- Entitled people, those with a higher sense of psychological entitlement, were more likely to be non-compliant with preventive measures to COVID-19, and less likely to sacrifice their personal interests to protect public health, finds a new Chinese study. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s0191886921000532 30 comments science
- Alessandro Altobelli, former Inter striker: ‘The measures taken by the club against Icardi are too harsh. Mercato? Lukaku is not on his usual level. The club made sacrifices for Nainggolan, now they want to get rid of him. I am concerned’ https://twitter.com/daniele_najjar/status/1150087803851747328?s=21 5 comments soccer
- Shutdown imperils NASA’s decadelong ice-measuring campaign - IceBridge, a decadelong NASA aerial campaign meant to secure a seamless record of ice loss, has had to sacrifice at least half of what was supposed to be its final spring deployment, its scientists say. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/01/shutdown-imperils-nasa-s-decadelong-ice-measuring-campaign 37 comments space
- Austerity bites in Italy – and leaves minister in tears: Elsa Fornero weeps as she tries to explain sacrifices required of Italians after cabinet passes budget with austerity measures of €30bn http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/04/austerity-italy-minister-tears 12 comments worldnews
- The "fairness" straw man. I think the size of a sacrifice is measured not in terms of dollars but in terms of the pain and suffering the loss of those dollars causes. Libertarians see only the absolute dollar value. http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/ivnoj/if_obama_signs_the_gop_debt_ceiling_compromise/c274arb?context=6 15 comments politics
- Greece paralyzed by general strike, protests - Some 20,000 protesters chanting "no sacrifice for the rich" marched through Athens Wednesday as a general strike against austerity measures grounded flights, closed factories, and disrupted hospital and transport services. http://www.9news.com/money/article.aspx?storyid=169874&catid=344 67 comments worldnews