinds to the upcoming humans who face steep odds just wanting to live on this planet?
Even in the age of digital publishing college textbook publishers hate ebooks, because they allow rapid revision without making the student purchase a whole new book. And the process of getting science textbooks published takes years-during which time the whole field might have changed, or new data is required, or new priorities have arisen.
WTAF…
The practice was halted in 1977.
Makes one wonder what horrific new revelations the medical research community/prison industrial complex will be apologizing for 40something years hence.
Pity it’s so much cheaper to just help them get shelter and jobs or financial support than keep them in prison. Where else would my tax dollars be spent so stupidly than in supporting the prison complex?
pig people
People have had porcine heart valves for decades. They get all the living cells removed, but still.